Another ASD Stash Challenge!

Didn’t think I was going to get it finished, but here is one more for this week for ASD!  This one was a sketch and use at least 3 ribbons.  I always have trouble with ribbon!  And, come to find out, I don’t really  have much purple ribbon in my stash at all!!  This was for day 3.

I used paper from an SEI spring paper kit that I purchased at 75% off at Archiver’s.  No telling how long I’ve had that paper!

 

Apron Strings Don't Stash It Challenges

Lots of fun stuff happening here for Apron Strings!  This month on the blog Apron Strings is having a Don’t Stash It Challenge - all month long!  Here’s the details taken directly from the blog post:

So, all month long during the Apron Strings Birthday Celebration, we’re going to be digging into our stashes and bringing out all those past favorites (maybe a little purging along the way) and we’re gonna use it! I’ve seen what you ladies can crank out in a month and you should not only have a stack of completed pages, but a seriously depleted stash. If you’re one who always wants to play along (but manages to find reasons not to) - this is your time; there are so many opportunities to play and win this month.

Each weekday I’ll post a challenge, along with a sketch, you’ll have until Sunday evening to complete the week’s worth of challenges to be eligible for prizes. There are multiple opportunities to win - even if you only get one challenge from the week done. (See the following post for details on opportunities to win.)
 

So, you know me and how slow I am!  My simple goal is to try and get one layout done a week.  And this week I did!  I actually did the second page of a layout I did for Sketch Inspiration that Apron Strings was sponsoring (sketch 109)…  after finishing my second half I went back and added a few brads by the lollipop flower on the first page but frankly was to lazy to scan the changed layout in today!

So, normally I just post the layouts together but since each of these sides of the layout was done for a different reason, I’m posting them individually!

Here’s the first page based on the sketch at Sketch Inspiration:

And here’s the second half based on the Day 4 sketch and challenge using at least 5 buttons and brads.  I flipped the sketch 180 degrees and modified the photos mainly because none of my photos would crop nicely to that size without cutting off hands and feet!

 The great thing is this was an old Apron Strings kit!  I think I have no more and I added the ribbon, brads and eyelets (they matched perfectly!).  It is nice to use some stash!

Hope you can join us in the Don’t Stash It challenges! Happy Scrappin!

February Reveal for Sussies!

Where does the time go?  I feel like I’ve been swamped and have had little to no time to scrap!  And I just realized I missed the registration tonight for Karen Russel’s class.  Completely, 100%, spaced it.  I’m really bummed about that!!

Anyways, here are my layouts for Scrapbook Sussies this month!  I hope you get some inspiration from them !

With as much time as I’m at school, you’d think I’d have more school-type pictures!  But I couldn’t find any except this recent field trip to the Denver Aquarium.  I have another field trip to the Denver Museum which we just went to last week that I will probably use with the rest of this half of the kit!

I really loved the colors in the Crate Paper side of the kit!  I was certain I would never use that green when I saw it but I used it on both layouts!  It just screams outdoorsy to me!  In the first layout, the first page is {loosely} based on the exclusive Sussies sketch this month!  I’m not used to so much bare space!

I don’t know if there are any of these rawkin’ kits left, but I *think* you can still get in on the Year of the Sussies….  go check it out on the website!

Happy Scrappin!

Apron Strings January Reveal!

I promised I’d get this posted soon and here it is!  I had so much fun working with the kit this month.   I had a bit of a problem with the Sassafrass Lass’s Sweet Marmalade because my mind wasn’t on those colors - but they worked out great for Thanksgiving pics!

And then for Studio 8’s Girly Girl papers I went with more vacation pictures from Red River.  Sometimes it’s hard doing albums for each girl plus a family one!  But it allows for many different designs for layouts of good pics!  I used an exclusive sketch for Apron Strings for this design.  One of my favorite pictures of all 3 girls is on this layout!

I have several odds and ends to post - cards and such but I strained my neck/shoulder today and am off to lay on the heating pad for a bit.  It put a damper on my scrapping for tonight as well.  Hope it feels better tomorrow - and I hope you are getting some scrapping done!

My last few crop pages

Yeah!  I don’t think I’ve ever completed this many layouts for a crop.  They are simpler than I usually do but they are finished!  I completed 8 challenges out of 10, the only ones I didn’t complete was one recipe challenge you had to sign up for early and the scrap a resolution/goal….

Anyways, I just uploaded this layout for using a “new technique”.  I don’t usually do challenges like this as defining “new technique” is always difficult for me.  But I know I’ve never made pinwheels and put them on my layouts so that’s what I did.  Not sure exactly what they have to do with soccer though!

And then I did this two page layout for (a) use at least 5 circles, one of which had to be a picture and (b) included a calendar grid on your layout:

Hope you managed to get some scrapping done!  I should be able to show you the rest of my January Apron Strings designs later this week!  Boy, my blog is hopping right now :)