It's beginning to look a lot like Disney

With the help of some sketch challenges going on right now I completed two more layouts for my 60th anniversary Disneyland album.  

For the first one I used the My Creative Sketches - June Sketch and Simple Stories Paper.  

Here is the sketch 

 
For the second page I used the 

Shop our Stash - sketch and make a card with leftovers challenge
Instead of hearts I used Mickey heads cut at various sizes with my Silhouette.
I also used Simple Stories paper and washi tape.  

I then made a card out of one of the extra Mickey heads.  The tickets are from paper that is matting the pictures on my layout and the bottom is a 4 x 6 card I hadn't used.

I added magic thread to the Mickey head to make it a balloon.

 

Swim like a fish

I created this layout with some great pics of granddaughter Kenzie, Simple Stories, and 

this great sketch from Stuck on you Sketch  for June 19th.  

The title Swim like a Fish  is from Silhouette America.  

I am really going to miss the SOUS challenges and wish Nanne and the DT all the best.  

Here is the page I created to go with it of more fun pictures at the pool.  

That's me in the center with grandson Micah and papa in the pool with them.  

Sweet Dreams baby boy

I am trying to finish up scrapbooking the baby pictures of my grandson Micah.  

I decided to use some challenge sketches to get some pages done.  

So fun looking at these pictures.  He is 2 1/2 now and on the go all the time.  

For this page I used a sketch from Sketches in Thyme #154 

I used a variety of baby papers  from my stash.  

I triple matted the photos and added some stickers to the pictures and for the title.  

For the circles I used buttons.  

 

Graphic 45 By the Sea layout

Summer is here and we live in a California beach town. 

The picture is of granddaughter Brittany flying a kite at the beach

I knew right away I wanted to use the Graphic 45 By the Sea paper for the 

Frosted Designs Summertime Blues Challenge  -anything to do with summertime or blue things that remind you of summer: skies, beaches, flowers...

With the Graphic 45 I used burlap, corrugated cardboard, net, seaglass, shells and starfish  

I also used punched sand dollars and diecut ships wheel and anchor.  .  

I inked the edges in brown and dark blue.  

I also used the awesome sketch from the 

Sketches in Thyme challenge #153 

Lemonade Stand for Summer

I did this layout with Rochelle Spears and Scrappy Friends Challenge  in mind.  

You can enter one, two or all three of the challenges below together.  If you do all 3 of the friend's challenges you have 4 chances to win and that is what I did.  

The pictures are of my grandson Micah and granddaughter Kenzie 

making Lemonade at the lemonade stand at their preschool.  

It is actually a warm day but Micah had to wear his new Big Hero 6 vest.  

They go great with the Summer theme and the bright Bo Bunny Summer Paper from last year.  

Here is Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe 

 I used Wood, Sun, Mixed Alphas going vertical and the 

Summer theme, Mixed Alphas, buttons going horizontal 

Grand Diva's Creative Corner 

This is Brenda's sketch that I used.  

and for Kelly's word challenge   Creating with Paper and More 

I used the words Splash, Sun, Summer 

(splash and sun are on the checkoff tag on the left top)

Also entering this page in SOUS  Summer Die cut challenge- The sun is from Silhouette America and cut from Bo Bunny dot paper and I punched out the Summer words and put in center.  

Cute Crabby friend

 I knew right away when I saw the challenges at Die Cuttin Divas and Shopping our Stash 

I wanted to work on this pic of my granddaughter Katie with her pet Hermit Crab.  

The paper is old Bo Bunny I had in my stash.  The crab I cut from Silhouette America.  I added a shadow layer and googly eyes.  The title Crabby and the added word friend are from Silhouette America too.  I love making titles with different fonts like this.  

The banner I fussy cut from the paper and then cut in two pieces.  

Linking up to Die Cuttin Divas Aquarium Challenge #219 

Something you'd find in the sea or an Aquarium

Shopping Our Stash #205 Cute Critter Alert 

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Chill Time for the grandson

This was a fun layout to put together using 

    Scrap the Boys June Challenge 

Here is the awesome sketch 

I used a lot of Washi tape and Tim Holtz chipboard letters 

which I colored with Quick Quotes Powder Puff Inks 

I am also entering this in the May 

Birthday Challenge at Sketch N Scrap  for 

Lisa's Challenge for Sketch N Scrap.  Her challenge was to use 

3 tags - Left corner in place of circles on sketch 

3 alphas-chipboard used three different fonts 

3 photos- three photos of grandson Micah chilling   

So many toys

Created this layout with different challenges in mind and am really happy with the outcome.  

The pictures are of grandkids Kenzie and Micah playing with toys  

First I started off with this sketch from Stick it Down,  This is their Single Page layout 

I used variety of Washi tape behind the photos for this.  

I am also entering this at 

Picture This - 2 photos, banners, flags - The banners I fussy cut from the paper and then added the banners from scraps of paper.  

Next Sous- is having an Arrow sketch.  The arrows were cut from Silhouette America.  

Also Sketch N Scrap had a daily challenge each day in May for their  Birthday Challenge  

Leah's Challenge was to use  3  Arrows  which I did.  

My Two Cow Girls

A few days ago I stopped by the Scrapbook studio where I teach classes and they had some new Imaginisce paper.  I knew right away it would be perfect for these cute pictures I had of two of my granddaughters riding a pony.  

I loved the plaids and the cute little barns and farm animals.  

I used this cute sketch from Let's Get Sketchy Week 3

In celebration of Sketch N Scraps third birthday they are having daily challenges. 

I am linking this up to Sketch N Scrap May 27th Kelly's Challenge 

Use Groups of 3- I used 

3 strips of 3 different patterned papers 

3 crocheted paper from stash

3 gems in flowers from stash 

3 word title - chipboard from stash 

3 groups of 3 hearts punched with Martha Stewart punch  

Happy with my ponies

At a crop this weekend so getting some last pages done for challenges this month.  So hard to believe it's almost June.  

This page is of my granddaughter Kenzie showing off her ponies.  

I used Lawn Fawn Sunshine paper 

The Happy title is from Silhouette America 

The butterflies are punched with 2 different Martha Stewart punches 

Linking this up to  Let's Capture Our Memories Sketch

Crazy Silly Fun layout

This was a fun layout to put together using parts of the Family kit from Frosted Designs.  

This is an awesome kit full of amazing goodies.  

The pictures are of granddaughters Katie (5) and Brittany (3).  

They got their faces painted at a local carnival.  

I am entering this in the following three challenges.  

Frosted Designs Use String- I used string on banner and stitching on side 

Let's Get Sketchy Week 4 sketch by Bev Code 

Sketch and Scrap- Same color three patterns- my color is coral  

I used coral and cream print, small flowers on mint and larger flowers on mint 

Family kit from Frosted Designs included 

Petaloo Fowers 

Carta Bella Moments and Memories 

Authentique Harmony

Title Crazy Silly Fun and Heart strings from Silhouette America 

Stitching done with We R Memory Keepers  Sew Easy Paper Piercers

Doing What we Love

I created this layout of my two granddaughers Katie and Brittany 

with a sketch from Stuck ?!  

The paper is Imaginisce and I got it at Tuesday Morning.  

Here is the sketch from Stuck?! 

The circles swipes were done using Quick Quotes ink and the chipboard dragonflies and 

butterflies were from the $1 section awhile back,  I thought the natural color of the chipboard went well with the layout colors.  

I am also entering this in Leah's Challenge 

at  Sketch N Scrap.  Leah challenged us to use 3 Project life cards 

which I did.  

Good day sunshine - Watching the game

I created this layout of my grandson Micah for two challenges.

I used paper from a Simple Stories compilation stack for this page.   

The pictures are of Micah hanging out at the baseball park watching his sister play Tball.  

The first challenge is the sketch challenge at Let's Get Sketchy Week 2.  

This is the sketch. 

The second challenge is at 

Picture This 

the May 15 Challenge - 

Use 2 Photos and Dots and Layers and Stars 

This is the companion page with more pics of Micah and grandpa watching the game.  

Happy Birthday candles

I haven't been feeling well this week and so my scrapping has been rather slow for me.  I felt so weak and I would go into my craft room to work but I got tired so quickly.  Felt like I had huge weights all over my body.  So I finally decided today I needed to see the doctor and find out why I wasn't getting any better.  Well I have Bronchitis and a Sinus infection so the doctor started me on antibiotics.  Hopefully I will start feeling better quick.  

Anyway I did get this layout done for the 

Sketches in Thyme #148   and  Shop our Stash  Oldest Washi Tape.  

The pictures are of my grandson Micah on his second birthday.  In one he is wearing the crown he got at school and in the other he is wearing the pirate costume I got him for his birthday.  

 

I used the DCWV Birthday stack for the paper.  '

I punched different color candles out with a MS punch to sprinkle around the page.  

The Washi tape I used was really old tape I think one of the first ones I got that was musical notes.  

I thought it would look cute since its a tradition to sing Happy Birthday.  I had a little trouble getting it to peal at first but then it worked OK.  Guess I should quit hoarding some of this stuff.  

Here is the great sketch from Rochelle Spears at Sketches in Thyme.  

Graduation Card for my son in law

My son in law is graduating from Liberty University in Virginia tomorrow.  We are so proud of him that he was motivated enough to take classes and complete a degree while working full time and raising a family.  I cut this adorable owl from a Silhouette America file and decided to make it as large as the card which is 5 x 7.  I cut the inside Congrats also from Silhouette America.  

I used a 2015 sticker I found at Walmart.  

I embossed the background with an old star folder I hadn't used in ages.  

Entering in Paper Girls Challenge- Cute Critter 

for my first challenge with them.  

Also linking up to Shop Our Stash Big and Bold 

and Use Your Stuff Emboss 

Captured Moment with Echo Park

This is a layout I did of my granddaughter's Katie, Brittany and mom.  

The paper is Jack and Jill from Echo Park.  

I used and am linking this to the challenge at Stuck?!   May challenge 

Here is the sketch by Laura Whitaker 

I am also linking to 

Mandy's Challenge Sketch N Scrap which was to use 3 pictures . 

Sketch N Scrap is celebrating their third birthday bash with lots of challenges. 

Botanical Garden Book

Last week I saw that Frosted Designs  was having a Spring Challenge. I decided rather than make a layout I wanted to make a book with Graphic 45 Botanical Tea.  I  fell in love with this paper when I saw it and I  want to have tea parties with my granddaughters so it was perfect for that.  

I used a premade chipboard book I got on clearance at Michaels that is  8 1/12 x 12 with a spiral binding.  I removed the binding and started by covering the pages and cover.  

The next day I began designing pages.  

For this book I used 1/2 of a 12 x 12 stack of Botanical Tea paper.  I also used a few sheets of coordinating color paper that I had left over from Graphic 45 Secret Garden for background.

This is the cover 

The ribbon is off white seam binding that I dyed with Glimmer Mist.  I added lace also.  

I added flowers and leaves from Wild Orchids, metal corners, birds nest  and butterfly embellishment from Recollections as well as other items from Prima and Tim Holtz.  

I fussy cut  the teapot, roses, leaves, butterflies and birds and pop dotted them.  

I also used Graphic 45 chipboard

Pages and edges are inked with brown ink and many are distressed with the Prima distressing tool. 

Inside cover and page one

The pages are graduated which I like as it shows off the beautiful papers.

Page 2 and 3

The bird piece opens so you can add pics or write on other side plus see the backside graphics.  

Page 4 and 5 

Pocket with mats for pictures and mats with tags

Page 6 and 7 

These flaps lift so you can see the backsides 

Page 8 and 9 

In the pocket on the left side is a mini book with three pages for photos

Page 10 and 11 

The blue page with fussy cut hummingbirds 

Page 12 and back cover 

Back cover and inside of front flap

Back Cover 

I am also linking this up to Decorate to Celebrate 

Challenge 99 Anything Goes 

and 

DL. Art  May Linky Challenge 

I hope you enjoyed my project and leave a comment.