My Little Scrapbook Store 52 Week Challenges!! Week 3

 Hi again my Scrappy Friends!

This year, My Little Scrapbook Store is hosting a 

52 Week Scrapbook Challenge!

We will be posting the challenges at the beginning of each month, and you have until January 2024 to complete your entries!  You can find out all the info and details on how you can play along, when you join the My Little Scrapbook Store Online Crops Facebook Page - Please come join us and play along!!!

Here are the January Challenge prompts:

I've completed 3 of the January Challenges so far - and I am excited to share them with you:

Here is my layout for Challenge 3:

A photo of a cosmo I enjoyed on New Year's Eve

I used the "Pour Decisions" collection from Wild Whisper - that I purchased in a Happy Scrappy Bag from My Little Scrapbook Store along with a Martini Glass Stencil and some purple velvet paper glaze.
I splattered it with some Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays and tucked a journaling card behind the photo too.
I used 3 pieces of flair to meet the circle part of this challenge.

Here are some close ups for you.

If you have never purchased from My Little Scrapbook Store, you can use my discount code  SHERRIREF and will receive 10% off your entire FIRST order!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join us over at the MLSS Online Crops Page
and play along with us!
 I'll be sharing my other layouts in upcoming posts!
Stay Safe and Be Well
((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Challenge YOUrself Blog #97 - "Team Turkey"

Hello everyone!!  Happy New Year!! Wishing YOU and your families a very Happy and Healthy 2022!
It is time for the first Challenge of the year from the Challenge YOUrself Blog!! Below are the details:

This was a fun challenge and I used a photo of my wonderful Dad and I from this past Thanksgiving.

2021 was a very difficult year for my family, with my husband's heart attack in August, but we are blessed with his continued healing and improvement. We had SO MUCH to be THANKFUL for this Thanksgiving!

Here is my Design Team inspiration layout for you:

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday!  I love hosting it and cooking all of our traditional favorite foods. Dad and I are always "in charge" of the Thanksgiving Turkey. I cook it and he carves it!

Hear are a few close ups for you:

I fussy cut a bunch of leaves from one of the papers in the collection, and matted some of the stickers on a brown cardstock. I inked all of the edges of the papers and embellishments.

I used 3 pieces of Flair from Dotty About Flair on the page and added some fuzzy fiber behind and around them. You can also see how I splattered the Ranger Distress Sprays over the layout, before adding my photo. I love the way that technique looks, and it is fun to do too!

Here you can see 2 more pieces of DAF Flair, along with the journaling card I have tucked in the pocket I made behind the photo.

I am entering this layout in the Lasting Memories #580 Challenge - New Beginnings - Add a Pocket to your layout.

I love adding a pocket behind my photos to create a place for hidden journaling and an added layer of depth.

I am also entering this layout in the Dotty About Flair Facebook December Happy Holidays Dec 30th Challenge "All about the Papers" - using a sketch, at least 8 papers/cardstock, Teal, Black and Butterflies.

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope you join in on the Challenge YOUrself Challenge and can't wait to see what you create!

Stay Safe / Be Well / Wear a Mask! 

((Hugs) ~ Sherri

Items used:

Carta Bella Our House Collection:

Black Gingham

Country Floral

Home Sweet Home

Baking Time

3x4 Journaling Cards

Element Stickers

Brown Cardstock

Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays - Salvaged Patina, Crackling Campfire

Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Ranger Distress Stain - Picket Fence, Black Soot

Mr. Huey's Colormist - Gold

Wooden Hearts

Twine

Dotty About Flair - Flair

Pink Fresh - Metallic Gold Pearls

Thickers - Avenue

 

Cocoa Vanilla "Daydream" ~ Together

 Hello Scrappy Friends!!

I want to share a layout I made for Dotty About Flair's December 7th Challenge - the prompts are Banners, Stars, Cut File (or Die Cuts.) I made the BANNER using baker's twine and some paper embellishments.  

I used the beautiful Cocoa Vanilla "Daydream" Collection to scrapbook a photo of my hubby and I when we were in Massachusetts.  If you missed out on this beautiful collection, you can click on the link in the name above, to grab some before it is all gone!!

For the STARS I used the fun Vicki Boutin Flower Stencil along with her Creativefx Gold Glaze. I really think they look like Starbursts don't you?!

Here are some close ups for you:

Here is a close up of the Banner and the stenciled Stars - and some Die Cuts too! I also splattered some Ranger Distress Spray on the layout too!

I used lots of DIE CUTS from this beautiful collection.

and of course - I added the perfect colored piece of Dotty About Flair too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope I've inspired you to create and play along!

Be Well, and Stay Safe!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Back in the Day!

Hello Scrappy Friends - this is my Design Team Layout for the My Little Scrapbook Stores "Camp Scrap-a-lot" Online Crop - Challenge #17 - "Off Roading" - You have to use BROWN for your layout - Kraft or Brown Papers, Embellishments, anything brown on your project!

I couldn't wait to use the AWESOME Ciao Bella "The Seventies" Collection from My Little Scrapbook Store - and I thought it went perfectly for this BROWN Challenge and with these photos of my Mom, Brother and I from 1971! My Dad and his friends purchased this BROWN very "vintage" trailer in New York State, that we all used as a vacation get-a-way, and the Dads used it as a hunting "cabin." It was one of those metal trailers with the rounded ends. I'm not sure if it was an Airstream - but I do know it was really small! We made lots of fun memories there - that's for sure!

I started with a piece of Kraft paper for my base, and used 2 Vicki Boutin stencils and some Ranger Distress Vintage Photo Ink, and Ranger Distress Oxide Inks in Mustard Seed and Wild Honey.

I am also entering this into the Dotty About Flair Facebook Page Challenge #20 - Collaboration with the Scrap Squad Facebook Page,

and their DAF Scraplift Collaboration Challenge using this layout as inspiration - 

I used an awesome Dotty About Flair on my layout too!

Here are a few close ups for you:

Here is the base page after I finished stenciling, and where I started to add layers and build my layout.

Here is a close up of all the "FUN" stuff - can you spot the avocados? And how cute is that camera charm - and don't forget about that COOL orange DAF Flair with the hearts!

I loved the little Avocados in the Picket Fence Sequin Mix, and I fussy cut that Retro Toaster and popped it on the page!

No "70's" Layout would be complete without a PEACE sign -Right!?!
And can I just say - How COOL was I with that animal print coat, with the big buckle and those ponytails!! - I was 10 yrs old in this photo, and my little brother was 8.  My Beautiful Mom was just 28, with that cool wig and those big sunglasses!!

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope I've encouraged you to play along with any of these challenges!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri
Take Care and Be Safe!
I'd LOVE for you to leave me a comment and follow along with my Blog!

Items Used:

Ciao Bella  - The Seventies Collection

Kraft Paper

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adage Tickets

Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type Stickers

Vicki Boutin Color Study Bubble Stencils

7 Gypsies Tag 

Washi Tape

Little Birdie Beaded Micro Petals - Vintage and Burlap Beaded Fancies -Natural

Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Ranger Distress Oxide Inks - Mustard Seed, Wild Honey

Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Vintage Photo

Ranger Distress Spray - Tarnished Brass

Dotty About Flair - Orange Flair

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Dirty Bronze

Picket Fence - Sands of Time Gem Mix

Picket Fence - Avocado Toast Sequin Mix

Sequins and Twine

60 Years of Love!

Hello Scrappy Friends,

Here is my take on 2 FUN Facebook Challenges -

First, I'm playing along with My Little Scrapbook Stores - Scrapbook Layouts and More - August "Rachel's Recipe" Challenge

I am also adding this layout to the Dotty About Flair's Challenge #4 "Let's Celebrate" Birthday Challenge:

Here is my take on the 2 challenges - I've scrapped 2 photos of my parents at a special dinner we had, while away on a wonderful weekend to celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary.

If you look closely at the photos, you can see the buttons I had made for them to wear with their wedding photo on them!

I love this beautiful Simple Stories Ancestry Collection and thought it worked perfectly for these photos!!

For the MLSS Recipe Challenge - I used: Nuvo Drops, Mixed Media, Floral Patterned Paper, Puffy Stickers and Inked Edges.

For the DAF #4 "Celebration" Challenge - I used a photo of my wonderful parent's Anniversary celebration, a yellow base page and yellow flowers and embellishments - and also 3 fun pieces of DAF FLAIR!

Here are a few photos showing how I created the base page:

I used a stencil from Little Birdie Studios with a script design

I sprayed it with 3 Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays - Vintage Photo, Speckled Egg, Crackling Campfire.  I wasn't happy with how it left the big rectangle, so I took the stencil that still had the wet spray on the top of it, spritzed it with a little water, and used the smoosh technique over the rectangle.

I also added a few more spritz of the Oxide sprays, and a few splatters too. I then cleaned the stencil and used Black Soot Ink and added the black script here and there.

Here is where I started to design the layout and see where I wanted to place the photos.  I distressed and inked the edges of the double mats on the base page and the smaller photo.

Here are some close ups for you:

I really appreciate you stopping by and am thankful if you've read this post to this point!  I hope I've inspired you to play along with both challenges and I'd love it if you would leave me a comment and let me know where you are from - and how you are doing!

((HUGS))  Take Care and Be Well ~ Sherri

Items used:

Simple Stories Ancestry Collection - papers, stickers, Thickers, ephemera

Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Vintage Photo, Speckled Egg, Crackling Campfire

Picket Fence Gem Mix - Sands of Time and Day and Night

Dotty About Flair - Color Study Collection

Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot and Vintage Photo

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Ebony Black, Honey Gold, English Mustard

Thread

Cardstock

Littly Birdie Stencil - Script Design

Challenge YOURself Challenge #92 “Girl’s Weekend”

Hi Scrappy Friends! 
I want to share a layout I created for the Challenge YOURself Blog. This month we are asking you to create a layout which a photo of YOU and something you do for self care. 

One of my favorite “treats” that I do for myself is to spend a weekend away scrapbooking with my friends!

I am using 2 photos from a "Roaring 20's" weekend scrapbook get-a-way with my friends Marianne and Tracey. The last big retreat we attended before Covid. It was at the end of January 2020. 

I was inspired by Challenge #22 for the My Little Scrapbook Store’s online crop and used this sketch, along with the very FUN Cute and Craft Collection from Doodlebug from MLSS's Website!!! 

and I am also entering this in the Dotty About Flair Facebook Page Challenge #5 - Sam's Tic Tac Toe Challenge - I used Ephemera/DAF Flair and Patterned Paper.

and here is my layout:

This is my FIRST ever Doodlebug product layout!  I am loving the colors and accessories for the Cute and Crafty Collection! I thought was perfect collection to use to document this FUN Scrappy Weekend with my friends! 

Here are some close ups for you:

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope I've inspired you to play along with all of these FUN challenges!!

Take care and be well!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items used:

Doodlebug Design Cute and Crafty Collection:

7285 - Colorful Canvas, 7277 - Cute and Crafty, Odds and Ends Diecuts

DoodlePop - Crafty Caddy

Shape Sprinkles - "Love this!"

Ranger Distress Stains  - Black Soot, Picket Fence, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry

Feathers, 

Thickers - "Honey"

Pink and Main Unicorn Pearls

You Color My World

Hello everyone!  I want to share a fun layout I made using Vicki Boutin’s BEAUTIFUL Color Study collection!   I was inspired by a layout I saw that Shemille made on one of her Monday night lives! 

I thought the photos that I took of my husband and sons at a cute poke restaurant we ate in while in Newburyport, MA on a trip we took in June, would be perfect! 

This is my Design Team inspiration layout for My Little Scrapbook Store’s Online Crop Facebook Group Challenge #16 - “Let’s Go CAMPing” - using something on your layout that begins with each of the letters in the word CAMP. 

I used: C - Cardstock, Camera, A- Arrow, Ant, M - Mushroom, P -Pear, Popsicle, Pineapple, Pencils 

*If you are loving this great collection - you can purchase yours at the My Little Scrapbook Store Website.

I’m also entertaining this layout into Challenge #10 - “Rainbow of Colours ” on the Dotty About Flair Facebook page - using a rainbow of colors and a long title.  Photo Op and LOLO POKE -that is the name of the restaurant we went to.   I also used 3 pieces of DAF Color Study collection flair! ( If you LOVE Flair - check out this page - so much FUN and inspiration there too!)

I had so much fun creating this layout and love all the bits and pieces that I added. I hope I’ve encouraged you to check out both fun Facebook groups and play along with the challenges! 

Here are some process photos and close ups for you- 

I cut up the Color Wheel page from the collection and inked all of the edges with Ranger Distress Stains

I then layered the on overlapping each other - and added a piece of the New Ideas page from the collection to the bottom right corner.

And then the FUN began - I was lucky to be at a weekend crop with some good friends, who helped and contributed to all the "stuff" I added - based on the color on that part of the wheel!

Here is  a little "Scavenger Hunt" for you - 

Can you find the following items?:

A Stamp, a Pear, a Fox, an Egg, an Avocado, a piece of Toast, 4 Cameras, an Ant, 2 Feathers, 13 Hearts, a Cardinal, a Pineapple, 3 Arrows, a Bow, a Lime, a #, a Cassette Tape, and a Lady Bug??

Comment below if you found them all!!

Thanks for stopping by! Take Care and Stay Safe

((HUGS)) ~Sherri