Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Scrappy Saturday. 

Today’s double layout design was inspired by playing along with the following challenges:

Sketches in Thyme for the lovely circle vibes!

Scrap a Sketch for sketch #191 - just loved the large circles and focal photo. 

I’m getting inky with the Slashes of Sparkles DSP, Silver Metallic paper, Balmy Blue, Pretty in Pink inks, blending brushes, Beautiful Butterflies bundle, Spotlight on Nature dies, retired nesting circles dies, chevron boarder punch and silver twine. 

Splashes of Sparkles DSP is so pretty! The colour palette gives happy vibes: Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath, Daffodil Delight, gold, Highland Heather, iridescent, Lemon Lolly, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, Shy Shamrock, Timid Tiger

Together the two layout challenges come together as a lovey Double layout.

Left layout I used blending brushes and Balmy Blue and Pretty in Pink on Whisper White 12x12 to mimic the Splashes of Sparkles DSP on my right die page, I also used a Tim Holtz Splatter stencil with the Balmy Blue and silver metallic ink to create a coordinated design to the right hand layout. It features 4 circle photo mats created with the Spotlight on Nature dies and a focal image created with Beautiful Butterflies bundle dies and scrap of the DSP. A Chevron punched border in the metallic silver paper. 3 Pink ribbon flowers as embellishments.

Right layout features a 12x12 sheet from the Splashes of Sparkles DSP,  banner cluster with the Time to Celebrate sentiment on top, a single 5x7 photo, two butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies bundle and some silver twine, pink ribbon flowers and chevron cut pits to embellish. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

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Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Scrappy Saturday! Today’s double Valentine Day layout was inspired by two different challenges. 

The left side layout was inspired by the Sketches in Thyme layout 

The right side layout from over at Scrap A Sketch 

I’m getting inky with the Love Story DSP and stickers, Hearts of Love embossing folder and Strawberry Slush & Pretty Pink gems. I’ve paired with the retired Be Mine Stitched dies. 

It’s been a while since I have done two traditional layouts vs a traditional paired with a pocket page but am loving it - still able to fit in lots of photos with the two 3.75x 5.75 photos on the left and than four 3x3 photos on the right. 

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Peaceful Vibes for Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Scrappy Saturday!

Today’s layout was inspired by Autumn Scrap a Sketch #6 and the coordinating “choose at least 5 word prompts from the list” prompt. I have chosen stamping, splatters, fussy cutting, using 4 patterned papers, glitter, ink, flowers and squares (3 on my second layout)

Shout out to the Color Throwdown #ctd841 challenge for the gorgeous Fall vibes color palette I chose Secret Sea, Cajun Craze and Cloud Cover.

Playing with the Peace on Earth suite, Conflowers and retired French Foliage stamp sets, the Alphabet A La Mode dies and some Streaked Dot embellishments.

All the inspirations came together to create a gorgeous layout to honour some photos of us enjoying Fall fun!

My left hand side layout is my traditional 12x12 layout using the sketch. I have used my blends to colour my Peaceful Garden DSP to add pops of Cajun Craze to the Secret Sea and Cloud Cover palette. The splatters and writing in the French Foliage are one of the reasons I couldn’t past with this set when it retired. I love it for adding pops of colours to peek out behind layouts and ephemera. Love that the Alphabet A La Mode dies are perfect for adding tittles to a small space! The Hello title is mounted on the nesting label dies in the Peaceful Garden dies.

My right side 12x12 Pocket page features DSP with more pops of Cajun Craze hand coloured and leaves room for 4 of the 4x6 photos of scenery from a Fall family hike. 

What’s your favourite fall activity? 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life

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 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Scrappy Saturday - Fall - it’s time to celebrate 🎉

Happy Scrappy Saturday - had a lot of fun putting my layout together.

Playing with the autumn challenges over in the Scrap A Sketch group over on Facebook. Providing both a sketch as well as an inspiration list to get the mojo flowing!

I’ve picked the stamping / ink/ Wink a Stella glitter / leaves / metallic paper / gems / hues of brown. 

Over at Lasting Memories they had a challenge to use stripes in your layout. #LM767.

I’ve chosen to play with the Peaceful Garden DSP, the Prairie Grass stamp set, the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set and Embossing Folder, the Mini Corrugated embossing folder for my stripes,  the Alphabet A La Mode dies, Earthen Metallic foil paper and the Streaked Dots and some Wink a Stella glitter all from my Stampin’ Up! collection. 

Love the colour combo of blue and brown - it’s so tranquil.

Left side of my layout is a traditional 12x12 layout using the sketch - I followed fairly closely with the layout. I love playing with sketches as it’s like putting a puzzle together but you get to decide what pieces to play with. 

My right side of the double page layout is pocket style - I love the two tone cardstock with embossing and the sanding technique to reveal the inner core. The 4x6 pockets will house photos. 

I can’t wait to add some Fall Photos to complete the layout. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life