052623 Piece Craft Love Iron Crafter Challenge Hop - Wood Veneer

 

Join a fun group of crafty peeps each month as we take on the Iron Crafter Challenge! Each month Anna from @piececraftlove will select a challenge ingredient to use on a layout. On the FINAL FRIDAY of the month, we will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we used the challenge ingredient(s) for the month. If you want to learn about the mystery item and play along, come over to the Piece Craft Love Facebook group!

May's ingredient is WOOD VENEER. Here's my stash:

(an embarassment of riches!)

 My first thought was a layout I had saved long ago that began with a background made entirely of wood veneer pieces covered with white paint! I can't even remember the rest of the layout's details - that background treatment was definitely worth a scraplift. I began to pull pieces from my stash...

In the meantime I had decided to scrap about a favorite part of my morning routine - Wordle! - using a screenshot of my best & worst games.

(you can guess which is which)

 

I began to build my layout & chose to fill the left & right sides of the page with wood veneer. As I arranged them I realized that it would be really fun to chose only those things that could be named/described with a 5-letter word, Wordle style. That tied all of my page elements together.

Then I built my title, wrote my journaling, and put my page together:

BONUS: Identify all 22 5-letter Wordle words represented on the page. 

Whoever gets closest will receive a snail mail packet of assorted wood veneer! 

You have until Friday, June 2nd to respond by email to lcsmithsaved@juno.com

Don't forget to visit all of the other Iron Crafters who responded to this challenge: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCfSqErOPJorTS9OOJFOdC5iuC8t7mBS_

YouTube:

 Anna    / @piececraftlove                                                                                                                       Tara    • Iron Crafters - W...                                                                                                                   Stacy    / @scrapstuffwithst...                                                                                                               Ashley    / @thescrappingnerd...                                                                                                               Mel    / @melwscrapping                                                                                                                       Nikki    / @nikkisscrapbooki...                                                                                                           Briana    / @lovemylifeonpaper                                                                                                           Misty    / @craftysoupvideo                                                                                                               Kristen    / @scrappingonthefl...                                                                                                       Christine    • Scrapbook Process...                                                                                                   Amanda    / @ajoyfulscrapper                                                                                                               Lynda    / @thescrapbookingp...   

 Instagram:                                                                                                                                                 Anna: https://instagram.com/piececraftlove                                                                                             Tara: https://instagram.com/kryptonite_72                                                                                             Kristen: https://instagram.com/scrappingonthefly                                                                                     Brandi Jo: https://instagram.com/scrappy.boymama                                                                             Ashley https://instagram.com/Ashley                                                                                                      Leslie https//instagram.com/lcsmithsaved                                                                                                 Tina https://instagram.com/tinamcmmvr  

 

Happy scrapping!

Thanks for stopping by!

05082023 MIUM Mix It Up Monday!

 

#scrapbookprocess #scrapbooking #youtubehop #MIUMHOP 

Welcome to Mix It Up Monday – a Social Media hop where we share projects that MIX IT UP! We’re mixing up a traditional scrapbook layout with some different types of media such as texture paste, foil, paint, ink, spray, gesso, thread, stitching, in fact, the SKY's the limit! This hop is a collaboration between Anna from Piece Craft Love and Kimberly from  @IdRatherBeScrapbooking  but anyone is welcome to play along. We post the inspiration 

sketch on the last Monday of the month and then the Hop takes place on the 2nd Monday of the month!

 

 This month's sketch was created by Brandi, @scrappy.boymama on Instagram.  She created this sketch for us to use this month!  Thank you!!!  

 My mixed media elements were:

 

I chose this stencil to mimic the chain link fence.

I chose the red ink to mimic the stitching on a baseball on these 2006(!!!) alphas.

 

You can sign for the next month’s hop over on the Piece Craft Love Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/piececraftloveclubhouse/

Here is the PLAYLIST for this hop! All the videos in one place!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCfSqErOPJorX44WG9T6ACNoZjoPPRE8d

Here are the hoppers for Mix It Up Monday: 

Anna from https://youtube.com/@piececraftlove 

Mel from @MelWScrapping  

Kristen from @scrappingonthefly1217  

Laurie from @cookscrapcraft

Lynda from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-fkozGXJQ0

Christine from https://youtu.be/HQW8A6dFZas

Tara from @thepapersnob 

Karen from @alittlekinder

Amanda from  @ajoyfulscrapper

Nikki from @NikkisScrapbookingAdventures

Instagram:

Brandi Jo https://instagram.com/scrappy.boymama

Leslie  https://instagram.com/lcsmithsaved

Tina www.instagram.com/tinamcmmvr

Thanks for stopping by!

 

031323 Mix It Up Monday Hop

Welcome to Mix It Up Monday – a Social Media hop where we share projects that MIX IT UP! We’re mixing up a traditional scrapbook layout with some different types of media such as texture paste, foil, paint, ink, spray, gesso, thread, stitching, in fact, the SKY's the limit! 

 

This hop is a collaboration between Anna from Piece Craft Love and Kimberly from  @IdRatherBeScrapbooking  but anyone is welcome to play along. We post the inspiration 

sketch on the last Monday of the month and then the Hop takes place on the 2nd Monday of the month!

 

This month's sketch was designed by Brenda Ragsdale for Scrap Our Stash blog's Challenge #17 and is used with permission.

First time “chef” here with no “sous-vid-eo” experience 😁

 I began by dropping my photos into the “recipe” sketch, 

after flipping it onto its side to accommodate landscape photos. 

Next I assembled my “ingredients.”

The plan was to add directional stenciled texture paste as noted on the pink sticky notes. I went looking for a certain patterned paper + a companion per the sketch. That’s when I chased a squirrel - namely the 2021 Wild Whisper Nicole White Designs “Ledger & Script” paper b-side below which became my background.

I know - it’s a total cheat - but my scrappy motto is, Let the patterned paper do the work. I added my own “secret sauce”- Shimmerz Seas The Day Vibes iridescent spray to tie in with the blue in the photos.

The stencil went by the wayside. I subbed in some Freckled Fawn puffy stickers for directional arrows. I also added a QR code linked to a brief part of our drive in Canyonlands National Park. Take a look!

 I also added some special “plating presentation” stitching and an assortment of new Ranger Dina Wakley washi tapes. The turquoise leather tie on the tag above is a nod to western colors & plays nicely with the washi color palette.

Tim Holtz sentiments add the finishing touch.

You can sign for the next month’s hop over on the Piece Craft Love Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/piececraftloveclubhouse/

 

Here is the PLAYLIST for this hop! All the videos in one place!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWzDPKwPKsKMxtch-8BC3mfZ4yua4L-KP

Here are the hoppers for Mix It Up Monday: 

Anna from https://youtube.com/@piececraftlove 

Kimberly from @IdRatherBeScrapbooking 

Briana https://youtube.com/@lovemylifeonpaper

Stacy https://youtube.com/@scrapstuffwithstacy45

Mel from @MelWScrapping  

Hollie https://youtube.com/ivycoelcreations

Kristen from @scrappingonthefly1217  

Ashley https://youtube.com/@thescrappingnerd3566 

Annette - Wayfaring Panda https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnvmVHVeOiaM7EjW1025MKA

Christine from @ScrappingHarden 

Tara from @thepapersnob 

Leslie https://outofthemire.blogspot.com/2023/02/031323-mix-it-up-monday-hop.html 

Brandi Jo https://instagram.com/scrappy.boymama

 

Thanks for stopping by!

081218 Myrtle Beach 2018 Vacation Mini-Book

I've been working on recording our memories from the 2018 annual birthday trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to celebrate the peaches birthdays. The twist this year is that we camped out in the trailer! I'll start out showing you how I made the book & then the pages (photo heavy post.)

I found this perfect 2017 BoBunny/Life in Color "Discovery" paper for the cover at the local Scrapbooks by the Sea shop. I chose a 6x9" format intending to make a simple folder-style book stitched together in the middle. When I counted up the number of pages I needed I decided to make three individual signatures (groups of pages) instead so I needed room for a spine.

That meant I needed a little added width so I used a doubled over edge for stability out of Maggie Holmes/Gather "Beautiful" paper. The rear cover continues the image from the front.

I dressed up the spine with a spangling of sequins in the stitching.

So! Let's get to the inside story...

 

I love how the large format photos look!
I have a few more vacation books to work on while I'm inspired.

Thanks for stopping by!