Super Layout for Lasting Memories #769

Can't believe it's already time for the final LM challenge of September, but here it is! This week, Sandy challenged us to use plaid paper. Plaid can be kind of overwhelming in large doses, so I elected to just include a long strip and a small one as accents to the apple paper on my layout. It's been a low-participation month over at LM (people must be busy with school starting), so hopefully this is the inspiration you need to grab some photos and dig some plaid paper out of your stash and join this challenge!

Thanks to Lisa over at Scrapbook.com for the inspiration to do the circle journaling tag!

Recipe:
Harvest Apple Plaid paper (Daisy D)
Sweet Safari papers & journaling cards
Espresso & White Daisy cardstock
Espresso, Candy Apple & Lagoon ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Field Trip Puffy Thickers (American Crafts)
Candy Apple Striped ribbon
Wooden arrow (Crafter's Square)
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Staple
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #320

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #8 - used scissors to cut the striped ribbon; Neglected Stuff - mine is the apple paper, which has been sitting in a box since 2014 when my neighbor gave it to me because she was moving!

Presidio Layout

I'm working on my son's school album this week, so here is another layout, this time with his "presidio" project for California history. 

Recipe:
Pet Shoppe Cat paper (Simple Stories)
Fur Baby 6x8 paper (Simple Stories)
Glacier, Sundance, Candy Apple & White Daisy cardstock
Glacier, Honey, Candy Apple & Outdoor Denim ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Ruby Red fineliner pen (iBayam)
Reasons to Smile ephemera (American Crafts)
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Love You More Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Chevon embossing folder
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title
Pattern: Sketch Savvy 87

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Embossing with optional twist of lots of layers; Neglected Stuff Challenges- mine is the double sided heart/stripe paper that I bought in March 2023 and never used.

Air Museum Layout

My husband has a life-long love affair with flight, train, and car museums, so here are some photos from the Palm Springs Air Museum. I didn't add any journaling here since it will be on the pocket page I am putting between the two pages in my album. I think I am going to make my hubby write it, too!

Recipe:
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Collection stamps (American Crafts)
Watercolor Patterned paper (Recollections)
Vick Boutin Mixed Media Collection papers (American Crafts)
Fall 2019 Mix In papers
Juniper, Sapphire, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Canary, Saffron, Juniper & Black ink
Beetle Black puffy hearts (Doodlebug Designs)
Summer Afternoon Enamel Shapes (Altenew)
Bold & Bright Puffy Title Stickers (American Crafts)
Black Geometric washi tape (Recollections)
Cricut Design Space: title using Austin Hearts font
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: airplane, helicopter
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #51

Challenges: The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card-Free Zone; Alphabet Challenge Blog L is for Love Letters with Hearts -  since my husband loves flight museums, I added three hearts to each side of the layout plus one in the title.

First Day Layout

I decided to scrapbook another layout in my son's school album, so I pulled out some Bella Blvd supplies and played along with a few challenges to get this page done.

Recipe:
Chloe papers & stickers (Bella Blvd)
Star Spangled Blue, Flaxen & Cranberry cardstock
Flaxen & Nectarine ink
Star Spangled Blue marker
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Spring Fun sticker (KI Memories)
Warm and Cozy enamel dots (Altenew)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: title, apple, ruler
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #104

Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #223 Anything Goes with optional twist: lots of layers; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Colorful Options Anything Goes

Back to the Sea Layout

Although I love how mixed media looks on other people's layouts, I have never been a  big fan of doing it myself. Somehow, it always seems to not look quite right when I try to incorporate it into a layout! However, last month I tried scraplifting someone's layout that had a water colored background, and I loved how it turned out, so I decided to try another lift in hopes it would inspire me. I think it was actually a digital layout, but it gave me the guidance I needed. Once again, I like the result, so who knows, maybe one day I will get brave enough to create my own water colored backgrounds!

Recipe:
Distressed Backgrounds stamp set
Watercolor paper (Canson)
Watercolor patterned paper (Recollections)
Emerald Green & Lilac Mist cardstock
Topiary & Desert Sand ink
Star Spangled Blue marker
Sap Green & Cobalt Blue watercolor paints (Artist's Loft)
Monograms 2 Chippies (Mintay Papers)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: heart banner
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: turtle
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: mini banners
Pattern: scraplift from A Cherry on Top
Challenges: Double D Challenges Make Your Own Background; Art Impressions #412 Wild About You - my wild animal is a turtle; NBUS #78 - my never before used schtuff is the Mintay chipboard letters that I bought in June and finally got around to using on this layout.

I Can Feel It in the Air Layout for Lasting Memories #768

This month at Lasting Memories, Sandy is challenging us to use up some of our stash of patterned papers. The focus of this week's challenge is floral papers. I wanted to get some Christmas layouts done, so I pulled out a collection that had some floral papers, one very subdued with a tone on tone look that I used for my background, and the other more elaborate with lots of blossoms that worked well as an accent piece. Now hopefully you are inspired to hop on over to Lasting Memories and play along with our challenges this month! 

Recipe:
The Holiday Life papers (Simple Stories)
Black, Olive & White Daisy cardstock
Olive ink
Black marker
The Holiday Life Journal Bits & cardstock stickers (Simple Stories)
Jingle All the Way chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)
Wooden arrows
Ebony Black Nuvo Drops
Circle Double Stitched Steel Dies (Art Impressions)
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #64

Challenges: The Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge - Christmas; Paper Rocks Scissors #8 - I used the scissors to trim the foam tape that popped up my floral pieces on the end of the banner; Unicorn Challenge Blog #113 - Circles

Elgin Marbles Layout

This is the companion page to the Monuments page I created earlier this week. There will be a pocket page between them to hold more photos and my journaling, which usually means I can scrapbook the two pages in totally different style even though they are thematically related, but I got lazy and just used the supplies I already had on  my desk from the other page!

Recipe:

Baroque Borders stamp set

Wonderland & Dreaming Big papers
Chocolate, Indian Corn Blue &White Daisy cardstock
Indian Corn Blue, Chocolate & Whisper ink

ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Washi tape (Recollections)
Simple Vintage essentials stickers (Simple Stories)
Frayed Burlap distress spray (Ranger)
Simply White Nuvo Drops

Zoo Assortment Matte Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Design Space: pillars

Cricut Artiste cartridge: title

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: leaves

Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch16Aug1

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut

Monuments Layout

I did a little bit of organizing in my scrapbook room this week, with a pleasant surprise resulting: I found the last set of photos from the British Museum that I had misplaced, so here is a layout of the Nereid Monument, an impressive Greek tomb. There are also two photos of the Parthenon Frieze, which is why I felt justified in titling my layout Monuments (plural). Journaling will be in a facing pocket page, and I am working on another layout with the rest of the Parthenon sculptures. For the background, I started with white cardstock which I brayered with the blue ink, then  stamped the corners and added some distress spritz. Not usually a mixed media gal, but I like how this came out!

Recipe:
Baroque Borders stamp set
Wonderland & Dreaming Big papers
Chocolate &White Daisy cardstock
Indian Corn Blue, Chocolate & Whisper ink
Chocolate baker's twine
Washi tape (Recollections)
Simple Vintage essentials stickers (Simple Stories)
Frayed Burlap distress spray (Ranger)
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Brick Stencil (from Amazon)
Chevron embossing folder (on tag)
Swiss Dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag, banners
Pattern: Rochelle Spears September 2025 Sketch

Challenges: Inkspirational #349 Add a Tag; NBUS #78 and Stencil Fun - used the brick stencil for the first time; A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut - used my Cricut to cut the title, tag, and banner die-cuts; Scrap With Stacy Tic Tac Toe - used the diagonal with 2 or more photos + banner + twine. 

Let's Celebrate Layout for Lasting Memories #767

This week, Lasting Memories design team member Sandy is challenging us to use striped paper on our layouts, so I pulled out a couple of striped scraps to use as accent pieces. Originally, I was looking for a bright emerald green to go with the photos I was scrapping, but I am glad I decided to use a more muted tone, as it went better with my daughter's mint colored shirt. The LM patterned paper challenges will be continuing until the end of the month, so we would love to have you pop over and check out the design team layouts, and hopefully it will inspire you to join us!

I didn't add journaling yet because I scrapped this in the middle of the night and couldn't remember how the team placed but didn't want to sneak into my daughter's room to find her medal!

Recipe:
Pinwheel stamp
6x6 patterned papers (from my stash, source unknown)
Juniper, Nectarine & Black cardstock
Juniper & Nectarine ink
Fresh Paint PML pocket card
Reasons to Smile ephemera (American Crafts)
Orange ric-rac (JoAnn Craft Essentials)
Crisp Air enamel shapes
Spots & Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #72

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Use an embossing folder + optional twist of balloons; Let's Craft and Create #223 Lots of layers; NBUS #78 My never-before-used stuff is the Let's Celebrate stamp that I got in 2014 but never used until today; Unicorn Challenge Blog #113 Circles (cut a photo into a circle + embossed circles onto two colors of cardstock)

Hands-On Learning Layout

My hubby used to teach Sunday school and asked me to help him out when he was doing a Passover meal for the class, so I got a few photos of the kids enjoying (or not) the foods. I decided to use the title "Hands on Learning" because it's the start of the school year and because it really was an interactive way to learn about this piece of history that is still relevant today. All the embellishments on the layout were die-cut on my Cricut using Design Space, and it was a lot of work, especially the seder plate items. Some were very detailed and didn't cut well at the small scale I needed, so I had to use the contour tool to remove all those details, which took more time than I should have spent - LOL! I popped up the sheep and the plate using dimensional tape, and the tag behind the plate pulls out to reveal my journaling, also done on my Cricut using a Cricut pen.

Recipe:
I Want Candy paper
Sapphire, Carolina, Fern, Canary, Shortbread, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Sapphire, Carolina & Chocolate ink
Navy pen (Cricut)
White Daisy grosgrain ribbon
3-D foam tape
Opaque Texture Paste (Ranger)
Starry Night Stencil (Simple Stories)
Cricut Design Space: title (using Thick font), all Passover themed die-cuts, journaling (using BFC Autumn Woodland font)
Cricut Just Because cartridge: sheep
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Challenges: Farm Quest Grocery Game Challenges #21 Anything food related; A Cut Above Anything goes with a die-cut (I used a ton!); Stencil Fun Anything Goes with a stencil - I used a star stencil and texture paste to create the background behind the lower right photo; Unicorn Challenge Blog #113 Circles