Sweet Little Moment - Sketch N Scrap February Crop Challenge #3

Hello, everyone! Happy Super Bowl Sunday to you! Will you be watching the big game or will you be scrapping the night away? I know we will have it on and we will be rooting for the Bengals - even though they beat out our Raiders in the first playoff game - but really we won't care either way. We just want it to be a good game. And if it's not - you can bet I will be working on a layout or card!

Today I am sharing a layout that I created for Challenge #3 over in Sketch N Scrap's Monthly Challenges Facebook group.  I chose Sketch N Scrap's Sketch #152 from May 1, 2018:

And this is what I came up with:

I used papers and embellishments from my February Stash Bash kit on this layout. All of the papers are from Echo Park's Hello Baby (boy) collection - except the orange - which is an old My Mind's Eye paper.

I only had this one sweet photo of my boys -  from 20 years ago - to use on this layout. I can't remember if this was the day we finally got to bring Shane home after spending 16 days in the NICU, or if it was a few days later. It couldn't have been too long after as I see the cords from his heart monitor in the photo. 

This photo just melts my heart every time that I look at it! Matthew is loving on his little brother and I can just imagine him letting Shane know that everything's going to be okay - that he is there to watch out for him!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I tried really hard to use those big rosette embellishments that I had included in my kit but they just turned out to be way too big and way too bulky for my liking, so I made my own version with my circle punches and pinked circle dies. I love how they turned out and with making my own version, I could make them as big or as small as I wanted. I finished off this cluster with a few stickers from the sticker sheet. 

For the title, I used the mirrored word "Sweet" from Pink Paislee. I almost didn't use it - the "W" looks a little foggy about halfway down. I tried to get the plastic off it but it was like it had melted onto the letter. I decided to just go ahead and go with it. 

I am so glad that I finally got this photo scrapped!

Be sure to stop by Sketch N Scrap's Monthly Challenges Facebook group and check out our challenges for February. We would love it if you played along with us!

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

Fun Day - Sketch N Scrap #242

Hello, everyone! Happy Friday to you! I do hope that you have had a good week and that you are ready for the weekend! 

Today I am sharing the layout that I created using the February 1st sketch at Sketch N Scrap. This sketch is courtesy of Sketch Artist Lisa and I had a lot of fun playing with it! Here is a look at the sketch:

And this is what I came up with:

For this layout, I used the Cocoa Vanilla's These Days collection that I had included in my February stash bash kit. These papers are so pretty and I have been hoarding them since I bought them back when they first came out back in July of last year. I decided it was time to get some of them used instead of sitting in my stash taking up space! I have told myself that I cannot get any of their new "No Limits" collection unless, and until,  I get some of this one used up!

These photos are of Ada at Nathanael Greene Park last summer. Abby and Shawn took her there so she could ride her scooter on the trail and along the way, they stopped at the play pods for her to try them out. I believe there are 5 different play pods along the trail and I know they for sure stopped at 2 of them...I am not sure if they hit the other 3 or not. Ada had so much fun!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I cannot believe I got these tree die cuts used on the first layout that I created with this collection. I thought they were perfect for an outdoorsy layout. I added foam tape to the yellow tree and the word sticker for a little dimension.

I went with the Heidi Swapp enamel word stickers for my title. I had a hard time deciding on whether to use fun day or happy day as my title but "fun day" fit the area a little better. I left a bigger space between the words than I really intended so I added a little heart between the words. 

Here I had included all those stickers in my stash bash kit - since they are our focus item - and ended up only using 3 phrase stickers and a circle sticker - everything else was from the ephemera pack or from the cut apart paper...that just leaves me plenty to work with on my next layout!

Be sure to check out the Sketch N Scrap blog and the Sketch N Scrap Facebook page for more inspiration using this sketch.

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

Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash February Kit

 Hello, everyone! I hope that your week is off to a good start! We are preparing for some major winter weather around here starting tomorrow. We have a chance for ice and snow and bitterly cold temperatures so we will see what we end up getting! Sounds like it is going to be a great time to spend some time inside scrapping and stitching!

I cannot believe that it is already the first day of February and time for a new stash bash kit! I did fairly well with my January kit and hope to do just as well, if not better, with my February kit! I will try to do a January recap post later this week. Let's get on with my February kit.

 If you don't know what the Great Stash Bash is - it is a challenge that my good friend Lisa and I do every month. We pull items from our stash based on a "recipe" (which you will see below) and use those items throughout the month in an effort to get our scrappy stash used up!

Here is February's recipe:

Our "recipe" is to pull 10 patterned papers, 5-7 scraps, 3-4 embellishments, and our focus item for February are stickers.

I played nice this month and stuck pretty close to the recipe! I created two mini-kits to work with this month. Here is my first mini-kit:

This kit is made up of Cocoa Vanilla's - These Days - collection and a couple of coordinating papers from a DCWV paper pad. I've added in the ephemera pack and all of the stickers that I have for this collection - since that is our focus item this month. I also included a set of Heidi Swapp word stickers that I thought I might be able to use. 

Here are the papers that I included:

The mustard yellow and green dot paper are from the DCWV paper pad and the rest are from Cocoa Vanilla. I have two layouts planned out for this kit and then we'll see what's left and go from there! I may fussy cut that floral paper...or at least a portion of it.

Here are the embellishments:

I have included a Heidi Swapp word sticker sheet, the Cocoa Vanilla ephemera, and all of the stickers that I had from this collection - the alphas, the cardstock stickers, the puffy stickers, the clear stickers, and the word stickers. I would love to get a few of these used!

I also included the cut apart paper and the butterfly paper - for more fussy cutting:

Here is my second kit:

This kit was completely centered around one photo of my boys - Matthew was 2 and Shane just a couple of months old - that I cannot wait to get scrapped! It is made up of mostly Echo Park's Hello Baby - boy collection. There are hints of orange in this collection but no orange paper so I pulled in an old My Mind's Eye orange paper.

Here is a look at the papers: 

I also added a navy piece of cardstock and I will probably cut the border strip paper apart.

Here is a look at the embellishments:

For the embellishments, I included the 12x12 sticker sheet and ephemera pack from the Hello Baby collection, a set of baby-themed stickers from Simple Stories, the mirrored...glass look word sticker from Pink Paislee, a couple of pinwheels from a different Echo Park collection, and a stamp set from My Mind's Eye - in case I feel like getting inky! I have just a few scraps from this collection so I included them. I would love to get them used up this month. 

So, I ended up with a total of 13 papers - not counting the papers that I plan to fussy cut - and a few more than 3-4 embellishments - but the majority of those are stickers which are our focus item this month!

I am super excited to get started with my kit and see how much stash I can bash this month!  

Now, be sure to stop by Lisa's blog to see the fun kit that she has pulled together for this month. 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. 

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 - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2022

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

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