4th of July Layout

Last 4th of July, my husband and I had a party at our house.  I took a TON of pictures.  I got a Lea France flag template and knew I wanted to use it to scrap these photos!

One of the challenges at Lasting Memories Layout Challenges this month is "how many can you fit?"  I was able to get 13 photos into this spread.  I LOVED THIS CHALLENGE! I take tons of photos and I jokingly call myself the "photo crammer" when I scrapbook.  I am always trying to get as many photos into a layout as possible.

Paper is by Simple Stories

Playdate Layout

I created this layout of my friend's kids.  One of my BFF's lives in NYC and I was watching her 18 month old and 4 month old overnight.  I met up with one of my other BFF's and her 18 month old daughter so the kids could play together at the play ground.  They had a blast!

This month at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge, one of the challenges is to use only 4 photos.  I used 4 on each page.  So that may be cheating a little, but one of the DT members did the same thing.

Paper is Simple Stories I {Heart} Summer

Challenge #10: Use a Banner

I am playing along with Memories in Thyme's online National Scrapbook Day crop/party.  For challenge #10, they want us to use a banner in our project.

I LOVE BANNERS!  I use them often when I scrapbook.  This layout is from "Christmas morn."  I absolutely love this October Afternoon paper and embellishments!  I mean, how adorable is that little boy and dog?  And the banner is just too cute!

Challenge #9: Use Die Cuts

I am playing along with Memories in Thyme's online National Scrapbook Day crop/party.  For challenge #9, they want us to use die cuts or fussy cuts in our project.

I used my cricut to cut the headline and a Stampin' Up die to cut the leaves & acorn.  These photos are from Thanksgiving 2015.

All paper is by Stampin' Up.

Challenge #7: Use Color Palette

I am playing along with Memories in Thyme's online National Scrapbook Day crop/party.  For challenge #7, they want us to use the color palette from this photo in our project.  I loved the blue background with hints of yellow, pink, and green.

My friends and I went to "Butcher & Singer," a restaurant in downtown Philadelphia.  It has an "old Hollywood" theme.  My friends and I love any excuse to get dressed up for themes, so we all went vintage!

This was actually a page kit by SEI.  The colors worked perfectly for this challenge!

Challenge #3: Something with Wheels

I am playing along with Memories in Thyme's online National Scrapbook Day crop/party.  For challenge #3, they want us to use something with wheels in our project.

I was looking through my photos and I fold some from Linvilla Orchard.  I took my nephew and we took a hayride and I got some pictures of him posing on the tractor.

All paper is Stampin' Up Spice Cake
Solid Cardstock is Stampin Up (More Mustard, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz)

Challenge #1: Use Cake

I am playing along with Memories in Thyme's online National Scrapbook Day crop/party.  For challenge #1, they want us to use cake in our project.

I have been meaning to create this layout for a while and this was the perfect opportunity.  Last March, we celebrated my grandfather's 89th birthday.  He was home on hospice and he passed away almost a month later.  We knew this would be his last birthday and we wanted to make it special.

My first job was working at a bakery, and I worked there for 6 years.  I learned how to decorate cakes, so anytime there's a party, my friends and family ask me to make a cake.

All paper is by Close to my Heart

National Scrapbook Day

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY!  I always try to scrapbook on NSD!  Today, I am playing along with Memories in Thyme's NSD Facebook event!

I will be sharing all of my layouts on my blog today or tomorrow.  I hope you'll play along too.

I also wanted to mention that this is my 600th post to my blog!  That's so crazy to me!  I would like to thank all of my followers and visitors over the years!  It means a lot that you come to see my layouts and cards!  I also love when you leave comments for me :-)

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

I won at the April challenge at Lasting Memories Layout Challenges.

I'm also super excited that they invited me to be their Guest DT member for the month of July!  I can't wait!

But First Let's Take a Selfie - Disney Layout

In January, I went to visit my BFF, who lives in LA.  We went to Disneyland and it was SO much fun!  I plan to make a scrapbook of our photos from that day.  So be prepared for LOTS of Disney layouts in the next couple months!

We went to California Adventure Park first and we went to the Cars Radiator Springs Racers for our first ride of the day.  The second we got there, we took a selfie, so this title was perfect.  Incidentally, this week at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge, they want us to be inspired by a song from the current era.  "First let me take a selfie" certainly inspired this layout.  Lasting Memories featured my 3 layouts from the past 3 April challenges for this post and I was so excited!

At Challenge YOUrself, the theme is "this one's for the girls" and you have to include a photo of yourself.  This was a girls trip to Disneyland and it's a selfie, so I think this counts.

I used sketch 194 from Sketches in Thyme.  My layout was also featured on that post - I'm honored!

Here's my take:

Cardstock - More Mustard by Stampin' Up
All patterned paper from Simple Stories Say Cheese Collection
Blue letter stickers by October Afternoon
Red glitter letters by Making Memories

St. Patty's Day Layout

The challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge is to use the work "Lucky" on your layout. Mine says luck, but I'm sure that counts.

Dirty Dancing Layout

This week at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge, the theme is Broadway.  That's right up my alley, since I've preformed in 8 musicals through elementary and high school.  I have seen numerous plays, musicals, operas, and ballets over the years.

Each year for Christmas, my sister in law and I get tickets for my mom to see a show with us.  For Christmas 2014, we got tickets to Dirty Dancing.  This past Christmas, we got tickets for A Christmas Story: The Musical.

The paper is by Fancy Pants Designs.  I uploaded the Dirty Dancing logo to my new Cricut Explore and cut it out.

Framed Winnie the Pooh

I created this set of framed Winnie the Pooh layouts as a baby shower gift for my husband's cousin.  The baby's room had a Winnie the Pooh theme, so I used the Winnie the Pooh font cricut cartridge and I think these turned out cute.

Boyz II Men Layout

Lasting Memories Layout Challenge is having a 1980's theme for this week.

A couple years ago, my friends and I went to see Boyz II Men at the Tower Theater in Philly.  They were awesome!  We made shirts that said "Boyz II Men" on the front and the name of one of their songs on the back.

I found this fabulous Cosmo Cricket "Boyfriend" paper in my stash and it just screamed 1980's. Between the vivid colors and the cassette tapes and boom boxes on the paper, it was perfect for this challenge.  (I wish these photos showed the colors of the paper better!) Plus, Boyz II Men first came out in the late 80's.

Besties Layout

I have been checking out the challenge blogs this week and I have found some major inspiration.  I am entering this layout into two challenges.

At Scrap it with a Song, the song is "Circle of Life."  I included TONS of circles on this layout, so I'm sure it qualifies.  Side note: I can't get "Circle of Life" out of my head!

I used the sketch from Sketches in Thyme, which happens to have a bunch of circles.

Here's my version.  I scrapped photos of my two best friends and I.  We don't get together often, as I am in Philly and they live in North Jersey and Los Angeles, but it's always so much fun when we are able to catch up!

The background paper is More Mustard by Stampin' Up.  All the patterned paper is Spice Cake, my favorite Stampin' Up paper collection EVER!

A 1970's scrapbook layout

I saw the challenge at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge was the 1970's and I knew exactly what to scrap!  When my friends and I all turned 30, we each chose a theme for our parties and everyone dressed up.  We've had 1920's, 1940's, 1950's, 1970's parties as well as Disney princesses and Alice in Wonderland parties.  For my 30th, I chose a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" theme and we all wore little black dresses and pearls.

Anyway, my friend Sarahanne chose the 1970's for her theme.  I created this layout with photos from the party.

Las Margaritas

I saw this awesome sketch over at the Stuck Challenge Blog.

Here's my take.  I modified the sketch slightly - I preferred the text at the bottom.  Plus, I only had one photo and I needed to extend the photo matting further down so that my diamonds would stand out against the background.  The middle diamond contains my journaling, though it is hard to see.

Las Margaritas is the name of the restaurant that my friends and I went to.  These are some of my very best friends and I loved the "my favorites" sticker.  One of my good friends announced her pregnancy that night, which is why I used the "big news" sticker.

All paper and stickers are from October Afternoon's Woodland Park Collection

Mother's Day Cards

I needed Mother's Day cards for my Mom, Mom-in-law, and grandmother.  I am still trying to use up scraps and I absolutely LOVE this CTMH paper.  I can't remember what it's called.

The sunflower and bucket are CTMH stamps. All text plus the floral on the middle card are Stampin' Up.