Fall Back Fun Layout

Our church does a fun event every time Daylight Saving begins and ends, and I was looking forward to scrapping these photos from Fall 2016, but for some reason the layout never popped for me. I ended up tearing out sections and instead of using a pre-made die cut with two little girls on it, I went old school with tracing paper, a black marker, and my scissor in order to paper piece one of the girls. It worked out great because I could give her dark hair like my daughter instead of the blond of the original. It was more work but I think it was worth it!

Recipe:
Share the Magic & Diverse Backgrounds stamp sets
Craft On & Something Fierce papers
Blush, Carolina, Peach, Raspberry, Bluebird, Desert Sand, Cashmere, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Sunny Yellow, Carolina, Bluebird, Whisper & Black ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Silver brad
Flamingo enamel dots
Cricut Artiste cartridge: clock
Cricut Design Space: title using Thick Typeface and the offset function
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #94 (rotated right)

Challenges: Double Trouble #126 Scrapper's GORP (Thing 1 = used checks, stripes, florals, & polka dots + Thing 3 = paper pieced girl, pillow & teddy bear); Try Stampin' on Tuesday #584 (paper pieced girl & teddy bear)

EMS Sketch Challenge 71 - Christmas Eve Party Layout

Time for the first sketch of 2019. I haven't been very consistent about posting these in the past, but I'm giving it another try, so wish me luck! You'll notice this sketch doesn't have any measurements on it. That's because it's composed mainly of scrap pieces. My intent is to encourage you to dig into your stash and throw together a bunch of paper scraps that complement your photos. The scraps don't have to be the same sizes as the ones I used; I've suggested an arrangement of scraps, but figure out what works for you and go for it! And don't forget to link up your completed layout at the bottom of this post.

The sketch:

My layout:

And here is the front and back of the tag with my hidden journaling:

Recipe:
Jingle Borders & Share the Magic stamp sets
Believe papers
Kraft, Holiday Red, Sky & White Daisy cardstock
Desert Sand & Tuxedo Black
Pure Brown marker (Zig)
Prismacolor Watercolor pencils
White Daisy brad
Red ribbon (repurposed from a gift)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Cricut Artiste & Artbooking cartridges: snowflakes
Challenges: The Paper Girls Santa and his elves (a new challenge blog for me but it fit perfectly for these photos!); Double Trouble challenge #18 - for Thing 1's challenge, I used circles & snowflakes for my shapes & for Thing 2's challenge, I played along with the Paper Girls' Santa challenge. (Would have loved to get all three challenge categories in with this layout but couldn't figure out how to incorporate birds without it seeming really random!)

An InLinkz Link-up

Week 39 Layout Linky - Airport Santa

It's Friday already and I haven't posted my 52 Weeks Challenge layout linky yet! I'm sorry. I had a layout sitting on my scrapdesk all week, and I know it needs some finishing touches, but I can't figure out what else to do with it. I decided to call it done for now and just post it. Maybe I'll revisit it in the future and be struck with some brilliant idea on how to polish it up. Anyway, here it is, featuring a picture we snapped in the airport McDonalds. I guess even Santa gets Big Mac Attacks! The pattern is Performance from Magic.

By the way, I am going to attempt to do a layout a day (LOAD) for October. Anyone want to join me?  If so, let me know and I'll be sure to check your blog and comment on your layouts. Please do the same for me so we can encourage each other to keep going!

Recipe:
Share the Magic & Friendship Alphabet Small stamp sets
Believe Level 2 papers
White Daisy & Sky cardstock
White Daisy textured cardstock
Holiday Red, Black, Bamboo, Sweet Leaf, Sky & Versamark ink
Holiday Red, Sweet Leaf & Bamboo markers
Black embossing powder
DE Monograms "S", "A", "N" & "T"
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 39 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 #10 - Sharing the Magic

My day got really busy yesterday, so I didn't manage to complete my layout. I had the images stamped and all I needed to do was color them in to finish the layout, but I confess - I was too tired! Oh well, they're done, so I'm off to work on today's layout. See you in a while.



Recipe:
Share the Magic stamp set
Traditional Christmas papers (KI Memories)
Clover Meadow, Pear & White Daisy cardstock
Cocoa, Clover Meadow & Versamark ink
Cocoa, Bamboo & Black markers
Versamarker
Kraft Color-Ready borders
Gold embossing powder
Stickles (Ranger)
Watercolor pencils (Prismacolor)
Decorative scissors (Fiskars)