082818 Whimsical Musings #297

WM#297 Be inzpired by thiz cover

At first I was a little stumped, so I made a little breakdown of the elements:

 half & half L/R color spray, large title in middle of representative geometric shape, journaling bottom left, embelli bottom right, 3^rd triangle spot top left (star on example), pp strip on left margin…

Then I ran acrozz thiz page on Pinterezt:

HERE

I knew I wanted to scrap some general summer grands pics & thought this would be adorable!

I busted out some supplies along the way.

My base papers are Felicity Jane in the inspiration colors. I left the 

branding strip on the minty background paper to mimic the strip on the side.

I had no stories so my journaling came from the chipboard phrases, which I 

purposefully chose for each of the photos & the final phrase for the overall page.

I decorated the large black title with some cute little puffy bees. So much fun!  

Glad for this Whimsical Musings inspiration so I could document their summer cuteness.

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082718 WM#293 White Nights

For this prompt, Lisa has challenged us to be inspired by the Summer Solstice, more particularly,

"...the phenomenon of 'white nights' is something that I find fascinating. 

Nights that don't turn dark - or just for a few hours only."

Background map paper is 2013 Echo Park/Reflections "Cherish the Moment"

I am blessed to live in a Northern location & experience this to a degree.

I searched for the specific data that goes with this photo & discovered 

that the Farmer's Almanac chronicles not just the official sunrise/sunset times

but also "dark descends" & "dawn breaks"! That is what I was searching for.

Whimsical Musings has been inspiring me for many years. 

I hope that you will take advantage of over 300 (!) challenge prompts that will 

help you tell your story more completely, more intimately, and more creatively.

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082318 WM#272 be inspired by national dress

Whimsical Musings #272 be inspired by national dress.

In June, 1984 our precious Aunie took us on a British Isles tour to celebrate Greg's college graduation. I scrapped the trip in its own album long ago but remembered this photo of all of us in our new Irish togs - Greg got an Aran black sheep wool cardigan, I got a traditional Aran pullover (knit by Mrs. Galvin, according to the tag!) and Aunie chose a beautiful plaid wool wraparound kilt skirt. The photo was snapped in front of the woolen mill.

I checked on my "Scrap Inspiration" Pinterest board & found this for a scraplift:

from Gossamer Blue designer Chantal Philippe

Here's my take: 

My background paper is 2017 Echo Park/Go. See. Explore. "Let's Fly Away".

All alphas are from my zealously guarded October Afternoon stash. 

The green stripe is 2015 OA/Summertime "Fresh Fruit" b-side.

The orange xoxo pattern is 2017 Pink Fresh Studio/Live More "Honest" b-side.
I included the stitching detail along the edges & punched a few tiny hearts for shamrocks.

I made the Xs & Os with colors from the flag of Ireland to reinforce the national theme.

Looking through this old album has inspired me to get out my "big" camera & have a play!

Hope you are inspired to pick one of the Whimsical Musings past prompts HERE.

To date I have close to 140 of the 300 prompts done & have loved every page I've made.

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082218 WM Challenge #221

WM Challenge #221 be inspired by water

This was definitely "in the moment" scrapping. We have just finished this backyard project and it was on my WM list. The design ended up being so much like my recent #227 NOLA page with the vertical division. 

This page includes something old & something new. The background paper on the left is from a single-sided paper pad of 2015 Maggie Holmes/Confetti collection. The "my happy place" cut apart card (and that adorable little lady) came from the 2018 Simple Stories/My Happy Place collection. The dreamy treed portal came from the ancient (at leazt 2010) DCWV/Once Upon A Time collection. The fussy-cut florals are from 2013 Kaisercraft/Tea Break collection. Mini-alphas are 2013 MME/Chalk Studio. 

A few details:

I left a pocket behind the top photo for the plant information.

Had a lot of fun dressing the card up with stitching (looks better irl) + oops! missed a spot on the "y"!

Definitely destined to become our happy place.

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082018 WM#235 Be Inspired By Night Time

I am really enjoying catching up on my Whimsical Musings prompt list! 

This one is from October 2016 (gack!) & I had a note to use our trail cam photos. 

I used some of the lenses from the background paper behind the 

raccoon eyes & popped up on the camera embellishment to add dimension.

I got to use up some old product, too.

On to the next prompt!

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081818 Whimsical Musings #227

Whimsical Musings Challenge #227 

Be inspired by this pinned colour scheme of teal, aqua, pale green, orange and coral with a hint of metallic.

I matched up these photos with this challenge and promptly tucked them away in my list of unscrapped prompts!  I am intending to use the 300th prompt anniversary to finally achieve so many of the ideas on my unfinished prompt list. No pressure!!!

First a couple of details before the reveal. I almost always mail myself a postcard when we travel & I wanted to include this one on the page and be able to read the message on the back. I'm almost finished with a traveler's notebook about this trip and there wasn't any room for it in there.

 The card is kind of heavy & the clips aren't very firm, so I chose my next-to-the-last pair (gasp!) of magnetic snaps from Basic Grey to hold it in place & remove it.

 Here's the whole page:

These little string bows are trending right now so I made one out of bakers twine.

Metal accents per the prompt include a fleur-de-lis which appears on the New Orleans flag.

 

I added copper sequins to accent one of the floral elements.  

A little nod to the musical culture of the city.

A fun page to play around with!

Thanks, Lisa & Pam, for 300 inspiring Whimsical Musings challenge prompts <3

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081818 CKC August Challenge #2

CKC Challenge #2: Mix & Match

"We have them in our stash - alphabet stickers, word stickers, stamps, dies and even punches. The challenge is to use at least two different alphabet styles for your title or journaling. I've created another Pinterest board for some inspiration. After creating the Pinterest board it looks like I should also include fonts and wood veneers. Here are a couple of examples:"

Top photo link, bottom photo link

 I managed to include five fonts on my layout with no alpha stickers!

First is the word "MOM" printed on the Mother's Day giveaway photo.

Another two fonts on the photo, plus two more on the stamp!

Another detail - the stickpins were an add-on to my kit.

 

 

Just a note - the large daisies are actually cheapie little note cards from the Michael's dollar bin! 

Sweet ladies who shared my Mother's Day photo when we were all childless for the day.

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