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Oh Darling, Let’s Be Adventurous

Flowers, Dots and Doodles

Hey everyone! Welcome back! This week I bring you a fun, floral, Spring-inspired page. The photo was taken during the 2014 super bloom in Orange County, California. It’s not visible in the picture, but the bluff overlooks the ocean. It was a beautiful view: flowers in one direction and the beach in the other.

The gray music note print paper is from an old Momenta stack of gray scale prints. I cut a strip that featured the bird detail and mounted it on dark blue paper from an ancient Paper Pizazz stack.I layered paper scraps and a tag by My Mind’s Eye and finished with pink and gold embellishments and hand drawn gold doodles.

This page was created for Color Stories, Inspirations April challenge. I used the following “evidence”

• Triangles

• Plus Signs

• Speech Bubbles

• Flowers

• Birds/Butterflies

• Gold

• Hand-Drawn Elements

Thanks for visiting my page. Stay safe and healthy everyone!

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Our Iceland Adventure

Gray, Teal And Bokeh Sparkles

Hi everyone! This extra time at home has allowed me to put together another sketch during the week. Usually I have to limit my scrapbooking to the weekend but since I’m not commuting, I have some extra time to work on projects.

This page features some photos from when my husband and I went to Iceland’s Blue Lagoon in 2018. It was such a cool experience and I definitely recommend it if you ever get the chance to go. Big tip though: do NOT get your hair wet! I initially had my hair up in a bun but let it down. The minerals in the water, while great for skin, are terrible for hair and damaged my hair so badly that I had to cut nearly a foot off when I got home,

I started with a purple-black bokeh print paper from Craft Smith’s Summer Dream stack. From there, I layered teal and gray paper scraps including some typography print paper from DCWV’s Adore Me stack. I added a few wooden embellishments for texture as well as some teal travel-themed touches.

This page was created for Scrap The Girls’ April Challenge which was a quote rather than a mood board or layout. We definitely left our town (and our whole continent!) for this vacation.

The color palette inspiration for this palette comes from another awesome free site called Coolors. This is another site that will generate a whole palette based on any single color you choose. Another cool feature is you can lock into place colors you want to keep and have the computer swap out the ones you don’t until you find something you like.

Other Products Used:

• Carpe Diem Bits and Pieces

• MAMBI Chipboard Stickers

• Hazel & Ruby Chalk It Up Alphabet Stickers

• Jolee’s Boutique Travel Tags

• My Mind’s Eye Enamel Dots

That’s all for now. Stay safe and healthy and stay inside!

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Come On, Get Happy

Neon Coral And Summer Vibes

Hey scrappers! Anybody else find themselves with some extra time to work on some pages now that we can’t go outside? While I’m lucky enough to be able to work from home, I’m missing eating at restaurants and going to the beach. This layout reminds me of better times when I was able o take a trip to Hawaii last year.

I found some popsicle print paper from One Canoe Two’s Goldenrod stack that really matched the summer vibe. This page doesn’t have a ton of embellishments compared to other ones I have made so I made sure to make them count. I used matching popsicle cut-outs from One Canoe Two’s coinciding Ephemera pack. I also used some stickers from Crate Paper’s Journal Studio sticker book. It’s amazing how many bright, coral-colored things I had in my stash!

This page was made for the Scrap Our Stash April Challenge. The feeling I chose to portray was obviously “Happy” and I used it in my title which was made with Doodlebug Loopy Lou alphabet stickers.

This page was also created for Let’s Get Sketchy’s April Challenge. I turned the sketch 90 degrees for my vertical photo but kept the elements of the doily, pendant and multiple mats around the photo.

That’s all for now. I hope everyone out their stays happy and healthy while staying indoors. Happy scrapping!

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Bug Hunting

Dots, Hearts, Plaid And Squares

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a page that features both of my fuzzy pets Europa and Jupiter. These pictures were taken last Summer when the cats were out on the patio and found a june bug. They were both pretty interested in it but did not seem to know what to do with it. Do your pets play with the bugs they find too?

I started with some embossed red and white geometric paper from DCWV’s Letterpress Stack and paired it with some pale green embossed dot paper. I actually had a large amount of ladybug printed stuff in my stash which I felt fit with the page. The kitty sticker was actually something I think my mom gave me when I was in middle school and I’ve held onto it for 20+ years! It finally has a home on this page! I love the little vellum ladybugs from Paper Pizazz’s Vellum Cut-Outs. They look like they’re crawling all over the page!

This page was created for the Color, Stories, Inspiration’s March challenge. Their inspiration photo is so cute and very appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day. Check out the “evidence” prompts I incorporated into my page below:

• Dot

• Gingham

• Pig or other animal (Cats)

• Ladybug

• Hearts

• Flowers

• Ribbon

• Something curly or swirly

Thanks for visiting my page everyone! I’ll see you next time.

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I Love My Life And The Ones In It

Sunset Neon

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a bright and happy page featuring a flashback photo from when I went Hawaii several years ago. I love this freeze frame with the water caught mid-air.

I started with a piece of gray patterned paper from Recollections’ Girls Life paper pad. I used the pink, purple and orange designs on this paper as a basis for the color palette and pulled both patterned and solid papers in these colors from my scrap stash. I layered strips of bright papers as a base then added more embellishments like a paper doily, tags and more scraps.

This page was created for Lasting Memories March challenge which is simply using patterned paper. I used 12 different patterned papers on this page along with 4 solids. This challenge is a great way to use up old paper scraps!

Other Products Used:

• Simple Stories Carpe Diem Bits & Pieces

• Paper Studio Watercolor Fun Dimensional Stickers

• Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Diecut Frames

• American Crafts Shimelle Sticker Book

• The Happy Planner 472 Piece Sticker Book

I hope you’re day is a little brighter! Keep on scrappin’!

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Sister

Pretty And Macabre

Hey everyone! Halloween is a long way off, but this week I bring you a slightly spooky page featuring my younger sister. My sister is an amazing artist and has always been inspired and fascinated by dinosaurs, monsters, and all things macabre. This page is a representation of how I see her: beautiful, unique, and wonderfully quirky,

I started with a piece of subtly printed skeleton paper from the DCWV Dark Romance stack. I used it as my background and layered over paper scraps of old typography and antique keys to give the page an old fashioned feel. It reminds me of the Victorian era since people of that time were fascinated by the occult and the strange. In fact, check out this link for other weird things the Victorians were into!

This page was created for the March challenge at Scrap The Girls. Isn’t their mood board amazing? I love the juxtaposition of life and death in the same photo. I took inspiration both from some of the colors and incorporating flowers and feathers with the skeletons.

This page was also created for the February challenge at Studio Challenges. The goal was to use an element on the page that started with each of the letters of the word “Heart.” My choices are as follows:

• H - ”Happy” sticker from American Craft’s Journal Studio sticker book

• E - Enamel Dots

• A - Alphabet Chipboard

• R - Red flowers, feathers and pattered paper (also from the DCWV Dark Romance stack)

• T - Tags

The color palette above that I used for my page comes from a really cool website called Color Space. You can select any color and the site will create multiple color pallets featuring that color. The best part is it’s all free! I recommend you check it out!

That’s all for now. Thanks for stopping by!

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Remember Spring

Dripping Paint And Hand-Painted Florals

Hi everyone! I bring you another layout during the month of February. I’m on a roll! I can’t remember the last time I was able to make a page a week for a whle month! This page features photos my husband took of me back in 2014 during a massive super bloom. I had just bought this amazing lipstick by Kat Von D that I’m wearing in these photos. My husband is not a fan of the purple lipstick but I really like it!

I’ve been continuing a trend of choosing one paper I use on each page at random. It forces me to use up paper in bulk stacks I wouldn’t normally use and to really get creative to intigrate the paper with other objects in my stash. In this case, the random paper was the red woodgrain print from Paper Studio’s Entirely Textures stack. I paired the red with purple, blue and gray that really contrasts and highlights the yellow flowers in my photos. I was able to incorporate and finally use up some ancient items in my stash like the ladybug charms and the chipboard clockface piece. I also used some bird details from Tim Holtz Emphemera pack and some stickers from a MAMBI Happy Planner sticker book.

This page was created for ARTastic’s February Challenge and featured this image by Emma Uber as inspiraton. The challenge required both paint and flowers to be used on the page. I really liked all the intricate hand-painted flowers in Emma’s painting so I created similar ones of my own. I also liked the paint drips so I replicated the effect on my page as well. I threw in a few more silk flowers for good measure.

I used Design Seeds to find a color pallet for my page and settled on this one. Blue, purple and pale gray are unexpected colors to go with my photos, but I like the end result. That picture is making me crave sme sort oof raspberry ice cream dessert!

That’s it for this installment. Thanks for visiting my page!

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Jelly Bean Toes

Antique Browns And Pale Pinks

Hi everyone! This week’s page make me feel cozy and warm just looking at it. Is there anything better than snuggling up the family pet? I love the warm, brown tones that match my kitty’s fur contrasted with the light pink of her little toe beans. There’s lots of texture going on with this page; everything from the fur in the photo to the rough burlap to the steel and wood of my embellishments. This page has it all!

I started with some antique button patterned paper from the Recollections Regent Street stack. This is one of those patterns that can only work on a very specific page. I feel like it found the perfect home with this layout!. I had scraps of brown plaid paper from the same Regent Street stack that framed the page nicely along with some bits of lace. I made the title from small gray stickers by Hazel & Ruby and Thickers patterned chipboard stickers.

This page was created for the Let’s Get Sketchy February Challenge. I decided to use one big photo instead of two smaller ones and moved my title up higher since it ended up being so big. I substituted the triangle details for a chipboard pennant and burlap square which I covered in brown and pink embellishments.

Other Products Used:

• La Petites Cat Dimensional Stickers

• Jim Holtz Ephemera

• Happy Planner Puffy Stickers

• Recollections Wood Tag Embellishments

• Momenta Popsicle Mixed Media Stickers

• My Mind’s Eye Enamel Dots

That’s all for this time. Thanks for visiting and keep scrapping everyone!

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Hello Blue Skies

Brilliant Blues And Sparkles

Hi scrappers! This week’s layout is very blue and very sparkly. The photos featured were taken during last year’s superbloom. It’s not often you find a field of flowers next to the beach. It was gorgeous!

I had the super sparkly blue paper in my stash and basically based the whole layout around it. Those little sparkles are now all over my house and I’m sure I’ll be finding them on the floor for weeks! I used some paper flowers by Recollections along with some jewel studded flowers by Paper Studio. I found some blue buttons and brads that matched perfectly and used some Amy Tangerine glitter foam stickers for the title.

This page was created for the White…with 1 February challenge. I actually didn’t have a lot of items in my stash that were this color so I went out and bought some stuff…which I ended up using very little of. Does that happen to anybody else?? I just can’t help going overboard in Michael’s. I did end up using the sheer satin ribbon and the washi tape. I love how this color matched the sky in my photos but contrasted so nicely with the yellow.

The challenge also had a corresponding sketch which I turned 90 degrees to better fit my vertical photos. The sketch had a lot of circles but Ii used flowers instead.

That’s all for this very blue entry. Thanks for stopping by!

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Cherish

Valentine’s XOXOs

Hi everyone! Valentine’s Day is around the corner so I bring you an over-the-top pink, red and heart-studded page. I don’t think I’ve ever created a Valentine’s Day themed page before but had accumulated lots of appropriately themed materials in my stash. I had way too much for one page!

I started with a piece of glittery embossed cupid paper from DCWV’s Be Mine stack. I doubled matted it with red and white paper and used a piece of pink vellum to add color without covering up too much of the cupid detail. Stripes of ribbon and washi tape are visible behind the vellum and various pink and red stickers embellish further. I recently purchased a bunch of sticker books by Me & My Big Ideas and American Crafts (more great Tuesday Morning finds!) and used some on this page. The title “Cherish” is a rub on from SEI that I’ve probably had in my stash for over 10 years and I finally found a place to use it!

This page was made for the 123 Challenge blog February challenge. It was the perfect opportunity to make a Valentine’s themed layout.

Other Products Used:

• La Petites Watercolor Stickers

• Bella Blvd Valentina Stickers

• Frances Meyer Inc. Heart Stickers

• La Petities Paper Bows

• Maggie Holmes Sticker Book

• Happy Planner Stickers

That’s all for this time. Thanks for visiting and happy Valentine’s Day!

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Adore Adventure

Epic Embellishments

Hi everyone! This week I bring you a page that features a photo of a very special memory. Last year I went out to Death Valley with my husband for the first time. It had just rained so the salt flats were full of water that reflected the light of the sunset. The crystallized salt looked like ice and made this photo we took together magic!

I used a page from the Recollections Pretty as a Peacock stack for my background. I splattered acrylic paint and used the same paint to edge numerous paper scraps . I arranged numerous embellishments around my photo including tags, doilies and stickers, all in shades of purple, blue and pale green.

This page was done for the January challenge at Scrap Our Stash. Bingo challenges are some of my favorite to participate in. I chose the squares “Washi Tape,” “Mist/Ink Sprays,” “Doily” and “Bling.”

This page’s color palette was inspired by this photo at Design Seeds. I absolutely love this site. It’s a great way to jump start my creativity. Whether you’re putting together an outfit, decor for a room or a scrapbook page, this website holds lots of great color ideas!

Other Products Used:

• Heidi Swapp Wood Veneers

• Recollections Peacock Feather Stickers

• KaiserCraft Fairy Dust Die Cuts

• Paper Pizazz Vellum Cutouts

• Remarks Hannah & Henry Stickers

• Maggie Holmes Sticker Book

• Shimelle Sticker Book

• Vicki Boutin Diecuts

That’s all for now. Thanks for visiting!

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Hello Hawaii

Tri-Color Tropics

Hi scrappers! This week’s layout has me feeling warm and sunny just by looking at it. The page feature’s photos from a trip to Oahu last September. These photos were taken at a fabulous beach on the North Shore near where we stayed. It was so nice to get into warm water. The oceans of California beaches here at home are usually freezing year round!

I started with a piece of sunny yellow paper from Paper Studio’s Entirely Textures stack. I like how subtle the pattern is so it doesn’t detract from the rest of the page. The blue wood grain paper is from the same Paper Studio stack. I used polka dot washi tape and wave stickers as well as paper scraps which I cut into two pennant tags. I found the perfect blue and yellow pineapple in La Petites Watercolor Fun Dimensional Stickers.

This page was created for 123 Challenge Blog’s January challenge. This time around, we had the option to choose one of the three colors. I chose bright marigold because it matched my swimsuit and really brought a summer vibe to the page. Summer Time was also the 2 word prompt for this challenge, and my layout definitely feels like summer time!

Thanks for stopping by by blog and happy scrapping!

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Color Story

Olive Green With Pops Of Pink

Greetings everyone! Christmas has come and gone and as New Years approaches, I bring you a fun green and pink layout to ring in 2020. This page features some photos taken at Flutter Experience in Los Angeles. Flutter Experience is a pop-up art exhibit to promote mental wellness in youth in an era where the bombardment of social media can lead to depression. I went with a friend and really enjoyed the interactive exhibits and imaginative rooms. This particular room created by Jillian Mayer and was covered in colorful glaze-like paint. A bench, a chair and even a vase of flowers were all painted in this colorful style.

I started with a piece of olive green paper from One Canoe Two’s Saturday Afternoon stack. I liked all the little brush strokes in it and the color matched shades of green in my photos. I raided my stash of leftover paper scraps. (I seriously recommend saving all your scraps. You can make so many pages out of one sheet of paper and it gives you so many options once you’ve built up your stash!) I especially like the light green embossed card stock I used and how the pattern mirrors the polka dots on the pink piece of card stock. I used a variety of stickers from Maggie Holmes’ Sticker Book by American Crafts. The olive green paper flowers were the last two left in an ancient pack from The Paper Studio. I love it when things work out!

This page was done for the December Scrap Our Stash Challenge. I had the option of picking the left or the right side of the provided layout. As you can see, I replicated the right side down to the oversized brads and title placement.

I used the above post from Design Seeds for color palette inspiration. I love this site and highly recommend it for finding color palettes for everything from scrapbook layouts to home decor.

That’s all for now. Happy New Year and here’s to a wonderful 2020!

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Sweet Kitty

Succulents And Shades Of Green

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a fresh and feline-inspired layout. The photo I used features my kitty Jupiter who was not nearly as interested in posing the photo as I was. She looks more like she’s plotting her escape!

The show-stopper element on this page is of course the succulent print paper from DCWV’s Copper Luxury stack. It’s one of those papers I couldn’t wait to use but had to find the perfect page for. I used a page from Paper Studio’s Tattered and Worn stack as a mat for both my photo and the succulent paper. It was perfect since it had some of the same green tones as my featured patterned paper, but was still dark enough to provide contrast. The title was assembled from stickers from American Crafts Maggie Holmes sticker book and Paper Studios Cat Phrases.

I’m thrilled to announce I’m a guest designer this month for White…With 1. This page was created for their December challenge and the color this month is Christmas green. I found a piece of card stock that was the same color and used it as a photo mat and some tags. In my photos, the paper looks much bluer than in person.

White…With 1 also had a sketch for the month. Instead of tree embellishments I cut more succulents from the same sheet of paper and layered them. Kitty stickers and some puffy succulent stickers tie the page together.

That’s all for this time everyone. Thanks for visiting!

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Do You Want To Build A Snowman?

Bright Winter Florals

Greetings everyone! Today is the winter solstice here in the USA. I bring you a snowy, wintery page featuring a photo fro a trip to Julian, California. It’s pretty rare that I make the trek to see snow so it was really fun to take a day trip to the mountains. Disclaimer: I didn’t actually build the snowman. We found it just off the road and it was too cute not to take a picture with.

I started with a piece of blue and teal paper from the Paper Studio Affinity stack. A solid blue piece of paper makes a great backdrop for the more vibrant reds and yellows. Matching flowers with snowflake brads are both an unexpected element and an addition to the winter theme. I made pennant flags with scrap paper and used silver alphabet stickers to spell out “snowman.”

This page was created for the Pinkfresh Studio December challenge. The theme was “All Things Holiday” but the color palette provide was super bold and bright. The photo I chose was very winter and holiday oriented, but the pink jacket I was wearing matched the provided palette well. I love the unexpected mix of yellow and pink in with traditional holiday colors.

That’s al for this time scrappers. Thanks for visiting and happy holidays!

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Happy Napper

Colors, Lines And Shapes

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a funky, fun layout with lots of geometric shapes and bright colors. The photos featured are of my kitty Jupiter who loves to sunbathe on our patio. I snapped some photos of her enjoying a nap and I love her sleepy little face!

I started with lime green plaid paper from Echo Park’s Everyday Eclectic stack. This paper is double sided, and while I knew I wanted to prominently feature the green paper, I didn’t want to waste the colorful hexagon print on the other side. I cut a strip of paper and flipped it to make a perfectly color coordinated accent and mounted both sides to basic white paper. I used fun embellishments like washi tape by Crate Paper and enamel dots by My Mind’s Eye as well as some die cut tags .

This page was done by Scrap Our Stash’s November challenge. I chose the right side of the layout kept it similar down to the tags and ribbons. Scalloped embellishments were required so I used some paper doilies with scalloped edges and a circular tag from My Mind’s Eye’s Hello Gorgeous Mixed Bag. I found some fun brads by Jeteho to fasten down all the tags.

This page was also done for Lasting Memories November challenge where the name of the game is plaid! While the plaid paper I used is more subtle, there’s definitely lots of it in this layout but it doesn’t compete with with other patterns on the page.

That’s all for this installment. Thanks for stopping by!

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Art Is Life

Kraft And Berry

Hi everyone. Welcome back to my page! This time I bring you a layout with a twist on fall tones. Shades of taupe, kraft and berry make for a pretty combo that I don’t think I’ve used before. After making this page, I’m totally inspired to do a makeup look with a brown/taupe smokey eye and mauve lip! Is anyone else excited to finally wear all their fall sweaters and cozy boots?

The photos on this page were taken in downtown Honolulu this past September when my husband and I took a vacation to visit his family. There are a couple of blocks in the city where there murals on almost every wall by different artists. This one is painted by one of my favorite artists, Audrey Kawasaki and when I saw her work, I knew we had to pull over and get a photo!

I started with a piece of embossed kraft paper from DCWV. The dark background is from the Paper Studio’s Kellerkurtz & Company stack which has a nice variety of vintage inspire papers, but the paper is very thin and must be mounted on thicker card stock. I mounted my photos on patterned lavender card stock by Momenta and used kraft tags and a mini bag to embellish.

This layout was done for Let’s Get Sketchy’s November challenge. I liked the stylistic element of stripes in the corners and cut strips of kraft paper in various thicknesses to duplicate it.

This page was also done for the Kraft+ November Challenge. My background paper features an understated floral and I used kraft accents as opposed to papers to make the color stand out.

Other Products Used:

• Spare Parts Printed wood Buttons

• Jim Holtz Idea-Ology Adornments

• 7 Gypsies Vintage Market tags

• BoBunny Brads

That’s all for now. Thanks for visiting!

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Growing More Everyday

Citrus Colors and Spring Flowers

Hi scrappers! This week’s layout features some photos from the California super bloom back in 2014. All the hills overlooking the ocean were covered in yellow flowers. It made for a really fantastic view! Is anybody else super behind in scrapping their huge backlog of photos??

The white graph paper, yellow floral paper and yellow ombre paper all came from the Wildflower paper stack by American Crafts.I had a scrap of striped paper from the MME sunshine stack and I turned it into the perfect decorative tag. A wooden button, bits of ribbon and Bo Bunny Citrus brads were used to embellish.

This page was done for White…With 1’s October Challenge. The color this month is a citrus orange-yellow. The color ties in great with the flowers in my photos but doesn’t mirror it exactly.

White…With 1 also provided a sketch for the challenge. I used two photos instead of 3 and kept the flower motif that was in the sketch.

Other products used:

• Vicki Boutin Diecut Frames

• My Mind’s Eye Enamel Dots

• Carpe Diem Bits and Pieces

• Spare Parts Rainbow Gem Paper Flowers

• Studio K Label Word Strip Stickers

• Doodlebug Card Stock Stickers

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Yosemite

Fall Embellishments And Earth Tones

Hi scrappers! Fall is here and this time I bring you a layout that’s got me craving flannel and boots and pumpkin spice. These photos were taken in September a couple of years back at Yosemite National Park. The papers and embellishments I used were influenced both by forests and fall.

I started with a piece of brown-gray damask print paper, but since it was so thin, I mounted it on sturdier tan card stock. I mounted my photos on peachy card stock from Paper Studio’s Affinity stack. Purple-gray alphabet print paper from DCWV’s Old World Stack ties in great with the color palette and contrasts nicely with my photos.

This layout was done for Let’s Get Sketchy’s October Challenge. Isn’t their mood board gorgeous? I really love the color palette in the upper left corner and used that as inspiration for my page. Fall leaves, foxes and quotes were also derived from the mood board.

I slightly altered the layout and used 2 photos instead of 3 and shifted the title up. I also added some embellishments in the upper left corner to help fill the negative space.

This page was also created for Lasting Memories October Challenge. The word challenge this time was to add elements to the page that start with the letters in “CRISP.”

C - Chip Board

• American Crafts chip board alphabet stickers

R - Round embellishments

• The Happy Planner puffy stickers

• Shimelle wood buttons

I - Indigo

• Indigo tones in the photos, fall leaves and wooden mountain button

S - Stickers

• Recollections dimensional fox stickers

• Paper Studio Eclectic Phrases stickers

• Simple Stories Urban Traveler stickers

• Mambi travel sticker book

P - Punch

• Recollections leaf lever punch

Happy Fall to all and thanks for stopping by!

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Rock On

Animal Print And Torn Edges

Hi everyone! This week’s layout features a photo of my husband playing guitar at a show in Hawaii last year. His old band National Product got together for a reunion when one of the members got married. It was the first time I had heard them play together and he rocked it!

I created a mix of textures by using red wood grain paper and scraps of zebra print card stock. I also used paper from the Prima Marketing Rock Out Bro stack which ties in to the zebra theme. Torn edges and tags give the page some personality.

This layout was created by Lasting Memories October Challenge. The key was to include torn edges on the layout. I made sure to layer lots of paper and tore various edges. It worked well with the rock and roll theme!