Begin and Today Layouts

 I'm using some scraps from my CKC September 2021 - Undecided Kit for my layouts today. First up is a 8 1/2x11 layout for my youngest son. We took the bullet bricks from our back yard and are moving them to his yard. He can use them to finish off the side of the fence. 

I scattered around the die cut foliage and added a leaf paper clip to the  top of the layout. 

The second is a 12x12 layout of our front circle. We moved the the larger bricks from the terraced beds and side beds to re do this bed. Most of the extra bricks are headed to my youngest son's for him to reuse. They cleaned up really nice after a good power washing. 

I matted the white cardstock twice then used the black and white Tinkering Inc paper.  I will be journaling on this layout but I need to check and make sure I get the journaling correct. 

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Challenges:
30 Days of Sketches Series 8, Scraptember Facebook Group, Scrapper Challenge Facebook Group

Recipe:

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - CKC September 2021 - Undecided
Paper: Tinkering Ink- Noir Blanc "Humphrey Bogart"  and "Joan Crawford" (2007), White Cardstock, scraps from my CKC September 2021 - Undecided Kit.
Embellishments: Unknown Tags and Labels, Forgeries on the Fourth - die cut leaves, Leaf and # paperclips
Misc.: Doodle Bug Teensy type alphabet stickers, twine, adhesive and zots

Refresh layout

I pulled the Tree Rings from my Forgeries on the Fourth that I  included in my Counterfeit Kit - CJC September 2021 - Undecided. 

I was planning on cutting a part the design and use part on my layout and the other part on my son's layout. I always keep the inside pieces until I'm done with the design and decided to use the inside pieces on the layouts. As I was planning my pages I realized that most of the tree ring would be coverd, so I used the inside pieces.

I added in a couple of labels at the to of the photo and a label at the bottom with the date.

The die cuts are really large in this collections and i have a hard time using them. I just used one of the lanterns at the bottom of the page, at least it's one down. 

Challenges:
30 Days of Sketches Series 8, Scraptember 

Recipe: 
Counterfeit Kit Challenge - CKC September 2021 - Undecided. 
Paper: Bo Bunny - Bella Rosa scraps (2016), Simple Stories - Wood and Gingham (2017), black cardstock
Misc.: Bo Bunny - Bella Rosa ephemera and die cuts,  NicoleJones911 - labels, adhesive and zots

Snow Bird

I'm using my February Counterfeit Kit  - So Exciting page set two and the winter birds I fussy cut. I think we are getting all of our snow for the year now. We hardly had any in December but the end of January and February we have been dumped on.

DH was filling the bird bath for me in between snowstorms and snapped the picture. I love how the snow piles up to the top of the water. I  put a couple of rocks in the bath so the butterflies have a place to land in the summer, but the chickadees like to hop from the sides to the rock when they drink so I keep them there in the winter.


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Scraptember Facebook Group -  Sketch Challenge

February Counterfeit Kit Challenge - So Exciting
3 - 12x12 Layouts
2 - cards

Recipe:
Paper: Colorbok paper- Truffle, Recollections, brown and Kraft cardstock; various scrap pattern papers.
Alphabet - Truffle punch out and stickers
Misc.: adhesive, DIY round label, red arrow

January

I have another layout for the Scraptember Facebook Group this time for Day 16 - Sketch. I've had this sketch bookmarked for quite a while, it's from the Scrap Room .

I pulled a few papers from my January Counterfeit Kit - Make It Good and this is what I came up with.

I added in the strips I had leftover from the Touring Layout. I cut the journaling card in pieces to add it to the top left then above and below the pictures. I added and 18 and a 19 to represent the years.

For the guy's layouts I added the tags at both the top and the bottom of the layouts like the sketch had. The chipboard on my oldest's layout reads "Making Things Happen"

I have to confess, I used a lot of the pink pattern paper trying to get the angle going to the left side. I tend to cut it like I did on the layout for my youngest, so I added more of the left over yellow cardstock strips.  His chipboard reads "A New Story Starts Now". He got a new job after being unemployed for 8 months, I'll be adding a picture of his new place of employment.

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Scraptember Prompts:
Day 16 -  Sketch
Day 18 - Scraplift
Day 11 - Thread
Day 14 - Grid

January Counterfeit Kit Challenge - Make It Good
10 - 12x12 Layouts
1 - 12x12 pocket page
2 - 8 1/2 x 11 Layouts
3 - cards

Recipe:
Paper: Craft Smith tan and gray cardstock; Jen Hadfield "Best of" chicken wire, pink and blue pattern papers; The Paper Studio - Pearlized Cardstock; Recollections yellow and white; Fancy Pants - Office Suite 6x6 papers; Simple Stores "Hello Summer"
Chipboard: January 2018 Stories by the Month kit and journaling card cut apart
Stickers: Webster Pages Love Story sticker sheet (18 and 19); Jeni Bowlin Homespun Banner stickers
Misc.; Adhesive, Crop-a-dile, enamel hearts, ribbon, Shimelle puffy hearts, Unknown printable No 1 and No 2, and zots

Touring Layout

One of my goals this year is to use the cut files that I seen to accumulate. One of my favorite places to download the files is from Scrapbook and Cards Today. I am using the January 2019 cut file for my layouts and my layouts are for a challenge at Scraptember Facebook Group Day 18 - Scraplift.

I pulled out my January Counterfeit Kit - Make it Good and started cutting the flowers from my Amy Tangerine "Stitched" flower paper and I know I wanted those flowers on my Scraplift page.

After cutting the file I left it on the cutting mat then used distress ink and the packaging technique to add a little bit of color. Then layered the cardstock backgrounds and printed the journaling.

The flowers on the left side of the layout has foam tape behind them.

A few enamel dots to finish off the pages.

I left the cut file the same size as the 12x12 layouts. I was contemplating making it smaller but I like the open weave as it was.


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Scraptember Prompts:
Day 18 - Scraplift
Day 11 - Thread
Day 14 - Grid

January Counterfeit Kit Challenge - Make It Good
8 - 12x12 Layouts
1 - 12x12 pocket page
1 - 8 1/2 x 11 Layouts
3 - cards

Recipe:
Paper: Amy Tangerine "Stitched" floral paper; Basic Grey - Mellow "Savory"; Craft Smith - gray cardstock; The Paper Studio - Pearlized Cardstock - pink and golden yellow, White Cardstock' AC Cardstock - Shamrock Weave and Unknown Embossed orange - red cardstock
Cut File: Scrapbook and Cards today - January 2019
Ink: Distress Ink - dried marigold and frayed burlap
Misc.: Adhesive, enamel dots, foam tape