At the Movies {Turqoise 4 and PGCB challenge #8}

Here is Kristy Lee's sketch for Turquoise 4 from Scrapbook Steals

And here is my page

The Paper Girls Challenge Blog (PGCB) Challenge #8 is to use up some chipboard out of your stash. The tag in the upper left corner is chipboard that I inked and added a cardstock cutout to.
The ribbon on the flags in the bottom right is from my good friend Cathryn, I won a prize on her blog last month and that was included, isn't it great?!
The movie tickets are copies of the real things because I don't think that type of heat-paper preserves very well. Does anyone have experience with that? Let me know!

Happy Half Birthday! {Turquoise 3}

 Here's the sketch for Turquoise 3 by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals.

And here is my page

Thanks for stopping by!

Dr. K {Amethyst 6}

Here is the sketch for Amethyst 6 by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals

And here is my page.

Cry {Amethyst 10}

Here is the sketch for Amethyst 10 by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals

And here is my page.

Poor Little Lady {Amethyst 9}

Here is the sketch for Amethyst 9 by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals.

And here is my page.

 I flipped the sketch horizontally and used bigger photos and paper squares in place of lots of little photos. The black background is not part of the page, just what it is sitting on to show the border punches :)

Raisin Toes! {Amethyst 8 & Authentique April Sketch}

This one is a bit confusing, but here goes! Here is the sketch for Amethyst 8 for Scrapbook Steals, but it is also the Authentique Paper April Sketch Challenge.

I guess that wasn't so bad after all ;)

Here is my page.

 

I decided to go with circles instead of hexagons to make it flow better with the circles in the background of the picture.

Easter Egg Hunt {Amethyst 7b}

Here is the sketch for Amethyst 7b by Kyla Norris for Scrapbook Steals.
I used the sketch for the second page of this set.

 Here is page one (no sketch used)

And here is page two, using Kyla's sketch.

Love {Amethyst 4}

Here is the Amethyst 4 sketch designed by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals

Here is my page.

Explore {Amethyst 5}

 Here is the sketch for Amethyst 5 by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals.

I have been wanting to try out several "new" products and techniques that I've seen around. I decided to just go for it and I tried a bunch of them all on one page! It was a lot of fun!

I used quite a few stamps on this page (something I have been a little afraid to try on a layout!) I also used washi tape for the first time. I am usually not a huge fan of chevron stripes, but I really don't mind them in this Amy Tangerine kit.

Scrapbook Retreat 2 (& Amythest 3a)

Here are the next 3 pages that I finished at my scrapbook retreat last weekend.

Here is the sketch for Amethyst 3a by the talented guest designer Melissa Dehne for Scrapbook Steals.

And here is my page.

Scrapbook Retreat (& Amethyst 2)

I was able to go to a great scrapbooking retreat this past weekend with my mom and a group of awesome ladies that I have met a few times before.
We had a lot of fun over the three days we were together, and got a lot of scrapping done! (Although I didn't get anywhere near the 22 pages that one friend finished!)
Here are three of the pages I did. I'll post another three tomorrow, and the last one when I get it finished!

 I will probably add some journalling to this page, but I can't decide where. The first picture is our family pic from '96, then we re-created it in 2011- second pic (that would be why my dad is holding my "little" brother!) And the bottom pic is the "real" family picture from 2011 :)

Here is Kristy Lee's sketch for Amethyst 2 for Scrapbook Steals

 And here's my page

Paper Girls Challenge Blog & Garnet 10 - Blur

The Paper Girls Challenge Blog's current challenge is to use a photo strip.

Here is the sketch by Kristy Lee for Scrapbooksteals

Here is my page

This page was a lot of fun to do with all the little clusters of paper strips and embellishments!

Garnet 9 - Trimming the Tree

Here is the sketch for Garnet 9 by Kristy Lee for Scrapbooksteals

Here is my page. I swapped the two pages and used less photos on my first page.

I don't usually like doing two page layouts, but they are really nice for scrapping pictures of big events!
All the paper and embellishments (excluding the kraft paper) on these pages are from Echo Park's Season's Greetings line.

Garnet 8 - Cousins don't let cousins do silly things ... alone!

This sketch was created by the super talented Becci Manies for ScrapbookSteals

Here is my page.

These two girls love to have fun and just be silly together! :)

Garnet 6 - Our First Home

Here is the sketch for Garnet 1 by the fabulous Kristy Lee for ScrapbookSteals

And here is my page.

I love using Echo Park's collection, Life is Good. I'll be sad when I run out!

Garnet 7 - Family

Here is Kristy Lee's sketch for Garnet 7 for SS

And here is my page

Garnet 5 - That Pout

Here is the sketch for Garnet 5 by Kristy Lee for SS

And here is my page

This sketch was so fun with all the layered scallops and embellishment clusters. Thanks Kristy!

ETA: This layout was featured on Practical Scrappers in the "Projects Using Flowers" post on 2/2/2012.
The post can be seen {here}

Garnet 2 & 4a - Visiting the Animals

Here is the sketch for Garnet 2 by Kristy Lee for SS

And here is Garnet 4a by Charity Becker for SS also

I combined the sketches and made a 2 page layout.

Thanks for the great sketches girls!

Garnet 3 - Untitled

Here is the sketch for Garnet 3. By Kristy Lee for SS.

Here is my page.

I couldn't think of a title I liked, so I decided not to have one at all!


ETA: This layout was featured on Practical Scrappers on 1/19/2012
in the post featuring layouts with machine stitching.
It can be seen {here}

Garnet 1 - Announcing our little girl

Wow, it has been almost a month since I've scrapped. Christmas sure kept us busy, but we had a lot of fun with our family & friends.
Here is the sketch for Garnet 1 by Kristy at SS:

And here is my page

The white swirls have white flocking on them to add some texture.
This was a great sketch to use, thanks Kristy!