Socially Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of socially scrappy Saturday.

Today’s two photo sketch was inspired by Sketch N Scrap’s Monthly challenges November Crop Challenge 1.

I’m playing with the Christmas Tags & More DSP, Christmas greetings Mix & Match Specialty cards & envelopes, Greetings for You ephemera, Traditional Christmas sequins and the new online exclusive triple banner punch. 

Love how it came together. The garden green base with gold foil strips and Soft Seafoam. I used one of the pretty green and gold plaid cards from the Mix & Match cards & envelope for my strips in the design. Made little collages with the ephemera pieces from the Christmas Tags & More DSP paper. The title and subtitles are from the Greetings for You ephemera sentiments.

Carried the theme over to the pocket pages where I can add four 6”x4” photos. Love the little cardinals from this set. 

I have some adorable photos from our family winter hikes where we can stop and feed birds right from your hand and there are hoards of Cardinals there - it’s such a great grounding experience with nature. 

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

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Memories & More On Monday

Welcome to another edition of Memories & More Monday scrapbook layouts share! 

 

Today’s 12x12 layout is inspired by Sketch N Scraps November layout. A fun 3 photo sketch. You can also find them on Facebook as well if that’s your social preference.

Im playing along with a combo of current and retired goodies from my stash. Current product is the Elegant Pine Snowflakes stamp set and DSP, Greetings for You ephemera and Traditional Sparkling Sequins dots. From my retired stash Peaceful Boughs dies, Frosted Foliage dies, More Wishes stamp set, gold twine and Cherry Cobbler Stickles. 

12 x12 design layout I stuck pretty close using the sketch although I took the liberty of swapping out journaling space for another snowflake embellishment. 

I love the ripped edges for added texture and the combination of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes stamps, which I fussy cut out,  paired with the Peaceful Boughs and Frosted Foliage dies for my embellishments. 

I love the big sentiments from the retried More Wishes stamp sets when I saw it on the last chance list I thought it was perfect for both scrapbooking and cards so add to cart it went! 

My coordinating Packet page uses the Elegant Pine Snowflakes DSP which I fussy cut out the snowflakes from scraps so that none of the pretty paper went to waste! I have added sentiments from the Greetings for You ephemera “Tis the Season” “Joy” and “from our house to yours” to each 4x4 pocket and matted the 4x6 pockets with Cherry Cobbler card stock. Added some bling with the gorgeous Traditional Sparkling Sequins dots. 

 

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

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Making Memories & More on Monday

Welcome to another edition of Making Memories on Monday.

Today I am finishing up a layout from the Inspire Create Connect event I attended over the weekend that featured products from the Traditions of Christmas suite. 

I wanted to do it at home because the make n take was using one of the DSP sheets from the Traditions of Christmas DSP as the base and it was just too pretty on the other side to hide it behind a layout so I opted to use a Secret Sea two toned 12x12 instead at home. I stamped it with the Lasting Linen background stamp that is coming to the online exclusive in November with Versamark to give the texture of the DSP in the sample.  I also made my own Christmas word collage for the background layer stamping in Secret Sea. 

Layout design not only showcases the Traditions of Christmas DSP but also the Greetings for You ephemera, the sentiment’s and dies from Traditional Labels bundle and the Traditional Sparkling sequins embellishments for the extra bling!

For my coordinating pocket page I carried over the florals from the Traditions of Christmas DSP by fussy cutting them from the DSP as well as the Irresistible Designs DSP. 

A hidden gem in the annual catalog. What is so special about the Irresistible Designs 12" x 12" DSP is that it has UV-coated patterns that resist ink, making it perfect for emboss-resist techniques. Just apply ink to it and the pattern pops out. It's the easiest way to get a heat-embossed look—no embossing powder or Heat Tool needed!

I have used the criss cross pattern and inked brayer with Pool party and then used Secret Sea marker to colour in sections of the design. For the floral design I pulled the colours from the Traditions of Christmas DSP Real Red, Pretty in Pink and Pool Party to colour the flowers which I thought looked at lot like the poinsettias. This will hold some 4x6 photos from our past holidays.

Happy Stampin’

Margaret

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Socially Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Socially Scrappy Saturday. Getting inky with a double layout of a 12x12 traditional layout and a coordinating pocket page layout. 

Today’s layout was inspired by a Sketch I found on Pinterest by Laura Rumble.

I wanted to play with the Christmas Tags & More DSP to show how fun it can be for more than just tags & cards. Which is perfect for the Lasting Memories mood board  challenge #LM773 this week.

I’ve brought out my Large Alphabet dies for my sentiment, The Christmas Words Hybrid Embossing Folder for my Dear Santa cluster and the Traditional Sparkling Sequins and some gold twine for pop and texture.

I love the fun vibe of the triangles reminds me of little elf hats. Plus they are a great way to show off the coordinating paper design in the Christmas Tags & More DSP. The HO HO HO sentiment is cut out in gold foil but the camera didn’t pick it up well. This layout will be perfect for the annual photo with Santa.  

Of course I need a pocket page to coordinate with it for the 4x6 photos. I carried over the coordinating triangle design along the 4x4 pockets.

I love the sheet of ephemera that comes with the Christmas Tags & More DSP pack. Great for a little cluster for the Dear Santa sentiment to pop up on my pocket page layout. 

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

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Memories and More Monday

Welcome to another edition of Memories & More Monday’s scrapbook share.

Today’s layout was inspired by the Stick It Down October single sketch inspiration challenge over on Facebook.

I chose to play with the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set, Elegant Pine Snowflake DSP, the Alphabet A La Mode dies.

When I saw the sketch challenge and the big Maple Leaf I immediately thought of the stunning huge focal snowflake in the Elegant Pine Snowflake DSP it was perfect for a traditional 12x12 layout. I added a little cluster of Pine Tree Trimmings trees and used the Alphabet A La Mode dies for the JOY sentiment. Some of the Traditional Sparkling sequins  and Rhinestones coloured with Cherry Cobbler blends.

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

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Scrapbook Global Blog Hop & Throwback Thursday

Welcome to the Scrapbook Global Blog Hop - this month we are playing with our favourite product from the Annual Catalog. I have chosen to play with the Turtle-y Awesome Suite because it’s just so adorable and versatile for many occasions.

As today’s hop is occurring on a Throwback Thursday post day I am also playing with my retired Six Sided Sampler and Hexagon Punch. The colour palette in the Turtle-y Cute DSP is gorgeous and I have chosen the Balmy Blue, Green Garden and Daffodil Delight with a pop of Flirty Flamingo. 

For my 12x12 page I was inspired to play along with Scrapbook & Cards Today’s October Sketch. I loved all the squares in this inspiration however opted to use hexagons because of the hexagons in the Turtle-y Awesome Suite other than that I followed the sketch as close as possible. I swapped out the flower embellishments for the two adorable Turtles. I’ve left room for 3 photos in the 3x2 photo mats as I tend to do hidden journaling cards so that the photos can tell most of the story.

For my Pocket Page I carried over the hexagons and Six Sided Sampler stamp set and a Turtle stamped and cut out and left room for 4 photos.

Want to say thank you to our blog hop host Sharon Dalton for organizing - please make sure to go to her blog and show her some love.

Next up on the blog is Julia Quinn or you can hop through here

 

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

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Memories & More Monday’s

Welcome to another edition of Memories & More Monday! Today I have both a layout and two cards to share.

Playing along over at Colour INKspiration challenges colour challenge #197. I played with Misty Moonlight, Secret Sea and Crumb Cake.

I had seen the layout sketch on Pinterest and wanted to recreate it as a great way to showcase the gorgeous paper in the Peaceful Garden suite. Thank you to the original creator of the sketch. Unfortunately the pin I had found just went to Google and there’s no watermark on the sketch to tie back to the creator. 

I am going to use this layout as the first page for my scrapbook showcase for an upcoming Inspire, Create, Connect crop the team is putting on in a few weeks.

All the squares in the sketch inspired me to create card designs with the squares as well. I’ve seen these layouts in other colours and themes and love them in the Peaceful Garden suite as well. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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Making Memories and More on Monday

Today’s edition of Making Memories and More on Monday’s is inspired by the AAA Colourful colour themed challenges Colourboard #20 for my colour palette. Black Berry Bliss, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black.

My layout was inspired by the Scrap A Sketch Autumn challenge sketch and the choose at least 5 from the word prompts over on Facebook. 

I’ve  2+ photos over my double layout, stamping, fussy cutting, 4 patterned papers, ink, leaves, sequins, pumpkins, orange and green.

I’m playing with some retired Halloween and Fall stamps, sprig punch, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie ink pads and Blends markers.

My left page is a traditional 12 x 12 layout using the sketch as a page map. The Wicked Fun DSP was fun to pull out and play with for another layout and thankfully BlackBerry Bliss is a close match for the retired Rich Razzleberry. The Jar of Haunts and Fall Fest made some cute ephemera accents. Bit of fussy cutting but well worth the outcome! 

My right page is a retired 12 x 12 pocket page from Stampin’ Up! former Project Life era! I had fun stamping and decorating the 4x3 panels. The 4x6 slots will house 4 photos.

This layout is going to honour the photos of our granddaughter from a previous Halloween - yes I have fallen very behind in my scrapbooking.

We’ve always loved Halloween and definitely love experiencing it again through a child’s excitement. 

What’s your favourite thing about Halloween? 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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