Princess Party Layout for Lasting Memories

So excited to be asked to be a guest designer for Lasting Memories challenge blog this month! For their second May challenge, they asked us to use the "something new" portion of the wedding tradition. The newest product I have is the Smitten paper pack from Close to My Heart, so I combined that with some photos from my daughter's princess party. Click on the link above if you want more details and to play along with the Lasting Memories challenges.

Recipe:
Lollydoodle & Fanfare stamp sets
Smitten papers
Capri, Flamingo, Toffee & White Daisy cardstock
Capri, Flamingo & Raspberry ink
Versamark ink
Watermelon marker
Gold embossing powder
Pearl Opaques
Teen Spirit Girl ephemera (Echo Park)
Unicorn ribbon (American Crafts)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title shape, hearts, geo-tag
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 97

Challenges: Double Trouble #109 Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Thing 1 = used both a rainbow of colors and predominantly pink + Thing 2 = played along with Colorful Options Pretty Pink challenge + Thing 3 = added unicorn ribbon)

Let's Party Layout

To complement the Star Wars theme for Angel's 6th birthday, I made a lightsaber out of cupcakes for the kids. It was well received!

Recipe:
Love Life, Artiste Birthday, Fanfare, Just a Number, Crafted With Love & Stronger Together stamp sets
Stitched Journaling Panels stamp set (Autumn Leaves)
Fanfare papers
Canary, Pacifica & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, Sky, Pacifica & Black ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Versamarker
Clear embossing powder
Cranberry grosgrain ribbon
Cranberry craft buttons
Sunkiss Yellow embroidery floss
Cabana Great Lengths stick (CM)
Magic Mesh (Creative Imaginations)
Cricut Artist cartridge: cupcake
Pattern: Rebecca Ludens 2010 Sketch

Challenges: Use Your Stuff #440 Embossing (I haven't done any heat embossing for a while, so I pulled out my Versamark pen and clear embossing powder to add some shine to the candle fame and the spots on the cupcake)

Seven Layout

It's Sunday, and that means another fun challenge from Lasting Memories! As their guest designer this month, I was quite challenged when they asked me to use watercolors, paints, and/or mists on my layout. This is totally out of my comfort zone, but I had recently stumbled across the technique of adding a pop of color to a stamped line image by brushing on some watercolor paint, so I tried that with my three cupcake circles. I then misted on top of that, and added white gel pen accents and an enamel dot to each one.

And I also misted the shape with the sub-title on it, but since it's hard to see in the full view of the layout, here's a close-up.

Recipe:
Cutie Pie, Fanfare & Hodgepodge Alphabet stamp sets
Dream Pop patterned papers & cardstock
Creme Brulee & White Daisy cardstock
Black ink
Black marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Black washi tape
Flamingo Dots
Enamel & Glitter Duos blue dots
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border, scalloped circles, sub-title shape
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #164

Cat Party Card

My daughter asked for a cat party for her birthday, so the first step was making her invitations. I started with a cute card sketch from Atlantic Hearts challenge blog but, since I wanted to go vertical on my card base, I tightened up the design by moving the circles together. The card went through several revisions and I ended up simplifying it a bit because I just couldn't face hand cutting glitter tape for 30 cards (can anyone relate?) but I'm pretty happy with the final result!

Recipe:
Fanfare, Welcome Baby & One Way Borders stamp sets
Laughing Lola Level 2 papers
Slate, Whisper, Crystal Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Crystal Blue, Thistle & Black ink
Black & Gold Metallic markers
Purple Glitter Gem
Cricut Artistry cartridge: banner
Cricut Chore Chart cartridge: cat
Challenges: Bitten By the Bug 2 banner or sign challenge

Yummy Treat Layout

The Color My Heart Color Dare for the week was to use Sky, Blush, and Buttercup on our artwork. I thought it would be a fun color scheme for my ice cream photos. Just an FYI: CTMH's burlap ribbon looks great on almost any project, and isn't it the perfect texture for a waffle cone?

Recipe:
Fanfare WOTG stamp set
Sky, Blush, Buttercup, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Blush, Buttercup & Desert Sand ink
Chocolate marker
Burlap ribbon
Pink Glitter Gems
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped circle, title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 13

Week 23 Layout Linky + EMS Sketch Challenge 30 Part 2 - Make a Wish

As promised, here is an alternate look at EMS Sketch Challenge 30. The changes I made include the following:
1. I rotated the right hand page 180 degrees.
2. I reversed the pages.
3. I moved the journaling from the bottom of the page into a column next to the two smaller photos. This allowed me to add an additional 6x4 photo.
4. I moved the title to the bottom and added some embellishments to the place where the title previously was.
5. Instead of a large circle element, I have several smaller circles scattered around the layout.
I have more ideas for changing up this layout, so I'll try to get some more scrapped. Now, consider yourself challenged!

The (revised) sketch:


My Layout:


Recipe:
Fanfare, Pennant Alphabet & Picture Perfect stamp sets
Fanfare Level 2 papers
Kraft, Sky, Sunny Yellow & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, Sky, Pacifica, Sunny Yellow, Black & Chocolate ink
Pacifica marker
White Daisy embroidery floss & ric-rac
Staples

***If you are participating in the 52 Layouts Challenge, please use the link below to link your layout to this post. You have until Friday at 11:59PM PST to post your week 23 layout. The link will allow you to post a title and thumbnail that link to your site, where we can see the layout in all its glory! Note: please do not post from a password protected site that will require us to input a password before viewing.

LOAD #23 - Happy Birthday Kaden

I couldn't find the perfect papers for this layout, so I decided to create my own. In the process, I also used the Variety Challenge from Split Coast Stampers: to create a monochromatic page. Mine uses shades of brown. This is harder than it sounds; I kept wanting to add red or blue to the mix! Hopefully the browns tone down the bright colors in the pictures. The layout didn't turn out quite how I hoped, but it will have to do! The pattern is Beauty in Repetition from Cherish.



Recipe:
Cocktail Alphabet, Friendship Alphabet Small, Fanfare, Holiday Hoopla, Thoughtful Seasons, A Little Everything, Boom, Happy Birthday & Celebrate the Everyday stamp sets
Kraft, Bamboo & White Daisy cardstock
Chocolate, Cocoa, Desert Sand & Bamboo ink
Chocolate & Desert Sand markers
Metal-rimmed circle tags
Chocolate brads