Costume Contest - Challenge #106 - from the Challenge YOUrself Blog

 Hello Scrappy Friends!  Happy October!!  Can you believe we are almost through 2022??!!

Today I am sharing my Design Team Inspiration Layout for the Challenge YOUrself Blog.

This month, we are providing you with this awesome and FUN sketch - *It doesn't have to be about Halloween - and please be sure to visit the CY Blog to see all the great layouts the rest of the Design Team created!!

I decided to scrap a selfie I took last year, when I organized a virtual Halloween Happy Hour for our Sales Team at work!  I sent special Halloween Cookies out to everyone's home, and decorated my office with some ceramic pieces that I made - about 30 years ago! Everyone had a great time and I was voted as 2nd place! 

I had lots of fun using a stencil and stamps, some fussy cutting, splattering and blowing some of the mica stain around to make some creepy purple lines!

Here are some close ups for you:

I hope I've inspired you to play along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog this month! It is a really fun sketch.  Head on over to the CY Blog for more inspiration and check out the challenge rules and this month's prize!  I hope you play along with us!

I am also playing along with the October Challenge from the More Than Words Challenges Facebook Page!

or check out their BLOG too!

The Prompts are "Strange" and "Get Inky!"

Check their page out - lots of FUN stuff going on there!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
I'd love it if you left a comment.

Have a HAPPY Halloween!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items used:

Papers:  Vicki Boutin's Mixed Media Foundation Paper

Doodle Bug Designs - "Pumpkin Party" Collection

-Itsy Bitsy Spider and Party Pinwheels

BoBunny - "Back to Basics" - Tangerine Beadboard

Echo Park - "Chillingsworth Manor"

- Apothecary Labels

Vicki Boutin Sweet Rush Stencil

Ranger Distress Inks : Villanous Potion, Twisted Citron, Ripe Persimon, Squeezed Lemonade

Ranger Distress Mica Sprays: Wicked Elixir, Fortune Teller

Ranger Distress Oxide Spray: Mustard Seed

Close to my Heart - Wicked Stamp Set S1108

Baker's Twine

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

SOS Blog Feb Sketch Challenge - "Rum Swizzle!"

Hi there Scrappy Friends!! 

It's time for our 2nd challenge of the month at the Scrap Our Stash Blog!  This time, we are giving you a great sketch for your inspiration, and asking you to also include WASHI TAPE and POLKA DOT paper from your Stash!!

Here is the sketch:

and here is my layout for your inspiration:

I used photos taken on our first cruise to Bermuda this past October where we celebrated our 37th Wedding Anniversary.  We took a tour of the island on our anniversary, and had an awesome lunch and a famous "RUM SWIZZLE" at the White Horse Inn in St. George.

Here are a few close-ups for you:

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will find some time this month and play along with us at the Scrap Our Stash Blog! Be sure to stop by the Scrap Our Stash Blog for lots more inspiration from our amazing Design Team!
I can't wait to see what you create!!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items used:

Jen Hadfield - Patio Party - Mocktails
Simple Stories - Crafty Girl - Craft Night
Lawn Fawn - Really Rainbow -Ruby Red 
Doodle Bug Designs - Petite Prints - Cherry Dot/Stripe (polka dot base)
Ranger Distress Stains - Picket Fence, Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberries
Washi Tape
Enamel Dots
Chipboard elements
Thickers

SOS February Challenge "Like Fine Wine....."

Are you ready for a SUPER FUN NEW Challenge!!  This month, the Scrap Our Stash Team is asking you to "Celebrate a Spunky Old Broad!" LOL!!!  Create a layout about you, or another woman you know, age 50 or older, who believes it it never too late to do whatever she wants to do! - Just be sure to use the slogan somewhere on your layout: 

"Like fine wine, women get better with age"

I used a photo of my beautiful mom and me - we are BOTH over 50 - and here we are celebrating New Year's Eve 2019!!  I am blessed to also call my Mom my Best Friend - and next door neighbor too! She has taught me so many wonderful life lessons, like  - what LOVE is, FAMILY is the most important thing in life, Always DO YOUR BEST, BE KIND to others,  TRUST in GOD, LIVE your life to the FULLEST!

I LOVE this OH HAPPY DAY Collection from Simple Stories!
The colors are so FUN!

Here are some close ups for you:

OK - Please leave a comment if you see what is wrong with this close up..... I scrapped this at a girls weekend crop, and it must have been one of the late nights when I added it!!  -I'll have to creatively fix it now that it just popped out at me with this photo! LOL!

LOVE LOVE LOVE that cute llama - but my mistake carried over to this close up too!! 
Oh Dear Me!!

This camera was so awesome that I had to fussy cut it out of one of the 4x6 cards in the collection - I then used Wink of Stella Black and Clear to give the lens a little sparkle!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I am so glad you did!
I hope you find some time to play along with us this month at the Scrap Our Stash Blog!!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items used:

Simple Stories - "Oh Happy Day" Collections -

  Stay Sharp

  Wild and Free

  Oh Hello

  Combo Cardstock Stickers

  Bits and Pieces

  Chipboard Stickers

Doodlebug Designs - Bubble Gum Dot / Stripe

Jillibean Soup - Birthday Bisque -Mini Alphas

Washi Tape

Ranger Distress Stains - Picket Fence, Evergreen Bough, Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberries, Twisted Citron

Wink of Stella, Black and Clear brushes

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Ebony

Scrap Our Stash Nov Cartoon and Sketch Challenge - Flamingling with Friends!

This month's Cartoon and Sketch Challenge from the Scrap Our Stash Blog 

is a super cute one!

See the challenge below, and stop by the Scrap Our Stash Blog for Rules, Prize info, more inspiration and to link your submission - I hope you can play along with us!

Here is my Design Team Layout for your Inspiration:

 Love this fun photo of my friends and me at a scrapbook weekend crop - the theme was "Let's Flamingle" ~ Needless to say - we did and had a blast!  For the "Fruit" part of the challenge - there is a piece of pineapple and a cherry on the drink embellishment that I used on my tag.

Here are some close-ups for you:

 Love this flamingo paper!!

Thanks for stopping by - I hope I've inspired you to play along with us at the Scrap Our Stash Blog - I can't wait to see what you come up with!!

(((HUGS)))~ Sherri

Items used:

Pebbles - Sunshiny Days - Pink Flamingos

My Mind's Eye - Confetti

   "Surprise" - Cousins -Diagonal Stripes / Green Paper

   "Surprise" - Summer Dots / Summer Stripes

   "Adorbs" - Story Recollect paper

Doodle Bug Designs -Tropical Shapes Sprinkles

Craft Smart Bookmark

Thickers - "Colorful"

Washi Tape

Sequins and Bling

Ranger Distress Stains - Picked Raspberries, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint