Creative Memories Earthy Power Palette for Sketches in Thyme

 Welcome today!  I am showing off a layout I created for Sketches in Thyme. 

Here is this week's sketch.

A close up of my seam.  I love to have overlapping cuts.

This trip wasn't too long ago so I was able to journal a lot.

The circle and arrow were a great combination.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Earthy Power Palette

Creative Memories CCS circles

Play along with Sketches in Thyme until the end of the month.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Halloween layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome!  I have created more spooky crafts. Today I am posting for Sketches in Thyme Facebook Challenge Group.  I found this very old Rusty Pickle paper that perfectly complimented my photos from a Halloween concert.

Here is this week's sketch. Play along HERE.

I also used another old product, some Magic Mesh.  I do appreciate the look sometimes.

I used several die cuts.  I layered some coordinating papers and made a mini file folder.  I die cut a tag and circles.  I added stickers and brads to the die cuts.

Ingredients:

Rusty Pickle papers

Creative Memories sticker letters

Divinity Designs Pierced Circle dies

Recollections Glitter embellishments

We R Tape It kit tag die

Memorydex Mini File Folder dies
Black Magic Mesh

brads, gems and stickers

misc papers

black pen

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/2025/10/neglected-stuff-1025-challenge.html until 10.28x

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/cut-it-up-challenge-341-add.html until 10.28x

Play along with this week's sketch or any of October's other week's sketches on our Sketches in Thyme Facebook Page.

Thanks for reading my blog.

Alicia

Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder DSP and Lemon Pancakes for Sketches in Thyme

 Happy Day! I have a yummy looking scrapbook page using this weeks sketch from Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group.  I used the last full sheet of Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder DSP and some scraps.

Here's the sketch.

A close up of my foodie pics and die cuts.

I layered Creative Memories yellow and marshmallow letters to provide more pop and mimic the yellow white of the sliced lemon die cuts.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up DSP Watercolor Wonder

Find It Trading Birds & Berries Die: Berries & Cherries dies

Creative Memories Sticker letters

Creative Memories ink pen

misc card stock including Stampin Up Island Indigo and Gumball Green

pop dots

Thanks for stopping by and hop over to the Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group to play along with this sketch of any of the previous three September sketches.

Alicia

Graphic 45 Artisan Style layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to this month's inspiration for Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group. I created a companion page from a layout I did last month as guest designer for another blog. It was about my favorite brand which is Graphic 45.  This collection, Artisan Style; was perfect for my photos of downtown Chicago.

Here's this week's sketch.

I cut this image with scissors from a full 12x12 sheet and added die cuts created with coordinating papers.

I did the same here.  

I cut the Cheery Lynn flowers from more decorative coordinating papers. I used plenty of sparkly gems to embellish and added more greenery.

Ingredients:

Graphic 45 Artisan Style and Creative Ideal papers

The Paper Company Peach Shimmer card stock

Cheery Lynn Designs Mehndi Botanical Stem dies

Cheery Lynn Designs Mehndi Botanicals 2 and 3 dies

Creative Memories adhesive backed water color paper

Creative Memories sticker letters

Stampin Up blue adhesive backed gems and pink petal foiled gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-challenge-time.html until 8.28x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html until 8.31x

https://paper-rocks-scissors.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-7-challenge.html until 8.31x

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august.html until 8.31x

Don't forget to play along with all four sketches this month at Sketches in Thyme Facebook page. Thanks for stopping by today.

Alicia

Music Layout: Favorite Topic to Scrap for Lasting Memories Challenge as Guest Designer

Welcome to my last post as guest designer for Lasting Memories challenge.  This week's challenge is to scrap your favorite topic.  I used some old stash a Story Tellers Club kit.  It was in my "music" stash and I thought perfect for these photos. 

I am not sure if you are familiar with The Story Teller's Club but it was a monthly scrapbook kit that came with several double sided printed papers, punch out die cut sheets, ribbon and coordinating card stock. Oh! and I think they usually came with sticker letters.  At least I still have some in my stash.  

Added beyond the kit was some red resin roses.  They are probably Tim Holtz Idea-ology.  They were just perfect for this layout!

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club kit May 2011

Mrs. Grossman sticker letters

red resin roses

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

Thank you for stopping by today.

Alicia

Rusty Pickle Halloween layout for Sketches in Thyme

Hello and welcome.  I am posting for Sketches in Thyme today.  Using a really sharp sketch.  This could apply to so many different pages. I chose to highlight some photos from a Halloween concert.  I dug deep in my Halloween stash and found some Rusty Pickle papers.  

Here is the sketch.

Ingredients:

Rusty Pickle papers

Creative Memories sticker letters

Halloween acetate embellishments

Spellbinders tag die

Memorydex file folder die

Stampin Up iridescent gems 

glitter embellishments

fiber and magic mesh

Play along with any of this month's four sketches at Sketches in Thyme.  Thanks for reading today.

Alicia

Halloween layout: My Favorite Holiday for Lasting Memories as Guest Designer

Welcome to my second week as guest designer at Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog.  This week's challenge #758 is scrapping your favorite holiday.  My favorite holiday is Halloween.  It's always a fun holiday! This particular Halloween we traveled to New Orleans for a concert.  

Here is page one.  I began with a kit from way back...for years I belonged to The Storytellers Club.  They really had some great kits.  Long ago I separated the card stock and kits by theme.  I found this one in my Halloween papers.

I found a Pinterest sketch to use for page one.

I love this green shimmer paper.  I still have a few more sheets but I am getting low after years.  I purchased a 25 count pack at Tuesday Morning.  My purchase has outlived the store!  I used Creative Memories sticker letters.  I keep chipping away at my stash.

For the title I used my Cricut and a rock n roll font with skulls and cross bones. I layered scraps of the green shimmer paper behind the cut outs.

I used a sheet of Halloween circle stickers and layered them on a Tim Holtz Sizzix die cut.  I think the bat is from a Recollections collection but I could be mistaken.

The second page continues the title and more of my circle embellishments.  

I found another sketch with four or more photos on Pinterest.  You can find this one HERE.  I loved all the action shots of this song and wanted to include a lot of images, therefore, I printed them small.

The Storytellers Club kits always included several pages of die cut embellishments to punch out.  I thought these brackets were adorable!  I had to use them.  The border with glitter words is a different brand but coordinates well.

A close up of one of the clusters using my circle embellishment and echo park brads.

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club October 2009 kit

ANC Crestwood Grass Green Shimmer and Plum adhesive backed paper

Creative Memories mini sticker letters 

Cricut Rock Star font

Tim Holtz Sizzix Stitched Circles

Echo Park Decorative brads Arsenic & Lace

Creative Memories circle cutting system

Halloween border (K & Co?)

dimensional bat stickers and other stickers

black card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-2025-anything-goes-w-optional.html until 7.31x

Thanks for reading today and don't forget to play along with  Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog.  This week's challenge #758 is scrapping your favorite holiday until the end of the month.

Alicia

Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder DSP with Cutter Bee Drink dies for Lasting Memories Guest Designer

Welcome to my Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog guest designer post.  They have a new challenge every Sunday for the entire month.  Today's challenge is to use your favorite tool.  My current favorite tool is my Gemini Jr.  I used it and Cutter Bee Drinks die set to create the drink blocks.  I added dimension by cutting the drink parts out in and popped them up on the drinks.

The embossing and details on these dies is great. I did use some Quick Quotes Powderpuff inks to enhance the details.  I used a sticker for a quick quote.  I searched and searched for the name of this restaurant but it seems it has closed.  I know it was within half a block of the blues bar we went to but on the other side of the street because we walked.  I would have taken a title from the name, oh well.

I created a second page with Stampin Up DSP from the same collection.  I purchased the papers second hand so I did not have an entire pack.  I have enough left over for one or two more layouts or some cards. These were really such pretty colors.

Here's a look at both pages together.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up DSP Watercolor Wonder

Cutter Bee Drinks dies

Spellbinders Large and Small Nesting square dies

Stampin Up Matte Decorative Dots

vellum quote stickers

misc card stock including Stampin Up Island Indigo and Gumball Green

pop dots

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/06/love-those-pretty-papers-june-challenge.html until 6.30x

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2025/06/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-june-and.html until 7.31

Thanks for stopping by today and play along with all your favorites this month at Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog.

Alicia

Stampin Up Festive Birthday and Stamps of Life Pinata 2 layout for Sketches in Thyme

Good morning and welcome.  I have created a layout today using this week's Sketches in Thyme's sketch #666 by Shawn Lahr. I really went all out on the fun fiesta theme! I used Stampin Up Festive Birthday DSP and Stamps of Life Pinata 2 stamp and die set. I also die cut the fringe strip with a die.

Here is the sketch. You can play along with this week's sketch HERE

Die cutting and paper piecing is one of my favorite techniques.  I created the pinata pieces from many different papers and topped them off with gems.

Here's the taco I colored with alcohol inks.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Festive Birthday DSP

Stampin Up Sunny Day Iridescent dots

Stamps of Life Pinata 2 stamps and dies

Ranger Adirondack Latte ink 

assorted card stock

alcohol markers (taco)

sticker letters

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

 

https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2025/06/june-anything-goes.html until 6.28x

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/06/love-those-pretty-papers-june-challenge.html until 6.30x

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2025/06/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-june-and.html until 7.31

Thank you for stopping by today and play along with this sketch or any of this month's Sketches in Thyme sketches HERE.

Have a great day!

Alicia

Cosmo Cricket for Sketches in Thyme

 Welcome to my project for Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group. More scrapping of the Frida interactive exhibit in Chicago. I took these photos of the projected scene on the walls from a second floor overlook. It was a great experience, I'd love to see another artist's interactive exhibit.  I accentuated the artsyness with a Creative Memories sticker letter title, a Prima Ruby Violet flower I retooled a bit and a lovely laser cut tag.

Here is this week's sketch.

I forgot to mention the metallic butterfly sticker.  I have to admit I can't remember the brand. I layered all four photos on black card stock.

I had tons of fun layering the different color vellums.  I believe they were part of a kit I separated to get more use of the parts, could be in error here as well.  I have taken to removing packaging if it doesn't fit in my scraprack pages.

Ingredients:

Cosmo Cricket paper

Creative Memories sticker letters

kraft laser cut tag with fiber

Prima Ruby Violet Bits & Baubles flower altered

butterfly sticker

black card stock and various colors of vellum

Play along with this week's Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group sketch or any of the other three from May.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia