Happy Birthday - Scrap Our Stash Pick Your Side Challenge

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Hello, everyone! Happy Saturday to you! Do you have any big plans for the weekend? I still have not started wrapping my presents...guess that is my plan for the weekend!

Today I am sharing my take on this month's Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge at Scrap Our Stash. Along with choosing one side of the sketch, we were also to use 8 or more different types of scrapbook items on our layout. Here's a look at the sketch:

I chose the left side of the sketch for my layout:

For my 8 items, I have used - 4 different patterned papers, stickers, die cuts, a stamp, and enamel dots. 

I just loved this photo of Scott and Ada on his birthday last year. I had gone into the other room to grab something and Abby snapped this for me while they were waiting. And then the photo of Shane sneaking in to help blow out the candles at the last minute is priceless! He's good at sneaking in at the last second!

I have used a mix of Echo Park and Carta Bella papers for this layout. I think they all work together well. Here are a couple of close-ups:

I realized after I had taken the photos that I forgot to add the dot to the "i" and have made sure to add it since then. A lot of journaling was not needed here, but I do think I will go back and add in the names and how Shane snuck in there at the last second to blow out the candles!

Head on over to Scrap Our Stash to see how the rest of the design team interpreted this challenge. I do hope you are able to find some time to play along with us!

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

Growing Up Gamers - Scrap Our Stash Sept. Pick Your Side Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy Saturday to you! We have made it to the weekend and we are waiting for Miss Ada to come over for a visit. Now that she is in school we jump at the chance to keep her when her Mom and Dad have things to do!

It's time for the Scrap Our Stash - Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge Designer Inspiration Part 2. Here is the sketch that we had to pick a side from and the added challenge this month is to use banners/pennants on your layout:

I chose the right-hand side of the sketch but I rotated the sketch a half turn and used two landscape photos:

These photos are from 2001. I have really been enjoying going back through old photos that I never got around to scrapping at the time and scrapping them now. Looking back at them now the story - or perspective - is so different than what it would have been if I had scrapped them at the time.

This was a nightly occurrence in our house - the boys "playing" video games with their Dad. I think Matthew may have actually been playing with Scott, but Shane was just happy to hold onto the controller (the cord of the controller looked like it was plugged in, but it wasn't). I know this is where the boys' love of video games started and I love that we now have this memory documented. 

I have used my September Counterfeit Kit to create this layout. I am so happy that I included these older Echo Park papers in my kit - they were perfect for these photos!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Be sure to stop by Scrap Our Stash to see how the rest of the design team took on this challenge. I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month!

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

Goggles Girl - Scrap Our Stash June Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge

Hello, hello!  Good Tuesday morning to you! I think summer has finally arrived here in the middle of the US and it looks like we are finally going to be able to get into the pool this week. Between all of the rain and the cooler weather we've been having...well, I'm ready for some summer!

Today is my day to be featured over on the Scrap Our Stash blog with my take on the June Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge. Here's a look at the sketch that we are to use one side or the other of:

Along with the sketch challenge, there is an additional challenge to use polka dot patterned paper and numbers on our layout. Here is what I came up with:

I chose the left-hand side of the sketch for my layout. I used pink polka dot patterned paper and for my numbers, I added the year to the bottom cluster. The polka dotted paper I found in my scraps box and all the other papers are scraps from the "Little Princess" collection from Simple Stories. 

I loved the look of the title within the journaling so I made sure to work it around to where my title was actually part of my journaling. I had a bit of an accident with my paint splatters, but it was an easy fix, I just cut another piece of white cardstock to fit in the space where my journaling and title was to go and then added it all on top of the piece of cardstock. At first glance, you don't even notice it - you have to be looking really closely to see that there is an extra piece of cardstock there.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Instead of outlining my layout with a pen, like I tend to do, I used the same navy paint that I used for my splatters to go around the edges of my cardstock.

Be sure to stop by the Scrap Our Stash blog for more inspiration from the design team. I hope you have a chance to play along with us!

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

Life Is Better...Scrap Our Stash May Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge

Hello and Happy Saturday! We have made it to the weekend and it's a holiday weekend at that! 

Today is my day to share my take on the Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge at Scrap Our Stash. Along with the sketch, we have an additional challenge to add a tag to our layout.

I chose the left-hand side of the sketch for my layout:

I've used Simple Stories - Sunshine and Blue Skies - collection for my layout of Shane playing on the slip n slide way back in 2005. The colors in this collection are perfect for these fun photos.

I do have a tag on my layout - tucked behind the left photo and sun.

I have a few more photos from this day so I may go ahead and use the right-hand side of the sketch for those.

Be sure to stop by Scrap Our Stash for more design team inspiration. I would love to see your take on the challenge, too!

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

Scrap Our Stash - Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy Thursday to you! I hope that you are having a good week.

Today is my day to be featured on the Scrap Our Stash blog with my take on the Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge. This is such a fun challenge where we pick which side of the sketch we want to use and create our layout based on that sketch. There is always an added challenge and this time around that is to use buttons, brads, or enamel dots. Here's a look at the sketch:

I chose to use the right side of the sketch since it fit my photos.

I've used the super cute "Oh, Happy Day" collection from Simple Stories. The colors in this collection are perfect for photos of Miss Ada.

The story behind these photos - Ada found Willie's old Halloween costume and thought it would be fun to try it on him again. He's not much of a fan of it but he was a good sport and wore it long enough for me to get a couple of photos. I'm really quite surprised that he hasn't ripped this cute little shark head to shreds like he does most of his stuffed toys! Maybe he secretly likes it after all!

Here is a close-up of one of my clusters:

Be sure to check out the Scrap Our Stash blog for more inspiration from the design team. I would love to see your take on the challenge, too!

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

This Is Slime?! - Scrap Our Stash Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge

Hello, hello! Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week.

Today is my day to be featured over at Scrap Our Stash with my take on the Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge. Along with the sketch we are to use washi tape on our layout. Here's a look at the sketches we had to choose from:

And here is my layout:

I  picked the right side of the sketch to base my layout on. I don't do a lot of multi-photo layouts anymore, but when I saw this sketch I knew it would be perfect for all of these photos of Ada when we attempted to make homemade slime last summer. 

I used the center circle area for my title and since I had a lot to say I used one of the photo places for a journaling box. For the added challenge to use washi - I added some thin navy and white diagonal striped washi tape to my layout and the gold hearts were made by using gold glitter washi, too. I just layered several strips of the washi tape together until I got the size big enough to die cut the hearts.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

About the layout - Ada decided it would be pretty fun to make homemade slime, which kind of surprised me because she gets so grossed out by things like that,  so we gathered all of the supplies and went to work. When it started to get to the slime stage, she started to gag and cry, it was grossing her out so bad! We kept working with it - probably a little too much because it had more of a silly putty consistency than a slime consistency - but that actually worked out okay because she could handle touching it then! We all had a few good laughs that night, but she sure has not ever asked to make slime again!

Be sure to stop by Scrap Our Stash for more inspiration for this challenge. I would love to see your take on it, too!

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

Silly Faces - Scrap Our Stash Pick Your Side Challenge

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope you are all ready for the new week.

Today is my day to be featured at Scrap Our Stash with my take on this month's Pick Your Side Sketch Challenge. Here's a look at this month's double page sketch:

For this challenge, you need to pick either the left side or the right side of the sketch to base your layout on. Along with the sketch challenge, you also must use striped pattern paper and mixed alphas. 

For my layout, I used the left-hand side of the sketch and I stuck closely to the sketch. I used a striped pattern paper for my main block behind the photos. Here is what I came up with:

I've had these photos of Ada out on my desk pretty much since the day that I took them in January! I've been trying to keep up with printing my photos so I will have them ready and waiting for me when I am able to sit down and work on my 52 Favorites or my Project Life. I knew I also wanted to use these photos on a traditional layout, so there's a good chance you'll be seeing these photos again in some form or another soon!

There's really no story behind these photos, we were playing Candy Land and she just started acting silly - making faces and talking in funny voices. I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures.

I've used Echo Parks - I am Mom - collection for my striped paper. I love the colors and those little hearts scattered about...well, I could have multiple pieces of that paper and not get tired of it! The rest of the papers and stickers are from Close To My Heart with the exception of the "love" sticker and the blue floral sticker, they are from a partial sticker sheet from a past kit from The Scrap Room.

The multiple shades of pink...kind of bother me...but I am trying to not let it! I am trying to embrace it! In person they don't look as far off as they do in the photos.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Now, head on over to Scrap Our Stash for more design team inspiration. I hope you have some time to play along with our challenge - I would love to see your take on it!

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

Well Hello There - Scrao Our Stash - Pick Your Side Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready for the weekend? I know I am! We will be celebrating both our boys' birthdays this weekend. The oldest is 21 and the youngest is 19...wow, I feel old!

I am up on the Scrap Our Stash blog today with my take on the new Pick Your Side Challenge. For this new challenge, we are given a double page sketch and we are to pick a side of it to base our layout off of. There is also an added challenge to go along with the sketch challenge and this month it is to add flowers to your layout. Here's a look at the sketch:

For my layout, I have used the left side of the sketch. For the flower part of the challenge, I stamped a couple of different types of flowers in the same colors as my papers and used a die to cut them out. I then clustered them together.

I used Close To My Heart's - Heart Happy - collection for this layout. I knew I was going to love this collection the minute I saw it! The flower and heart stamps are also from CTMH - Prickly Pear Scrapbooking Stamp and Thin Cuts (Z3338). The title is a mix of Elle's Studio stamps and the block alpha dies from CTMH.

Here are a couple of close ups:

A little about these photos of Ada at nine and a half months old - she had been sitting on her blanket, just playing away and looking cute. The minute I pulled my camera out she got all excited and started kicking her feet like crazy. It was hard to get a photo that wasn't blurry from all of the movement! I just love the photo that looks like she is waving.

Be sure to stop by Scrap Our Stash for more design team inspiration. Have you played along with our new challenges yet? I would love to see your take on them!

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