Scrap Our Stash - April Sketch with Stash Challenge

Hi there - I am up a little late with this post as I spent part of the weekend out of town due to my aunt's mom passing away.  She was in her late 70's but it is still tough whenever you lose a parent so wanted to be there for my aunt, uncle and cousin. So that has thrown my schedule off a bit this weekend.

Anyways, here are the guidelines for the Sketch with Stash Challenge #13:

Create a layout inspired by the sketch below and you must include the following stash items: 

a) 3 or more patterned papers from 3 or more different collections and/or manufacturers.

b) 3 or more embellishments from 3 different collections and/or manufacturers. 

c) Include one or more of the following items on your layout:

Corkboard, Chalkboard, or Corrugated board.
(This item does not count as one of your embellishments)

***When uploading your layout on your blog or gallery, you must list the collections/mfgs of each item you used for items in the A & B categories as well as note what item you used from the C category
Here's the April Sketch:

Here is my take on the challenge:

I started this layout with the Echo Park All About a Boy collection. It went perfectly with this photo of my oldest when he was just 5 months old! I added in papers to the Echo Park collection from Basic Grey, Jillibean Soup and One Little Bird for Studio Calico. My embellishments came from the Echo Park sticker sheet, a cutout from Elle's Studio (My Boy), and cork chevrons from Studio Calico. I incorporated cork by using cork thickers, stars die cut from cork paper and the Studio Calico chevrons. My layout stayed pretty close to the sketch - just changing up a few elements.

Would you like to play and join in the fun? You are more than welcome. 

Entries close at 11:59 PM (PST) April 29th.

For challenge details, click HERE

Be sure to check out the Scrap Our Stash blog for the inspiration using the sketch. I hope you decide to participate in the challenge as we would love to see your work! Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Scrap Our Stash Challenge Layout for April

Hi All - I am a little late with this but I was thinking my day for the Scrap Our Stash blog was today but it was yesterday - oops! Anyways, there is still plenty of time to join the challenge so here goes.  The challenge this month is a Spring Challenge:

Here's how this challenge works:

Create a Spring Layout using spring colors and include the following Pre made/packaged items from your stash:  Paperclip(s), Journal card and at least one 3D embellishment.

DUE: 4/29/2014 midnight PST

You are allowed to add whatever else you want to your layout as long as you meet the requirements above.
And one more important thing...click HERE for the SOS Challenge Guidelines!!!

Here is my take on this challenge:

"When I think of a Scrapbook line with spring colors, I immediately think of Dear Lizzy. I used a lot of her Neapolitan and 5th & Frolic collections on this layout of my niece, Micah, and me. For the 3D embellishment, I added some butterfly embellishments from Basic Grey. I used a paperclip to hold the "2" in place. The journaling card I used was originally a 3x4 card that I cut in half. I wrote my journaling and added it to the lower left corner. I finished the layout off with a stitched banner."

Make sure to check out the Scrap Our Stash blog. This month there is great prizes from Your Scrapbook Stash!

Thanks for stopping by!
Megan

The Greeting Farm - Birthday Cards

Happy Monday! Today, I am sharing a couple of birthday cards I made with The Greeting Farm stamps. I love to color in their stamps and think they are so adorable! On the first card, I used one of their cling rubber stamps and on the second one, I used a digi stamp.

Supplies Used:

Card 1 -

- Birthday Anya 3

- Coloring - Copic Markers

- Copic Xpress It Blending Card

- Greeting stamp by Mama Elephant from the Studio Calico Blue Note card kit

- Ink - Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Navy

- Flower paper - Studio Calico Wanderlust 6x6 pad

- Chevron paper - American Crafts 6x6 paper pad from Target

- Doily - Whitman from Michael's

Card 2-

- Cupcake Anya - Digi

- Ink - Memento Black

- Coloring - Copic Markers

- Copic Xpress It Blending Card

- Greeting Stamp - Hero Arts/Studio Calico Hey Day Sentiments

- Ink - Versafine Black

- Paper - Studio Calico Lemon Lush 6x6 pad

- Heart die - Lawn Fawn

Hope you are having a great start to your week - Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Use my Stash-Layout 3 using Dear Lizzy

Hi All - Well I have been really bad at posting my "Use My Stash" layouts and to be honest, I have been scrapbooking but mainly using my kits. I have found that I make a lot more layouts when I stick to one kit and then throw in my older stash as needed. I subscribe to Studio Calico kits and so far this year I have made 10 layouts from January's kit Copper Mountain, 6 layouts from February's kit Sugar Rush and 5 layouts from March's kit Office Hours. I have also made other layouts that I have mostly showed here but in total, I have made 31 layouts so far this year! That is quite a lot for me and it has helped to start with my kits and go from there...

Anyways - Today I am sharing a layout I made with some older Dear Lizzy I had in my stash. Most of the items are from Neapolitan and 5th & Frolic. The Neapolitan I used is actually mostly from a paper pad I bought at Michael's that was re-branded for their stores and I bought a lot of the 5th & Frolic at Joann's and TJ Maxx. Here is the layout:

This is of my grandpa and my niece Micah when she was a baby. I actually pulled out and used part of the stitched banner on another layout I will be sharing later, so I covered up the "hole"  in the middle with patterned paper and then added my photo and other layers on top. The gold thickers are from Maggie Holmes' first line for Crate Paper and are some of my favorite!

Hope you have a happy Friday - Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Studio Calico Office Hours

Today I am sharing 4 layouts I have made with the Studio Calico Office Hours kits for March. I really liked these kits as they seemed to have the right mix of "girl" and "boy" elements. I have started subbing to all 3 kits as I find myself always wanting them so easier to sub. I try to limit my purchases to just Studio Calico but this month I did have a small order from Scrapbook.com to buy some of the elements I liked in the Add-on kits (or similar) but did not want to buy the whole kit. (At the bottom of the post, I share my supplies.) here are the 4 layouts I have made so far:

On this layout, I used the flower stamp that came in the main Scrapbook kit. I love that stamp! I inked the stamp with some of the Studio Calico Color Theory inks and did some second generation stamping with them. I have found that the Color Theory inks can give a better solid image if you rub an eraser over the stamp first. I did not do that here as I didn't want it "perfect".

This layout was actually based on a Sketch from Studio Calico's Sketchbook 4. I bought the class at a discount when they had a sale of old classes awhile back. I haven't gotten very far into it but have loved what I saw so far and am glad I purchased it. 

How cute is he? This is actually one of Eli when he was 10 months old (He is now 4)...I say this all the time but it seems like yesterday that he was this little! I used quite a bit of layering under the photo and love the interest that gives to the photo.

This is a fairly simple layout. I used the stamp from the card kit and the Studio Calico Color Theory inks. The Color Theory inks work pretty well with detailed images. The photo is mounted on water color paper that I painted with the Color Theory Something Blue ink. The inks can work like water colors which I like.

Those are the layouts I have created so far with the kits. I am hoping to do a few more before my April kits arrive. As far as what I used, here is a list (with links if available):

From Studio Calico:

- SC Office Hours Main Scrapbook kit

- SC Office Hours Main Card kit

- SC Add on Patterned Paper for March

- SC Color Theory Ink in Something Blue, Orange County, Blush Crush, and Mint Hint

From Scrapbook.com: (What I purchased to compliment the kits.)

-Dear Lizzy Daydreamer Diecut shapes (They say chipboard but they are die cuts, which I knew before I purchased.)

-Dear Lizzy YoYo Thickers

-Maggie Holmes Style Board Ephemera Pack

The rest of the items (letter stickers, enamel dots, wood veneer, ribbon, etc.) were from my stash. I always use a few items from my stash when working with kits.

I hope you are having a good Thursday - Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Layouts for the Scrap Our Stash - Stash A Thon

Happy Saturday! Have you checked out the challenges at the Scrap our Stash - Stash A Thon Birthday Celebration? They are posting challenges every day, and there are some great prizes to be won. My design team layout was the Present challenge, which you can see HERE...But I also have a couple of layouts to show you for some of the other challenges. These layouts were made using the Studio Calico Sugar Rush kit plus quite a few items from my stash.

Sprinkles/Mist Challenge

Cake Liner/Doily Challenge

You can find all the challenges HERE and be sure to link up your entry HERE.

Have a great weekend - Thanks for stopping by!
Megan

Scrap Our Stash-Stash A Thon Challnge #4

I am sharing my layout for the Scrap Our Stash Challenge for today. It is as follows:

Stash A Thon Challenge #4 ~ Presents/Bows

We all like to give and receive presents.
A present without a bow is like a cake without icing, the finishing touch is missing.  

So for our 4th challenge you are to create a layout, any theme and you must add one or more bows!

Here is my take on this challenge:

For the challenge, I decided to scrap these pictures of my friend, Heidi's little girl, Scarlett, from her 2nd birthday party. A lot of the supplies used are from Studio Calico's Sugar Rush kit. To complete the challenge, I added a bow from Studio Calico's Printshop line. I also colored the little girl image, Cupcake Anya, from The Greeting Farm with Copic markers to match the layout.

Be sure to stop by the Scrap Our Stash blog and enter the challenges this month. There is a challenge every other day and a lot of prizes to be won!

Thanks for stopping by!
Megan