This is Us - A LM challenge with a SID sketch

Hello, friends!

Today I'm bringing you a double dipper -  I used a prompt from Lasting Memories, starting a LOVELY month of Valentine's challenges, with a sketch from the lovely Stick it Down blog.

The challenge from Lasting Memories this week is to use the word LOVE to inspire the supplies or techniques used to create your layout.

I used Layers, an Overlay, Vellum and Ephemera. LOVE!

Here's the inspiring sketch from Stick it Down:

I don't watch This is Us (I know that is blasphemy to many of you, I just don't need to watch a dramatic show that makes me have all the feels, life has enough feels!). However, the title is perfect for these photos that really demonstrate my husband's and my relationship.

I wanted to use these large white letters, but when I put them on the busy heart paper, they didn't stand out sufficiently. So I used my watercolors to bring the pops of green from my pattern paper to my title.

Also, give me all the puffy letter stickers! Am I right!?

That overlay gave me exactly what I needed at the bottom of this photo in that negative space! Thank goodness for the O in love and the lack of many supplies that fit that letter!

Supplies:
Patterned papers - Becky Higgins Project life Sunshine collection
black and white and green strips - Studio Calico
puffy alphas - Studio Calico
white alphas - Target
stamps - studio calico and stampin' up

Thanks for looking & I hope you will join us at Lasting Memories for the weekly challenge!

Looking & Smiling - our photo motto

Hello everyone, today I'm bringing you some inspiration for the next-to-last Sizzlin' Summer sketch from Scrapbook Challenges. I think this may have been my favorite sketch!

Here is the original sketch:

These little photos are outtakes from many I had to take to get a good one - which turned out to be a really good one. So I used the best on a traditional layout for a complete, double page spread - (whhha?!).

My oldest son learned very young that you don't argue with mommy when she points a camera at you. The quicker you smile, the quicker you can get on with your life! He also thinks he has the responsibility of making the younger son smile, so it's quite difficult to get them both looking and smiling at the same time! This was a rare photo at the time, since Lachlan was so young and had just started really smiling - but boy do those smiles melt a heart...

I cut a giant ampersand to mirror the ampersand paper I used on the opposite page. I also cut the circles from the corresponding paper used on the opposite page.

and, of course - sequins.

I really ended up loving this fun color palette!

Supplies:
Crate Paper - Dear Lizzy Documenter paper
Cardstock - The Paper Studio
Washi tape - Amy tangerine
Alphas - Studio Calico

I hope you played along with Scrapbook Challenges' Sizzlin' Summer this month. It really helped me get lots of great pages completed.
Thanks for looking!

Old Friends - SBC Sizzlin' Summer sketch

Hello all!

I have another layout created with a Sizzlin' Summer sketch for your today.

You can find this lovely sketch at Scrapbook Challenges - please join along with this fun summer challenge!

I created this page for a project for an old friend. We had such a wonderful group of friends in high school & did so many fun activities together!

Supplies:
Paper - Pink Paislee
Kraft card - Me and My Big Ideas
Title - cut with Cricut

Thanks for looking!