The July Challenge for the Scrapbook Challenge YOUrself challenge this month is all about shapes! I chose to use circles. You could use just one shape in your layout or combine many shapes if you want to. Just make sure YOU are in the photo! As you know, I have pretty much scrapbooked all my photos… Read More »
This month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is all about using Washi tape on your layout. As I was creating my layout for this month, I realized that I used the same paper from Carta Bella that I used last month! I really do love this paper and I ended up with 2 sets of the paper and sticker… Read More »
The Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook challenge for this month is about putting your best FACE forward! You can interpret that in any way you want as long as your face is in the photo! I chose to create a layout with the photos of the first homemade face mask that I made in March of 2020. I’ve since… Read More »
This month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is a fun one! It’s an ABC Challenge and here is how it works: This month we would like you to chose a letter and use it on your layout. For example, if you chose P, use paint, pearls, etc and a word that starts with P in your title. Have fun… Read More »
I have been so wowed by the contents of the boxes in the monthly Hedgehog Hollow kits for both March and April. I’m on The Hedgehog Hollow Blog today sharing my projects from the April kit! I was so happy to see 3 stencils, 3 stamp sets, and a package of ephemera in this months kit! I mean…WOW! … Read More »
The new Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a theme challenge this month! You need to make a layout about YOU! I decided that any layout that I create about myself needs to include a mixed media background. I consider myself a mixed media artist even though I don’t share all those projects here or on YouTube. I’ve… Read More »
The latest challenge for the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge is an anything goes challenge which means that you can use whatever you want and create any kind of project! The challenge has been sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps! We are sharing projects for two images that they provided for this challenge: Love my home https://www.etsy.com/listing/786133186/love-my-home?ref=shop_home_active_80 Follow your… Read More »
You are finding a lot of traveler’s notebook layouts here lately! I’m participating in the February LOAD Challenge at ScrapHappy. This is a LayOut A Day challenge where I get a story prompt and a technique prompt. I can make any size layout in any format as long as I submit it today! We are also allowed to… Read More »
Deciding to use sketches created by traveler’s notebook experts was a brilliant plan on my part! I’m currently working through the 25 sketches created by Lisa Hidy and I’m entering her monthly challenges. I love playing along with challenges. I think it really helps you practice skills and using sketches helps give you ideas for future projects. I… Read More »
I had several projects I wanted to create today and all I felt like doing was scrapbooking in my little traveler’s notebook, so I combined all the projects into a fun little documented story in my traveler’s notebook! If you have been one of my long time blog readers, you know that I’m all about stretching my… Read More »
I am thinking that I should have title this blog post “What I did wrong on the layout”. I’ll be telling you what I would have changed! The theme for this month’s Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is: Celebrate Love. The new Hip Kit Club kit for January arrived on Friday. It’s fun changing things up and getting… Read More »
Last year, I participated in an event called ScrapSmarter and it has cascaded into a renewed love of scrapbooking in all forms. I’ve been taking scrapbooking classes, participating in live events for it, and I have joined a couple of scrapbooking forums that have virtual live crop events and classes. I’m enjoying it immensely! One of the groups… Read More »
Do you have die sets sitting in your stash that you got on clearance and still haven’t used? I have this fantastic Sizzix thinlets die set for creating mini albums. It has 15 dies that include some great embellishment dies for the pages. This is a perfect little die set to use up those 6 x 6” paper… Read More »
The theme for the new Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge is Anything Goes Christmas/Winter. The sponsor for this challenge is Dies R Us. I created a Christmas layout featuring the decorations I put up this year. I kept them fairly minimal because storage space is a premium here and I don’t want to have every space stuffed with… Read More »
This month’s challenge for the Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is an anything goes challenge. You choose the theme and the layout! The only rule is that YOU have to be in the photo! You can create any size layout! I created a layout of a family dinner with my daughter and her beau in our new little… Read More »