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Lake Henshaw

Diecuts And Embossing

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a cozy, outdoor-themed page featuring photos from a a trip to Lake Henshaw. The light was streaming through all the plants and made some cool shadows on my face so I took a selfie. This trip was before all the rain we have received so I wonder if the place I am standing in these photos is now totally underwater!

I started with some green and brown plaid paper from Recollection’s Regent Street stack. I liked how the colors matched my photos but also referenced the plaid shirt I was wearing. The large scrap of bug-print paper I had was from the DCWV Dark Romance stack which has all kinds of spooky-themed papers, but I felt the bugs worked well for a page featuring outdoor photos. I added a scrap of floral vellum since the purple-blue tones also matched my shirt. I had the perfect scrap of deep indigo paper and finally used one of the many embossing folders I bought when I got my Sizzix Big Shot machine. This one is the Foliage folder by Tim Holtz and it added another nature-themed detail to this outdoorsy page. I also added in some die cuts using Thinlits from the Tim Holtz Wildflower #2 collection (another great way to use up various paper scraps!) The title was created using Idea-Ology alpha tiles and I added some Tim Holtz Field Notes Ephemera as well as some enamel dots by Simple Stories.

This page was created for Becky Fleck Challenge #321 over at A Cherry on Top Crafts. The photos I used were definitely bigger than what was shown in the sketch so I ended up having to tweak the sketch to work with the elements I was using.

This page was also created for the More Than Words April Challenge which is Being Green. Since my husband is a photographer, I end up visiting lots of National and State Parks with him. I find myself “being green” in enjoying the beauty of these places but being conscientious of leaving them in the same condition that I found them.

That’s all for now. Join me soon for another scrapbook layout and as always, you can find more Scrap Attack content on both YouTub and Instagram.

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Make Time For Yourself

Silver And Pink Selfies

Hi scrappers! This week's page features some selfies I took a few years ago at a local farmer’s market/pumpkin patch. Since it was near Halloween, there was also a cute little boutique that sold locally made Halloween decor. The lighting was nice so I took these fun photos.

I started with some pretty silver foil and pink paper from the Goldenrod stack from One Canoe Two and used it as my background. Some green cardstock from the DCWV Neutrals stack made a nice mat for my photos and matched the green tones in the pictures. I raided my stash for all the silver and pink scraps I had and fanned them out to the left of my photos. I added in some thin silver washi from Create 365 and some silver ribbon that I found in my stash. I added some ephemera and puffy stickers from the same Goldenrod collection as well as some some Bo Bunny brads, enamel dots, and a sticker from the Modern Farmhouse sticker book by The Happy Planner.

This page was made for Becky Fleck challenge #320 over at A Cherry on Top Crafts. This was the perfect sketch to use up small paper scraps. I had so many little pieces that worked perfectly for this page. I especially like the narrow zebra print scrap that I cut off the top of an Amy Tangerine paper from another layout.

That’s all for this week. Next week will be April! Can you believe it? I will be back soon with a whole new layout. For more Scrap Attack content, you can find me over at YouTube and Instagram. Hope to see you there!

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My Lucky Star

Green And Gold With Washi

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a page featuring my sweet kitty Jupiter. I’ve had her since she was just weeks old and she’s made every day so much brighter. Here she is being the best little co-worker while I work from home.

I started with some green paper from the Vicki Boutin Evergreen & Holly paper stack. It’s technically a Christmas collection but still worked really well for this page. I added some star details to the basic back ground with a 6 X 6 stencil by Echo Park Paper Company and some stencil butter in Terre Verte and Gamboge by The Crafter’s Workshop. I outlined my photo with some skinny green washi tape by Me & My Big Ideas and added the same tape to some of the squares around my photo. I added more stars using a large Marvy Uchida star punch and some cute cat face stickers by The Paper Studio. Lastly, I found the perfect glittery wood veneer embellishment by Heidi Swapp to use in my title!

This page was created for the March challenge over at 123 Scrapbooking Challenges. I liked all the background squares and used them as opportunities to place embellishment clusters.

This page was also created for the washi challenge over at A Cherry on Top Crafts. The criteria was to frame your photo with washi, which I did but I also added in more washi in the surrounding squares, including some Green Winter washi tape by London Gifties.

That’s all for this time. Thank you for visiting my page and I’ll see you all next time!

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Scenic Snapshot

Outdoor Textures And Tones

Hello again scrappers and welcome back to my corner of the internet. This week I decided to scrap a photo of my photographer husband. He’s the one who takes the majority of the pictures I scrap and I'm so lucky to have him both as a loving partner, and the family documentarian!

I started with one of those papers where the moment you see it, you wonder when you will ever use it! The Gone Wild stack by DCWV has all kinds of glitter-infused animal prints and textures. This elephant-inspired print, while really pretty and full of texture, wasn’t something I could picture myself using since I didn’t have any actual pictures of elephants lying around. I feel like I saw this all the time but the really weird papers you don’t know what to do with, can often end up making the most striking pages! I paired it with simple woodgrain paper from The Paper Studio’s Dendrology stack.

I used some transparent fern stickers where the two papers meet, and then opened up a set of Green Dye washi tape and used the pine tree design. I placed the washi first on white paper so the transparent tape would be more visible. I think this washi accent is my favorite part of the page (besides the hidden hedgehog stickers by Mrs. Grossmans.) I added green and orange accents from 49 and Markets Plum Grove Chipboard Set and Ephemera Bits as well as some Goldenrod floral die cuts by One Canoe Two. I also added in some wooden accents by Shimelle to add even more texture to the page.

This page was created for the March challenge over at Color, Stories, Inspiration. I felt the color palette really matched my photo, especially with the greens and oranges. There were so many opportunities to work in the list of prompts they provided and I made it a game to see how many I could fit into this page!

“Evidence” Used:

  • Woodgrain Pattern

  • Animal Print

  • Camera

  • Lamp or Lightbulb

  • Banner

  • Labels

  • Plants

  • Washi Tape

  • Frames

  • Circles

  • Animal

  • Cup or Teapot

  • Wood Embellishments

This page was also made for sketch challenge #556 over at Sketches in Thyme. I liked the simplicity of the sketch and the two tone background paper. I didn’t use polka dots but added a heck of a lot of embellishments!

That’s all for this time. There’s so many other March challenges around the internet that I want to try so I hope to be back soon with another layout.

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Magical Weekend

Ocean Ephemera

Hi everyone! This week I’ve been dreaming about another vacation. The last big trip I went on was in October and this is a photo from then when we went to Hawaii for a friend’s wedding. This was at their venue at the end of a dock. Talk about picturesque!

I started with some rope-striped paper from Memory-Place’s Welcome to Paradise paper pack. The pattern reminded me of something nautical and also matched the wood in my photo. I cut down some dark blue Heidi Swapp paper to place my photo on and added a scrap of paper from a previous project but from the same Memory-Place paper pack since it had some matching blue tones. From there, I pretty much rounded up all the ocean/tropical/nautical ephemera I could find in my stash.

Additional Products Used:

This page was created using the March sketch from Scrap Our Stash. I liked the crooked photo and the fact it was so big since I have a stash of 5 X 7 photos to get through. Stars needed to be used somewhere in the layout so I scattered some gold and silver star brads in clusters around the page.

This page was also created for the Country Music challenge at A Cherry on Top. The theme this month was “Vacation” which I think this photo was absolutely perfect for!

That’s all for this week! Thank you for visiting and if you have a moment, join me over on YouTube and Instagram too at thescrapattack.

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Fine Little Day

Clouds And Kittens

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you another page featuring my fluffy kitty Europa. Don’t let this sweet face fool you. She was feeling very feisty this day and was taking swipes at me in-between taking these photos. She still manages to be so photogenic, even when being a rascal!

I started with some pretty cloud print paper on a kraft background from Echo Park Paper Company’s Everyday Eclectic collection. This was double sided paper but I only ended up showing one side for a change. I used some bright yellow-green cardstock from the Paper Studio Affinity cardstock stack that was similar to the color on my background paper. I had scraps of the same cardstock in my stash that I used as a mat for my photos. I added some scraps of blue cardstock as the backdrop for my embellishment clusters and used a Marvy Uchiha corner rounder punch on them.

From there, I used a mix of embellishments from the following:

I also added in various brads and used some white embroidery floss to string my pennant banner.

I was asked to be a guest designer over at Kraft Plus for the month of March. This month was a sketch challenge! For the abstract shapes in the corners, I used some giant rose ephemera and cut the edges to fit. For the title, I used a sticker from the Dear Lizzy sticker book. I ended up putting the semi transparent sticker on some cardstock then cutting out the shape so it could be better seen against the blue background.

That’s all for this time. Thank you for stopping by my page and I will be back soon with more layouts in the month of March!

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Unforgettable

Pink And Teal

Hi scrappers and welcome to March. This week I’ve created a layout in teal and pink, using a photo that was taken at the beach. I didn’t realize it until I’d already chosen the photo I was going to use, but even my makeup is teal so it really works perfectly with this page!

I started with some pink polka dot paper from the Plum Grove collection by 49 and Market. I sprayed some basic blue paper by K & Company with Distress Oxide Spray in Saltwater Taffy. I probably should have added more spray since not a lot of it ended up showing but it was my first time using this product so I didn’t want to overdo it. I added in some frame stickers and ticket washi stickers, both from Taperology as well as some stickers from The Happy Planners Cosmic Watercolor sticker book. Teal embellishments from the Viken collection by 49 and Market were perfect for this page and also made for an easy title. I found the perfect Pocket Card by Tim Holtz that not only matched the theme, but was just the right size to fit in a frame I was using. Lastly, I created some pink foliage with Garden Greens die cuts by Time Holtz. My Big Shot machine sure has come in handy this year!

This page was created for the February mood board challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts which is where the color palette comes from. Isn’t it gorgeous? I took inspiration Fromm the moldboard by incorporating paper with bokeh lights, a lace embellishment, and butterflies.

The sketch for this month comes from 49 and Market’s sketch challenge on their Instagram. As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew I had to give it a try. I love all the frames and opportunities for embellishments. I had lots of fun with this one!

That’ll for this week. I’ll be back soon with a new layout!

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Oh La La Girl

Color Blocking And Owl Print Paper

Hi scrappers! This week I’ve created a page featuring a photo taken at the Flower Fields a few years ago. They grow tons of ranunculus here and for a few weeks, you can come and tour the grounds while the flowers are in bloom. We took so many photos here that even years later, I still have photos waiting to be scrapped.

I started with some cute owl print paper from Heartfelt Creation’s Sugar Hollow collection. I have a hard time where there is already so much that I want to showcase printed on my background picture. It’s a delicate balance of showing off the paper, but not letting it overwhelm my photo. I also feel like if I don’t “do enough” on a page, then I haven’t done a good job. In this case I only added paper and embellishments down the center of the page. I used some small paper pads by Echo Park and Paper Pizzazz to create a color blocked section down the middle. I used few key embellishments including some paper flowers, flower stickers from the Happy Planner Pressed Florals sticker book, ephemera and puffy stickers from the New Day collection by Echo Park Paper, and enamel dots. Lastly, I used an old chipboard frame I had to frame my title which was a piece of ephemera from My Mind’s Eye.

This page was created for Becky Fleck sketch challenge #315 at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I felt like this was a great sketch for the paper I had. It allowed me to showcase the cute little owls on both the left and right.

That’s all for this week. You can find me on You Tube and Instagram at thescrapattack. I will see you next time!

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Best Nap Ever

Monochromatic Orange And Paper Layering

Hi scrappers! This week I have a page with my sweet kitty Europa napping with my husband. She always loves these snuggles, especially when it’s on the colder side.

I used two different papers from the Eclectic Remix stack by The Paper Studio for my background and used some bright orange cardstock as a photo mat. I used both Ephemera Bits and the Chipboard Set from 49 and Market’s Plum Grove collection and pulled out some of the orange pieces. I used Echo Park’s Sadie alphabet die cut to pair with some ephemera to make my title. To continue the cat theme, I used some old stickers I had (brand unknown) and added in some orange kitties. For a more inclusive list of all the orange odds and ends this page, you can check out the video below where I list all products used.

This page was created for the challenge at Scrap the Boys this month which was a boy with his pet. My page features a man instead but the photos still seemed fitting for the challenge.

This page’s color scheme comes from If You Give a Crafter a Cookie’s February challenge which was to make something, anything, with orange. This isn’t a color I use too often, especially as the main color on a page, so it was a fun challenge and encouraged me to dig all my orange items out of my stash.

Lastly, I used Becky Fleck sketch 313 at A Cherry on Top Crafts to create this page. I loved all the paper layering and little elements that I could interpret in my own way. I used up some of my paper scraps to add contrast, patterns and texture.

That’s all for this week. Thank you for visiting and I’ll be back soon with a new page!

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Always And Forever A Dancer

Gray And Gold

Hi scrappers! This was officially my last layout of January, although it’s taken me a few days to get this post up! These photos were taken at a wedding this past summer and I loved the sparkly dress I wore. However, it shed copious amounts of glitter everywhere I went. I ordered it offline and didn’t realize how much of a mess it would make. It was an explosion of glitter when I opened the bag. I had glitter in my hair and on my body for days after the event. It’s been over six months since I wore the dress and I still find the occasional sequin or glitter speck in my house somewhere.

I was quite excited to use the gray ballerina paper by Karen Foster Designs. I’ve easily had this paper for fifteen years and didn’t know when I would ever use it. I was a dancer for a large portion of my life but it’s been a long time since I have been in a dance class or performance. I wasn’t sure if I would ever have an occasion to use this paper. These photos however, not only went well with the gray color, but I feel show my dance background in the way I move.

I paired this paper with some gray cardstock from the DCWV Neutrals stack to give it some extra structure. From there, I used some Champagne Gold Stencil Butter with a mini stencil, both by The Crafter’s Workshop to add some texture to the right side of the page. Some gray and gold paper from Pink Paislee’s Auburn Lane 6 X 8 stack made a nice photo mat for my images. I added golden stickers from the American Crafts Crate Paper Journal Studio sticker book and used a Fiskars squeeze punch to create the tags for my letters. I strung them on some old elastic I had and used some Tim Holtz Chit Chat stickers to make my title. I used a lace die cut from 49 and Market’s Vintage Artistry Essentials collection and on a whim, put some metallic gold washi tape beneath it so it would shine through all the lace details. Some paper and lace flowers by Jolee’s Boutique finish the page.

This page was created for Sketches in Thyme’s sketch #550. I loved the little pennant flags in the bottom corner and definitely wanted to integrate that into my own layout. I chose to use the lace die cut because it also had a scalloped edge like the sketch. Instead of paint splatters on the background, I used texture paste and a stencil to create background details.

This page was also created for A Cherry on Top Craft’s January mood board. I was inspired by flowers, lace and crystals featured in the mood board but also by the pretty sparkly dresses. It seemed the perfect choice for the photos I had!

That’s all for this week. I will be back with my first February sketch. See you all soon!

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Outdoors

Designing With 49 And Market

Hi scrappers! It feels like it has been while since I posted even though it’s only been a week. My free time and motivation finally synched up and this week I bring you a page featuring a newly printed photo. I just got a pack of new photos in the mail with some images from some recent weekend trips my husband and I took and this is the first photo of the bunch I am scrapping. This picture was taken in Borrego Springs, California at an area that overlooks a large, impressive canyon below. It was sunset and my husband set up his tripod and snapped a few shots of us. I love how they turned out!

I started with some polka dot paper from the Plum Grove paper stack by 49 and Market. In fact, all products on this page are 49 and Market unless otherwise stated. I paired it with some lavender woodgrain paper from the My Mind’s Eye Bramble Rose Stack and peach paper from American Crafts One Canoe Two Saturday Afternoon stack. I had the deep blue floral paper in my stash of leftover scraps and it worked well here. All these papers pick up the sunset colors in my photo!

I used some rub-ons from the 49 and Market Plum Grove collection and cut out the two decals in purples and blues. Laser die cuts from the Plum Grove and Viken collection as well as some fabric tape really bring the page together. I used some washi stickers from the Vintage Artistry Hike More collection for the title.

The sketch for this page comes from the January challenge at Sketch N Scrap. I like how simple the sketch is, allowing me to add my own elements to it. The paper layering allowed me to incorporate lots of colors and patterns.

This page was also created for the Book Lovers contest over at A Cherry Top Crafts. The book above was the inspiration with the optional prompts being either to use Mother Nature as a theme or the use of alliteration in the title. I obviously chose Mother Nature, choosing a photo taken in a national park with some botanical elements and the Outdoors title.

Lastly, this page was made for the January Color My Heart challenge. I combined peach with blue and purple tones. I really like how all the colors work together. While this page was fairly simple to put together without using a ton of products, it makes a big impact!

That’s all for this week. Soon we will be in February. Can you believe it?? Lets be friends on Instagram and YouTube! I go by thescrapattack in both places!

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Fields Of Gold

Khaki, Green And Gold Botanicals

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a page featuring some photos taken out in the desert after a rain. There were little yellow flowers everywhere and it made for some really gorgeous pictures!

I started with some sparkly yellow paper from the DCWV Stardust stack as my background. The warm tones in the paper paired really well with the flowers in my photos. I used some basic kraft cardstock as well as some paper scraps as a mat for my photos. I embellished with some baseboard frames and Field Notes ephemera by Time Holtz. I added some products I bought from an online stationary store including some green stickers by Yuxian and fern stickers by Infeel Me.

This page was created for Kraft Plus challenges. The challenge this month was to pick any of the past challenges and I picked on from March 2022 which was Frames. I integrated three frames into my layout and placed my title in one of them.

This page was also created for Becky Fleck challenge #310 at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I flipped the photo orientation 90 degrees and used a large frame in place of one of the photos.

That’s all for this week. Thank you for visiting my page and I will see you all soon!

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Magical Moments Together

Desert Rose, Peach, And Sage

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a layout featuring a photo that was taken in front of some street art in downtown Los Angeles. The peach tones in the background ended up working really well with the tri-color palette I used.

I started with some papers from the Recollections Desert Blooms stack. I had bought this paper stack a while ago but hadn’t tried any of the papers yet. I used the solid background as my background and cut a smaller square of the sun and moon print paper for the center. The rest of the papers used were all scraps from my stash. The floral paper ended up having the exact colors that really worked with the rest of the layout. I used Golden Desert Ephemera by Prima Marketing and some stickers from the Home is with You sticker book by The Happy Planner. The title was made with some puffy stickers by American Crafts.

This color palette came from Color My Heart’ s Color Dare #530. The colors definitely evoke pictures of desert landscapes. The cactus and succulent ephemera in my stash matched the colors perfectly.

The layout for this page comes from the Cherry of Top Crafts January scrap lift. I chose this layout by Sandy Jay. I liked all the the paper layering as well as the potential for embellishment clusters. The large title was spread across the page which isn’t something I normally do so I gave it a try.

That’s all for this week! I will be back soon with another scrapbook page.

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Love You

Gold Foil And White

Hi scrappers! This week I share my first official layout of 2023. Have you had a chance to handwrite a 2023 date yet? I inevitably wrote 2022 as the year and had to correct it. I feel like I do that every year!

The photos on this page were taken at a wedding at the Muckenthaler house in California. We were in front of a big window and were backlit which created these dreamy photos!

I started with some gold striped paper from The Paper Studio’s Shoppe on the Square stack. All of the gold foil papers on this page are from the same collection. I added a 9 X 9 square of white cardstock in the center and then added a bunch of gold embellishments. I was able to use up the feather stickers and glitter bows, both by The Paper Studio. That means I can buy more stuff, right?? I also added some hexagon stickers by The Paper Studio, Heidi Swapp ephemera by American Crafts, and mixed media stickers by Momenta. I couldn’t resist adding enamel dots by Simple Stories as a finishing touch.

This page was created from White…with 1’s December/January challenge which features gold! Isn’t their mood board pretty? I was inspired by the different textures, glitter, chrome, etc. and incorporated those into my page.

This page was also made for the Sketches in Thyme January challenge. I turned the sketch 90 degrees to accommodate my vertical photos.

That’s all for this week! Thank you for visiting my page and you can see more of my work on YouTube and Instagram, including my first ventures into having a bullet journal/fitness planner! See you next time!

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Here Comes The Sunset

Shabby Chic Kitties And Butterflies

Hi scrappers! This may be my first post of 2023 but it’s about my last layout of 2022. I created this page last week but haven’t had the chance to blog due to holiday activities. This photo is of my kitty who was watching the sunset through the blinds. The lighting was so good that I snapped this photo on my phone.

I started with some basic brown paper from The Paper Studio’s Tattered and Worn stack as my background and mounted it on some pale blue cardstock by American Crafts for more stability since I knew I would be using heavy chipboard pieces. I had a large paper scrap in my stash with musical notes on it that I cut on a diagonal and bordered it with some blue checkered tape by Making Memories. From there I used die cuts from Stamperia’s Orchids and Cats collection and Sunset Beach Die Cuts by Mintay. I arranged them around my photo and added the chipboard clock as a major design element and fastened it with a Bo Bunny brad. Lastly, I used some Again and Again alpha stickers by American Crafts as part of my title.

This page was made for the December challenge at Sketches in Thyme. I ended up mirroring the sketch because when I cut my diagonal paper, I cut the diagonal the wrong way. Oops! My title ended up being smaller and I moved it lower since my music note paper was so busy, I didn’t think the brown letters would show up.

Thanks for visiting! I hope 2023 fins you all happy and healthy and I will be back soon with the first official page for the new year!

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Step Into Christmas

A Very Merry Layout

Happy holidays scrappers! I usually don’t make Christmas pages because I never remember to take photos. However, a couple years back, my husband and I did a holiday shoot with our cats who don’t really enjoy being held for long periods of time. The results were a little…chaotic. We ended up with some very comical shots and these are just a couple.

I wanted a basic background so I used some white textured cardstock by The Paper Studio. I had bought the green double-sided loose leaf paper by Basic Grey because I initially liked its reverse side. However, the Christmas side with trees and snowflakes was perfect for this page. I paired it with some red paper by Paper House which also felt very festive. The patterned papers were really the stars of this page, but I also embellished with some K & Company chipboard stickers, glittery red brads by The Paper Studio, green Bob Bunny rhinestones, and some washi stickers by an unknown brand. I cracked open some American Crafts alpha stickers for the title and only used letters that were red or green. I think this page came out festive and fun!

This page was created for the Scrap Our Stash December challenge which was to add at least two triangles, hexagons or diamonds to a page. I loved design team member Stacy Harper Watson’s layout so much that I did a scrap lift of the whole page but tweaked it for horizontal photos and the embellishments I had. The little handmade triangle met the criteria so perfectly and allowed me to use up some very old fiber.

This page was also made for Color, Stories, Inspiration’s December challenge. Usually they provide “Evidence” prompts but this time it was left all up to the creator. Apart from being inspired by the color palette, I imitated the white background and overall Christmas theme. I added in some gray snowflakes like the inspo pic and used some alpha stickers that had diagonal stripes like the little heart next to the coffee mug.

Lastly, this page was made for the December music challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. The challenge was to use Elton John’s song “Step Into Christmas” as the page’s title. It took me a minute to find some appropriate alpha stickers that had all the correct letters I needed, but I did it! Considering my cat’s lack of enthusiasm, maybe a more fitting title would have been “Dragged Into Christmas.”

That’s all for this time. I’m hoping to squeeze in one more page before the new year. Fingers crossed! I hope you all have a merry and safe holiday season!

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Live Life

Paper Scraps, Buttons And Washi

Hi scrappers! This This week I bring you a cozy fall page featuring a picture of my husband during a trip to the woods. This page came about because I challenged myself to pull a paper scrap out of my stash at random and create the whole page around it. After I had spread all the scraps across my coffee table, I ended up blindly picking the patterned paper with leaves on it. I can’t even remember the original page I made with the rest of the paper since I’ve had it so long.

I used some dark brown cardstock from the DCWV Neutrals stack and splattered it with some white acrylic paint. It kind of reminds me of a speckled bird egg. I arranged some solid colored paper scraps around my photo and used a Marvy Uchida corner rounder on them. I found some mushrooms and labels from Tim Holtz’s Field Notes ephemera and some wood veneer buttons to match my forest theme. I cracked open some ginkgo leaf washi tape and used a long strip down the left as well as some smaller pieces near my photo.

This page was created for Becky Fleck #306 challenge over at A Cherry on Top. I didn’t have a punch to make the notebook edge or pinking shears, but I used the corner rounder to change up my solid colored paper scraps.

This page was also made for the December Grab 5 challenge, also at A Cherry on Top.

The 5 items I picked from the list to use on my page were:

  • Buttons

  • Wood Vaneer

  • Tiny Tags

  • Circle

  • White Splatters

That’s all for this week. Thanks for visiting my page and I will be back soon with a new layout!

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Escape The Ordinary

Mixed Media On Patterned Paper

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a layout where I played with mixed media and a limited color palette to create this vibrant page.

I started with some red woodgrain paper from The Paper Studio’s Entirely Textures stack. Since the paper in this collection is very thin, I glued it to some black cardstock to give it some structure. I then mixed together some Delta Ceram Coat acrylic paints in Black, White and Blueberry to create some blue-gray accents with a wide, dry brush. I then mixed some Orchid Stencil Butter from The Crafter’s Workshop with American Crafts Texture Paste in Sour Blueberry to create a custom navy shade which I used with 6 X 6 Ledger and Specimen stencils, also from The Crafter’s Workshop. I found a box of Tim Holtz Idea-Ology pocket cards that had gotten buried in my stash that I forgot I had and used a blue floral card cut in half along with part of a red paper frame from Bo Bunny’s Star-Crossed Ephemera pack. I added some tags embellished with red and blue string as well as some metal Thought Tokens by Tim Holtz. I used a sticker from The Happy Planner’s Dream Seeker sticker book as my title and scattered some generic rhinestones over the page as a finishing touch.

This page was created for the December scrap lift over at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I chose this layout to lift by aheatfan because I liked the tag embellishments and mixed media look. I used stencils with texture paste in place of the leaf details and replicated the distressed paper look by dry brushing some gray paint in various direction.

This page was also made for A Cherry on Top’s November mood board. I love the moody colors featured here and ACOT always has the prettiest mood boards!

I drew additional inspiration by adding butterflies, adding in some purple-blue tones and including a floral print.

That’s all for this week. You can find more Scrap Attack content on both my Instagram and YouTube. Thanks for stopping by!

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I Haven’t Been Everywhere, But It’s On My List

Desert Views And Kraft

Season’s greetings scrappers! I know I say this every month but I can’t believe another month has passed, and now we are into December! I hope the holidays fine you all merry and bright and your camera rolls full of wonderful memories ready to be scrapbooked!

This week I bring you a page featuring some photos taken in Death Valley, California. These photos were take in January or February where there was snow on all the mountains surrounding the valley, but the valley itself was a pleasant 70 degrees, at least when we were there in the afternoon. I had just bought this dress from Free People and knew it would make for some dramatic photos. My husband was looking for water since he wanted to take some photos with reflections, but finding water in Death Valley is pretty rare. The only water we found was a shallow, muddy puddle. However, you would never guess when looking at the photos how shallow and gross the water actually was. Fortunately, all the mud and salt washed out of my dress (and the car upholstery) easily.

I started with some embossed kraft cardstock by DCWV and cut a quarter inch off two sides before matting it on some basic red cardstock. I sponged some Jacquard Lumiere paint in Sunset gold at random on my background and then used some Apple Barrel acrylic paint in Bright Red and a 12 X 12 stencil by The Crafter’s Workshop to make some circles. From there, I basically broke out all the embellishments that were kraft, brown or desert themed. I added in some burlap scraps from 7 Gypsies On the Road Junk Journal Goodies collection for some interesting texture. As you can see from the video, it took me a long time to move all the embellishments into a configuration I liked. I really spent a long time playing with the arrangement of all the elements. A list of what I used is below:

The color palette for this page came from Cupcake Inspirations 558 challenge.

This page was also made for the scrap lift challenge over at Kraft +. I used two photos instead of three and spread my embellishments out a little wider. I emulated their circle embellishments with a stencil, even though the one two the left on my page ended up mostly covered. I of course swapped out sea foam green for vibrant red that matched my dress in the photos.

That’s all for this time. If you’re reading this, thank you for stopping by in the midst of your holiday chaos. it is much appreciated. I will see you all next time.

Scrapbook Challenge

Swish

Botanical Die Cuts And Golden Accents

Hi scrappers! As November comes to a close, I bring you a layout with Fall vibes and a cute kitty belonging to my sister. His name is Pirate and he loves sleeping with a paw over his face. My sister says it looks like he just threw a basketball when he’s in this pose, hence the title “Swish.”

I used some warm gray cardstock from the DCWV Neutrals stack as my background paper and added in some leafy die cuts made with Tim Holtz Garden Greens Thinlits. I added some golden accents with stickers from Crate Paper’s Journal Studio and The Happy Planner’s Pressed Florals sticker books as well as some little flake seal cat stickers by BGM. Lastly, I added some journaling strips from Tim Holtz’s Chit Chat sticker book.

This page was created for the November sketch challenge at Lasting Memories. Instead of stars, I used lots of leafy die cuts.

This page was also created for Color, Stories, Inspiration’s November challenge.

“Evidence” Used:

  • Labels

  • Gold

  • Leaves

  • Flowers

  • Banner

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