Fun to Be One

I'm having so much fun getting caught up on my layouts from last year!  I'm trying to use neglected embellishments and papers (mostly vellums). January's layout sketch challenge at Club Scrap is to use this month's layout sketch provided, a double page layout using the new Celebrate or a double layout on celebrations. I'm in luck!  Just  finished up two pages on my niece's 1st birthday.  Isn't she just adorable!?

                            Club Scrap papers, flowers, ribbon and washi tape. Basic Grey rub-ons. American Craft stickers.

Club Scrap papers and stamps. Celebrate it! stars, unknown chipboard letters. 

CYCI #101

This card actually fits into two challenges this week:  The CYCI (Can You Case It) color challenge and the Club Scrap NBUS (Never Been Used Stamp) time challenge.  I purchased these stamps at the Club Scrap annual retreat several years ago and have never even touched them.  Shame on me!  

Club Scrap papers, stamp, ribbon and charm. Pan Pastels medium, Queen&Co jewels

SIDE NOTE:  I missed the dead line for this CYCI...on to the next!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge

You know I love to make AND eat cupcakes! So, how have I never heard of Cupcake Inspirations? They're a challenge blog for stampers and card makers.  The newest challenge is to take inspiration from this photo.  I love cream, black and gold together.  So much so that they were our wedding colors!

Here's my interpretation of the photo. 

I'm still using the Club Scrap Enchanted Forest Greetings to Go with a little spin on the colors.

Club Scrap papers and stamp. Unknown ribbon.

House of Cards Color Challenge

My New Year resolution is to enter more challenges and push myself out of my comfort zone a bit. After doing a search and with some input from my crafty friends, I have found several that should keep me entertained and challenged. I've picked challenges for digital layouts, paper layouts and cards. So, with that being said. Welcome to my first challenge of the year!

House of Cards Challenge is hosting a color challenge.  You should see all the wonderful creations those girls on the Design Team have come up with! I just love the peacefulness of these colors together!

I'm waiting patiently for my Club Scrap Celebration kit to arrive any day now so I started digging into my "bought and haven't opened yet" stash and found the Enchanted Forest Greetings to Go kit from Retreat 2015. Perfect base colors to use. So keep an eye out...there are more challenges being met with this kit!

Club Scrap papers, tags, ribbon and stamps

Friends

You must know by know that I love Fiddle Dee Dee's digital templates.  The fact that I don't have to design anything saves me many brain cells.  Just drop my digital goods into the template and I'm set. She has a free download every month on her website and challenges digital users to create digital memories.

 

Well, the new Celebrate digital kit came out in celebration of Club Scrap's Bicentennial collection. I just love all the extra digital painted splatters, folded tags and colored titles.  That's even LESS brain cells I have to use in creating wonderful pages.

 

Club Scrap Celebrate digital kit, Fiddle Dee Dee Template.



 

 

Here's the original template to compare:

 



2015 Season's Greetings

What to do with your Christmas greeting card photos?  I have a solution!  Every year I turn them into a two page layout to end my annual scrapbook. I pick my favorite card that we received and build the pictures around that one card. I start by trimming the photo cards that have multiple photos and some of the greetings that I can use as fillers. Now it's just a big puzzle that needs to be pieced together.  I do usually have to trim some photos here and there to get them to match other nearby photos. I love the finished pages!

Club Scrap papers, K&Co. snowflakes.

Happy New Year!

Don't forget to slow down, stop and breathe!

Club Scrap stamp and embellishments.