Scrap Our Stash July Challenge!

Yesterday I decided that I wanted to get back into making some scrapbook pages, even though I'm still at my parent's house for a bit, and I only have a handful of photos to work with at the moment.  I decided to take on Scrap Our Stash's July sketch challenge.  At first I was hesitant because sketch challenges are harder than others for me and I was worried about not having the right photos for it.  Luckily for me, I found some that work, and I think that the page turned out great!

This was the sketch that we had to work off of:

I stuck close to the sketch until I realized the title I wanted was a bit bigger than theirs, but I think I made it work.  I really wanted to keep the photo positions, long background strip, and the fun accent in between the photos (which is something I would probably have never tried to do on my own).  I'm both glad  to say I kept all three.  For the "Arrow" I made sure to use arrow like pink paper and the thicker with the arrow banner.  I didn't have any true arrows in my personal stash to work with but even if it doesn't fit the challenge absolutely perfectly, I'm very proud of my effort.

This whole color scheme and everything isn't my usual style but I think I might start adopting it as such.  I really love how it turned out and can't wait to do some more like this!

Identifiable elements:

• Chipboard embellishments- "Butterfly Kisses" Layered Chipboard by Bo Bunny
• Coral lettering- Boardwalk glitter foam Thickers in Fireberry by American Crafts

Scrap Our Stash September Challenge

Now that I'm back I'm excited to take on some new challenges but first I thought I'd go back to a challenge blog that I always enjoyed and undertake the Scrap Our Stash challenge for the month.

This month the challenge is to use a grid layout and transparency.  Lucky for me my last trip to JoAnn's yielded some transparent papers on sale!  I used the black dots one and in all honesty, while this is my first time using them, I'm in love.

I kept the grid them with the squares and the background I made.  I'm really proud that my squares I cut actually turned out to be square (I'm not always the best at lining my papers up on the cutter)!

I had a little bit of trouble getting my camera to "see" the lettering, but I promise, it's there!

Play along with me at the Scrap Our Stash Challenge blog!

Identifiable Elements: 

• Background paper- The Color of Memories by American Crafts
• Transparent polka dots by- "Raven Dots" by Bazzill Basics Paper
• Black flowers- Jolee's Boutique
• Black embossed swirls- Jolee's Boutique
• Gray embossed cardstock- Two Scoops collection by Bazzill Basics Paper
• Tan cardstock- Neutrals cardstock stack by DCWV

My Scrapbooks Should Come With a Some Sort of Censor Rating...

This month the Scrap Our Stash challenge was to do the following:

I unfortunately did not have dictionary paper but I did have a copy of Eugene O'Neill's plays that was falling apart.  Though I was sad to have to part with the book it was time since I was losing pages every time it was opened.  I decide to rip out a couple and use them on this page.  I tried to use the colors from the book cover in my design.  Also, despite the obvious bottle of alcohol, these photos were taken the last weekend before school (university in this case) started back up for me (I want to say my junior year, but I'm not sure).   It fits the them in a weird, possibly inappropriate way, that makes me smile.

Good Dog

I enjoyed doing the challenge from yesterday so much that I figured I may as well do another today.  Today's challenge came from the Scrap Our Stash blog.  The challenge was to create a page based off of this image:

I really like the pinkish color and the way that the dark stood out on it.  I also really have a thing for hearts and I love using them.  I created the below pages with pictures taken with my old dog.  It was a fun page to make, especially because I've always enjoyed the pink and black color scheme.