Hello Beautiful - Day 12 of The Best of 30 Days of Sketches with Christy's Beautiful Life #BESTOF30DSCBL

 I created this layout for The Best of 30 Days of Sketches – Day 12 hosted by Christy's Beautiful Life #BESTOF30DSCBL The sketch is by Laura Rumble who is @laurarumblecrafts on Instagram, For The Love of Pretty Paper - UK Scrapbooking Group on Facebook, and at beadsbuttonsandbirds.blogspot.co.uk. 

I had a lot of fun doing this layout using an old picture of my daughter. I used the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Cottage Fields collection for the papers, stickers, ephemera, and chipboard elements, VersaColor in Umber for the really light splatters on the background, Hampton Art brown for the larger splats and the faux stitching, Bo Bunny Terrific Textures stamps for the large splats, Elle Studio Home Sewn Stitches stamps for the faux stitching, and Nuvo Dream Drops in Dragon Scales. I distressed the edges and used a notebook edge punch for more interest and texture. Sorry, I don’t have a process video but I created this during a crop and could not film. 

Check out the other very talented people who are being featured for Day 12 of The Best of 30 Days of Sketches:

@justascrapbooker

@Melodeeruley

@scrappyjennyk

@hairdoc77

@sparklepeanutdesigns

And of course, our wonderful Christy of Christy’s Beautiful Life on her Instagram @christys_beautiful_life and over at 30 Days of Sketches with Christy's Beautiful Life on Facebook where you will find lots of very talented people and their take on the sketches. 

I hope you enjoyed my take on the sketch and make sure to check out the others and see what they have created. And if you haven't already, join Christy's Facebook group and get inspired. 

Happy Scrapping!

Sandhill Crane Family

 I completed this layout during the (Inter)National Scrapbook Day/Weekend. I followed Janet Madison over at RTS Scrapbooking on Patreon. She did a series during this awesome holiday called Collection Cut-Up where you cut your papers in specific sizes and put them together and create a bunch of layouts but they all look very different. Janet comes up with so much content and she only charges $1. You should really check her out over at Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RTSscrapbooking/posts. She also has a YouTube channel by the same name where you can see some of her older content and get a feel for what kind of content she does. 

Since this is paid content, I will not be sharing any details about this round of collection cut-up but there are some older ones on her YouTube channel.  I can tell you that I used the Echo Park Capture Life collection by Allison Kreft. This collection was from 2014 and it is a timeless collection that can be used for any subject matter. I decided to do this layout about the Sandhill Cranes that are around my office. It is so fun to watch them hatch their eggs and see the babies grow up. They are quite large but they don't mind us watching them and taking pictures. Just don't get too close or you'll spook them. 

I used a solid white cardstock background with some strips of two of the papers from the Echo Park Capture Life collection, some stickers from the sticker sheet from the same collection, a tab and word phrase from the Vicki Boutin Color Study Collection, some really old Making Memories die cut flowers, some flowers from a sticker book from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby brand), a puff heart from Elle Studio, a mini camera flair from Shadnee on Etsy, and some tile letter stickers from my stash. I drew a messy border around the layout to give it some definition because I seemed to get a little lost. I backed the pictures on black cardstock so they would pop off the page. The black you see around the border of the page is just the foam core board the layout was sitting on when I took the picture but after seeing it I wish I had matted the layout on black cardstock. 

 I hope you enjoyed it and happy scrapping! 

BYSS and VMD Crop Layouts

Hi Everyone! I've been continuing bashing my scrapbook stash. I did a few layouts for some challenges over at the Facebook Group Bash Your Scrapbook Stash. You should check them out. They are a great group that encourages you to use what you have. 

I did a few of the challenges and I managed to use up some really old papers as well as embellishments. I also did some challenges from a Victoria Marie Designs Crop. Her crops are a lot of fun and she also has a lot of classes you can take. You can check her out at Victoria Marie Designs blog or on her Facebook page. 

The last few layouts for Calvinball

 Wow...it has been a whirlwind month. I am very surprised how many layouts I got done considering I had my son's wedding. Whew...I am tired! So just as I have done with the past layouts, I have been continuing to use up really old stash. Combining using old stash, a Victoria Marie Crop, Calvinball, with a scattering of 30 Days of Sketches with Christy's Beautiful Life, I have managed to get done 8 double page spreads and 18 single page layouts for a total of 34 pages! You can learn more about Victoria Marie, Calvinball, and 30 Days of Sketches with Christy's Beautiful Life by clicking on the links about. 

Here are the last 3 layouts I managed to complete before the end of Calvinball. This first one is pictures of a sloth at the farm/wildlife preserve where my daughter works. 

This one is of me with my new granddaughters at my son's wedding this past weekend. I wanted to get a picture of us together while everyone was dressed up. I did use one of the sketches for this layout.

And this is the last layout completed for Calvinball. This is some pictures of when me, my mom, and my sister took a hot air balloon ride on Christmas Eve morning in the early 2000's. I still have to look up the date to add it to the layout. This was something my mom said she wanted to do so we made it happen and I'm so glad we did because she was only with us a few more years before she passed. 

Well I hope you have enjoyed these and that you dig into your stash and start using up what you have. 

Happy Scrapping!

Layouts from Crop

 I mentioned in my last post that the layout was a challenge from a Victoria Marie crop but I had not posted any of the others. I did all of the challenges but one due to I ran out of time. I thought that was pretty good considering I usually don't have a lot of time to scrapbook. The theme of the crop was to use old kits and collections and I have a lot of those. Some of the kits I used were from 2005! Some of them weren't my style now days but I made them work. 

I completed 6 single page layouts and 4 double page layouts for the crop. It was the first Victoria Marie crop I have attended and it was a lot of fun. She just had another one this past weekend but I knew I had other plans so I couldn't attend it...maybe next time. I've also taken several of her classes and really enjoyed them. Check out her blog to learn more.

Here are the layouts I completed for the crop.

Layout #13 - Sunshine & Happiness for Calvinball and Victoria Marie Crop

 I did the last layout for one of Victoria Marie's Crops and of course included it in Calvinball. This was the first Victoria Marie crop I've attended and it was a lot of fun. She also has classes which I have taken several. The crop challenge was to scraplift a favorite scrapbook designer or design team member and try to use the same collection or kit that they had used for that project. I had all of the Bloom Street collection by Paige Evans and she had done a layout on her YouTube channel using the banding strips from the pages in that collection. I had fun doing this layout and I even sewed the strips like she did. I choose a different background paper and when it was all done I didn't like it. I loved the hearts but the background was kind of dull so I matted it on another paper and added some more flowers to the left side of the hearts and that helped a lot.  I added white splatters to it after I took the pictures but didn't retake the pictures. 

If you want to know more about joining in on the Calvinball fun check out the link above.  The links to Victoria Marie's blog and Paige Evans YouTube channels are also above. 

#calvinball   #calvinball2022  #scraphappy  #victoriamarie  #paigeevans

Layout #13 - Roasting Marshmallows done for Calvinball

Got another quick layout done for Calvinball this evening. This one was really fun and it was another layout from the Thanksgiving last year. Calvinball is getting real fun with the list getting larger. Click on the link to learn more about Calvinball.

It is always fun to roast marshmallows with a group of people, outside, around a fire...especially when you are with family. And it is especially fun to watch a little one try a roasted marshmallow for the first time and see the look on their little faces. I had to document that time for the memory books.

 #calvinball   #calvinball2022  #scraphappy