Love You . . . for Challenge YOUrself and Art Journal Journey Monthly!

Hi everyone.  It's hard to believe that it's June 7th already, but here it is.  Time seems to be flying by faster than ever this year! 

 It's time for a new challenge at Challenge YOUrself:

Challenge YOUrself #126 opened today and closes on July 4th:

This month's challenge is a sketch challenge.  The theme is to create a project using this PageMaps sketch:

You can use the sketch in any way that you like, and combine it with any other challenge, just not another sketch challenge, for obvious reasons.  And please remember to include at least one photo with YOU in the frame.

Here is the mixed media scrapbook page that I created for this challenge:

As you can see, I followed the sketch pretty closely.  I just love PageMaps sketches and really get inspired to create when I see them.  The background cloud paper is from Vicki Boutin's "Where to Next?" collection entitled "Window Seat."  

The photos are of my hubby and me . . . the first is on our wedding day and the second was taken 30 years later.  Being married to him has made be so happy over the years.  Don't get me wrong, we have had our ups and downs (like most marriages) but we have worked hard to get to where we are today!  

I also want to mention that the rainbow and heart are from ArtStacks . . . Lisa Oxley's Artist Series "Bright and Bold" pack.   

I hope you get a chance to check out  Challenge YOUrself this month!  We would love to see YOUR projects.

I am also linking my page to Art Journal Journey Monthly's theme for June:

This month is hosted by Matilde at 100% Handmade/Craftowanie. Her theme for June is What Makes You Happy?  

Madilde says "Please show us everything that makes you happy.  I'm looking forward to seeing your ideas for this theme.  I hope you will enjoy it and join is this month."

As you can see, I made a page about me and my husband, John.  We have been married for 34 years and I couldn't be happier!  

I hope you get a chance to check out the all entries from the talented artists that take part in this challenge every month.  And I want to thank Matailde and Art Journal Journey for having this amazing challenge. 

And thank you so much for stopping by my blog today.   Have a wonderful June! 

We Belong Together . . . for Scrap FX!

Hi everyone!

Today I am sharing a layout that I made for the Scrap FX design team.  This month, I am featuring layouts about snow and/or the holiday season!

I recently found 2 photos - one of my mom and one of my uncle, her brother - skiing!  I knew I had to scrap both of these treasures!!!  I actually scrapped the original photos because I loved them so much.

I decided to use a Page Maps sketch, the same one I used for the challenge YOUrself December theme.

Here is my completed page:

And here are some close-ups:

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!  If you have a moment, I would love it if you checked out my blog post at Scrap FX.  You can see my step-by step tutorial and all of the wonderful Scrap FX products that I used!!  To find out more about Scrap FX products, please check out their store!

Thanks so much for your visit to my blog.  HUGS to one and all.  Happy Holidays!!!

Let it Snow . . . for Challenge YOUrself!

Hi everyone!  I hope you are enjoying your December so far!!

Today I am sharing a layout that I made for the current Challenge YOUrself theme:

This month's challenge is all about snowflakes!  I couldn't wait to scrap a photo of me with my twin sister way back in 1961!  My mom took the photo of the 2 of us in our winter hats and gloves enjoying the new fallen snow.

Here is my completed page:

I had the Echo Park "Celebrate Christmas" collection in my stash and used the paper and stickers to make my page.  I also used this amazing PageMaps sketch (from December 2018) for inspiration:

Here are some close-ups:

And the fun part, you have a random chance to win this amazing Echo Park scrapbooking kit this month:

Hope you get a chance to check it out in the hustle and bustle of the season!!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  HUGS!!!