Family Gather 2 PG LO for Stick It Down challenge

Good Afternoon :) and welcome back to the 2nd post of the day :) you can find the Use Your Stuff challenge post here.
It's a new month and a new round of sketches over at Stick It Down. We have a great sketch for you double page layout gals this month:

Wow how fun is this :) and look at those strips perfect for scraps in your stash :) this is what I created using this sketch:

A visit we had in March 2017. It was the 1st time we got to see Ava our Great Granddaughter, Jessica's 2nd child. Boy what a socialable person she is :) She was back and forth with Dave and I. Poor Emily wasn't feeling good and wanted to stay with Mommy but did get a cute pick of her on Mommy's lap. These are the best moments :) I used my counterfeit kit: Groovy Chic for the layout and lots of bits and pieces from my stash to make those borders
Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I created for this month's Double Page challenge over at Stick It Down. I look forward to seeing your take on this fun challenge :)

Family & Friends LO for Use Your Stuff challenge

Good Morning :) Hope you had a fantastic weekend :) I'm here with this week's challenge over at Use Your Stuff challenge blog and the challenge this week is to create a project using some scraps from another project. I've been creating graduation layouts from our Granddaughter's Graduation last year and it was great to use the scraps throughout to keep the theme together. 

 Used lots of scraps on this layout :) what makes a fun fast layout is using scraps :) some stamping and some stickers too. Thank you for stopping by today to see what I'm up too in my scrappy corner of the world :) Now I can't wait to see your take on this fun challenge over at Use Your Stuff challenge blog this week.

3rd Place WMSPT Red C layout for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

Good Morning and welcome to the 2nd challenge of the month over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog. Laura our hostess this month has challenged us to use that kraft piece that was in the inspiration kit: Our inspiration kit this month features a piece of Kraft cardstock, so my challenge to you is to create a layout or project featuring this forgotten favourite. It doesn't have to be cardstock or paper, it could be a tag, label or sticker.
I had already cut into the one I had in my kit for another project :) But I had enough left over to punch a border for my layout and I also added a kraft journaling card that was in my kit too.

 Our grandboys, OMgosh from 2012 (7 years ago!) Kraft worked perfect with that green and brown paper that I used for the layout. Added a banner (from the LOAD17 prompt which was a prompt to tell a story of an award too) I've had these pictures sitting what it seems like a long time in my photo box and so glad I finally got them on scrapbook paper :) Their 1st year playing and their team took 3rd place not to bad. I had fun using other elements from my Counterfeit Kit: Groovy Chic.

 Avery :) Being a goof ball has excelled in football, now playing for Wmspt Area High School

 Elias has now take an interest back in football and will be playing on JV level of the Wmspt Area High School

My journaling and a few buttons from my kit :) Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation with this fun sketch :) over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge

Repairing layout for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome to the midmonth layout sketch challenge over at Sketch N Scrap. Today's sketch is from Heather Hall and it's a fun one:

Got my new printer working finally and got these fun pictures from the summer to use for this sketch a process of getting my tractor ready for the show, Dave wanted to use the cultivator attachment for me to have an easy way to get up on the tractor, plus I would also be able to help out with the garden too.

 Using a Bo Bunny collection that was in my July 2018 counterfeit kit Dash of This and Dash of That. Always fun to go back and use a kit :)

 The alphas for the title did come from my current counterfeit kit  Groovy Chic, yep it helped having the red alpha this month :)

 Loved adding the journaling block to the side of my pictures a way to extend the photo mat.

Fun small picture, nod to the sketch, of me with my tractor after I washed it :) It's ready for showing now :)
Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing what you create for this fun sketch over at Sketch N Scrap

Boo to You LO - Use Your Stuff Challenge

Good morning and welcome to this week's challenge over at Use Your Stuff challenge blog. Mayo is our hostess this week and has challenged us to Use a Pumpkin on our project, Either on a photo, if you make layouts, a die cut, a stamp, whatever, as long as it's a pumpkin. 
Here is my take on that challenge:

 This was made from another challenge too, using chalks, for Nicole Jones Scrap-A-Thon 4 and also for LOAD1019 Day 1 prompt. Basically I went with being dressed up as the prompt was Drag for Tom Hanks series Bossum Buddies, yes we are doing a month of Tom Hanks inspiration, this girl could really having the blahs about it but a trooper and making sure the prompt works for me :)
So this picture has been hanging around for a while and finally thought I should scrap that one :) My 2 youngest kids Kevin and Jill, 1994, thinking this may have been the last time they went out trick or treating :) I even made Jill's costume :) As you can see I use a variety of pumpkins on the layout, even the ones that are in my counterfeit kit Groovy Chic this month in that box of chipboard.

Close up of the middle section, had fun creating the chalked background and will definitely be doing that again :) I finished up the purple Halloween dazzles I had and got that out of my stash :) plus some phrase stickers too.  Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation for this fun challenge over at Use Your Stuff challenge blog.

CKC - October 2019 Kit Reveal - Groovy Chic

Good morning and welcome in October! September was crazy busy with lots of overtime and a tractor show in the middle of it :) But I did get lots of scrapping done and hope to post some of those this month, but 1st.......
Laura is giving this month a try of being a host for Counterfeit Kit Challenge. First you should have reached me from the creative Lori's blog so excited to see what she pulled together for this inspiration. So Laura pick for October is the ‘Summer of ‘69’ kit from Studio Calico and yes, it is from 7 years ago! However, she say that if they released this kit today I would totally want to buy it, and I feel it looks just as fresh and bright as it’s modern counterparts.

 

 Wow isn't this just a Groovy kit! Love the vibrant colors and with the softer coolers. You can find the unpacking of the kit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZHQVaxabFw&fbclid=IwAR3DMwpc8LQG3f9DO83fTm1bzURdI1pRRtjp8SPUAOnqaDyRS6oX4RuSh10

So this is what I came up with for my kit: My counterfeit of this kit is:
Groovy Chic:

 My papers I choose both sides of the papers in the kit plus add a few more along the way:

 I raided my pattern paper drawers this month for most of my picking, but I also used some paper pads so bring in some old paper and some newer paper too. The dark grey paper is actually green and has embossed leaves on it that didn't come out so well for the camera. I added 2 6X6 paper pads that are similiar in patterns and colors.

My alphas for the month, no chipboard in this picture but the red and pink are there.

 This is something I got with a scrapbook box sale from a local girl and it was in the box with lots of scrapbooking stuff :) I noticed the pink chipboard with some other chipboard and thought it was a good time to sort through it :)

The 2 stamp sets I chose for the month :) something similar but quite different than what they had.

As you can see from the picture of the kit I've got buttons, doilies, diecuts, tags, chipboard, pearls and gems plus 3 things of washi :) in a different color than what Susan had used in her hint post in the facebook group :) but I knew when I seen I had some so I included that too.  Lots of bold colors, softer colors and neutrals too in this kit. I think it's gonna be a fun one to play with this month :)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you join in with us for some fun this month with this fantastic inspirational kit over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, now off with you go and see what our hostess Laura came up with for a kit over on her Instagram page. 

 
The Blog Hop list just in case :)

Guest Designer, Ayaan - https://www.instagram.com/ayaan_scraps/
Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
Leslie - http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
Lori - http://loriannie670.blogspot.com/
Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Laura - https://www.instagram.com/mrsp_scrapsandtea/

And of course, don't forget that we'll be back throughout the month to give you some tips, ideas and challenges as you put together and use your kit.