Challenge YOUrself #111 - "Play Ball!" - Sports themed layout!

 Hello Scrappy Friends!!

I hope all is well with you!  This month the challenge over at the Challenge YOUrself Blog is to create a sports themed layout - and be sure to included YOU in your layout!!!

I decided to scrap this photo of my hubby and me at a minor league baseball game, taken on August 7, 2015!!

Here is my Design Team Layout for your inspiration:

This is the first time I've ever used a die cut!!  I purchased this Bella Blvd die cut kit from My Little Scrapbook Store and I have to say - it was so much FUN!!  I love how it turned out and can't wait to use one of the others in the kit!!

I used patterned papers and embellishments from Vicki Boutin's fabulous PRINT SHOP collection!! I really think this is one of my favorite collections ever!!!  I did some fussy cutting and used my cool pink fringe scissors - I love them!

Here are some closeups for you:

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope I've inspired you to play along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog this month!! I can't wait to see what you create!!

Please leave a note -  I'd love to hear your comments!

Stay Safe and Be Well!!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

My Little Scrapbook Store 52 Week Challenges!! Week 2

 Hi 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 2:

We recreated some wonderful family memories on Christmas night at my Mom and Dad's home. When all of the family cousins were little, they would "sing on the stairs" while waiting for Santa to arrive! They were good sports and it was fun to capture and create this new family memory.

I used the FAB-U-LOUS Warm Wishes from Vicki Boutin!

If you don't have this collection - you can get yours here before it is Sold Out!  If you are a first purchaser from My Little Scrapbook Store - you can use the code SHERRIREF and get 10% off your entire FIRST Purchase!

I also created this layout during a Facebook Live event for My Little Scrapbook Store - and used the January Sketch Challenge as inspiration.

You can find the video and watch the process on the 

MLSS Scrapbook Layout and More! Facebook Page - Here is the Link. 

Here are some close ups for you :

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 #101 "I LOVE...."

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!!  

I hope you get some time to get creative and play along with us this month!

So many possibilities for this month's challenge at the Challenge YOUrself Blog!!  This month we would like you complete the phrase: I love . . . . You can complete the sentence any way you like, just remember to include a photo with you on your page!

This was an easy challenge for me this month - as I was able to be blessed to celebrate another Valentines Day with the man I LOVE !

 I selected a photo of the 2 of us taken this past Valentines Day in our home.  As you can see in the photo, I love sunflowers, and I thought Graphic 45's "Let it Bee" Collection would be perfect to scrap this wonderful memory!

I had so much fun creating this layout - fussy cutting, stenciling, splattering, layering......  

Oh My!!

Here are some close ups for you:

I really find fussy cutting relaxing - I cut out the flowers and elements on the 12x12 "Let it Bee" page from the collection and layered it on top of a black and white dot page with foam squares.
**Can you find the golden bee charm hanging on the page?

Here you can see some of the chipboard and gold elements and the gold splatter on some of the flowers.

How awesome is that BEE Stencil!! Love it!

I always try to tuck a journaling card behind my photo using 3D foam tape.

Here is a photo of the painting we posed in front of. It is in our dining room - like I mentioned before, I do love sunflowers!!! - My hubby bought me a bouquet in the red vase, and I painted the sunflowers in the picture on the right.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a chance to play along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog this month - we can't wait to see what YOU LOVE!

Be Well and Stay Safe!
((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Everything is better with COFFEE - as long as it's Starbucks!

 Hi Scrappy Peeps - I decided to play along with my good friends at the Scrap Our Stash Blog - and enter their "April Wheel of Challenges - Tick Tac Toe"  I was on the DT for this awesome group for a few years and am so happy I had a chance to play along with them this month!!
I decided to follow the top row of the board - selecting Stripped Paper / Fussy Cutting/ Any Page Maps Sketch - 

and here is my take on the challenge: 

I just LOVE this Coffee and Friends Collection from Echo Park! I thought it would work great for this photo I took looking outside of my husband's hospital room at New York Presbyterian Hospital this past December, overlooking the George Washington Bridge!

There is a Starbucks in the lobby of the hospital and let me tell you - it was a great treat to help get me through the last 8 months as we have been in and out of there, while battling his heart failure after a massive heart attack last August. I am so thankful he is doing well now, and we treat every day as a blessing!

Here are some close ups for you:

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek! I had lots of fun creating this layout and I hope you like it!

Take care and ((HUG)) your loved ones every single day!

((HUGS)) to you too! ~ Sherri

Challenge YOUrself #84 -Anything Goes! "#BlissedOut "

Hi everyone - Happy December!!!! 

Can you believe this CRAZY year is coming to an end??  I want to wish you and your families the happiest and healthiest Holiday Season - and send prayers that we will all get safely through the upcoming months until we can all be safely vaccinated.

To help you escape a bit, we the Challenge YOUrself Blog is sending and "Anything Goes" Challenge your way!  You can make a page about anything you like, just as long as you include a photo with YOU in the frame!

I decided to use 2 photos that I took, and then played around with in an App - to give them a cool effect. I took them one chilly morning this fall, while enjoying coffee by the fire pit on our deck, under our gazebo, and one later that evening, while enjoying a glass of wine.

If you are looking for "me" in one of the photos - you can see my hand holding my wine glass in the bottom one - so if you are camera shy and want to play along - as long as some of "YOU" is in your photo - you can join in our challenge!

Here are some close ups for you:

I had lots of fun fussy cutting out the flowers on this beautiful paper! The collection is and old one from My Minds Eye, Market Street Collection "Nob Hill" - I just LOVE the colors!!

I added dimension to some of the flowers and leaves with Nuvo Crystal Drips, and threw in a few gold sequins here and there too!

I love to add a pocket behind one of my photos and include journaling on the back of it.

And sometimes you mess up on that journaling - so you have to add a little washi tape to "decorate" the tag! LOL!!

Thank you for stopping by!  I again wish you the Happiest of Holidays, and only GOOD things for all of us in 2021! It's gotta be better than 2020!!  Stay Safe, Be Well and PLEASE Wear a Mask!
((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items Used:

My Minds Eye -Market Street Collection "Nob Hill" 

Glimmer Paper, Streamer Paper, Stripes Paper, Fields and Stache Paper - Label Stickers, Chipboard Buttons

Ranger Distress Stains - Mustard Seed, Tarnished Brass, Ripe Persimmon, Black Soot, Mowed Lawn

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Ebony Black, Simply White, Autumn Red,

Nuvo Vintage Drops - Yellow Brick Rd, Regency Green

Thickers "Be Bright"

Sequins and Washi Tape

SOS August Sketch Challenge "Candytopia"

Hi Everyone - I hope this challenge finds you and your family doing well.  I am really enjoying scrapping memories of when life was "normal" and find happiness reliving those memories - ones that none of us will ever take for granted again I am sure!!

Here is this month's sketch challenge from the Scrap Our Stash Blog - Please use this sketch as your inspiration, and also be sure to include striped paper and paint or ink somewhere on your layout!

I selected photos of a girls day trip to NYC to the Candytopia Pop up - where we celebrated our friend Stephanie's Birthday - can't believe it was almost 2 years ago!  We had so much fun! Looking forward to spending time with friends again one day for sure.......

I used "Pool" Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint (that I've had forever) and a stencil to make the stars. The striped paper can be found in the 2 circles.  I used papers from Vicki Boutin's "Let's Wander Collection" 

Here are some close ups for you:

I hope I've inspired you to play along with me and the rest of the Design Team at the Scrap Our Stash Challenge Blog - Be sure to click on the link, and check out contest rules, prize info and lots more inspiration from the team!

((HUGS)) - Stay Safe and Be Well!

Sherri

Items used:

Vicki Boutin's Let's Wander 12x12 papers 
Thickers Loving Life Letters

My Mind's Eye - Tiny Word Stickers - The Sweetest Thing

Ranger Adirondack Brights - Acrylic Paint Dabber "Pool"

Nuvo Crystal Drops -Gloss -Ripened Pumpkin, Caribbean Ocean

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Glitter -Pink Champagne

Nuvo Vintage Drops - Yellowbrick Road

Star Stencil

Challenge YOUrself Blog Challenge #64 “Thanksgiving”

This month’s Challenge at the Challenge YOUrself Blog is  all about your favorite holiday! Just create a Layout about your favorite holiday and make sure to include YOU in one of the photos!  I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month!

My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving- because it’s all about Family and Traditions- 2 very important things in my life! If there is a small gathering of 5, or a houseful of 16 or more
- it’s always a special day and a chance to make lasting memories 
and carry on time honored traditions.

Here is my layout for your inspiration along with some close-ups too!

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope I've inspired you to play along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog this month - and I can't wait to find out about your favorite holiday!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items Used:

BoBunny - Farmer's Market -Harvest & Thankful & Farmer's Market

Moxxie - Fall Harvest - Perfect Peck and Wind Blown

Ranger Distress Stains - Fired Brick, Tarnished Brass, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge

Twine - Sequins- Antique Doily - Wooden Heart, and Title