Challenge #103 - Challenge YOUrself Blog -" FAMILY "

Hi everyone!  I hope this post finds you and your family well!  Today our family is off on an adventure! We are driving from NJ to Cleveland, OH to attend the wedding of our nephew this weekend!  We rented a large van and 7 of us are driving out there!!

Spending time, and taking adventures with my family is one of life's best BLESSINGS! 

I love the prompt for this month's Challenge YOUrself Blog!  

Life to me is ALL ABOUT FAMILY!

I selected a photo of my parents, husband, 2 sons and me from our 2015 Disney Cruise to Alaska!  This photo was taken one of our excursions. The color of the lake is amazing and we will never forget all of the wonderful memories we made on this trip!

I used the beautiful Vicki Boutin's Fernwood Collection for this layout.  

I even had some fun and used my sewing machine!

Thanks for stopping by!  

I hope I've inspired you to play along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog!

I can't wait to see what YOU create!!

Stay Safe, Be Well, LOVE your Family!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Sense of Humor Required - MLSS Challenge #2 "GREEN"

 I have so much fun being a part of the My Little Scrapbook Store Design Team!  All of the Designers are so talented and sweet. We all help and encourage each other and have so much fun planning the On-line Crops that Michelle, the owner of the store hosts for her customers for FREE!  It is a weekend full of challenges, creativity, Designer Live Videos, even some Scrap and Chat Rooms with the Designers and anyone who wants to join in!  Check out the Facebook Page where you can join in the next one, and also be sure to check out the sweet On-line Scrappy Store for some beautiful products and maybe even join in one of her Live Sale Events!  So Much FUN!
There are usually around 20 challenges for your inspiration, and you can post your layouts for a chance to be randomly picked to WIN store gift certificates! This and my next few posts will be layouts I've made for some of the challenges.

Challenge #2 

Use Green as the main color in your layout:

You can check out the replay of my Facebook Live Event HERE - where you can see my process video of how this layout came together:

Challenge #2 

Use Green as the main color in your layout - I used lots of GREEN - a whole bunch of sequins and even sewed on my layout.  99.9% of the items uses are from Vicki Boutin's Color Study!  LOVE IT!

Here are some close ups:

A little back story: 

I chose this chipboard sticker as it was perfect for the photo. My husband and I happened to be in North Carolina in this photo, as we traveled there for his dear sister's funeral.  His sister Donna was my age, and had some medical issues but her passing was a shock and unexpected.  We had to go into a store to get a few things and saw these St. Patrick Day hats and tried them on - I think it is something that Donna would have done too - so we found a little something to make us smile, on a very sad weekend.

Stay Safe ~ Be Well ~ and HUG your loved ones with your arms or your words everyday!

My ((HUGS)) to you too!

Sherri

Guest Designer for April for ArchiScraps Blot - SEW FUN!

There is a FUN and Colorful Challenge Blog that I have been playing along with recently.  The Blog is called Archi-scraps, and they are located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . If you like a good challenge, you should check them out and play along too!

I'm SUPER EXCITED to have been selected to be their April Guest Designer and I'm thankful for the honor!! Their challenges are quite unique, and mainly consist of one word, and an inspiration photo.  This really leaves room for your own interpretation, and makes it all quite FUN!

The Challenge for April is to make a layout or card featuring sewing (hand or machine) and using the photo below for inspiration.

I used the colors GREEN and ORANGE as inspiration from the photo, and did all my sewing by hand.  

Here is my Layout:

As you can see in the journaling on the tag, hubby and I were on the Jungle Cruise, at Disneyland in these photos.  I hand stitched a design along the top and bottom of the layout, as well as added 2 lines of stitching and added some beads above and below the photos.  Lots of GREEN and ORANGE! I really wanted to give this layout a "JUNGLE" feel!

Here are some close ups for you!

Here is a close up of the stitching and I am loving that AWESOME title!  It is from a set of Dear Lizzy  - "Hello" Thickers

Here is a close up of the beading, and some of the embellishments near the top right of the layout.

Of course I had to add a not so hidden "hidden Mickey" on the layout - after all, we were in Disneyland!  Love that sweet little tag that I covered with 3 different washi tapes!

Here is a close up of all the layers, tearing and stitching.  I did use a plastic guide, and first punched the holes of the stitched design into the paper, and then got busy sewing!

Love the 3D pop moth embellishment, and another close up of the stitching.

Here you can see another close up of the beading along with a few stitches that I added to the burlap.  I fussy cut the leaves out of a scrap of patterned paper that I had and layered them with pop dots to give them dimension.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please take a peek over at the Archi-scraps Blog, and check out the full info on the challenge, along with lots more inspiration from the Design Team members there!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items used:
Dear Lizzy Thickers - "Hello"
BoBunny Zoology "Wild Thing"
BoBunny Kiwi Journal
Basic Grey - Curio / General Store
Cardstock
Pink Paislee - Butterfly Garden  - Clear Pops
Fabric Palette - Jute Burlap Toile
Jillybean Soup - Wood Sprinkles
Art-C Bead Mix - Natural
Gems, Washi Tape, Embroidery Thread