Child's Play Challenge - Christmas Tree Hunting

     Hi everyone - welcome to this month's Child's Play Challenge 1st of the month reveal.  This month we teamed with Pixels and Paper to offer a super fun challenge with two chances to win.  We had to use both a photo and a recipe (both at the end of this post).  
    I choose to use photos from our Christmas tree hunt in 2012...they fit the recipe well and the awesome sketch I saw at Creative Scrappers. All of the papers are from older Stampin' Up lines, as is the red card stock.  One tip I have for you...color your photo mats with ink.  I love Stampin' Up's Cherry Cobbler, but a pack is expensive...especially with the cost of shipping.  To make my mats I took white card stock, an ink dauber and used the Cherry Cobbler ink pad.  After a few minutes of drying time, just to be certain, they ere ready to go.  Perfect solution to keep costs lower.  
   As I was creating this I kept thinking it was too busy, but when done, and I took a step back I love it.  It's actually one of my favorite layouts I've made recently...along with my son's pre-school one (which can be found here).
   Thank you all for reading, and I hope you'll play along.  Until next time...Keep Scrapping!
  

Recipe:
Gold - Washi tape and the stars on the tree
3 patterned papers - green/red stripe, green stars, red gingham
something 1 year or older - the green strip of trees as well as the pictures
animal - my hubby...lol
bling - the gold stars and red bling as tree toppers

Photo - the red and green color and the tree on the tin.

Challenges:
Pixels and Paper
Let's Get Sketchy Magazine - Mood board
Craft Galore - Anything Goes

Doodlebug Mini For Practical Scrappers

Hi everyone and welcome to the October Hop for Practical Scrappers.  You should have arrived from Majken's blog.  For the hop this time we were challenged to use the theme of Fall or Halloween.  I wanted to use up some of my old Doodlebug Halloween paper, but didn't have enough embellishments so I mixed two older paper lines and some new stickers and Doodle-Pops.

All the edges are inked with black ink to add to the Halloween feel, but I also find when using a pre-made chipboard album inking can help hide if your paper isn't cut perfectly to size.  Another tool I like when using pre-cut chipboard is Creek Bank Creations Sanding Sticks.  They allow you to file the edges of any paper that may be hanging over for a clean edge.

     Since the pages were so small to begin with I tried to keep the embellishments fairly simple so there was still enough room for a real photo.  I think what ended up being my favorite embellishment was the candy corn cut out.  I coated each of the corn with crystal laquer so they are shiny and raised...looks like candy behind a glass case. Which page is your favorite? Leave me a comment, and become a follower, and I'll pick a winner on Sunday for a surprise gift..
    I thank you for hoping with me today, and I'd love if you became a follower!  Until next time...Keep Scrapping and head over to Jennifer's page for more inspiration

Challenges:
Scrapbook Challenges - Mood Board - used all the colors except ivory
The Craft Place - Halloween

Fall College Trip Layout

     When I saw the double page sketch over at ScrapMuch? the beginning of the month I knew exactly what photos and paper I wanted to use with it. For whatever reason the sketch just screamed fall layout to me. The paper is from Close To My Heart's Pathfinding collection from the Paper Crafter Anonymous website.
     The photos are from a recent trip my parents took our son on to visit my sister at college. I loved how the hints of aqua in the green paper matches my sisters shirt perfectly.   I think the photo on the second page of her holding M is my favorite....really shows how happy they are to see each other.

     The title is the initials of my sisters school (Lancaster Bible College) in an awesome green corrugated cardstock, and the tag I colored myself with an inkpad and blending tool.
     Since there was so much white space I used my Prima chalking edgers in a green that matches the paper.  This made the ivory a little less stark.  It doesn't show well in the photos, but I love the look in my book.
     Hope I've inspired you today, and would love to have you as a follower.  Until next time...Keep Scrapping!

Challenges:

ScrapMuch? - Sketch

The Pink Elephant - Anything Goes

Fall Memories Layout

 Welcome to another reveal for Paper Crafter Anonymous.  I am playing with the papers from my recent haul.  This is the Pathfinding paper as well as a few chipboard stickers and accessories. The banner and words are from Simple Stories.
     I loved this photo of my mom and son when he was about ten months old, but I didn't want to overwhelm it with patterns since the background was busy.  The orange leaf paper from the Pathfinding collection was just interesting enough.
    The heart banner behind the photo was actually the strip of paper you cut off the bottom of a 12x12 sheet.  If you've followed my blog lately I've been loving finding ways to use these in layouts to extend the paper pack.
     I hope you've enjoyed what I've done with the paper. I'd love to see what you've done with the collection if you purchased it.  Until next time...Keep Scrapping!


Challenges:
ScrapMuch? - Color Challenge
That Craft Place Challenge - Girls, but no pink
Color Me Scrappy - Color Challenge #71
Paper Issues - Fall

Christmas Morning Layout

     Hi all - Thanks for visiting me today as I share a layout I created based on the Week 2 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy.  When I saw the three photos on the sketch I knew it was perfect for these photos from our son's second Christmas. He was just about a year old and absolutely loved the train table we purchased.  He'll be four next month and still plays with it daily.
     My papers are from an older Stampin Up collection, and I unfortunately don't remember the name.  The tag at the top is a very light matching green, but didn't photograph well from a distance so I did a close up to show the shape.
    Thanks for joining me today and until next time...Keep Scrapping!

Challenges:
Let's Get Sketchy - October Week 2

Scrapstuffz Haul - October 2014

Close To My Heart Haul from Paper Crafter Anonymous