Sketch N Scrap's April Crop Challenge #3

 Hello, hello! Happy Sunday to you! I hope you are having a good weekend. It has been beautiful weather here, and lots of time has been spent outside. Today is supposed to be another gorgeous day with a high of 80. I am loving this weather!

It's time for Sketch N Scrap's April Crop Challenge #3. This is our smaller format sketch, but you can make it any size you want! Here is a look at the sketch:

I have made a 6x8 layout of Ada for her school album:

I originally planned on making her school album in a traveler's notebook and only include her first and last day of school photos, her actual school photos, and her spring photos, but as the years have gone on I have realized that there are a lot of other things I want to include, so I am changing over to a 6x8 - where I have the option of including pocket pages when needed.

This photo is of this year's spring photo. She just got them back a week or so ago, and I couldn't wait to scrap it! I used the Splendid collection from Paige Evans. I included the flower pack in this month's Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash kit and just recently discovered that I had the 12x12 paper pad. I purchased it at Tuesday Morning right before they closed their stores, brought it home, added it to my stash, and forgot about it! I bought the ephemera and flower packs at my local scrapbook store right around Christmastime, not even realizing I had the 12x12 paper pad at home! I bought them because they went well with the Vicki Boutin Bright and Bold collection! Serendipity!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

The center of this flower was a color not on my layout, so I stamped the "you're pretty awesome" and punched it out with my circle punch. Problem solved! 

I stamped three cameras for each cluster, adding puffy hearts to two and another stamp to the other. I found a number strip in my supplies and circled the number five since she is in the fifth grade this year. I will add the details, like the teachers' names and friends, before I add it to her album. 

Be sure to check out Sketch N Scrap's Monthly Challenges group on Facebook to see all of this month's crop challenges. I hope you find some time to play along with us.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

Lisa and Lori's Great Stash Bash April Challenge

 

Hello, everyone! Happy Tuesday and Happy April 1st! Ahh, April! The days are getting warmer, the grass is getting greener, and the leaves and flowers are [finally] starting to make an appearance! Spring is here! 

 It's been a while since I have been around here! I would like to say that is all going to change this month, but I can't be for certain. I will try my best to share more. 

I didn't get as much done with my kit last month, so I will keep it out a little longer to see if I can maybe make another layout or two with it. I had big plans for it, just not the time to see them all through!

Let's get on with this month's Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash Challenge, shall we?  If you don't know what this challenge is all about, here's how it works:

 On the 1st of each month, we will post a challenge prompt and the stash kit we have created using that prompt. During the month we will try to use as much of our stash kit as possible on different projects. 

This will be a just-for-fun challenge, so there is no monthly prize - but isn't the real prize using up our stash?  We hope you will join us in our quest to bash our stash! If you play along, link up on either my blog or Lisa's blog (or both if you choose) so that we can see who is joining us each month. 

Here is the recipe for April:

To create your kit, pull 10 papers, 3-4 embellishments, 5-7 scrap papers, and for March, our focus item is enamel dots/bling.

Here is my kit for April:

For April, I have pulled Vicki Boutin's Bold and Bright collection. I have been hanging onto this collection since before Christmas, and those bold, bright colors are just what I am wanting to play with this month. 

Here is a closer look at the papers:

And the "B" sides are just as fun and could possibly be used on a project:

Here are the embellishments:

I pulled the 6x12 sticker sheet and ephemera pack from the same collection, a couple of embellishment packs from Paige Evans's Splendid collection. a few random bits that caught my eye and I thought I might be able to use, a pack of alpha stickers that I am going to try to do my best to use because they are starting to fall off of the sheet, and our focus item enamel dots/bling.

Here are the scraps that I pulled:

The bold, bright colors reminded me of Bella Blvd, so I raided my Bella Blvd scraps for this month's kit. Not everything will match, but I am going to see what I can make work!

Hey, look at that! I actually stuck with the recipe this time! I have so many ideas for this kit and I cannot wait to get started with it!

Be sure to head on over to Lisa's blog - My Creative Endeavors - to see the fabulous kit she has put together.

Remember - this is a just-for-fun challenge, but if you do play along and put together your own stash bash kit - add it to the linky below, and we will be sure to check it out and cheer you on! Here are the rules:

1. Follow the challenge prompt to create a kit to work with throughout the month. You may use other items, but please concentrate on using your kit, and link it below.

2. Create new, not previously posted projects using your stash kit.

3. If you have a blog - please include the challenge graphic and a link to our challenge in your posts. 

4. You may link to social media if you don't have a blog. If you share on Instagram, please make sure to use - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2025

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a wonderful day!