Special Bond

Here is a layout for another challenge. I used a water color paper for the background and used several colors of cardstock from my stash and some paper from the October Afternoon, Public Library collection. I used some water color on the back ground and splattered some Heidi Swapp color shine in black. In the upper left-hand corner I used some washi tape from the stash and two cut pieces along with brads from the October Afternoon Public Library. The letters are Colorbok xy&z Epoxy Chipboard and Studio112. The journaling card that is tucked behind the photo is from the MME now & then collection. Rub-on underneath the photo is from Making Memories. The die cuts "You & Me" and "Smile" were gifts from Ronni Sue Scrapper on YT. The flair, ephemera, and brads are also all from the October Afternoon Library Collection. The enamel dots are homemade, wood heart veener is by Studio Calico, and the doily is from my stash. Happy Scrapping!

Federal Coupons and Milk Caps

I have a treat for all you heritage scrappers or anyone who likes to include ephemera in your scrapping. I went to some antique stores with my son and daughter-in-law this weekend and came across some federal coupons and milk caps (among other things that I really, really wanted but couldn't afford...LOL) and I thought how cute they would be to include in some of my scrapping. I also bought another camera for my collection. There are a couple that I really want but just can't afford right now.

So I scanned coupons and milk caps and thought I would share. There is a separate image for both the front and the back of each except for the milk caps that don't have an image on the back so I did the front again. Hope you enjoy!!!!

Go Ahead Click Away - CSI 157

I am so loving doing the challenges over at Color, Stories, Inspiration because it is really forcing me to get more done. I know I'm not the only one who struggles some times. There are times where I want to get layouts done but there are so many beautiful papers and embellishments that I spend too much time trying to decide what I want to do on my layout. Doing the challenges helps me with this because they give you the inspiration to get started. Here is what I did for case #157:

This was my son when he was around one and he just had to put on my sunglasses but he didn't want any help with getting them one. For this challenge we also had a sketch to follow. You can interpret the sketch anyway you want. As always I tried to mix older stuff from my stash with newer stuff. And I really tried to make it more boyish because at that age they are into everything...lol. 

The two background papers were from Crate Paper and the "Happy" paper is an exclusive from Scraptastic. The chipboard pieces and the vellum glasses and 'love you' are also from my Scraptastic kit and I think the vellum was Crate Paper but not positive. The gears were from Michaels from their dollar bins. The die cuts were gifted to me from Ronni Sue and she is Ronni Sue Scrapper on YT.  The Ta da! stamp is from 7 Gypsies, metal dog tag was from The Happy Hammer, the buttons were from Junkitz Buttonz, the arrows were from Mambi stickers, the "Giggle" rub-on was Memory Makers Simply Stated, the black letters were Tim Holtz, the red letters were Colorbok 3-D Alphas, and the splattered ink was Heidi Swapp Color Shine. The wood veneers, bakers twine, washi tape, cork, and tickets were all from my stash and I'm not sure of the manufacturer.  Here are some close-ups:

 

Paper Bag Mini Album Swap

I did a swap over at Mini Album Scraps (MAS) and the swap was for a paper bag mini album. There were certain requirements such as it had to be made with a certain number of pages, etc. Unfortunately I did not get to take many pictures or do a video of the album I made for the swap and I thought it came out really cute and I think I am going to make another one for myself. And I will make sure I do a video of it to show everyone. Here is a video of the one I received and it is so cute. Enjoy!

CSI 156 - Confidence

I love doing challenges. It's not like sports where you compete and there is always a winner and of course a loser(s) but more like a push to get done what you have bought all those supplies for but just haven't managed to get much done with them. Over at Color, Stories, Inspiration (CSI) you are challenged to do a layout using specific colors and then a list of items and journaling ideas to choose from. I love doing the challenges not only does it push me to get more scrapbooking done but it also pushes me a little out of my comfort zone. It might be using colors together I wouldn't normally use or it could be to journal in particular way. But most of all I have fun! Here is what the case looked like:

The five colors we had to use was: Bright Coral, Yellow Green, Warm Gray, White, and Tan. My beautiful daughter had posted this picture on Facebook just a day or so before I looked at the challenge so when I was thinking of what picture would go good with the colors I thought of that picture. But I also had to have journaling that would work with the testimony items listed in the challenge and the picture. I chose the "Prompt Idea: One Little Word" which when you clicked on the link took you to a website and there was a whole list of one word ideas to journal about and when I seen "Confidence" I knew it would be perfect for the picture.

I used Prima flower sprays, the background paper and little bling on the stag are also Prima, Martha Steward butterfly punch, tag and 'always' vellum piece is from Maggie Holmes, the enamel dots are by Teresa Collins, the chipboard Thickers are Heidi Swapp as well as the Color Shine mist, the vellum and the white/silver paper the photo is mounted on is from Cosmo Cricket Simple Surfaces, the small letter stickers underneath the photo is from Basic Grey Hey Boy collection, the flair was from my stash, the date stamp was Heidi Swapp and used Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink, the coral cardstock I used for the photo mat is a scrap from the Scraptastic kit, and the bird and music note veneers are from Lawn Fawn. Oh and the lace I wrapped the flower sprays in was a piece of antique lace I had bought from a antique shop which came in a bag of different lace. I had bought the lace for the other pieces never really knowing if I would use that particular one and I did. Didn't want to use it anywhere else because I didn't want it to start looking too much like a previous layout I did of my daughter.

Hope you enjoyed it and happy scrapping!

Sea Bean Hunting CSI #154

Finished my album for the swap yesterday and decided at the last minute to do the challenge for CSI that was due last night. The challenge went well with some pictures I had of me, my son, and his wife from in 2013 when we were sea bean hunting. The pictures are blurry because I was using my phone and I couldn't see a thing to adjust the pictures. All of them were blurry except for the one of the sea bean I found...go figure!  LOL  It was special day because me and my daughter-in-law are the ones who look for sea beans and he decided to join us and we had a lot of fun. Here is the challenge that was posted:

I used all the the colors that were required. For the evidence I used polka dots (in the washi tape), wood/woodgrain (the letter "h"), nautical accents (anchor in the bottom right corner), map/globe (in the paper I used to mount most of the pictures with and also a strip I used on top of the red paper underneath the pictures) and I used twine (in the bottom right corner I intertwined it through all the accents).  For the testimony I used Presentation: Mixed fonts and handwriting.

I used some basic white cardstock on top of some basic blue cardstock. The pattern papers I used were some old red and blue water paper from my scraps of paper, the olive green paper was actual the strip you tear off the paper in a paper pad and it was from Colorbok Beach House collection, the globe paper was from Crate Paper, and some strips between the washi was from a cut-apart page out of the Nautical collection from Craft Smith. I also used some black cardstock from my scraps to mount the center picture. The wood veneer frame was from Recollections and the 'hello' veneer was from Heidi Swapp. The 3 woven labels were quite old from my stash and they were by MMBI as well as the laser cuts seashells from Making Memories. Just goes to show you how you can incorporate older things in with the newer things. The letter stickers were a combination of 7gypsies, Recollections, Tim Holtz, and one I'm not sure of as well as my own handwriting. The arrow was from my stash as well as the washi. The last thing was I sprinkled black Heidi Swapp Color Shine on the layout for that last touch. Very simple layout.

Hope you enjoyed it and happy scrapping!