Happy Birthday Wishes Layout

I have so many birthday pictures and never get around to scrapping them, so the More Than Words challenge gave me the push I needed. The challenge is to scrap about birthdays and to use two tags on your layout. I also used a sketch from Stuck Sketches.

Here is the sketch:

Here is the challenge at More Than Words:

Supplies

Jillibean Soup - Souper Celebration

Blue paint

Yellow embroidery thread

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

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Lake Life Layout

I wanted to use the current sketch at Stuck Sketches which uses 4 photos. I rarely have 4 photos of the same event so I found these lake photos. I have lots of beach supplies from Paper House Productions so I decided to use the Lake Life Collection. The diamonds at the top of the sketch made me think of this triangle cut file from Paper Issues. I cut a few extra triangles to back in a darker brown to add some more interest.

Here is the sketch:

Supplies

Paper House Productions: Lake Life Collection, Beach Cardstock Multi Pack, Travel New Jersey 2D Stickers

Paper Issues: It's Geometric cut file

Silhouette Cameo

Black pen

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Cheer Layout

Here is my entry for Stuck?! Sketches. I was truly stuck so I'm glad this sketch got me out of a rut. I also got to cut into the Shimelle Little By Little collection which is soooo cute. This was our very rainy soccer wind-up.

Here is the sketch.

Supplies:

Shimelle - Little By Little

Shimelle - Glitter Girl Thickers

Cocoa Vanilla - Wild at Heart Frames

Tombow black marker

White cardstock

Punch

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Happy Swing Layout

I had some time to play with an old (and unopened!) kit this week. I broke out the Fancy Pants Happy Place kit.

I used this sketch from Stuck Sketches?!

I found I didn't have many embellishments in this kit so I grabbed some puffy stickers from the Life Is Beautiful collection.

Supplies

Fancy Pants: Happy Place

Puffy stickers - Fancy Pants: Life Is Beautiful

Yellow twine

Red tag - Fancy Pants: Attwell

Black embroidery thread.

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Mini Golf Fun Layout

Another great sketch at Stuck?! Sketches and a new kit to dig into. I used the Bella Blvd Make Your Mark collection to scrap these pictures of our trip to the Dells last year.

Here is the sketch:

Supplies

Bella Blvd - Make Your Mark

Watercolour paint

Yellow twine

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You Pack A Mean Punch Layout

We had such a blast at Madame Tussaud's in Hollywood, I don't know how I'm going to get all the pictures scrapped. I started with these ones of Sylvester Stalone.

I used one of this month's sketches at Stuck Sketches.



Supplies

Jillibean Soup - Souper Celebration

Martha Stewart red and blue cardstock

Core'dinations black cardstock

Paper House Productions puffy sticker trophy and star

Silhouette Cameo to cut title

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Light It Up Layout

I'm loving all the layouts with the current sketch at Stuck?! Sketches. I joined in using some of my latest haul from Paper Issues. My daughter wears a lot of purple and there are not a lot of collections that match so it is nice to have the Summer Lights collection. I have a pile of purple pictures ready to scrap!

Here is the sketch:

I had to make a mirror image of the sketch because I wanted my daughter looking across the page. I followed the sketch pretty darn close!

Supplies

Pink Paislee: Summer Lights

Ribbon: Michael's

Pop dots

White embroidery thread

Fine tip Sharpie pen

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Hooray Layout

This is one of those layouts where I'm not too sure if I love it or hate it. So I must fall somewhere in the middle. I love the concept but I feel my execution wasn't all there. But that's ok because I want to take more risks. However, if anyone knows how to make brushstrokes that aren't so spikey (like the ones on the background paper) feel free to comment. I couldn't figure it out.

I used this sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.

I began by cropping my photos and realized they were pretty big once I cut the circles. But I didn't want to lose anything in the photos so giant circles it was! They didn't pop off the background so I added the black. I decided to paint them to go with the painting theme but they aren't as streaky as I would like. The pictures are so fun, I'm just glad I finally got to put them on paper.
I made sure to include pieces for the Take 5 Challenge at Paper Issues. I used twine, stickers, 2 or more photos, chipboard and circles.

I'm also playing along at Clique Kits in the Anything Goes challenge. I used my Cameo to cut out the big pieces of this layout

Supplies

Crate Paper - Gather

Crate Paper - Bloom

Amy Tan - You & Me Thickers

White cardstock
Tim Holtz distress tool

Black paint

Clear gesso

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

Green twine
Silhouette Cameo to cut circles
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