Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Scrappy Saturday! 

Today’s layout was inspired by Sketches in Thyme over on Facebook 

I’m getting inky with the Fragrant Layers bundle, December’s POM True Blue Florals DSP, Balmy Blue and Night of Navy blends, Alphabet À la Mode dies and retired Little Letters dies and pearls. 

Traditional 12x12 layout - this sketch was a lovely way to showcase all the DSP patterns in the True Blue Florals. I opted to keep my floral images neutral in white to help them pop and compliment the paper. Space for a 4x6 photo and a 3x4 photo.

Coordinating Pocket Page has space for 3 more 4x6 photos and then showcasing some more of the pretty papers using up some of my scraps from my traditional layout. I stamped and fussy cut the large floral focal image from the Fragrant Layers along with some of the small flower dies to embellish the 4x3 pockets.  

This ‘good times’ layout will be perfect to showcase some outdoor adventures with our granddaughter. 

Leaning towards doing black and white photos for it. What do you think? 

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret

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Lasting Memories Guest Design challenge

Welcome to another edition of Socially Scrappy on Sunday.

Today I am a guest designer over at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge blog. 

We are revisiting old favourites that we loved from past challenges or ones we missed getting to play with the first time around. There are so many to choose I have again chosen two challenges for my inspiration. Both are from 2024 and I combined them into one challenge #LM779. So I’ve taken inspiration from the circles in the original sketch and the two photo layout but have swapped in snowflakes for a winter vibe as well as the blue colour palette challenge which is perfect for when we have those winter blues. ❄️

I’m getting inky with current Stampin’ Up! product Elegant Pine Snowflake stamps and dies as well as retired Swirly Bird dies, silver metallic twine and a silver ink pen and some rhinestones for my design elements.

Traditional 12x12 layout a nice clean and simple design with lots of textures, splatter and sparkles!

 

It’s going to be perfect layout for some winter family fun photos for the grand daughters scrapbook memories. 

Coordinated pocket page has room for lots of snowy fun photos with the Elegant Pine Snowflake stamps carried over. 

If you choose to play along with my challenge please make sure to go to the Lasting Memories Layout challenges blog and use their linky for todays post.

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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Guest Designing for Last Memories

Welcome to a special edition of Socially Scrappy but on a Sunday. 

Switching up a bit this week and next to accommodate the honour of being a Guest Designer over at Lasting Memories Layout Challenges. Their challenges go live on Sundays. 

Today’s #LM779 challenge is inspired by a choosing two former 2025 challenges that jumped out at me and combining them into one new challenge. So if you want to play along please use inspiration elements from the top sketch as well as choose a tic tac toe line to incorporate into your design for the little extra double the inspiration double the fun. 

I’ve gotten inky with some retired goodies from my stash to play along. Started with a 12x12 sheet of Vicki Boutin Ready to Use Mixed Media paper. Added in Painted Love Gold foil stickers, White Tea Lace doilies, Love Blossoms embellishment kit, scalloped and regular heart punches, wood ephemera sentiment words, unbranded gold twine and a Beager Acrylic Art Paint Pen in Gold. 

For my traditional 12x12 layout I was inspired by the circle vibe from the original sketch so chose a pretty circle paper from my mixed media pack.  I than decided to go for a full card in Tic Tac Toe challenge - so have metal elements in the foil and paper clip, 2 photos, banners, gold, a doily, wood in my hearts and sentiment, a tag, fussy cut the foil elements on the tag and finished off with some vellum in the banner and heart. 

My coordinating pocket page I used the Swirly Bird stamp set to create some 4x3 DSP and pulled in colours Azure Afternoon, Pretty and Pink and Lemon Lolly to coordinate with the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media 12x12 page starter. And pulled in some of the wooden hearts, gold foil and a doily. Left room for 3 photos. 

Please pop over to Lasting Memories to see what all the other designers have created for inspiration and if you want to play along add your project to the linky tool on the bottom of the #LM779 Lasting Memories blog post! 

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

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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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Socially Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Socially Scrappy Saturday - getting creative while catching up on my scrapbooking! 

 

My 12x12 traditional layout was inspired by playing along over at Creative Scrapbooker Facebook groups November sketch. I am really going to miss the monthly inspiration from this magazine as it closes its doors at end of the month! 

My colour palette was chosen by playing along over at Lasting Memories November colour challenge #LM774. I have chosen to use Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze and Old Olive with hints of Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie and gold foil.

I’ve chosen to get inky with some new goodies from the Online Exclusives over at Stampin’ Up!  The Friendly Foliage and Words of Beauty stamp and dies as well as the Lasting Linen background stamp. For DSP I have showcased the Timeless Plaid 6x6 paper and Gold foil DSP which was perfect combo for this colour palette challenge. 

Love the warm Fall vibes that came together with this design of accent leaves in gold, mossy meadow and Cajun craze  - going to be perfect for some Family Fall hike photos. 

Carried the theme over to a Pocket Page -  room for 3 of the 4x6 photo and two small 3x3 cropped photos and will add some journalling. 

The Lasting Linen background stamp provides some awesome texture and pairs well the plaid theme! I love the Just Because dies and Cajun Craze and Gold dots! 

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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Socially Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Socially Scrappy Saturday! 

Today I am playing with Creative Scrapbookers Magazine’s  October 2025 sketch for my layout inspiration over in their Facebook group. If you’re looking for creative inspiration pop on over and join! 

I have chosen to play with the Pine Tree Trimming stamp set, Snowflake Kisses Dies and Elegant Pine Snowflake DSP as well as the Silent Snowfall DSP. 

The Silent Snowflake DSP is fun - you can sponge over or brayer over it to add pops of colour. I chose to use Shades Spruce and a brayer to add some colour.

I followed the sketch pretty closely for my 12”x12” side. Using the Pine Tree Trimmings trees fussy cut and popped up with some of the smaller Snowflake Kisses dies. My WINTER title was created with the Alphabet A la Mode dies. I created some torn snowbanks along the bottom and added some Wink A Stella to make it glisten. 

Pocket page side coordinates with the Pine Tree Trimmings and Snowflake Kisses dies carried over.

This layout is ear marked for a family hike at the local conservation area photos where we got to feed birds right from our hands - there were so many gorgeous birds! 

Happy Scrappin’

Margaret 

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