May Stick it Down

Here's this month's sketch at Stick it Down:

I thought this sketch was a great way to use a whole piece of paper on a layout without covering too much up.  Carta Bella makes these beautiful full page scenes. However, I find them hard to use, since I don't want to cover too much.

I bought this beautiful city park paper recently, specifically to scrapbook photos from Boston Common.  There's a carousel, playground, ponds and trees on the paper, so it was perfect for my photos.

My photos are a little dark, but there's photos of some of the monuments, plus the playground/frog statues and the carousel.  I loved walking around this park.

Supplies:

Crate Paper Carousel Collection (hearts & kites chipboard, banner sticker, patterned paper)

Thickers Letters

Carta Bella Practically Perfect (City Park Paper)

MME Jack & Jill (Carousel horse sticker)
Creative Memories Frog Sticker
Cosmo Cricket Tea for Two (label)
Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Gold & Black)

June Stick it Down Challenge

Here's this month's double page sketch for Stick it Down:

I created a layout about the Boston Tea Party.  We went to Boston as part of our anniversary road trip through New England last fall.  It was interesting to see a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party and to learn about the key players in it.

You'll notice the black feather on the right side of the layout.  Those were given to everyone prior to the reenactment - everyone held up their feathers in agreement for throwing the tea in the harbor.

Background paper by K&Co
Black dot paper by Graphic 45
Thickers Letter Stickers

January Stick it Down Double Page Layout

I am super excited to be joining the design team at Stick it Down.  This is the double page layout for January:

I decided to scrap some photos from my road trip in October.  We went to Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine.

In Boston, we stayed at the Park Plaza, across the street from the Boston Public Garden.  We loved the "Make Way for Ducklings" statue, since we read the book as a child. Here's the layout I created using the sketch:

All paper and embellishments by CTMH

Scrap it with a Song: December Reveal

This will be my last DT post as part of the SIWAS team.  I have fulfilled my 6 month term and have chosen not to renew.  I decided that 3 DT's was just too much for me.

This month's pop song is Fast Car by Jonas Blue.  December was my month to pick the song and I chose this one since I have always loved Tracey Chapman's song Fast Car.  My initial idea was to scrapbook a photo of my first car, which was a Mustang Convertible.  Sadly, I couldn't find any photos of Mustang Sally - I will need to ask my parents.

So I started really listening to the lyrics of the song.  I started thinking of my road trip in October (to Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine).  I loved this line of the song: "City lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder."  I decided I had to do a layout for the beautiful lighthouse in Portland, Maine.

I used an old collection from K&Company by Tim Coffey - I can't remember what it's called.

On the Go Layout

Here's another layout I created for my anniversary road trip.  We were in Portland Maine, which is a lovely little town.  

I scraplifted this layout that I saw on Pinterest using CTMH Tommy papers.

Papers & Embellishments by CTMH (Tommy Collection)

Alisson's Lobster House in Kennebunkport

In October, my husband and I took a road trip through New England for our 9th Anniversary.  We went to Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine.  

At this year's scrapbook convention, I bought this adorable lobster kit from Scrapbooking with Debbie. Here's what I did with it:

LM 319 - Triangles

This month at Lasting Memories, our monthly theme is "All About Shapes."  This week's shape is a triangle. 

In October, my husband and I took a road trip through Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine for our anniversary.  These are photos we took at a Grist Mill in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

I saw this layout on pinterest that looked like a quilt and I used it as my inspiration.  

Paper: Photo Play Falling Leaves Collection