Make it Sparkle - Challenge #17 - "Do All the Things!"

 I can't tell you how much I LOVE Vicki Boutin's Color Study Collection!!  I used it to create this layout for the My Little Scrapbook Store's Online Crop this month, and took on Challenge #17, "Make it Sparkle"

You can check out the replay of my process video from my Facebook Live by clicking HERE.  I also share a few other mixed media layouts using lots of sequins for your inspiration! ( please bear with me at the beginning of the video - I hope I don't make you dizzy! LOL!)

Here are some close ups for you - don't be afraid to use up those sequins!! You've probably got a bunch and new ones are coming out every day!!  You can find some here at the My Little Scrapbook Store too!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope I've inspired you to play along and use those SEQUINS!!!

Stay Safe and Be Well

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Challenge YOUrself Blog Announcement and -December "Snowflake" Challenge #72

Hi everyone!  Happy December!  

I am so happy to be continuing on with the amazingly talented Design Team over at the Challenge YOUrself Blog!!  I look forward to sharing another year of happy scrappy FUN - and inspiring YOU and challenging YOU to get out IN FRONT of that camera, and share YOUr layouts with us!

This month's challenge is to use Snowflakes on your layout and BE SURE to include YOU in one of the photos too!

I used a black and white photo of my hubby and I while we were "down the shore" this past winter, for a get-away weekend to celebrate his birthday.  I decided to keep with the black and white theme, and found some fun chipboard and wooden elements that I painted white and embellished.  Here is my Design Team inspiration layout for you:

I am always making my hubby take selfies with me - he is such a good sport!  I love this SELFIE Paper by Reminisce and all the fun sayings on it!  I picked a few other black and white patterned papers and layered them under the photo.

Here are some close-ups for you:

I love this snowflake corner flourish - I added dimension to the snowflakes using Nuvo Simply White Crystal Drops.

 After painting this chipboard white - I hit it with brushed pewter Distress Stain. I filled in the hearts that were on the chipboard circle with Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops to add dimension - I love how it pulled in the white paint when it dried and created the surprise marble effect!! 

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Thanks for stopping by!  I want to wish you and your families a very Happy Holiday Season.  May your heart and home be filled with Love, Laughter, and Joy 
( and a few hours of scrappy YOU time too!)
Be sure to stop by the Challenge YOUrself Blog for Challenge and Prize info - along with lots of wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team and be sure to GET IN FRONT of that Camera this Holiday - and document YOU!
((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items used:

Reminisce - "Selfie" 

American Crafts - Plus One - Peer

Bella Blvd - Just Add Color - Passcode

Freckled Fawn - Puffy Doodle Camera Stickers

Mambie Chips

Want 2 Scrap - Chipboard Circle with Hearts

Scrapaholics -Snowflake Corner Flourish

Bling

White Paint

Wink of Stella - White and Clear Pens

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Simply white and Ebony Black

Eyelet Outlet - Enamel Hearts

Ranger Distress Stains - Black Soot, Brushed Pewter

Ideaology - Big Chat Stickers - by Tim Holtz

White Gel Pen

Lasting Memories #362 Guest Designer "Plaids" and "Stuck?! Sketches" September Challenge

Hi Everyone! This weeks "Pattern" challenge #362 over at the Lasting Memories Challenge Blog is to use "PLAIDS" on your layout.   After digging through my paper "stash"  I pulled out some of the different plaid papers that I could find, and I also decided to use this awesome September 1st SKETCH from over at the "Stuck?! Sketches" Blog for inspiration for my layout.  I am linking it to their challenge too!

If you've been stopping by my blog this month - this is the 4th Guest Designer Layout I've completed for the Lasting Memories blog, and I have to say, it has been lots of FUN!  

Come join us and "show us your plaid!!   Here is mine:

I've had this really cool "Starbucks" Washi tape that I ordered on-line from the Washi Kingdom website, and thought it would work great with the plaids I found, and the "Starbucks Selfie" photo that I wanted to use!   I hope my layout inspires you to play along!

I love the travel mug I am holding in this photo, and I created a journaling tag out of a used Starbucks Gift Card, where I journaled why it is one of my favorites, by gluing a piece of white cardstock to the back of it.  I created a "pocket" behind the photo with 3M 3-D foam tape, so I could slip the journaling card in there. 

I punched a hole on the side so I could add some paper yarn as a pull.  I created a "pocket" behind the photo with 3M 3-D foam tape, so I could slip the journaling card in there.  

Of course I had to add some more Starbucks Washi Tape to the top of my journaling card too!!

I used a cardboard coffee cup sleeve that I had in my stash as an embellishment too - and I love these little plastic Starbucks embellishments I picked up at a Scrapbook Expo Show last year! You can also see a close up of the super cool washi tapes here too!!

I used Tonic Studio's Nuvo Mousse - in Citrus Green both around the edges of the dark green base page - and also used it in a Tim Holtz stencil too.  I LOVE the shimmer and dimension!  Oh and that little iPhone brad and the Selfie circle brad at the bottom of the photo are so much fun too!

Thanks for stopping by!  

I hope you play along with us at the Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog too!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Lasting Memories Guest Designer for September!! #359 "Polka Dots!" 8/27

I'm so happy to have been chosen as September's Guest Designer for the Lasting Memories Layout Challenges Blog!  There is so much FUN coming your way this month, with each week bringing a new challenge to inspire you!!  The Theme for September is "All About Patterns"

This first week's Challenge is - Polka Dots!  Create a Layout using Polka Dots somewhere on it - as much or as little as you would like!
Full details, Link Up and Prize info can be found HERE

I used LOTS of Polka Dots, and lots of Product from Simple Stories three "Say Cheese" Collections!

Here is my GD Layout for your Inspiration:

 Here are some close ups for you!

I love to make a pocket behind my photos using 3D Foam Tape - and tucking a fun tag in behind it.

I add some kind of "pull" on the top of the card, and journal about the photo or memories on the back.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Wait until you see what I, and the rest of the LASTING MEMORIES Design Team have for you through the rest of the month!  I hope you get a chance to play along!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Items Used:
Simple Stories
Say Cheese - "Fun," Chipboard Frames, Fundamental and Expressions Cardstock Stickers, Decorative Brads
Say Cheese 2 - Stickers, Bits and Pieces, Enamel Dots
Say Cheese 3 - Decorative Brads
Queen and Co - Chipboard Elements and Washi Tapes
Ranger Distress Stains - Fossilized Amber, Picket Fence, Tumbled Glass, Fired Brick
Cardstock
Dress it up - Mickey and Minnie Buttons

June Challenge YOUrself - Geometrics

Hi Scrappy friends! I can't believe it is June already and we are almost through half of 2016! I also can't believe that it has been 1 year since we took our amazing Disney Wonder Cruise to Alaska!

I decided to use one of my favorite photos from that trip for this month's Challenge over at the Challenge YOUrself Blog.  Besides including YOU in a photo in your layout - you need to use Geometric Shapes and patterns.   CLICK HERE for details and PRIZE info too!

Here is the challenge graphic:

Here is my Design Team Inspiration Layout:

This photo was a selfie that I took when we boarded the ship in Vancouver, at Canada Place.  We were so blessed to have been able to share this WONDERful trip with our sons and my parents.  The sights we saw, and family time we shared were PRICELESS, and will always have a special place our hearts and memories.

As you can see,  I decided to use the colors that were in the photo for the elements on my layout - White, Red, Blue and Black.  ( and of course a little pop of yellow here and there, to go along with Mickey's shoes!   I also cut 3 different size octagons, out of 3 different pattern papers, added colored mats behind them, and then grouped them in 3's using foam dots and added embellishments too!

Here are some close-ups for you:

I used lots of "STUFF" from my stash  - I even spritzed the white background with some Glimmer Mist!  Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you will play along with us at The Challenge YOUrself Blog this month.  I can't see what you will create!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Challenge YOUrself # 16 - My Bucket List

It is time for The Challenge YOUrself Blog's March Challenge!!  This month we want to learn more about YOU 
and what your "DREAMS" are !

Here is the Challenge:
Challenge YOUrself #16:  Your Bucket List 

"What are some of the things you want to do in your life? Have you recently achieved something on your bucket list?  Tell us about it."

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OH BOY - I really had to dig deep for this challenge - as I feel that I have been very blessed in my life, and have be so very lucky to have been able to do and see so many things.  
At first, I was finding it hard to come up with a list but once I started, the "dreams" kept coming! (Although it seems that most of my bucket list items have to do with travel.   I guess that is because it is something we love to do together as a family, and that is what makes our adventures so special.)

First I selected a silly selfie that I took of myself at a friend's wedding. I printed in Black and White - ( Quite by accident by the way - I don't know why it came out of my printer that way - I guess I need to refill my colored inks! - but I ended up actually liking it better!)  I also decided to add a smaller version of the same photo, that I printed on my little ZINK sticker printer, using a red filter.

Next it was time to decide what papers to use.  I had recently won a contest at Scrapbook.com, and was able to select $100 in product!  I was able to get most of BoBunny's Star-Crossed line, and decided to use LOTS of it for this layout!
Check it out-

I love all the goodies, but I think the film strip is my favorite - isn't it cool?!! I also pulled out an old piece of textured red paper that I've had in my stash "forever!" as I think went perfectly as a base with the Star-Crossed line.  I cut around the hexagon shapes on the edges of the honeycomb paper that I put on top of it, so it would peek through here and there.
**TIP - I  cut out a 10 x 10" square from the middle of that red paper - and only used the 1" frame, so that I still have a piece to use again in the future!  (I recently learned that this "Technique" is called "Gutting" your paper - who knew??!!) 

Here is my "BUCKET LIST"  Like I said, most of it has to do with travel.  What's on your Bucket List?

 

 I used Viva Decor's Maya Gold "Gold" Craft Paint - to paint the 2 Dusty Attic Chipboard Swirls, along with the torn piece of corrugated cardboard and the edges of the red feather. I 3D Pop Dotted the feathers. I even snuck in some black and white checked Washi Tape too!  I LOVE all the textures and layers.

I also used the Maya Gold paint on the edges of the center black and white photo, as well as the torn layers of patterned papers too. I like to fussy cut elements out of patterned papers to add as embellishments to my layouts too.  
OH - and while writing this post, and listing the items used, I learned that the film strip has an adhesive on the back of it! - I didn't know that when creating the layout, and decided to use my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to secure it to the page ( You can see it in the bottom left of the photo above.) -now I'll have to play with it again and see how that adhesive works! LOL!

I used the back of my paint brush to add a few dots of the Maya Gold paint "here and there" on the layout.  I used Ranger Distress Stains in Black Stoot and Tarnished Brass on some of the edges too. I used a black Sharpie marker to outline the title and some of the elements/embellishments on the page to make them "POP."   The gold title and arrow are from the Dear Lizzy Thickers "Royal" foil letter stickers pack (LOVE THEM!) The "53" wooden bingo calendar numbers are from Maya Road. (and yes, that is my age - but as you can see - I don't always act it! LOL!)

Here are the Bo Bunny Star-Crossed items that I used:
12 x 12 Collection Pack
Ephemera Pack
Sticker Stamps
Adhesive Film Sticker
Layered Chipboard
Buttons
Noteworthy Journaling Cards

As ALWAYS, thank you for stopping by my Blog.  I really hope you will play along with us at The Challenge YOUrself Blog, and I can't wait to see what is on YOUr Bucket List!

((HUGS)) ~ Sherri

Starbucks!

STARBUCKS!!

What more do I have to say??? 

You either LOVE it - or you don't - 

and if you LOVE it - you'll get what I mean when I say

STARBUCKS!!

I - as you can tell, I LOVE IT!!

This is a layout I made from our visit to Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, this past September, at the end of our 14 night Disney Westbound TransAtlantic Cruise.  We spent 2 days there, and visited STARBUCKS on each one of them!

Good thing it was just around the corner from our hotel! :-)

I used the city map I had saved of Old San Juan, and have an arrow pointing to the location of the STARBUCKS!

The overlay, which includes the 2 green frames, the "famous" Logo, coffee beans and the shape of the cup, were made and purchased from Mary at http://www.originaloverlays.com/

The cup was originally solid green like the rest of the overlay, but I "jazzed" it up a little with some white and black cardstock, along with the logo part of the cardboard cup wrapper, and one of the green sticks that keep your drink warm and from spilling, that I got from STARBUCKS!  I pop-dotted just the cup portion of the diecut too.

I accidentally printed 2 of the photos on the bottom left, so I fussy cut myself out of one of them, and then pop-dotted "me" on top of the photo in the mat.

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you get in some scrappy time this week!

((HUGS))
~Sherri