Saturday, May 4, 2013

SYTYCS #18 - Moments with Maddie

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! I am starting the day of right, by scrapping.  I've made it to another round in the "So You Think You Can Scrap" challenge over at Colorful Creations. This is my submission for week 18, photos of Maddie this Easter.



The requirements were to use the following sketch and create a layout WITHOUT using a trimmer, scissors, or knives on any of your papers. You can use a trimmer to crop your photos ONLY. I tore all my paper and used the ribbon to hide the horizontal tear lines between the papers. For the four purple squares I used the following technique to tear my squares straight - score the paper, fold along the score line, lick the edge of the fold, reverse the fold and lick along the edge of the fold again, then separate. The accent strips are washi tape that was torn and the journaling tag is from a journaling notepad. No trimmer, scissors or knives were used on any of the papers.
Also, Your layout must have:
A bird - I used a quickutz bird adjacent to the title
Staples - I used two staples on the left side of the ribbon and three staples on the right side of the ribbon
At least 4 different pattern papers - I used Making memories purple background paper, Creative Memories purple squares on the right, the green paper at the bottom is from DCWV paper stack, and the pink swirl is from the Paper Studio.
Embossing (wet or dry) - The green paper is actually embossed, but I also used a Spell Binders die to cut out the white circle beneath the title and then dry embossed the edge to raise it. It is a bit hard to see in the photo.

I am also playing along with a some other challenges, some specifically for NSD:

I am introducing my little Maddie and included her name on the layout to play along with the new challenge site "About A Girl" and their May 1st challenge. This challenge was easy, just introduce your "girl" and create a layout with her name somewhere on the layout.

I am also playing along with Really Reasonable Ribbon's challenge #71 - Sparkle, Bling and Ribbon.  I have sparkle on my title and the diamond brads in the flower centers, the circle around the title background is bling, and I have ribbon across the entire layout horizontally.

This month's Bird is the Word challenge is to use the word "Moment" on a layout; hence my title "Moments with Maddie".

Finally, I am playing along with the latest Scrap Our Stash Challenge Create a LAYOUT using 3 or more patterned papers!  You MUST use papers from
3 or more different collections. 

AND....
you will need to dig further into your stash and pull out some of thoseRUBONS 

you have been neglecting to use.  I used Making memories purple background paper, Creative Memories purple squares on the right, the green paper at the bottom is from DCWV paper stack, and the pink swirl is from the Paper Studio.  I also added the "Adore you" rub-on in the upper right hand corner. 


Here are a couple of close-up photos:




Materials Used:  paper - the Paper Studio, Creative Memories, Making Memories, DCWV; die-cut - Quickutz and Spell Binders; bling - Heidi Swapp; ribbon - unknown; staples - unknown; journaling block - Making Memories; flowers - unknown; brads - MME; rub-on - Making Memories; washi tape - unknown; thickers - Dear Lizzy and American Crafts; letter stickers - Basic Grey.

Thanks for visiting!

26 comments:

Pat said...

Gorgeous 2 pager! Love the colors. Thanks for playing @ AAG.

Cherished said...

Beautiful LO's Thanks for joining us at AAG.

Unknown said...

Love the colours and such gorgeous photos! Thanks for joining us at AAG

Lynn said...

Sweet layout! Love the pretty colors you chose...so feminine. Thanks for playing along with us at About A Girl :)

Irini said...

Gorgeous 2 page layout!...pretty colours and the photos gorgeous!!
Thanks so much for playing along with us at BIrd Is THe Word!
hugz
irini

Unknown said...

Wonderful double layout and the pictures are so sweet! Thanks for joining the fun at AAG!!!

MichelleMc said...

So beautifully done! Love the sweet photos and pretty colors! Thanks for joining us at AAG!

Kelly said...

What a super sweet 2 page layout! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Scrap Our Stash! :)

Canica said...

Great layout! Love the colours!! Thanks for playing along with us at AAG!!

Jan said...

i always seem to struggle with 2 page layouts but you made it look effortless! Your choice of papers and embellies only enhances the gorgeous photos! Beautifully done! Thanks for playing along with us over at SOS.

Brenshevia said...

Beautifully done, thanks for joining us at AAG!

Unknown said...

Great 2-pager and what a little cutie pie!! Thanks for playing along with us at AAG!

Tammy said...

Those are the cutest pictures of your baby girl! Great job on the layout, I'm impressed with all of the challenges you put into it and all the work you had to do! Thanks for joining us at SOS!

Rochelle Spears said...

great job with the challenges! Cute photos! thanks for playing along with SOS! :)

Lizzyc said...

HI..This is so sweet, lovely colors and adorable photos, and thanks for joining in at BITW too!

Brenda said...

Nice double page and great job using a mix of patterned papers! Love the rub~on! Thanks for playing along at Scrap Our Stash!

TLC DESIGNS, LLC said...

What a delightful blog! I love the reason you've decided to share as well as the photo's of that little blessing you have to share! I'm not sure I located and ribbon on this articular project though?? There is a beautiful amount of sparkle and bling! Thanks for joining us at RRR this time, as I've enjoyed visiting your blog!
Hugs
Tammy Louise

Elisabeth Sarkis said...

Sweet page,love it,thanks for joining in at BITW

gracescraps@gmail.com said...

No cutting tools??? What a challenge. It's great to see a familiar face and a scrapbook page here for the RRR challenge!! What gorgeous pages and I love how you used the ribbon! Thanks for joining our Sparkle, Bling, and Ribbon Challenge at RRR!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

Wendy K. said...

I love that you did a blocked layout and tore your paper! Beautiful layout and thanks for playing with SOS!

Stacey said...

Great 2-pager! I love all the little accents. Thanks for playing at AAG!

scrappinsmiles said...

Love the jewels. What a darling little girl!

Heather said...

Lots of pretty details here, and a lovely feminine page.

Unknown said...

your double looks great....thanks for playing along at BITW

Mish086 said...

Beautifully done! Thanks for playing along with us over at Scrap Our Stash!
Michelle

Unknown said...

So sweet,, from pictures to papers. Love that little birdie!

Thanks for playing at SOS!
xoxo, Lindsey