Sketch N Scrap card sketch #184

Happy Monday!!  Today I am sharing a fun Christmas card I created based on card sketch #184 at Sketch N Scrap!  I created this fun sketch and hope you will enjoy it! 

Here is my card created with this sketch:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Stampin' Up Whisper White & American Crafts Kelly Green; Patterned Paper: Carta Bella Merry Christmas & Carta Bella Santa's Workshop; stickers: Carta Bella Santa's Workshop; ink: Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler; stamp: CTMH Love with all the Trimmings

I had fun using up two older kits from The ScrapRoom from December 2019 and December 2018.  I am hoping to use up both these kits before next year!!  I needed some Christmas cards to send out this month so I have been frantically trying to create some to mail out before it's too late in the month!!  I hope you will hop on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog to see what the other DT members have created with my sketch!  You have until December 31st at 9:55 pm CST to play along with us for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to The ScrapRoom!!  Happy creating! 

Double Page fun with the December Flavors of the Month kit!

Happy Friday Eve!!  Today I am sharing my last layout for this month using the December Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom.  Here is a reminder of the kit:

Here is the Simple Stories Vintage North Pole collection I am using today:

Here is my layout using this gorgeous collection:

Supplies Used: Red cardstock- from the kit; Patterned Paper: Simple Stories Vintage North Pole; chipboard frame: Simple Stories Vintage North Pole- from the kit; ephemera: Simple Stories Vintage North Pole- from the kit: letter stickers: Paper Trunk- from my stash; enamel dot: Recollections- from my stash; 3D sticker: Simple Stories Vintage North Pole- from the kit; foam holly: Simple Stories Vintage North Pole- from the embellishment kit

I had a lot of fun making this layout.  These are older pictures and I have been waiting for the "perfect" line to document them.  My niece and I used to always go to the local Children's theater to see the Christmas Musical every year and this particular year my niece was wanting a robotic dog that was popular at the time called Zoomer.  It was one of those hard to find toys so my sister kept telling her Santa might not bring it.  So when she saw the mailbox where you could send Santa a letter and the letter writing areas in the foyer of the theater she went right to work on her letter to ensure she got a Zoomer that Christmas!!  Luckily Santa was able to find one last one and bring it to her!!  And as most kids do she barely played with it lol!   Make sure and head over to The ScrapRoom blog to check out the other double page layouts the DT has created with this amazing kit!!  Happy creating! 

Oh What Fun ~ December Flavors of the Month kit!

Happy Sunday!!  The weekend is almost over but I didn't want to let it end without inspiring you with this fun layout I created with the December Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom using the mini kit featuring the PinkFresh Studios Oh What Fun collection!!  Here is a reminder of the December Flavors of the Month kit:

Here is the PinkFresh Studios' Oh What Fun mini kit I am using today:

Here is my layout using this fun kit:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: White- from the kit and Stampin' Up Basic Black-from my stash; Patterned Paper: PinkFresh Studios Oh What Fun- from the kit; ephemera: PinkFresh Studios Oh What Fun- from the kit; sticker (tab)- PinkFresh Studios Oh What Fun- from the kit; letter stickers: American Crafts Thickers- from my stash

I love this fun line with it's nontraditional colors and had a lot of fun scrapping this picture of my friend and her friends visiting from out of town at the ICE exhibit at The Gaylord Texas last year.  Make sure and stop by The ScrapRoom blog to see what other amazing layouts the DT has created with this fun collection!!  Happy creating! 

TN Time with Lisa & Lori ~ December edition!

Happy December!!  This year flew by didn't it?  I can't believe we are ending our second year of the TN Time with Lisa & Lori challenge!!  Today it's time for the December edition of our challenge!  So let's get the 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 fun challenge: (December 10th-January 9th)

What an easy peasy challenge!!  Document about ANYTHING your heart desires!!  I kept a Gratitude Journal for the month of November this year and I got to Day 12 and life got so busy I had to stop decorating my pages and just keep up with my daily journaling, so I am working on finishing this journal up before the end of the year!!  I have 18 pages to decorate so I decided to use this sketch to finish 2 of those pages!!  

Here is my spread in my November 2020 Gratitude Journal- I used the sketch & Lori's challenge:

Supplies Used:  Patterned Paper: Simple Stories Cozy Days & Scenic Route Graph paper; tag: Simple Stories Cozy Days; stickers: Simple Stories Cozy Days (heart, grateful banner & raccoon); ephemera: PinkFresh Studio Days of Splendor; enamel dots: My Mind's Eye

Here are some close ups:

The prompt for this day was friends.  I have so many amazing friends both near and far so I have a lot to be grateful for in this category!!  As you can see I stayed true to the sketch and instead of a photo I placed my journaling box in that spot.

Right Page:

Again I replaced the photo spot with a journaling box.  The prompt for this day was Technology!  I have a sort of love hate relationship with technology but for this day I decided to focus on all the good technology has done in my life!!   Wish me luck as I endeavor to finish this Gratitude journal up by the end of the year!  I am sure you will be seeing more pages from it soon here on the blog!! 

Now for the nitty gritty of how to play along:

                  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. Prize draw will occur every 3 months. 

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 only had two participants for our prize drawing and with the holidays and everything being so busy, we are going to extend the giveaway until January. Then if we have the required 3 participants we will do a prize draw at that time, so you have another month to get those layouts made! Here's a reminder of the prize I am giving:

 This package of  PinkFresh Studios Holiday Vibes Chipboard will be perfect for adding a little extra holiday cheer to your holiday layouts, TN spreads or cards! Be sure to stop by Lori's blog to see her beautiful layout for this challenge!  I hope you will find time to join in the fun this month!  We can't wait to see what you create!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Card sketch #183 at Sketch N Scrap

The weekend is winding down and it's time for our first card sketch of the month at Sketch N Scrap!!!   Today I'm sharing a card I created using the December 5th card sketch at Sketch N Scrap!  At first I was scared of all the circles, it was intimidating me but after digging out my Stampin' Up stitched circle dies and picking up some scraps from my Doodlebug Christmas Magic December Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom from last year I went to town and I have to say I love the way this card turned out!!  Here is the sketch by the talented Heather Hall:

Here is my card created with this fun sketch:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Stampin' Up Whisper White; Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Wishmas & Doodlebug Designs Christmas Magic; stamp: CTMH; ink: Stampin' Up Cucumber Crush; dies: Stampin' Up Stitched Circles

Make sure and head on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog to see the other cards the uber talented DT has created from this sketch!!  Happy creating!

December's Freak Fast Friday Formula!!

TGIF!!!  It's time for December's Freaky Fast Friday Formula!!  

Here it is:

Here is my layout created with this fun formula & December's Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom:

Supplies Used: Kraft Cardstock- from the kit; Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay Paper Not a Creature was Stirring- from the kit; Letter Stickers: PaperTrunk (white) & Elle's Studio (green)- from my stash; ephemera: PhotoPlay Paper Not a Creature was Stirring- from the embellishment kit; stickers: PhotoPlay Paper Not a Creature was Stirring- from the kit; enamel dots: My Mind's Eye- from my stash.

This formula made making this layout so fast and easy!!  Have you tried a Freaky Fast Formula yet?  If not you need to!!  It is intimidating at first but once you do it you will be hooked!!  I always love my layouts using the formulas and they are always created faster then usual!!  Make sure and head over to The ScrapRoom blog to check out the other amazing layouts the DT created using this formula!!  Happy creating! 

December 1st sketch @ Sketch N Scrap

Happy December!!  I can't believe it's a new month already!  The holidays are just around the corner, are you ready??  I am in a Christmas mood so I decided to make a Christmas layout using the December 1st sketch at Sketch N Scrap as well as the December Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom!  Here is the fun kit I am working with this month:

Here is the Fancy Pants Wishmas collection I am using on today's layout:

The December 1st sketch by Heather Hall that my layout is based on:

My layout created with this fun kit and sketch:

Supplies: Cardstock: green- from the kit; Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Wishmas- from the kit; ephemera: Fancy Pants Wishmas- from the kit; letter stickers: American Crafts Thickers- from my stash; enamel dots: from the kit

For some reason when I saw this sketch I immediately thought of Christmas ornaments!!  So I decided to try and make them using hand cut circles (I traced 2 plates) and some of the ephemera from the kit!  Of course the bow was perfect, but I was struggling to handcut the other bow when I realized if I turned the scarf included in my kit upside down it worked for the top of the ornament!! I love how this layout turned out, it's not my usual style and so I had a lot of fun playing around with this sketch and kit!!  Don't forget to hop on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog and The ScrapRoom blog to see what other amazing layouts the DT's have created with this kit and this sketch!!  Happy creating!! 

Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash 2020 ~ December edition!

Happy December!!! This means 2020 is almost over!! Yay!!  I know you are as ready as I am for a fresh new start!! So let's kick off this month right with a new edition of Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash!  It's our last month so let's finish strong!!!  

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 using 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 December challenge:

Here are the rules:

This month we will create 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 chipboard!!!

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

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!  We also hope you will 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 is my kit using the December prompts:

This month Lori & I decided we had several Stash Bash kits we had not really used as much as we would have liked...because well...LIFE!  So we decided for December we would go back through all the kits we have had for 2020 and pick out a kit for December from those untouched papers!!  So we get another chance to use up these papers!! Yay!

For my kit this month I made 2 mini kits:

For kit #1 I used papers from Echo Park Just Be You, Dear Lizzy She's Magic, PinkFresh Studios Everyday Musings and CTMH Celebrate Mix In.  The scraps are from PhotoPlay Free Bird Line and the stickers are from the Pebbles Homemade and PhotoPlay Free Bird lines!  What a fun kit, I love these stickers!  

Kit #2:

For this fun kit I chose papers from Pink Paislee Cedar Lane and Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go.  The scraps are from Fancy Pants Cherry on Top & Pink Paislee Cedar Lane.  The stickers are from Carta Bella Oh Happy Day, Pink Paislee Cedar Lane & Simple Stories DIY.  I also threw in some random wood veneers from various collections.

These are all the embellishments I have selected for this month:

Here is the chipboard I have selected for this month based on our stash item for December:

This chipboard is from PinkFresh Studios Everyday Musings (frames) and My Favorite Story (buttons).  The chipboard letters are from American Craft Thickers.  

I am super excited to dig into my fun kit this month!! I hope you will join me and Lori as we endeavor to bash some stash this month!  Remember if you play along make sure and use the #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2020.  I can't wait to see your kit!  Lori & I are still planning to do this challenge in 2021!!  If you have any suggestions on things you would like to see drop us a comment!!  Happy creating!!