Graphic 45: My Favorite Brand for Lasting Memories Challenge as Guest Designer

Welcome to my next installment of my guest designer spot at Lasting Memories Scrapbook challenge.  This week's challenge is to use your favorite brand.  I found this to be a true challenge, there are so many brands that I love.  However, I would say I fell in love with Graphic 45 when I saw them at Megameet in Michigan.  I have been a fan ever since.  I hoard this paper, but I am trying to use it up!

Graphic 45 Artisan Style lent itself very nicely to the photos of this gorgeous building in Chicago.  I created a faux stained glass window with die cuts.  I also used it as my journal spot.

Ingredients:

Graphic 45 Artisan Style  and Decorative Flourish papers and stamps #1

Creative Expressions (Sue Wilson) Frames & Tags Cecilia dies

Creative Memories Custom Cutting System

The Paper Company Peach Shimmer card stock

Stampin Up Matte Decorative Dots

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/07/atg-using-pretty-patterned-paper-july.html until 7.31x

https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/challenge-221-ag-use-hand-punch-andor.html 2/3 until 7.31x

Thanks for reading today and play along with Lasting Memories Scrapbook challenge and all your favorites this month!

Alicia

Frida Exhibit layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to my blog today.  I am scrapping for Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group.  I began a new project for 2025, I am scrapping a trip to Chicago from 2022.  I just acquired this K & Co paper stack at Indigo Hippo and they were right by my desk because they had not been filed away.  I immediately recognized how they would compliment my Frida Exhibit photos from this trip.  I also used them on my last Frida layout last month.  On this layout, I found some different embellies, but these pieces were hanging out on my desk.  

Here's the sketch.

I also acquired this ephemera pack at  Indigo Hippo as well.  There's always a nice surprise at that store.  I used the moon as the centerpiece of this cluster.  I added die cuts and fiber.

I inked up the chipboard pieces with a variety of Distress inks.

I used Cheery Lynn dies and inked up them up with Distress inks.

Ingredients:

K & Co papers

Cheery Lynn Designs Mehndi Botanical Stem dies

Distress inks:  Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Saltwater Taffy, Worn Lipstick, and Spiced Marmalade

Momento Dew Drop London Fog ink

Hip Kit Club Flourishes by Kim & Kimberly ephemera

Fiber and gems 

I would like to enter this over at Lasting Memories Back to Basic Band design challenge open until 2.28.25

Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia

Frida Exhibit layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to my first layout of 2025 for Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group.  I am beginning a new project for 2025, I am scrapping a trip to Chicago from 2022.  I like it when I can complete a layout without having to dig in my stash. Don't get me wrong, when I want a specific item I will dig.  My stash is organized but massive hence where "dig" comes into play.  Anyway, I just acquired this K & Co paper stack at Indigo Hippo and they were right by my desk because they had not been filed away.  I immediately recognized how they would compliment my Frida Exhibit photos from this trip.  

All the embellies were handy too, I only had to "dig" for the purple iridescent letters.  I have all my alphas organized in hanging file folder by color, only I had to move some boxes that were in front of the file cabinet.  I have my neutral letters in a closer file cabinet that is right by my desk, but the colors spilled into another cabinet.  I have my desktops sitting on short file cabinets.  I have two desktops running continuously along the wall. So four file cabinets. The two under the desk I use are filled with 8.5x11 cardstock and the two under the other desk are letters.

Here is the sketch I am using.  You can find it and others on the Facebook group.

I have had these letters in my stash for many years, I love when I get a chance to use them.

I die cut several pieces of foliage and leaves in green, paper remaining from the sheet which I cut the corners.  I had some of these puffy stickers laying around my desk.  It was a multiple color set and I used all the oranges, yellows and some purples for another recent project.  I used the greens and the remaining purples here.  I only have some blues left.  I love to use up my stash!

 

I fussy cut sections from a coordinating sheet of paper in the stack the green corners.  It's hard to capture in the photo, but there is a neat metallic purple sheen to the dots.  I had this stamped Frida image in my stash from years ago.  I cannot tell you what I used to color it.

Ingredients:

K & Co papers

Frida stamp

Scrapbook.com Sunshine Blooms dies

puffy stickers and misc embellies

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/01/cookie-challenge-200-january-anything.html until 1.31.25x

Play along with Sketches in Thyme Sketch 646 until the last day of the month.  Plus there are three other monthly sketches. Plenty of inspiration to get your 2025 scrapping! Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia

Storytellers Club Falling into Fall with Sketch N Scrap

I finished my weekend scrapping a couple of more pages. Simple but pulled some really old stash and used it up!  These designer papers and embellishments are from a Storytellers Club kit from 2009.  Does anyone remember the Storytellers Club?  I was a member for a couple of years around 2008-10 I am guessing.  It definitely satisfied my appetite for club kits for years to come.  I still have dozens of kits.  I finally split them up when I was organizing by the Totally Tiffany method.  I have used much more of the kits than if I had left them "kitted".  I had the paper and die cuts in my fall themed papers. 

I used a couple of more sketches from Sketch N Scrap Monthly Challenges group,

Layout number two utilizes an extra item not in the kit. This was a pack of white borders.  I used Distress Fozziled Amber ink to color it.

The final sketch.  I am switching to card making for my next projects.

Ingredients:

Storytellers Club Falling into Fall 2009 kit

Tim Holtz Distress ink in Fossilized Amber

misc card stock including Stampin Up Early Espresso

White die cut border

Thank you for stopping by

Alicia

Pink Paislee Travel layout for Sketches in Thyme

It's time for my monthly inspiration for Sketches in Thyme.  Join us at over on Facebook to play with this sketch or any of the other three for April. You have until April 30 to play along. Now I will tell you a bit about my take on the sketch.  I decided to mimic the stripes with strips of paper from a Pink Paislee collection.  I fussy cut several images and put them on pop dots for embellishments.  I also added die cuts and hand made tags.

Here is the sketch.

Ingredients:

Pink Paislee

Spellbinders August 2020 Around the World dies (airplane)

Heart globe die 

arrow paper clips

tag made with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks

Foiled tag

Bramblefox travel icons

sequins

misc die cuts

travel ephemera 

Flanders Fish Market layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to my blog today.  I am scrapping the latest sketch from Sketches in Thyme.  I am working with some photos from a trip in 2020, remember when travel was restricted? This was a trip to Connecticut, I have never spent much time there and we did take time to explore.  When we ran across an area called Flanders, we had to stop!  We are big Simpson's fans. Flanders Fish Market was divine especially when meals out were few and far between.

Here is the sketch from Sketches in Thyme Facebook group.

While this title looks like something I would have done ten years ago, if you look more closely you will see the embossed edges of the title squares.  Ten years ago, possibly even five years ago, I would have just punched these squares.  However, on this layout, I felt the food was so decadent that I should take the extras steps to die cut and emboss these squares.

Another view.

Ingredients:

Recollections Let's Get Lost paper pack

Creative Memories sticker letters

Spellbinders Square Nesting die

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/12/i-spy-with-my-little-eyesomething-old.html until 1.14x (new to me paper stack-I purchased it used and old=Creative Memories sticker letters)

Join along at Sketches in Thyme until the end of the month. There's four sketches, one each week, to play along with!

Thank you for reading today

Alicia

Miss Kate Cuttables Summer Day layout

Happy Summer! I can't believe it's been 4 years since we took this trip.  This is a pretty simple layout and really focuses on the photo. My husband was so happy in this moment. I used a subtle chevron patterned paper. The grass is also a subtle print of green polka dots.  

I haven't used my Cricut in 6 months but I have turned it on once again!

Cricut cuts:

Miss Kate Cuttable title image

grass cut

stitched circle

other ingredients:

Little Yellow Bicycle paper

misc papers

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/07/lm-608-opposites-attract-spots-and.html until 7.31x

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Creative Memories Jewel Power Palette with Sketches in Thyme

Hello and welcome to my monthly scrapbook layout for Sketches in Thyme.  I took a break from my nephew as my subject matter and moved to travel.  I recently created a mini for my friends in the photo.  We went to visit since we didn't make it to their wedding on Valentine's Day.  So I had the group shot as a leftover from their album, I decided to print a few more in black and white from that day and make a pretty page for myself.

Here's the sketch:

The photos sure look striking in black and white.  My software had a few choices of black and white.  I chose the "television" version.  I use Forever's Historian.

Historian used to a Creative Memories software.  Can you tell I used to be a consultant?  I found these papers in my stash and thought they were nice with the black and white photos.

I had to really dig to find this clear sticker.  I love them.  I love how you can layer them on top of almost anything.  Here I was pressed for space and needed the sentiment to overlap.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Jewel Power Palette and Travel addition

Zig Brown pen

Quick Quotes Mocha Moma powderpuff chalking ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/lm-545-world-penguin-day.html until 5.1x

Don't forget to play along over at Sketches in Thyme until the end of the month. This is the last sketch of the month, so there's several chances to play along.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia