First, lemme take a #selfie - GDT Lasting Memories

Today, I bring you another fun "All About Me" layout from my Guest Design Team experience over at Lasting Memories.

Today's prompt is "First, Let me Take a Selfie."

I'm not huge ont he selfie-taking, but on our recent trip to Universal Studios, it was my birthday and I was in Harry Potter world and I just did it! I used a selfie I took in Hogsmeade.

I once again used my Reminisce Wizarding 101 papers I found on Amazon. I created my title with the Cricut, and use some Halloween stamps for the Magic die. Obvs had to add an owl feather too.

The May or April Studio Calico kit had a bit of a HP theme, and so that sweet lightning bolt paper and sticker came from that.

Supplies:
White Cardstock - Craftsmith by Michael's
Red glasses paper and brown hat paper, perfecting sticker - Reminisce Wizarding 101
Lightning bolt paper and sticker, mirrored stars and magic stamp - Studio Calico

Thanks for looking, and go play along at Lasting Memories!

Ravenclaw BFFs - a GDT layout for LM

Today I'm bringing you another lovely challenge inspiration from the Lasting Memories blog. The month's theme is "All about Me" and today is "Anything Goes"!

So I created a page about my best friend and me. You can't talk about yourself without talking about your BFF, right?

This is a photo of us at Universal Studio's Wizarding World of Harry Potter for my birthday.

We have both been sorted, of course, and we are both Ravenclaws! No surprise really - I typically have my nose buried in a book (she, her ears), she's artsy, I have the crafty gene, we're Ravenclaws. So here we are, just taking Hagrid's bike out for a ride around London, nbd.

I cut the banner from my cricut and had the letters written with the cricut also. The paper is a Harry Potter paper pack from Reminisce - Wizarding 101.

I cut the eagle pennant from the cricut as well. I got the wax seal of the Deathly Hallows as my Souvenir. Also, we both have Deathly Hallows tattoos! So it was perfect for our page. And obvs - an owl feather.

Supplies
Gray cardstock - Craftsmith at Michael's
Paper - Reminisce - Wizarding 101
Alphas - Remarks by American Crafts
Stamp - Studio Calico

Thanks for looking and go play along at Lasting Memories!

Welcome to Diagon Alley - a SBC sketch

Hullo everyone!

Today we have another fun layout from my birthday trip to Universal Studios and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It was so fun! I'm such a HP geek & all the details were just great and like the books.

As guests at one of the Universal Resorts, we were allowed 1 hour early entrance to the HP section of the park. So this photo was taken when hardly anyone was in the park, then we rode the Escape from Gringotts ride without hardly a wait!

I found a fun paper pack from Reminisce (I bought mine on Amazon) with Harry Potter themed papers and a sticker sheet. That's where the brick paper came from.

Here are a couple detail shots

The little calendar I got on clearance at Hobby Lobby, and I love that it has the HP feel, but I could still write just a tiny bit of journaling to tell where we were. I'm planning for a pocket page on the other opening for more details. Pocket pages are not as fun, so I am always later to getting around to making those.

I want to keep with a certain vintage, antique, musty, dusty, distressed theme in my HP pages, so the clusters of objects arose from that idea. I grabbed some fabric, a ripped dictionary page, a glitter tape from an old headband & even the metal wrapping top from a bottle of wine! Haha - sometimes being a pack rack pays off and I finally use all the silly bits I save..

So the paperclips used to hold the clusters together came from my Nana's house when we cleaned out her belongings after she passed earlier this year. The funny thing is that for some reason I remember those triangular paper clips from my childhood. I'm not sure at all why, but I specifically remember her showing them to me and thinking they were neat because they were different. I'm glad I have a few to use in my memory keeping now. :)

Supplies:

Brown cardstock - CraftSmith by Michaels
Brick Paper - Reminisce Wizard101
Kraft Paper - Studio Calico
Orange Cardstock - the Paper Studio
Calendar bit - 7 Gypsies
fonts - dafont.com, written by Cricut
Other bits as listed above

Thank you for looking and go play along at Scrapbook Challenges!

Weasley's Wizard Wheezes - a SBC Sketch

Today I have a page from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! My husband booked us a no-kids trip there for my birthday this year & we had a blast. The Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley villages in the parks were amazing! I was very pleased with the level of detail and how authentic they made them.

I love that this is a Flashback Friday sketch on the diagonal. I have noticed that diagonal sketches are trending in scrapbooking lately, so I guess it's just back!

I saw the round graphic on pinterest and scraplifted it on my Cricut. You can find the original inspiration here.

Here are some details:

Supplies:
Wooden Paper - Crate Paper Wonder Stack
Background Cardstock - DCWV Coral Couture
Background Patter paper - Crate Paper Wonder Stack
Semi-hidden journaling tag - Studio 112

Go play along with this fun sketch!

Thanks for looking!