Sketch N Scrap Card sketch #164

Happy Monday! Today I am sharing my card using the February 20th card sketch at Sketch N Scrap!  Here is the sketch created by yours truly:

Here is my card based on the sketch:

Supplies Used:  card base: CTMH; Patterned Paper: CTMH Every Little Thing; PL card: Echo Park; stickers: CTMH Every Little Thing; ink: Stampin' Up Night of Navy; stamp: CTMH Cherishing Her; enamel dot: Teresa Collins

I just love how this card turned out! I love these papers, green and blue are such a great color combo!! The watercolor feel to these stickers make them so gorgeous! This sentiment is from the February Stamp of the month called Cherishing Her.  I just love all the wonderful sentiments in this set and love the font as well!  Make sure and hop on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog to check out what the other DT members created using this sketch!  Happy creating!

February's Freaky Fast Formula!

TGIF!!  Today I am sharing my layout using the February Flavors of the Month kit & the Freaky Fast Formula at The ScrapRoom.  Here is the formula for this month:

Here is the PhotoPlay Be Mine kit that I used for my layout:

Here is my layout I created with the kit using the Freaky Fast Formula:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Brown- from the kit; Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay Be Mine- from the kit; stickers: PhotoPlay Be Mine - from the kit; enamel dots: My Mind's Eye- from my stash

As usual using this fun formula made creating this layout SO fast and easy!  I literally created it within 30 minutes! I love that this formula allowed for some fun layering! I kept the embellishments to a minimum to give this great photo center stage! I hope you will hop on over to The ScrapRoom blog to check out what the other DT members did with this amazing kit! Happy creating!

Double Page Fun!

Today I am sharing my last layout of the month using the February Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom!! This is a fun one, it's also a double pager!  I love how it turned out.  Here is the full February Flavors of the Month kit:

 Here is the Echo Park It's Your Birthday collection kit I used on today's layout:

 Here is my double page layout using the kit:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: pink- from the kit; Patterned Paper: Echo Park It's Your Birthday- from the kit; ephemeraL Echo Park It's Your Birthday- from the kit; twine: from the kit; alphabet: American Crafts Thickers- from my stash;  silver heart: Crate Paper- from a past kit; enamel dots: Echo Park- from the kit

I love how this one turned out! I used one of the frames from the ephemera included in my kit to make my title bock.  I framed the photo of the birthday cake with 2 of the different patterned papers to make it stand out.  I loved all the tags and frames included in the kit, they make for some amazing accents!  Make sure and hop on over to The ScrapRoom blog to check out all the other amazing double page layouts the DT created with the kit!!   Happy creating!

February TN Time with Lisa & Lori

Happy Monday!  I hope your year is off to a good start...didn't have time to join us last month?  No worries today we are launching another sketch and challenge!  So let's get this party started!

HERE IS HOW OUR CHALLENGE WORKS: This is a monthly challenge that launches on the 10th of each month  You will have until the 9th at midnight CST to link up your entries. If you complete my sketch challenge link your TN, bullet journal or planner spread below. If you combined my challenge with Lori's challenge link up your spread here on my blog AND on Lori's Blog (My Happy Life).  You will then have a chance to win my prize as well as Lori's prize!  That's a chance to win TWO times with ONE layout! WOW!

Now for my challenge!! Here is this month's sketch:

Now for Lori's challenge:

For Lori's challenge use 3 of the following items on your spread: 

The color pink

The color red

hearts

flowers

tag(s)

label(s)

gold

striped pattern paper

Now here is my layout based on the sketch & Lori's challenge:

 Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: CTMH Heart Happy, Dear Lizzy She's Magic, Pink Paislee Lucky Us, My Mind's Eye So Sophie; cardstock: Stampin' Up Black; ephemera: Pink Fresh My Favorite Story & Dear Lizzy She's Magic; enamel dots: Recollections; puffy stickers: Vicki Boutin & Elle's Studio; flower: Pretty Little Studios; word strip: Simple Stories; date stamp: Heidi Swapp; ink: Memento Black Tuxedo; letter stickers: Making Memories; die: CTMH heart; washi tape: Crate Paper

A few close ups:

 As you can see I was an over achiever and used EVERYTHING on the list for Lori's challenge!  It was super easy to do and a fun challenge for myself!  I used pink and red both on the layout, I used the black gingham washi tape.  I used hearts in my paper, my die cut and a puffy heart sticker.  I used gold by adding gold enamel dots.  I also used a label and tag from the Dear Lizzy She's Magic ephemera pack I got on sale last year. My flower is from Pretty Little Studios and it is so pretty I have been hoarding it lol!  I used a few striped pieces of paper to finish off the challenge!

I had fun documenting this fun memory my niece and I had from this past December.  As a birthday present to her instead of toys, clothes or other gifts I decided to give her the gift of time and an experience so I found this cat cafe for us to visit.  She LOVES cats and so this fun cafe called The Casual Cat Cafe was purrfect for her! We had fun petting, holding and playing with the kitties.  One named Ford was so crazed for treats he kept biting my niece if she didn't give him one or if she gave it to another cat!  You would think he would be fat from all the treats he hogs down but he was actually the skinniest one of the bunch!  Ford is the black cat in the picture practically crawling into her lap, he was really a fun one to get to know (well, when he wasn't biting you lol!) We will be definitely going back again soon to pet the kitties! 

RULES FOR THE CHALLENGE (to be entered into the prize drawing):

1.Create a TRAVELER'S NOTEBOOK, PLANNER, OR BULLET JOURNAL spread based on the CHALLENGE THEME and/or our sketch. 
2.Create a new, not previously posted project.
3.You are welcome to combine with other challenges.
4.If you have a blog please include the challenge graphic & a link to our challenge in your post.
5.You can link to social media if you don't have a blog. If you show your project on Instagram, please make sure to use #TNtimewithLisaandLori 
6.You can submit multiple projects but they must be posted to InLinkz or social media separately.
7.If there are less than 3 players for our challenge, no winners will be chosen.
8. Must be a follower of my blog to enter.

9. We only ship within the US, international players are welcome but they will need to pay the shipping if they are chosen as our prize winner or forfeit the prize

10.Most importantly have FUN!

We didn't have the require 3 participants for this past month's challenge so we have no winner but a HUGE thank you Sandi who did play along!!  Here is the prize you will be playing for this month:

This Dear Lizzy She's Magic stamp set will be great for embellishing your TN or for making some lovely cards!  I hope you will have time to play along with us this month, we can't wait to see what you create!  Happy creating!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Sketch N Scrap card fun

Happy Sunday!  The weekend is winding down and it's been a very busy one for me!  Today I am hosting our second challenge of the month in the Sketch N Scrap monthly Facebook challenge group!  Today's challenge is to create a card using card sketch #92 below:

To make the challenge more fun we always add an OPTIONAL TWIST.  For this challenge the optional twist is to use hearts, words and polka dots on the card.  Here is my card using both the sketch & the optional twist:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Crate Paper LaLa Love, Simple Stories Kissing Booth and Stampin' Up (word paper); card stock: Stampin' Up Basic Black & Whisper White; stamp: Stampin' Up Really Good Greetings; sticker: Crate Paper All Heart; ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; die: Stampin' Up stitched square.

I made this card out of a bunch of left overs from last year.  I love how these lines all coordinated together.  I am slowly working my way through my scrap pile trying to make it a little smaller and more manageable!  I hate to admit it but this is the first time I have inked up this stamp...I really love it and am not sure why I haven't used it before, so you will be seeing more of it in the future!  For the optional twist I used papers with polka dots, words and hearts but you could use stickers, stamps or really anything that you can think of for this twist!  I hope you will join us this month.  You can request to join the group HERE.  I hope you will plan along with us this month!  Happy creating!

Simple Stories My Valentine- February Flavors of the Month kit

Happy Weekend!!  Today I am sharing my second layout created with the February Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom!  This kit is one of my favs, it is so gorgeous!!  Here is a reminder of the kit:

Here is the Simple Stories My Valentine kit I am working with today:

Here is my layout created with the kit:

Supplies Used: cardstock: black& white- from the kit; Patterned Paper: Simple Stories My Valentine- from the kit; chipboard heart: Simple Stories My Valentine- from the kit; ephemera: Simple Stories My Valentine- from the kit; stickers: Simple Stories My Valentine- from the embellishment kit; die (hello)- Lawn Fawn- from my stash.

I love the vintage feel to this kit! I had fun layering all the fun stickers, chipboard and ephemera pieces included in the kit on this layout!  I backed the chipboard heart with a piece of patterned paper to give it more dimension.  This kit perfect for pictures of you and your sweetie!  Make sure and visit The ScrapRoom blog to check out what the other DT members did with this amazing kit! Happy creating!

Card Sketch #163

Happy almost weekend!!  Sketch artist Heather has our first card sketch of the month up over at Sketch N Scrap and it is so fun!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card using the sketch:

Supplies Used: cardstock: White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie , Real Red & Black- Stampin' Up; ink: Tuxedo Black Memento; stamps: Stampin' Up; flowers: pre-punched Stampin' Up; punch for leaf: Stampin' Up; Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up
This card uses some REALLY old stash, I used up scraps of patterned paper from Stampin' Up. The flowers were pre-punched ones from Stampin' Up from years ago, I just have a few flowers left in fact and want to use them up!  I made the leaves by punching out some Old Olive cardstock with a flower punch and cutting off the petals to make leaves.  I love this sketch and know I will use it again, it was perfect for using up a few more of these old flowers in my stash!!  Make sure and head over to the Sketch N Scrap blog to check out what the other DT members did with this fun sketch!  Happy creating!

February Flavors of the Month kit!

Happy Hump Day!!  Today I am sharing my first layout created with the February Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom!  Here is the full kit:

Here is the PhotoPlay Another Day at the Park kit I used for today's layout:

Here is my layout using the kit:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Black- from the kit; Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay Another Day at the Park- from the kit; ephemera: PhotoPlay Another Day at the Park- from the kit; enamel dots: My Mind's Eye- from my stash; stickers: PhotoPlay Another Day at the Park- from the embellishment kit

I didn't have any Disney pictures to scrapbook at this time but I thought this kit was perfect for a fun day at the Perot Museum we had last November so I was able to use photos from that day and the not so themed ephemera and stickers pieces for my embellishments!  I love the fun colors, they are perfect for Disney pictures but also pictures from any theme park or fun day out with the family!  I also think this kit would be perfect for a Disney themed birthday party!! So many possibilities if you think outside of the box!! Make sure and head over to the ScrapRoom blog to check out what the other DT members did with this super fun kit!!  Happy creating!! 

Sketch N Scrap #194

Happy weekend!!  It's a new month and that means a new month of fun sketches at Sketch N Scrap!  Today it is my turn to kick off the new month with our first layout sketch of the month.  Here is the February 1st sketch by yours truly:

Here is my layout using this fun sketch:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup Garden Harvest; card stock: Stampin' Up White, black and Watermelon Wonder; ephemera: Hip Kit Club (frame and flower) & Jillibean Soup Fur Fusion (cat); enamel dots: My Mind's Eye & Recollections; word strip: Simple Stories; wood veneer: unknown; letter stickers: American Crafts Thickers

I just love the way this turned out.  I have been hoarding these papers for over a year and decided it was time to break them out and use them!  I know the background paper I have had for a long time. These pictures of my friends' sweet granddaughter and their cat are just to cute not to scrap!! Love little kids and cats, hard to beat that cuteness right???!!!  I hope you will play along with us this month at Sketch N Scrap, we will be showcasing 4 sketches for you to play along with this month!  Hop on over to the blog and check out what the other DT members did with this fun sketch, I promise you will be inspired!!  Happy creating!

Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash February 2020 edition

I don't know about you but January just seemed to pass me by at a high rate of speed and I was kind of left in the dust wondering where the month had gone!!  I had fun with my kit last month, but am sad to say I was only able to create 3 cards and one layout using my January Stash Bash kit...not the results I had hoped for, but here we are in a new month and I have revamped my kit making process a bit to try and make myself more successful in February!  So let's kick the February 2020 edition of Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash 2020 off.....................

For those who are new to the challenge here is how it works:

On the 1st of each month we will post a challenge prompt and the stash kit we have created following that prompt. During the month we will try to use as much of our stash kits as possible on different projects. Then, on the last day of the month, we will do a recap post showing what stash we were able to bash!

This will be a just-for-fun challenge so no monthly prize - but isn't the real prize using up our stash? You never know - if we still have a few unused stash items after a few months, then those items may just go into a giveaway. We hope you will join us in our quest to bash some stash in 2020. If you accept the challenge to play along - link up on either my blog or Lori's blog (or both if you choose) so that we can see who is joining us each month!

Now for our February challenge:

This month we will creating a kit with 10 papers (seven papers 3 years or older & three newer papers), 5-7 scrap papers, 4 embellishments (three that are 3 years or older & one newer one), and some ribbon or lace!!

Since this is a just for fun challenge the rules are not set in stone BUT we have them to help you focus on what really matters using your stash & to help spread the word of our fun challenge so others may join in!!  You know you have at least one friend who needs to use her stash!! 

Here are the rules: 

1. Follow the challenge prompt to create a kit to work with throughout the month. You may use other items, but please concentrate on using your kit. 

2. Create new, not previously posted projects using your stash kit.

3. If you have a blog - please include the challenge graphic and a link to our challenge in your posts. 

4. You may link to social media if you don't have a blog. If you share on Instagram, please make sure to use - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2020

Here is the kit I created using the February prompts:

Some close ups:

All my new & old papers together:

All my older papers:

My Papers are from the following lines: Echo Park Just Be You; Simple Stories Love & Adore; Shimelle (red words); My Mind's Eye Market Street & Chickadee Crafts.  Wow! These are some really old papers and yet they all coordinate well together!  As you can see I chose 8 papers instead of 7...I just couldn't eliminate one so I kept 8.

All my new papers:

These papers are from Dear Lizzy She's Magic; Pink Paislee Lucky Us & PinkFresh Studios Everyday Musings.  

All my scraps:

As you can see I have more then 5-7 scrap pieces and a few of my scraps are almost whole pieces, however, my scrap pile is OUT OF CONTROL so I need to start really knocking it out!  I really think I can use these pieces to make embellishments or for cards.

All my embellishments & ribbon/lace I chose:

My older embellishments are from My Mind's Eye Market Day, Echo Park Just Be you & Simple Stories Love & Adore.  I also found 2 random project life cards in with the older papers that go well with the kit so I included them.  My new embellishments are the PhotoPlay Free Bird & Pink Fresh Studios Joyful Day embellishments. My lace is very old as is my ribbon a blue satin and pink gingham both by Stampin' Up.  
As you can see instead of picking just an old collection this time I put together a bunch of papers some of which don't even work well together.  I figured I can work on Valentine's stuff with the one part of the kit and then random everyday layouts and projects with the other things.  I am hoping by keeping the kit less "themed" this go round I will be more successful in using up my kit!!  Fingers crossed!! 

I hope you will be inspired to dig through your stash this month and play along with myself and Lori as we endeavor to bash some stash in 2020!!  If you chose to play along make sure and link up below, we'd love to see what you have put together for a kit & what you create with it!  Happy creating friends!

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