Echo Park Twas the Night Before Christmas for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to my monthly inspiration for Sketches in Thyme. While I am as of today in bandages, I have been scrapping all month long pics of my neice and nephew.  I had this photo from last year's stack of prints.  It was so perfect I had to scrap it and since last year I have acquired some bits and pieces of this Echo Park Twas the Night Before Christmas scrapbook collection.

Here's the sketch from Sketches in Thyme Facebook page.

I purchased a few papers and several embellishment packs from Indigo Hippo, my favorite creative reuse store.  

Ingredients:

Echo Park Twas the Night Before Christmas collection

Colorbox Cat's Eye ink for edges

If you would like to play along there is a prize this month at Sketches in Thyme.  A $10 gift certificate to A Cherry on Top and a chance to be a guest designer for the month of January.

Play along with us using this sketch please make sure you upload it in the correct album to be counted. The deadline for uploading your layout is the last day of November.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Alicia

Creative Memories Cheerful Birthday layout with Sketch N Scrap

If you are a regular reader, you know the drill, I am scrapping my niece and nephew.  These are the most recent photos. This was my nephew's birthday part last month.  The had a game truck. I had never heard of such a thing!  Looks like it was a fun time.

Here's sketch number two this month from Sketch n Scrap.  I thought it has a lot of different shaped elements with which to play.

It's so easy to put together a great layout with a great sketch and a great kit.

Here is a sentiment sticker from the Cheerful Birthday Addition, the round stickers are also from the addition.  The sparkle enamel dots are from the Cheerful Power Palette.  I am a little disappointed the adhesive had failed, they are old, but CM was such a reliable manufacturer and this was before all the upheaval.  Anyway, I added my own glue dots to the back.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Cheerful Birthday addition plus Cheerful Power Palette collection

Creative Memories sticker number

Creative Memories enamel dots

 

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2023/11/sketch-n-scrap-285.html until 11.30x

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/lm-677-scrappy-gratitude-list-thankful.html until 11.30

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thescraproom until 11.30x

"FAMILY"

F-Five enamel dots

A-Adhesive

M-Multiple photos

I-Inked edges

L-Layers

Y-Youth

https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/pinspirational-challenge-307-november.html until 11.30x

Thank you so much for stopping by 

Alicia

Sparkle & Shine Pink Christmas Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

I am not one for jumping on the holiday bandwagon too soon, but I could not resist using this pink Christmas paper set from Recollections for the latest Atlantic Hearts challenge sketch. I wanted to use all cool retro images.

Here is this week's sketch.

Ingredients:

Recollections Sparkle & Shine 6x6 paper pad

Stampin Up Antique Tags sentiment

Stampin Up Pixie Pink ink

Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking ink

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-698-christmas.html until 11.22x

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/just-us-girls-challenge-706-photomood.html until 11.23x

https://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2023/11/479-winter-snow.html until 11.25

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2023/11/banner-inspired-holiday.html until 11.28

shout out!

https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-14-most-magical-anything.html until 11.30x

https://paperdragonflycreativechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-23-anything-goes-flies-or.html until 11.30

https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-64-anything-goes-in-mainly.html until 12.13x

You can play along at Atlantic Hearts challenge until Sunday.

Thank you for reading my blog today.

Alicia

 

Creative Memories Delight Power Palette with Sketch N Scrap Sketch

Welcome to my blog today. I am continuing to scrap my niece. With this layout I am also continuting to use the Creative Memories Delight Power Palette.

This photo is just awesome!  I had so much to say but I don't really know the details. I left the journaling area blank for my Sister-in-law to complete.

Here is the sketch that I used from the Sketch N Scrap November Crop Challenge #1.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Delight Power Palette paper, stickers and paper flowers

 I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://www.facebook.com/mIedia/set/?set=oa.298756133042869&type=3 until 11.30

Thank you for reading today

Alicia

Kindred Stamps Galactic Desert Sexy Goddess card

Happy Anniversary to my husband, it's been 10 years.  I paid homage to the traditional tenth anniversary gift, tin.  I used the Tim Holtz Foundry embossing folder on some metallic card stock. I think any man of a certain age finds this image of the galactic princess from the epic sci fi story to be a turn on, I paired it with a sentiment that reflected such.

Another view.  It was hard to not get a pink reflection from my phone on the metallic dry embossed piece.  I used embossing powder and heat embossing on the sentiment.

I layered all the pieces in a silver mat.  The printed paper is from the Kindred Stamps Galactic paper stack. I mounted my colored image on pop dots.

It's too late to play along, however, I want to give credit to the card sketch I used from Sketch N Scrap.

Ingredients:

Kindred Stamps Galactic Desert and Sexy Space stamps

Kindred Stamps Galactic 6x6 paper

We R Comstock collection paper: Ginger

Colorbox Cranberry pigment ink

Stampin Up Burgundy embossing powder

Kat Scrappiness Stitched Sentiment Strips die

Tim Holtz Sizzix 3D Foundry embossing folder

misc card stock including metallic

Alcohol markers for Sexy Goddess:

Prisma color Crimson

Quick Craft Bronze Green

Chameleon Carmel NU4

Spectrum Noir- Basic Earth Brown, Classique Portrait Pink and Sangria, Tri Blend Fair Skin and Metallic Antique Bronze

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2023/11/sos509-emboss-like-boss.html until 11.20x

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/card-making-paper-craft-scrapbook.html until 11.23

Random Winner

https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-7.html until 11.26x

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/tfatu-november-2023-11-agf-theme-main.html until 11.30x

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2023/11/508-lots-of-layers-leanns-world-101.html until 11.30x

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Alicia

Creative Memories Delight Power Palette with The Scraproom Sketch

I am all about using sketches and scrapbook collections to get it done quickly.  This is helping me breeze through scrapping by sweet neice (and nephew).  I have reached way back in my stash to these old Creative Memories collections.  These were really great products that have truly stood the test of time.  Adding some shimmer spray and a sketch brings this product into this decade. When I saw these photos this paper collection immediately came to mind.  

Here is the The Scraproom blog sketch I used.

My first steps to create this were to tear the pink paper and splatter and spray with shimmer mist.  I let that dry over night but before I retired for the night I cut the triangles from scraps and mats. I also circle cut my photo. The next morning I came back and inked all the edges and adhered together.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Delight Power Palette paper, stickers and paper flowers

Creative Memories Custom Cutting System Circles

Blue shimmer spray

I am entering this in the following challenges:

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/q-is-for-quadruple-shapes-or-images.html until 11.29x

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6730119523739632&set=oa.7208637029161193 until 11.30

Thank you for stopping by today

Alicia

Creative Memories Simply Beautiful layout using Rochelle Spears sketch

Hello I have scrapped my niece today in my continued effort to scrap as much as possible prior to my proceedure Tuesday.  I used this month's sketch from Rochelle Spears.  I also joined in Stacy's blogs Tic Tac Toe.

Here is Rochelle's sketch.

For Stacy's challenge, I used one photo, a banner and a journal card. I just didn't journal, I leave that task to my SIL since she knows the details of the vacation/event.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Simply Beautiful papers and stickers

Creative Memories Custom Cutting System Circles and Large Scallop Square

Stampin Up banner punch

Flamingo brad

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-card-making-and-paper-crafting-challenge-ff0147/ until 11.22x

Bright colors, patterned papers, two of something (circles)

https://rochellespears.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-2023-sketch-challenge.html until 11.30x

https://scrapwithstacy.blogspot.com/2023/11/scrappy-friends-november-2023-challenge.html until 11.30

WINNER

Thank you for reading my blog

Alicia

Creative Memories Primary Power Palette Back to School layout

Welcome to my blog today. I am continuing to scrap my nephew.  These are his first day back to school pics.  Can he be any cuter?

Here is the sketch I used from this layout.  It's the Throwback sketch from The Scraproom Facebook Group.

Here's a close up.  I used Spellbinders nesting dies one larger and one the next size down to create the brace out of scraps.

I had the perfect title as part of the Elementary school addition to the Primary Power Palette. 

One of the criteria for the sketch challenge is to use product at least a year old.  Well, I found this product to date back to 2008.  Way to bash my old stash!

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Primary Power Palette

Creative Memories stickers

Creative Memories circle cutting system

fiber

Spellbinders Label One Grand dies

I am entering this in the following challenges:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thescraproom until 11.30

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/lm-676-scrappy-gratitude-list-thankful.html until 12.2 (stickers)x

https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-7.html until 11.26x

thank you for reading today.

Alicia

Creative Memories Primary Travel kit with the Scraproom Blog's Freaky Fast Formula

Hello and welcome to today's blog post.  I am scrapping my nephew from a summer trip. I began with a formula from The Scraproom Blog.  I chose some papers that would enhance the photos. I had the Creative Memories Primary Power Palette on my desk and found just a few sheets left from the travel addition.  

Here is my inspiration from The Scraproom Blog

I cut all of my pieces from scraps that coordinated with the background paper I chose. I then consulted my ink swatches and found the perfect green to ink up the wood die cuts.  The most difficult part was finding cooridinating letters to finish his name.

I die cut and added some additional circles to continue the bubbles theme. I also cut bubbles from the patterened paper.  I matted most of the die cut or punched bubbles in white to coordinate with the bubbles on the paper.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Primary Power Palette Travel Addition papers

Spellbinders Circle dies:  Grand, Large and Small

Circle punch

The Paper Studio Diecuts:  Letter D, wood die cut and arrows

American Craft pigment ink in green

Conversation Dots Alpha stickers

white card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/lm-675-scrappy-gratitude-list-thankful.html until 11.30x

thank you for stopping by today

Alicia

Creative Memories Primary Art layout with Sketch N Scrap November sketch

I have been crafting up a storm in anticipation of my upcoming surgery and subsequent recovery when I won't be able to craft.  Every year I scrap pages of my nephew and neice for my SIL.  I won't get as many done considering I won't be able to craft the month before Xmas but I will be completing as many as possible.  

Here is the sketch from Sketch n Scrap that I used.

What a precious memory.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Primary power palette paper and stickers including Elementary school, High school and Zoo packs

Creative Memories sticker letters

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2023/11/sketch-n-scrap-284.html until 11.30x

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-249-dots-stripes.html until 12.12x

thank you for reading today.

Alicia

Creative Memories Winter Coffee Drink Card

Welcome today!  I whipped together this card from a couple of different challenge blog inspirations.  It's been a rare moment that I have had to create for specific challenges.  I am apprecitive I had the time.

First up, the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday. It is past the deadline for this challenge, however, I don't know this card would have qualified since I didn't stamp.  I did think this sketch was pretty unique with it's curves.

Here's another look.  You can see where I popped the frappe up on pop dots as to jump out of the frame.

Here is my color inspiration from Cupcake Inspirations.  When I saw this I knew imediately I had to dig out my Creative Memories Bountiful papers.  I found a few scraps at a local creative reuse store recently and have been meaning to marry those scraps to my fall paper container where I keep my own scraps of this paper pack and the coordinating stickers.  The scraps I found had several sticker sheet of which I was out. I was very pleased with that haul from Scrap it Up.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Bountiful 8x8 paper

Creative Memories circle cutter

Divinity Designs Double Stitched Rectangles

Cricut cut Frappe #M3CA85

misc card stock and papers

Colorbox Cat's Eye ink Chestnut Roan

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/2023/10/cupcake-inspirations-challenge-581.html until 11.11x

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-109-wintertime-no-christmas.html until 11.28x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html until 11.30x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2023/11/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-335.html until x

Thanks so much for taking a peek today!

Alicia