Staying Safe - Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy Tuesday to you! I hope that your week is off to a good start. 

Today I am sharing my layout for the December "What's My Challenge" challenge at Scrap Our Stash. Our challenge for this month is to create a layout of someone wearing a mask and to use one of the sayings in the graphic below as your title:

I created a layout of my son wearing his mask while we were out shopping and for my title, I used the "staying safe" saying:

For this layout, I have used papers from my December Great Stash Bash kit. I guess I should say that I used one full sheet - the white with black dots background paper - and all of the other papers were in the scraps that I put in my kit. I'm doing good with using my scraps, I would just be a little happier if I were using more of the full papers, too! It's early in the month so hopefully, I will make more progress with bashing my stash. 

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I was happy I remembered to pull out one of my border punches for this layout. I always love the look, I just don't remember to pull them out and use them. 

I found this pin at Target in their dollar spot. They come 6 on a card, or maybe it was 4 on a card, all with different sayings about the virus. I just took the pin part off the back and added a bit of foam tape.

I really liked a lot of the sayings on the graphic, so I typed up a few that went with my photo and added them as word phrases to my clusters. 

Head on over to Scrap Our Stash to see the layouts from the rest of the design team and I hope you have a chance to play along with us!

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

Incredibly Grateful - Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Hello, hello! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Lasting Memories reveal, please scroll on down.

Today I am sharing the layout that I created for this month's "What's My Challenge" at Scrap our Stash. This time around we have a "Thankful" challenge. Create a layout about someone or something that you are thankful for. Along with that challenge, you are to use one of the phrases in the graphic below on your layout and use a doily:

I, of course, made a layout of my family. I am so incredibly grateful that they are all in my life and I am truly blessed!

For this layout, I have used the papers that I added to this month's Counterfeit Kit mini kit that I put together. I love that floral paper that is from a paper pad from The Paper Studio. Not only did I use it as part of my background, but I also fussy cut some of the flowers for my embellishments. Here are a couple of close-ups:

I stamped the word "grateful" using one of the stamp sets that I included in my kit. I love the font and the size of this stamp. It is perfect for titles on layouts and for a nice sentiment on a card. 

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!

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

Yay - Scrap Our Stash September What's My Challenge

Hello, hello! Happy Tuesday! I hope that your week is off to a good start. 

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Today I am sharing the layout I created for the September "What's My Challenge" challenge at Scrap Our Stash. This month's challenge is all about school. Along with the school theme, you must include a 1 word title, 2 photos, and 3 of the same embellishment:

I made a layout about Ada's kindergarten graduation:

I used papers from the August Flavors of the Month kit and patterned paper add-on kit from The ScrapRoom. All of the embellishments are from the FOTM kit, the embellishment add-on kit, and from the Shots of Life kit. 

To complete the challenge, for my 1 word title I used the word, "Yay", I have 2 photos, and I used 3 wood apple pieces.

Kindergarten graduation was so different this year than in years past, all thanks to the pandemic. It was held on July 30th instead of at the end of the school year in May, it was split up into 3 ceremonies - one for each classroom - so there wouldn't be so many there, and it basically consisted of the kiddos saying the pledge, singing one song, and getting their diplomas. It makes me a little sad that Ada missed out on so many fun things that the end of the kindergarten year brings, but I am so thankful that they were able to have a graduation ceremony even if it was a little different. 

I based my layout on this September 2020 sketch from PageMaps.

Be sure to stop by the Scrap Our Stash blog to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you have a chance to play along with us.

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

Keepin' Cool - Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Happy Saturday! I hope your weekend is off to a good start! It's starting out a little rainy this morning but the sun is supposed to be shining by noontime. 

Today I am sharing the layout that I created for the "What's My Challenge" challenge over at Scrap Our Stash! This month's challenge is to create a layout documenting a summer activity where you or someone else is trying to keep cool. For a little extra challenge, you are to include a sun embellishment and/or sun patterned paper. Here is the graphic for August:

I spent way too long looking for a sun patterned paper! I know I have a scrap of a Simple Stories paper with suns all over it, but I searched high and low and could not find it. Maybe I already used it - probably for the "backside" of the paper! I finally settled on just using a sun embellishment on my layout:

I came across these photos of Shane and Matthew playing in the little wading pools the first full summer we lived at our new place. We weren't quite ready for a big pool with the boys still being so little, so kiddie - or wading - pools for them! Abby wasn't too thrilled with that idea but she had fun with them anyway. I have photos of all of the kids playing in the pools but decided to make a layout of Shane first. He's just so cute in his baggy Lil' Swimmers pull up and I do think his favorite thing was getting in - and out - of the pool!

Here is a close-up of my sun embellishment - a Lawn Fawn metal die:

This is a pretty simple layout but I do love how it turned out!

Be sure to stop by the Scrap Our Stash blog to see how the rest of the design team took on this challenge. I hope you get a chance to play along, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a super Saturday!

Ada The Brave - Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Hello, hello! Happy Hump Day! We have made it to the middle of the week and it has seemed like a long week already with it being the first one back after hubby had a two week vacation!

Today I am sharing my layout for Scrap Our Stash's - What's My Challenge - for July. This month the challenge is to pick a word from the graphic below and use it on your layout. You must also add a stash item that starts with each letter of the word you picked. Here's a look at the graphic:

There are so many great words to choose from and I chose the word...brave.

I actually did a double page spread for my layout! When I first started scrapping double page layouts were all I made and now that it seems I don't take as many photos, well, I can usually get all of the photos I want to use on a single layout. I did have all of these photos (and many more!) of the first time that Ada got up the courage to jump into the pool from the pool deck. She was only 3 1/2 years old and Pops was right there in the water, ready for her if she needed help, and she jumped right in like a boss! We started calling her Ada the Brave and that was what she was called the rest of the summer of 2017. Even now when she does something that takes a little extra courage she is called Ada the Brave. 

For the extra challenge to use a stash item for every letter of the word I chose, I used - B - the color blue, R - roller date and phrase stamp and there is a bit of red in the words on one of the patterned papers, A - arrow and acrylic heart, V - vellum, E - enamel hearts.

Here is a better look at the left side of the layout:

Since there was a lot of empty water space in the photos I added my title directly to them.

And the right side:

I loved this "Brave looks like this" stamp set from Ali Edwards and knew that I would be using it as an embellishment for my layout. 

Be sure to check out Scrap Our Stash to see the fun layouts from the rest of the design team. 

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

I Heart Summer - Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Happy Friday! I hope that you have had a good week. We've had a pretty good week around here. It's been hard getting back into the routine of Scott going back to work, but it's pretty nice getting back into a routine, too.

Today I am sharing the layout that I created for Scrap Our Stash's - What's My Challenge - for May. This month's challenge is a Tic Tac Toe board - which is always fun! Here's a look at the board:

I chose to use the items in the first column - wood veneer, brads, and chipboard - for my layout:

I can't remember when I made a layout of (just) Abby and I thought it was about time that I did just that!

The title of this layout fits her perfectly - being a teacher she cannot wait for summertime and those nice lazy days - and what better way to spend them than in the pool!

For this layout, I used a couple of papers, wood veneer, brads, and chipboard from my May Counterfeit Kit.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I used a chipboard frame and word/phrase stickers in this cluster, along with the wood veneer camera and heart, and several brads.

It's hard to tell in the photo but that is another brad - it's just a clear gem type brad and did not photograph well!

Be sure to stop by Scrap Our Stash to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you have a chance to play along with our Tic Tac Toe challenge this month, too! I would love to see what you create!

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

Just So Sleepy - Scrap Our Stash What's My Challenge - Feelings

Hello, hello! Happy Wednesday! This week is moving right along! Looking on the bright side of things lately, having hubby home all the time has meant we have been getting lots of little odd jobs done around the house and yard, and we are making plans on what else we can tackle in the days - and maybe weeks - to come.

Today I am here to share my take on the April - "What's My Challenge" - challenge at Scrap Our Stash - which is all about "Feelings". Our challenge is to pick an emoji from the chart below and create a layout inspired by that feeling.  And...you must use the word associated with that emoji in your title. Here's the emoji chart:

I was looking through the photos on my phone and found these photos of Ada falling asleep in the car after an afternoon at the Bennett Springs pool and thought they would be perfect for the "sleepy" emoji. And then while I was making my layout, I realized - I think I've already scrapped these photos! If not all of them then one or two of them! Oh, well! One of these days I need to look into a system of keeping track of what photos have already been scrapped!

Here is my layout for the challenge - and look at that - black and white photos two days in a row!

The main reason I turned these photos to black and white was to make it a little easier for me to use the papers that I wanted to use. The red and pink polka dot paper was in my Counterfeit Kit for this month and the turquoise border sticker has been floating around from spot to spot on my desk. I was ready to get it out of the way and on a layout - which led to me finding a few more things that have been on my desk - pulled out for previous layouts and not used. 

All of the buttons (which I rarely ever use anymore) and the chipboard arrow were from an embellishment pack that I pulled for my March Great Stash Bash kit and didn't use nearly all of. I am now happy to say that I only have 4 more chipboard pieces to use and that pack will be all used up! 

I think for a layout that came together using mostly just what I had laying around on my desk that it turned out pretty cute!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

The red chipboard heart with a turquoise outline actually had a little circle on it, I guess to look like a charm, but I just cut that off so I was left with just a cute little heart.

I think that the red gingham chipboard heart might just be my favorite thing on this layout - besides the photos, of course!

Be sure to check out the Scrap Our Stash blog to see how the rest of the design team took on this fun challenge. I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month, too!

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

Be Unique - Scrap Our Stash

Hello, hello! Welcome back! Today I am sharing my take on this month's "What's My Challenge" at Scrap Our Stash. Here's a look at the challenge:

Along with the color challenge, we are to use a stash item for each letter of your first name. I have used - L - labels, O - oval, R - rhinestones/roller date stamp, I - ink.

So, having to use items that begin with each letter of my first name kind of dictated how this layout turned out. I know I would have never used an oval for my title base and it's a toss-up on whether or not I would have used rhinestones - they are one item I have a hard time remembering to pull out and use - but it was fun to be pushed out of my comfort zone and use those things. 

Everything on this layout - except the oval metal die, the alphabet letter dies, and the rhinestones - came from my March Counterfeit Kit. The colors in my kit were pretty close to the colors needed for this challenge. 

I love these photos of Ada from last spring. She was being quite the little model with her new jelly shoes that she brought to show me. I think she liked them so well because she could put them on all by herself!

Be sure to check out Scrap Our Stash to see the fabulous layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you take on this fun challenge, too!

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

Sisters - Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy Saturday to you! I hope your weekend is off to a good start. We have had a busy one already with a sleepover with Miss Ada last night and today we are going to a family birthday party. Gotta love that family time!

Today I am sharing the layout that I created for the "What's My Challenge" challenge at Scrap Our Stash. This month's challenge is to "Celebrate a Spunky Old Broad" and create a layout about you or another woman you know that is 50 or over, who believes it's never too late to live a dream, be who she wants to be, or create and do whatever she wants to do. AND you must include the following slogan somewhere on your layout - "Like fine wine, women get better with age".

I am not quite 50 (but I'm getting closer all the time) so I decided to create a layout of my sisters - and I am in there, too. 

Both of my sisters fit the description of this challenge to a "T"! They are both fun-loving and always up for an adventure. When you get us all together you know that fun is going to be had! I am so lucky to have these two in my life.

Everything on this layout - except for the alphas, tiny alphas, enamel dots, and doily were in my February Great Stash Bash kit - which you can see here. I am making good progress so far this month with this kit! The flowers were fussy cut out of the floral paper that I had left over and I even got some ric rac used on this layout!

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. We can't wait to see what you create, too!

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

Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy Hump Day! I hope you are having a good week. It's been a pretty good one around here. The weather is great - who can complain about 50's and sunshine in January? I will take every warm day in the winter that I can get!

Today I am sharing my layout for Scrap Our Stash's new challenge - What's My Challenge. We are mixing things up this year and the first challenge each month will be a different type of challenge. For January we have a bingo challenge:

Just pick any row, column, or diagonal line and use the selected stash items on your layout. 

For my layout, I chose the 4th row across - 4+ patterned paper, brad, stamp, doily, and to use a punch. This is what I came up with:

I have used 4 patterned papers - the pink gingham background, turquoise arrow, pink polka dot, and multi-colored dots paper. I also used a piece of solid turquoise paper for one of my tags. I used 3 brads - 2 that are on the doily and 1 heart brad on the tabs. (It really does match the papers better in real life than what it shows here!) For my stamping - I stamped the date and a couple of word phrases, and I used a tab punch and a loopy border punch.

The title actually reads - Who could resist...that sweet face - and the journaling says - "It's no secret - every time Ada and I go shopping - she comes home with something new. Toys, candy, clothes - it's always something! I just can't resist that sweet face!"

Here are a couple of close-ups:

This is my first layout using my stash bash kit! Here is what I used for this layout:

I was able to use up one full sheet (for the background), all of turquoise arrow scrap paper, and most of the pink polka dot paper. I also used 3 brads out of the pack and one of my favorite - but rarely used - border punch! I can't wait to see how much more of this kit that I can use up this month!

Head on over to Scrap Our Stash to see how the rest of the design team took on the bingo challenge this month. I hope you have some time to play along with us!

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