The Scraproom's Jumpstart Sketch and Connecticut's Gillette Castle

 I had very good intentions with this layout although it went off course and I don't feel it's my best work, however, it's still a page completed!  I feel good about that.  I used a sketch and some older papers from my stash.

Here's the sketch.

Another view.

Ingredients:

We R papers Storytime: Jack, Rapunzel, Frog Prince and Gretel

Creative Memories sticker letters

7 Gypsies Short Base stickers (flourish)

Sticko Destinations stickers Connecticut

I am entering this in the following challenges:

The Scraproom's November 2024 Jumpstart sketch

Thanks for reading yet another post today.

Alicia

Hugs layout with a sketch, a kit and a plentiful stash

 Hello, as I promised so many layouts I have finished up this weekend. I am particularly happy with this one. I really loved these photos. If you can read the journal card you will know I was completely flabbergasted, it was covid times and my husband is taking a picture...who is coming up behind me and "hugging" me?  It was a hilarious moment so fun to be captured.

This sketch is from Rochelle Spears November challenge.  I felt free to girly this one up with flowers and butterflies! Plus use some very pretty papers acquired from the The Scraproom.

I had a ton of fun with these clusters.  Luckily my stash is organized.  I was able to pull out a bag of white flowers.  They were not in original packaging but by the quality I am guessing Prima. I then grabbed three of my tidbit organizers, the blue, the black and the white.  I rummaged through finding all the right brads and embellies for the centers of the flowers.  I fussy cut some of the butterflies from the AC/AT Monarch paper.  I cut up a gemstone border flourish to fit my needs peeking out behind my clusters.

I recently found some old Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin kits at a thrift store.  They were Thanks a Latte card kits.  They did not contain the stamp set but I am finding uses for the pieces and parts of the kits nonetheless.  When I saw I needed a journal card for Stacy's challenge I immediately thought of this piece.  I die cut the title from a Scrapbook.com Bear Hugs die set in complimentary colors to the background and butterfly papers.

A close up of bottom left cluster.

Ingredients:

AC Amy Tangerine Bold & Brave Monarch and Canvas papers from May 2021 The Scraproom kit

Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin left over bits: journal card

Scrapbook.com Bear Hugs die set

assorted gems, brads, flowers, ribbon and card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://rochellespears.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-2024-sketch-challenge-reveal.html until 11.29x

https://scrapwithstacy.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-2024-scrappy-friends-tic-tac.html until 11.28 Flowers, 3 photos, Journal Card x

The Scraproom Challenge Group November challenge until 11.30x

F=Flowers

E=Embellishments

A=Adhesive

S=Square (photos)

T=Teal (paper)

Thanks very much for reading about my project 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

Quick Quotes Lost at Sea layout

Hey there, how are you today?  I had a very relaxing 4th of July.  I got a lot pf crafting completed over the holiday weekend.  I began to scrap this trip to Boston from 2018.  I found a great sketch and started cutting!  I loved the uniqueness of this sketch from The Scraproom Blog.  

Here's the sketch:

This was a sailing excursion on Salem Sound on a recreated frigate.  It was a good time and I learned a lot.

Ingredients:

Quick Quotes Anchors Aweigh papers and embellishments

Quick Quotes Navy Powderpuff Chalking ink

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

The Storytellers Club with June Jumpstart sketch

I finished last month's challenges and I am still scrapping away...so I turned to The Scraproom's Facebook Fan page for some June challenges.  I love their Fast Formulas, Throwback sketches and their Jumpstart sketches.  This one worked great for my four photo layout.

Here is the sketch.

A close up.

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club kit

Creative Memories sticker letters

Quick Quotes Milk Chocolate Powderpuff chalking ink

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://thescraproomblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/june-jumpstart-sketch-challenge-and-may.html until 6/30x

Thanks for stopping by 

Alicia

Freaky Fast Formula from The Scraproom

I love the Freaky Fast Formula on the Scraproom blog they are so fun with which to work.  Here's another layout of my nephew.  I don't remember the brands of products.  I have my stash organized according to the Totally Tiffany system.  As such, I have a summer container that had all of these products but I don't remember the brands.

Here is the formula.

A closer look.

Ingredients:

misc papers and die cuts from my stash

Creative Memories sticker letters

Thanks for checking our my share

Alicia

The Storytellers Club Summer layout

More of this precious little man and using up old stash.  I couldn't even tell you what year these Storytellers Club papers are from, I think I belonged to the autoship program in 2008-9?  I KNOW the pics are from 2019 though, as these are a part of my 2019 album for my nephew.  

Here's the challenge from The Scraproom's Facebook Group December challenges

S=Stripes

A=Adhesive

N=Navy Blueberry sequins from Jillibean (the exact name!)

T=tag

A=Alpha stickers

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club papers and die cuts

Jillibean Navy Blueberry sequins

Creative Memories sticker letters

Quick Quotes chalking ink

brad

Thanks for taking a look today.

Alicia

Creative Memories Nordic Christmas layout

Another nephew layout~using a sketch from The Scraproom's Facebook Groups December challenges.  I am also continuing my goal of using my stash!  This is all old Creative Memories product and scraps of Cricut cuts.  I am please with using up stuff without compromising quality.   

Here is the Throwback Sketch from the The Scraproom.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Nordic Christmas collection including papers and adhesive ribbon

Creative Memories sticker letters

leftover Cricut cuts (banner and tag)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Alicia

Pool Time layout with The Scraproom Jumpstart Sketch

This has to be the most un-Christmas Christmas Day post EVER!  But not really, every year I scrap pages for my SIL of my nephew for her to add to the album I gave her.  So this is really an Xmas gift. I didn't get a whole year scrapped this time but you are gonna see a dozen or so layouts over the next few days.  My wonderful nephew is actually under the weather so sending healing vibes to him and I hope his Christmas is a good one.

Here is the sketch I used from The Scraproom blog

A close up of this cool dude just chillin'.  Love him!

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club papers

misc card stock mostly Bazzill

Creative Memories Cutting system-circles and circle punches

misc star punch

Jillibean Navy Blueberry sequins

Creative Memories sticker letters

Kiwi Lane template 

Quick Quotes chalking ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://thescraproomblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/december-jumpstart-sketch-challenge-and.html until 12/30

Thank you for stopping by today

Alicia

Have a Righteous Day! with The ScrapRoom's Freaky Fast Formula

I just love The ScrapRoom Blog's Freaky Fast Formula's!  I find them so much fun with which to work especially when you have some great double sided papers. I used papers from a ScrapRoom kit.  And if you read yesterday's post of the corresponding page you would know the photo is of vegetarian biscuits, sausage and gravy, yum!

Here is The ScrapRoom Blog's Freaky Fast Formula for May:

I cut a 2" circle from black to spruce it up I added enamel dots.  I inked all the edges with black chalking ink.

I made a pocket out of the 4x12 piece.  I then adhered the 4x4 piece on the left side. My 4x4 just happened to be the size of a journal panel.  I used the label included in the embellishment pack of the kit to designate the menu.

Ingredients:

The ScrapRoom Single Shot kit:  Fancy Pants Designs Good Fellows

enamel dots included in kit

Quick Quotes Midnight Confessions Powderpuff Chalking ink

orange pen

Thank you for visiting today.

Alicia

Rise...Breakfast in Nashville

Good morning!  This layout was of a bright February morning in Nashville.  We were staying downtown and found this fabulous breakfast spot.  I absolutely loved that they had a vegetarian biscuits and gravy!!!

Here is the sketch I used from The ScrapRoom blog:

I found this great piece of flair in my stash that was perfect for this layout.

Ingredients:

The ScrapRoom Single Shot kit:  Fancy Pants Designs Good Fellows

enamel dots included in kit

sunshine flair from my stash

Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking ink

die cut letters (from Kroger?!?!? many years ago)

fancy corner rounder and hole punch (to create tags)

I am entering this in The ScrapRoom sketch challenge.x

Thank you for stopping by today.

Alicia

Freaky Fast Formula for iNSD with The ScrapRoom

Good morning!  It may appear I haven't been very busy with crafting from my lack of post but the opposite is true.  I have been crafting like mad and just got backed up on blogging my projects.  I spent the majority of International National Scrapbooking Day scrapbooking.  I played along with lots of challenges on Facebook.  Here is one I created with photos from a trip to Louisville last year.  This was a group selfie in a bar the night before a festival.  Here we met friends from New York.

My inspiration was the iNSD Freaky Fast Formula from The ScrapRoom. I must say using double printed paper from a kit works so well with these FFF.  One has so many choices using that tip.

I used some Tim Holtz letters for the title.

I used Quick Quotes chalking inks to color the wood veneer and then edged with black as I did all the pieces of the layout.

Ingredients:

The ScrapRoom 2017 Doubleshot kit:  KaiserCraft Daydreamer papers, ephemera, wood veneers

Tim Holtz letters

Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalking inks

Thank you for stopping by today, have a great one!

Alicia

Creative Memories Vintage Chic and The Ryman

Hi there, I am finally back to scrapping. My printer is having some issues.  I finally broke down and printed at Walgreens.  I have been so spoiled.  I can never get the photos to crop correctly when I send them off.  I choose the digital size instead of 4x6 and that appears to be the best cropping and they still turn out chopped off!  ugh!  I have to get my printer issues resolved soon.  rant over...

The photos I printed were of my recent trip to Nashville.  The first layout is outside the Ryman Auditorium.  Bucket list venue for me.  It was a quick trip, but so satisfying.  I used the muted papers in the Creative Memories Vintage Chic collection. I did throw in some wood grain paper and twine to accent.  

Here is the sketch I used from The ScrapRoom blog's.

I used the Stampin Up banner punch and some oldie but goodie Creative Memories music note stickers.  I think these were on a sheet of New Years stickers, maybe wedding or cruise.

I tucked my journaling inside an envelope behind a photo.  I punched a hole in the envelope to string the twine and tie a bow.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Vintage Chic Power Palette including paper, envelope, letter tiles and tags

CM music note stickers

Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalking ink Mocha Moma

Stampin Up banner punch

wood grain paper and twine

brown pen

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://thescraproomblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/april-jumpstart-sketch-challenge.html until 4/30

Thanks very much for stopping by!

Alicia

Quick Quotes Movie Night layout

More layouts for my nephew's album.  This time I used Quick Quotes papers and some old Creative Memories watercolor stickers.

Here's the sketch from the The ScrapRoom Facebook Group.  There is also a twist to uses something older than a year.  If those Creative Memories stickers are less than 10 years old I would be surprised.  They are removed from their original pack but my guess is 2007 at the latest.

To give these old stickers a kick, I adhered them to white card stock and fussy cut around them.  I then added pop dots to the back so they make an impact on the page.

Ingredients:

Quick Quotes Spring Showers papers

Creative Memories stickers

AR Julian font cut with Cricut

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

The ScrapRoom Facebook Group's December challengesx

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia