060323 LOAD 523 - Frogs, Pigs & Fuzzy Bears Part III

 

RECAP: Yes, it's that glorious month of May, delightful not only for the changing seasons & the end of the school year fast approaching, but it is our second Scrap Happy LAYOUT A DAY challenge of 2023! 

Alice's genius theme this time is inspired by The Muppets: "Get ready to create the craziest felt and fun-fur inspired layouts all about your life! Two daily prompts, one story-based and one technique- base, make it easy to succeed!"

Here are days 23-31 of my pages:

Day 23 food

Day 24 - a lot of different pieces technique

 

Day 25 - an "I am" page (journaling on the back)

Day 26 - distressing (alphas)

 

 

Day 27 - wild & crazy to attract attention

(This will be my wrap-up page shown at the end)
 

Day 28 - found item, the wood veneer peace sign

 

Day 29 - a journey, these babies arrived through a rescue

Day 30 - off-prompt catch up page

 

Day 31 - ACOT Pick 5 challenge + journaling use a quote

It's been a LOAD of fun - pun intended. Don't miss out in October! Get a Scrap Happy membership & enjoy three different LOAD challenges each year!

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052223 LOAD 523 - Frogs, Pigs & Fuzzy Bears Part II

 

RECAP: Yes, it's that glorious month of May, delightful not only for the changing seasons & the end of the school year fast approaching, but it is our second Scrap Happy LAYOUT A DAY challenge of 2023! 

Alice's genius theme this time is inspired by The Muppets: "Get ready to create the craziest felt and fun-fur inspired layouts all about your life! Two daily prompts, one story-based and one technique- base, make it easy to succeed!"

Here are days 12-22 of my pages:

Day 12 - off-prompt

Day 13- off-prompt

Day 14 - off-prompt

Day 15 - off-prompt

Day 16 - b/w technique

Day 17 - include a list

Day 18 - off-prompt + ACOT weekly sketch

Day 19 - off-prompt

Day 20 - off-prompt

Day 21 - something that didn't turn out as planned

Day 22 - cultural (baseball) & technique stars/stripes

It's been a LOAD of fun so far - pun intended. It's not too late to join in, or better yet? Get a Scrap Happymembership & enjoy three different LOAD challenges each year!

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051720 - LOAD520 - Abbey Load - Week #2 Recap

LOAD 8 - something I love + love/hearts

LOAD 9 - celebration + confetti

LOAD 10 - something I'm missing + Beatles Second Album cover/grid

LOAD 11 - Day in the Life song + clock

LOAD 12 - reading + use books

LOAD 13 - Hope + wings

LOAD14 - travel + tickets

 Moving on to Week #3!  If you're not playing along, you don't know what you're missing - visit https://scraphappy.org to join the happiest scrapbook family.

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051220 LOAD520 Abbey Load - Week #1 Recap

First week of LOAD520 - I'm not working on schedule but I am using the prompts.
I am doing these pages for my Covid-19 book, using my CKC iNSD kit!

1 - Love Me Do + 4 things: 2 papers, 1 frame, 1 alpha

2 - Beatlemania + #subtitle

3 - I Want to Hold Your Hand + blue/album cover (title)

4 - An original vs reproduction/copy

5 -Birthday + birthday products

6 - Here Comes the Sun (better times) + yellow

7 - Please Please Me + homophone

I've been surprised & delighted that I'm able to stay on point with my Covid-19 project & still stay within the prompts. Working in the smaller size makes LOAD very achievable. 

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021417 LOAD217 Greek Mythology DAY 14: Hephaestus

Alice's prompt for today was based on the fact that Hephaestus was
the only god renowned for his work. Her take was to use these questions:

What is my work? How do I spend my days? What is my labour of love? 

I’m officially retired and every day is different (my DH is retired, too) 

so the default is my labour of love. 

 Every Sunday we transport a busload to church for Sunday School & the main service. 

We go out ahead of time to check in with the riders & their families, remind them of contests, 

take prayer requests, & catch up on what’s been happening this week. 

All this in the hopes that they will come to know the Saviour, Jesus Christ!

" And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
Mark 16:15

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061615 June CKC Challenge #3

This was my favorite challenge this month at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog.

Challenge #3: One side or the other

  Focus on only ONE side of your project 

(either one...I don't have a preference) 

and keep the rest white space.

Fortunately I had some help from ScrapHappy's June sketch.

Link HERE to find out more about membership.

More inspiration from my scrap crush, Ashli Oliver.

I loved the stacked elements on the left & the layers of white.

Ashli Oliver for Simon Says Stamps

(Process video HERE)

We just spent a week visiting Gatlinburg, Tennessee en route to Atlanta to see "the peaches."

We went to the Georgia Aquarium to celebrate their birthdays.
Chloe adored being up close & personal with the fishies!
She struck a pose more than once of gracefully moving as if she was swimming...

I knew I wanted to use this fish stamp, so I used a less than perfect image
to hold it's place on the start of my layout. The blue paper is standing in for the photo.

Then I used Archival Ink for a perfect image, and added an assortment of Distress Inks to add color.
This process always seems miraculous!
Just blot the ink pads on your mat, spritz with water, and sop up the ink.
Then I added a subtle spray of gold Color Shine.

Fussy cut, highlighted the crown with a gold pen, added a few tiny gems, and some Glossy Accents for the eye.
Makes me look like an artistic genius but the Ranger products did most of the work!

Because of the direction of the fish stamp I flipped the orientation R-L.
Then I decided that my white space could use some added pizzazz.

Happy Scatter Etsy shop HERE

Had a blast putting this together!
(It was really hard not to add any color on the left.)

A little vellum accent punched with "bubbles" is the perfect finishing touch.

I hope you are inspired to tackle this challenge!

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