Push the Limits Layout for Lasting Memories #636

I am excited to announce that I have joined the Lasting Memories Design Team as of this month! The challenges this month all revolve around a few of the favorite things of DT member Brandi's little boys, and here is the first inspiration board. Even if you don't have kid photos to scrap, I can see lots of ways  you could be inspired by this board, so feel free to join in on the fun.

Here's the board:

And here's my layout:

Recipe:
Flyin' High, Later Sk8r & Boys at Play stamp sets
Let's Wander Mixed Media paper (American Crafts)
Nectarine & White Daisy cardstock
Sunflower, Nectarine, Tulip & Lagoon ink
Teen Spirit Boy ephemera (Echo Park)
Color Kaleidoscope stickers (American Crafts)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: ring
Pattern: Stick It Down February 2023 single page sketch

Challenges: Time Out Challenges #231 Photo Inspiration (I was inspired to use the mixed media paper with multiple colors across it as my background and to use a title with white writing on a colored background)

Zoom Layout

My kids loved driving the cars at Legoland, except my youngest who was too little, so he played on a motorcycle in the little kids playground. For this layout, I played along with a few challenges that inspired me to add elements to my layout. For example, The Studio Challenges asked us to "create a layout using a scrapping item for each letter of the word heart, you get bonus points if you use more than one for each letter!" Here are my items:
H - hemp fiber, hearts (on the tab)
E - enamel gems
A - arrows, Artiste Cricut cartridge
R - red, road signs
T - tab, tag, tape (washi)

Recipe:
Flying High, All the Details,  Boys at Play & Friendship Word Puzzle stamp sets
For Always paper
Kraft, Black, Cranberry, Honey, Topiary & White Daisy cardstock
Honey, Topiary, Cranberry & Black ink
Natural Hemp
Milepost Shapes
Red Enamel Gems
Jeppers Creepers washi tape
Staples
Cricut Artiste cartridge: stop sign, traffic light, pedestrian crossing sign, arrows
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: file folder
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap # 195 (rotated right)

Challenges: Heart 2 Heart texture challenge (used a crimper to corrugate the Honey cardstock, plus added some hemp fiber and Milepost Shapes); Lasting Memories #486 Tool Free for All (crimper, stapler, Cricut machine, stamp sets I haven't used in ages)

Chino Air Show Layout

My hubby loves air shows! Need I say more?

Recipe:
Victory, Flyin' High & Kudos stamp sets
Victory papers
Desert Sand, Outdoor Denim, Bamboo & Colonial White cardstock
Desert Sand, Chocolate, Outdoor Denim & New England Ivy ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Star brads (creative Impressions)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title

Fontana Speedway Layout

Squeezing in a last minute layout for August! I had lots of fun using the Later Sk8r Picture My Life cards on this. They make great photo mats and can even be altered if something on them does not quite work on your layout. For example, I loved the look of the journaling card, but there was a sentiment on it that totally didn't fit with my layout, so I covered it with a die-cut arrow. Easy-peasy!

Recipe:
Flyin' High, Later Sk8r, Distressed Backgrounds & Ticket to Ride stamp sets
Later Sk8r Level 2 papers & PML cards
Whisper, Cranberry, White Daisy cardstock
Whisper, Slate, Cranberry, Lagoon & Outdoor Denim ink
Pear & Outdoor Denim markers
Lagoon & Slate washi tape
Cranberry concho
Round Durables - Pewter
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Pattern: Simple Stories
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Ticket to Ride

Stamping Textures Tutorial - Let's Ride Layout

It's time for Virtual Scrapbook Night over at Splitcoast Stampers, and we're focusing on techniques. You can play along until next Saturday, so let's get started! Here's a fun technique using a stamp and any textured item you choose.

Tech VSBN 05
1. Pick out a clear stamp that has a large, smooth surface area on the back. Place the stamp, design side down, on an acrylic block, and ink up the smooth back of the stamp with the ink of your choice.

2. Press the inked stamp onto a textured surface (one that's easily cleaned or disposable). I chose bubble wrap.

 3. Next stamp the image onto your cardstock.

 4. Repeat the above until the surface of the cardstock is covered.

 5. Use the resulting patterned cardstock on your layout or card.

For my layout and sample above, I chose to use bubblewrap, which resulted in a slightly different image each time I stamped it, since the bubblewrap gives under pressure. For a crisper impression, choose a more solid textured surface. I used one of my son's Lego blocks and a rectangular stamp to create the Lego pieces, and you can almost see the Lego logo on the image. Since Lego are rather slick, I had to hold my hand very steady when pressing against them so the stamp wouldn't skid around!

I'll be posting another technique later today for VSBN, so don't forget to check back here and play along!

Recipe:
Hodgepodge Alphabet, Vintage Type, A Typeface, Urban Alphabet, Flyin' High, Picture Perfect, My Game & Ticket to Ride stamp sets
Cranberry, Sunny Yellow & White Daisy cardstock
Sunkiss Yellow textured cardstock
Cranberry, Sunny Yellow, Moonstruck, Clover Meadow & Chocolate ink
Cranberry craft buttons & conchos
Natural hemp
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title
Cuttlebug: Wicker Weave embossing folder
Pattern: 4x6 Photo Sketch Blog
Challenges: Frosted Designs Creativity With Texture challenge; Heart 2 Heart Alphabet Soup challenge
Technique inspired by Jeanette Lynton's Wishes book

LOAD #2 - Galerias Pacifico

For this layout, I used 2 Page Sketch # 24 from Sketch Support. I loved the curves on the top part of the sketch, and thought they represented the sense of motion I wanted to convey. No journaling yet; I'm waiting until my in-laws visit next week and can jog my memory about the events of this evening. Hopefully they remember more than I do! The title was cut out on my Wishblade.

Recipe:
Ticket to Ride & Flyin' High stamp sets
Zippidee Level 2 papers & My Stickease
Bamboo, Indian Corn Blue, Honey & Colonial White cardstock
Indian Corn Blue & Cranberry Ink
3-D foam tape

Week 45 Layout Linky - Leaving on a Jet Plane Layout

I can't believe I did it again. It's Friday already and I'm just getting this link posted! Apologies to my scrappy friends who are doing the 52 week challenge. I'll extend the deadline to Tuesday, and I'll make sure I get a layout done for next week so I can get that posted earlier.

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Update at 11:20 PM
I finished my layout before midnight, so I thought I'd post it! I decided to scrapbook our 2007 vacation to Chile since I finished the rest of 2007 already. The layout uses the Creative Rhythm pattern from Cherish, plus some really old patterned paper from DCWV and CTMH. The blank white space will eventually hold journaling.



Recipe:
A Typeface, Trinity Alphabet & Flyin' High stamp sets
The Summer Stack (DCWV) & Summer Celebration B&T Combo pack
Watermelon, Clover Meadow & White Daisy cardstock
Topiary & Black ink
White grosgrain ribbon
Craft buttons
White Daisy embroidery floss
3-D foam tape

***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 45 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!

EMS Sketch Challenge 34 - The Looong Flight Home

Anyone up for a sketch challenge? I haven't done one for a few weeks, so here's one I came up with this morning! It's pretty simple, but I threw a couple variations into my layout. First, I rounded the corners of the large paper and the right hand photo so I wouldn't have as many straight angles. I also replaced the stars with clocks to reflect my theme. Since my journaling was way too long for the space I had designated, I cut an opening in the paper that holds the photo collage, and I inserted a journaling strip behind it. You pull up on the tab in order to reveal a little bit of the journaling at a time. Fun idea I got from Jeanette Lynton's latest pattern book, Magic. Except for a vacation that I will scrap separately, this is the last of my photos from 2007. Yay!

The Sketch:

My Layout:
 

Recipe:
Trinity Alphabet, Flyin' High, Make It Count & Notice the Details stamp sets
Animal Cookies Creative Basics papers
White Daisy & Sunflower cardstock
Chocolate & Dutch Blue ink
Tulip brads
3-D foam tape

LOAD #22 - Life Afloat

Another Midway layout. I created the clouds by masking cloud shapes on White Daisy cardstock and then brayering over the paper with Sky ink.



Recipe:
Tiny Typewriter Alphabet, Flyin' High & True Happiness stamp sets
Zippidee Level 2 papers
Dutch Blue, White Daisy & Bamboo cardstock
Sky, Cranberry, Bamboo, Dutch Blue & Black ink
3-D foam tape

Simple MAF Layout

I just have time to post a simple layout I finished last night while watching the American Idol results show. How about those results? Anyone else surprised? Anyway, back to the layout! A couple of years ago, a group from my church went on a field trip to the headquarters of Mission Aviation Fellowship. In case you've never heard of them, they are a missions organization that specializes in reaching out-of-the-way places that are difficult to access by ordinary means (car, train, etc.). We were able to get a tour of headquarters just before they relocated to Idaho, and it was fascinating to hear about their work with disaster relief and reaching people with the Gospel. You can check them out at http://www.maf.org/. For the layout, I used Golden Section from Jeannette Lynton's Cherish, but I reversed the whole pattern. This is such a cool thing about Jeannette's patterns: they are so versatile that you can adapt them to just about any group of photos. I had fun stamping the designs on the circles using the Flyin' High stamp set. As I mentioned, this is a really simple layout, but here's a tip for some of you scrappers who may be a bit intimidated by all the embellishments you see out there: it's okay to use just paper on your layouts! Yes, you heard right! All your layouts don't have to be complicated. When you are looking through a scrapbook, sometimes it's nice for your eyes to have a place to rest, and the simple, unembellished layouts provide just that opportunity, besides letting your fancier layouts shine. Okay, getting down off my soap box. Hope you enjoy this simple layout!







Recipe:
Flyin' High, Rustic Alphabet, & Extreme Caps stamp sets
Cranberry, Outdoor Denim, Desert Sand & Bamboo cardstock
Cranberry, Outdoor Denim & Desert Sand ink
Outdoor Denim marker