Challenge Yourself #71 - Let's Fla-mingle! Weekend Scrappy Crop with Friends

What an awesome theme for this month's inspiration from the Challenge YOUrself Blog!

We'd love for you to join us this month! 

Just be sure to include YOU in one of your photos! 

Rules, Prize Info and more inspiration can be found on the Challenge YOUrself Blog!

Here is my Design Team Inspiration layout for you:

Love all of these ladies and the friendships we have formed over the years while sharing our love of scrapbooking! This was at a weekend crop last July hosted by an awesome Mom and Daughter on-line Scrapbook store "The Doo" as we lovingly call it - Be sure to check out Scrap-a-Doodle Doo for all your scrapbooking needs.  The flamingo and custom title Die-cut were made by "Mama Doodle!" Check out her custom Die-cuts HERE too!

Happy November to you!  Wishing you a great Thanksgiving, and hoping you will find some time for YOU this month! Be sure to take some time and get scrappy with it and don't forget to stop by the Challenge YOUrself Blog for more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!  ~ (((HUGS)) Sherri

Items Used:

American Craft - Dear Lizzy "Fine and Dandy" -Stay Wild

                          - The Color of Memories

Paper House - Colorways - Flamingo Collection

Sequins, Feathers

Ranger Distress Stains - Picket Fence, Picked Raspberries

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Ebony Black

Custom Die Cut by Scrap-a-Doodle Doo

Challenge YOUrself #20 -DOUBLE Challenge!!

Hi everyone!  It is time for the JULY Challenge over at the Challenge YOUrself Blog!!  This month we have a "DOUBLE" Challenge for YOUr Scrappy Pleasure!!  Not only is there an AWESOME Sketch, we are throwing a little spin on it, and adding another Challenge "Ingredient!"  We are asking you to incorporate 3 of the 4 colors shown next to the sketch.

Click HERE for full details, and see the sketch and the colors below. I really hope you will play along with us this month!! You could WIN a great Heidi Swapp PRIZE too!

and here is my Design Team Layout for your Inspiration!

I love the added color combo challenge! I happened to have purchased the perfect papers for it, just before we went away on vacation.  I think the "Indian" theme of the papers works great with the "Selfie" shots we took when visiting the Totem Poles while in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC last month -don't you?!!

Here are a few close ups for you:

I used my new Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain "Fossilized Amber," on the wooden embellishments, to make them "pop" and to tie in with the "Yellow" color for the Challenge.

Keeping with the "feather" theme of this paperline - I used my  Spellbinders "Feathers" Die to cut out some feathers and added them with 3D Pop Dots, to add some dimension to the layout.

I punched holes in a journaling card, and tied some fibers through them - I think it added some fun texture.

It was our first time in Vancouver, and we were only there for a day before and a day after our Disney Wonder Alaska Cruise.  I have to say, the city was BEAUTIFUL, very very clean, and everyone was super friendly.

Items used:
Paper: Scrapbook Customs: Tribal Feathers and Grey Pattern / Stripes and Squared / Arrow and Blue Arrows / Lines and Grey Arrows
Black, Pink, Yellow and Blue Cardstock
Fibers from my Stash
Wood Veneer "Vacay" from Heidi Swapp
Black Marker
Ranger Distressed Stains:  Fossilized Amber / Peacock Feather / Hickory Smoke

Thanks for stopping by!  I would love to hear from you - and would love it even more if you played along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog!

(((HUGS))) ~ Sherri

My SBC DT Inspiration Sketch # 396

Hello my Bloggy friends!   I hope this post finds you all very well, and enjoying this lovely warmer summer weather!

I am excited to share my FIRST Scrapbook Challenges Design Team Inspiration Layout with you!!

This is the SKETCH for Challenge # 396 -

You can find out all the information on how to play along/enter, over on the SBC BLOG.  CLICK on SKETCH #396 to be take over to the Scrapbook Challenges Blog, to see all of the DT's BEAUTIFUL Submissions for your INSPIRATION - we really hope you will play along!



As you can see - this month's sketch was actually a 2 pager - and I opted to just focus on the Left Side - that's the FUN thing about SBC Sketches and Challenges - there are SO MANY WAYS to CREATE and make them your own too!!

Here is my take on SKETCH #396  

I decided that the LEFT side of this 2 page sketch "spoke" to me more than the right side and created a 1 page layout for my DT Inspiration.  ( Yes, you are "allowed" to create/enter a 1 page from a 2 page sketch - or a 2 page layout from a 1 page sketch, for that matter - when playing along!)

The large 8x10 photo size is what drew me to the left side - as I have lots of photos from our Disney Cruises left to scrap ( I will NEVER be caught up!)   The photo I used was from Pirate Night, on our 14 night, October 2012 30th Anniversary Cruise on The Disney Wonder to Hawaii!!  ( more details / info to follow on this sketch later this month - watch for it! )


Please visit the SBC Blog - you can also create an account on their Gallery Tab - and share all of your Scrappy Creations with us too!

HAPPY SCRAPPING!
~Sherri

Kissing Daisy!

Here is a layout I made earlier this month.   It highlights photos from my 50th Birthday Trip to WDW, in Sept of 2011 - yes, I know - I am and will ALWAYS be "BEHIND" in my scrapping!!  I am not a chronological scrapper - I work on whatever photos / memories "call to me!" LOL!

These photos make me laugh!  Daisy wanted nothing to do with me at first and was flirting with my hubby Phil something awful!! LOL! - We were happy to be able to see Daisy too - as in past trips to WDW, Daisy's always been "kind of shy" and hard to find.  ( Yes, I LOVE WDW and all the MAGIC and PIXIE DUST it brings with it!!)


I also LOVE to MIX IT UP when scrapping and this Layout incorporates patterned papers and elements from many different manufacturers and includes lots of different textures.  I hope you like it!

 

 

All of the products used on this layout were purchased at SCRAP-A-DOODLE DOO, in Ramsey, NJ - you can purchase from them ON LINE TOO!

 

I used 3 different shades of pink Bazzill cardstock to mat my photos and the entire layout, and 2 of them were Swiss Dot.

 

All of the edges were inked with Ranger Distress Stain, in either Peacock Feathers or Picked Raspberry.

 

I love the Teal Punchinella -don't you?

 

The papers used were from My Mind's Eye - My Girl "Fancy Free" and "Multi Plaid," along with Remininsce "Magical Princess."

 

I added feathers from Bella Blvd, and the wooden embellishment is from Studio Calico. 

 

Add to that some Teal and Pink Bling (which I grouped in 3's to make Mickey heads,) a few flowers, and some Teal Thickers - and there you have it.

 

So try "mixing it up" when you are creating your next layout - it's LOTS OF FUN!

 

Happy Scrappin' !!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Prima Romantique Layout GIVE-A-WAY!!

UPDATE - APRIL 9th, 2013 
THIS POST has now received OVER 400 hits since it was published last month!!!  Since it seems like many of you LIKE it - I've got a SPECIAL SURPRISE for you -  Head on over to my BLOG POST for my Local Scrapbook Store - Scrap-a-Doodle Doo, in Ramsey, NJ to find out how you can WIN!!
There is a FULL photo of this layout and another FREEBIE for you too!

And -please be sure to become a FOLLOWER of my BLOG - if you don't want to miss out on any future SURPRISES / Challenges and GIVE-A-WAYS TOO!!

PS -I'd love to hear from you -PLEASE take a minute to add a comment on this post, and let me know you were here :-) 

What are you waiting for? 
Head over to THE DOO's BLOG and see how you can WIN!

Thanks - ((HUGS))~ Sherri

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Hi everyone! Sherri here, inviting you to my next class

at Scrap-a-Doodle Doo!

 

When? Saturday, March 23rd 11:30AM to 1:30PM

Where? Scrap-a-Doodle Doo! (of course!)

37 C Swan Street

Ramsey, NJ

Cost: $25.00

SEATING is LIMITED and going fast - (only 3 seats/kits left!) So please CALL the Store at 201-818-7060 to reserve yours, OR -you can Sign Up through MEET UP by Clicking HERE! or

on the DOO's WEBSITE HERE!

Here is the FIRST Sneak Peek:

This 1 page 12x12 Layout features BEAUTIFUL Papers from Prima's Romantique Collection!

We will create lots of layers with this VERY VINTAGE Paper collection from PRIMA, and will use Tim Holtz's Tattered Flower and Autumn Gatherings dies to create a Fab-u-lous Flower and cute little leaves adding lots of dimension to this layout.

Distressing and accents will be created using Ranger Distress Stains, and I AM IN LOVE with the BEAUTIFUL and "TRENDY" Bella Blvd Green Feather! HOTNESS!

Lately, I seem to try to use the Unique and Versatile May Arts Web Weave Ribbon, when ever I can, and love the texture it adds to this layout! To soften it up and give it a little SPARKLE - we will spray a Paper Doily with GLIMMER MIST (surprise! surprise!), and even WATER DISTRESS a few corners for more texture and visual interest!

AND... I can't wait to show you what to do with another TRENDY and "Happening" product.... BAKERS TWINE!! - another one of my new "FAVS!" To top it off, we will add a couple of VINTAGE brass buttons too!

Here is your 2nd Sneak Peek -

The double photo mat will hold a 4 x 6 Vertical Photo.

 I hope you can join me!

If you can't make it - there may be KITS to GO available - but please check with the store as these are limited in quantity too!
7 Seats/kits are already spoken for - 
Please call the store at 201 818 7060 to reserve yours -before they are all gone! :-)

THANKS for stopping by!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Shh.... What Hubby doesn't know.....

....won't hurt him!  LOL!!  Shhhh... my scrappy friends!!

These are the type of posts that make me glad my Hubby

(as wonderful as he is ) ~ doesn't read BLOGS!!

After all, he is not a scrapper or a blogger - AND really he is very supportive of my "Habit!" - BUT -as the saying goes - "What he doesn't know, won't hurt him !" ~ Right ladies!!!!!

Why am I THANKFUL that he is not a Blog "Follower" you might ask?

Well.... because I happened to visit my FAVORITE Local Scrapbook Store this weekend - that is Scrap-a-Doodle Doo, in Ramsey, NJ my friends!!!

Oh, and if you aren't lucky enough to live nearby - then you can also find all these goodies at their

ON LINE STORE - just CLICK HERE!!

AND - because I just happened to arrive as they were unloading OODLES of GOODIES of all the NEW CHA Releases I got some GREAT STUFF!!

OH MY!! Just take a look at my latest Scrap Haul and you will know why I am glad Hubby is not "into" Blogs!!

LOOKIE!! LOOKIE!! All those GOODIES!!

This pile of SCRAPPY GOODNESS contains some of my FAVORITE products from some of my FAVORITE Manufactures!!

* If you click on the highlighted words below - the "wonderful world wide web" will take you right to the webpage where they are posted on the Scrap-a-Doodle Doo Store Webpage!!  where you can pick up some of this scrappy goodness for your projects!

FIRST OFF - FEATHERS!!!!!  (Go ahead, Say it like OPRAH was introducing them on her show please!! ) These are from BELLA BLVD and they ARE SO HOT and my new found LOVE / ok - OBESSSION! -I'm planning my next class at THE DOO on 3/23 and YES! I will include one of these AWESOME embellies!!  So,  I couldn't decide on the color I wanted -so YUP - I picked up 6 different packs  ( Shhh!! Don't tell!)

And.. LOOK at the HOT NEW Chippies from THE DUSTY ATTIC!!  Especially at those adorable little bricks!! I can't wait to use them!!

and the BEAUTIFUL BoBunny MamaRazzi2 Paper Pack and Chipboard Pack! Every Scrappin' Mama needs this collection!

Oh - how about the Teresa Collins Far and Away Collection!!!  SERIOUSLY!!   Be still my Scrappy Heart!! I can't wait to use this collection - LOVE the colors and Teresa's Style!!

And yes, I just had to have the Maya Road Kraft Envelopes - I've got some great plans and journaling notes to put in those babies!!

So, please, DON'T TELL MY HUBBY and STOP by THE DOO, either in person or on line and take advantage of the great sales they have on their in stock items, or on the BRAND NEW items arriving that were introduced at CHA - and GET SCRAPPY!!

(((HUGS!))) ~ Sherri