Hey Fun | Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop with *Giveaway*

You guys feel that?  That strange feeling floating in the air?  That's the fun feeling of the Scrapping Our Stash blog hop where you find us digging into our stashes.  We should all do this more often!  :)  

You should've arrived from Cathy's blog...did you see her sketch pen outlining technique?  Her projects are always so inspiring!  

My project today uses the Fancy Pants Happy Go Lucky collection from 2013.  I love the colors in the collection, and they go well with my sweet boy.

Paxton's school did a Kindergarten Hoedown, and he had a blast!

I splattered some Heidi Swapp Bronzer Color Shine around the base and then adhered it to the brown cardstock to sew along the edges.

I used cut files from Scrapbook & Cards Today titled "Circle Fun" and cut some out using the same color cardstock as my base.  Then I layered different papers behind the circles and sewed around the edges for some fun interest.

I used some ephemera to create the title with the "fun" circle.

I added some stickers from the collection and then journaling underneath one of the phrase stickers.

And now it's giveaway time!

I'm giving away one $15 e-gift certificate to My Scraps & More.  All you have to do is:

• Be or become a member of my blog with Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin AND
• Leave a comment on this blog post

You can share this post on Facebook or Twitter or refer a friend who joins my blog for an extra chance at the prize (please note that you have done this in a 2nd comment or have the referral tell who referred them in a comment on this post).

Easy peasy!  You have until Monday, June 29th at noon Central time to enter for your chance to win.  International entries are fine, and I use random.com to choose the winner.  I'll announce the winner here on my blog on Tuesday, June 30th.  Good luck, and thanks so much for hopping along with us!

Next up is Sandy's super-cute Project Life pages...go check out her awesome project and give her some blog love!

If you lost your way or want to start at the beginning, the full list is below.

Cathy Harper http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/

Majken Pullin http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/   -------------------> YOU ARE HERE

Sandy Ross http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/  ------> GO HERE NEXT

Suzanna Lee http://www.lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Lyne Schnable-Blodgett http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Stella Haggerty http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com/

Wendy Bergeron Coffman http://stampingrules.com

Lee-Anne Thornton http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com

The Happiest Place on Earth | My Scraps & More Sketch #108

What's up, y'all?  It's time for another My Scraps & More sketch reveal.  At first, I couldn't think of any photos I specifically wanted to scrap, and then remembered I have a **whole box** of photos from our trip to Walt Disney World in November that are waiting!  We had a blast - it was our first trip there as a family.  And we got to meet Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, too!  And Presley had fun snapping selfies with all the characters.

This time, I reached for a 5x7 photo of us in front of THE castle at Magic Kingdom the night before Thanksgiving.  Our first day at Magic Kingdom was on Saturday, and we went for Magic Kingdom day two on Wednesday to eat an early Thanksgiving meal at Liberty Tree Tavern as well as visit rides we didn't get to see Saturday.  And this time?  We stayed for the parade and the fireworks - we watched from the Rose Garden...it truly was magical!  

I have had the idea for using the famous Mickey ears as a cut file for one of my layouts for awhile, and looking at the sketch, I decided to turn the larger background rectangle into Mickey after rotating the sketch 90 degrees.  I sewed around Mickey's face after cutting to help give definition.  The color of the castle was perfect to use Simple Stories Say Cheese II!

I cut the red paper with the polka dots from the "2X12, 4X12 & 6X12 Elements" paper, cutting around the scallops.  I added a layer of the striped blue paper, and added a gold mickey face I saved from our travel agency mail that came with our paperwork along with a phrase sticker.  I used my Cameo to cut a chevron strip using the yellow star paper.

For the scalloped areas in the sketch, I opted to use hearts cut with my Cameo of the Simple Stories Say Cheese II cut files combined with stickers.  I turned the blue one above into my journal spot!

I combined the bottom hearts with other stickers, too.

Finally I added the title.  I had been thinking about what my title should be the whole time I worked on the layout, and I knew I wanted to use the curve of the Mickey ears to help highlight it.  Here's what I came up with using different alpha stickers from the collection.  I wanted "happiest" to stand out, so I used the gold foil for that word.

I added a few star stickers, gems, and sequins to help add interest the the layout.

Here is the sketch by Katrina Hunt:

We'd love for you to join us using this sketch - be sure to link it up for your chance at some scrappy goodies from My Scraps & More!  There are a lot of other awesome takes on Katrina's sketch, so head back to My Scraps & More sketches to view them.

Just Chillin' | My Scraps & More Sketch 107

Hi everyone!  I'm happy to be back sharing my take on a My Scraps & More sketch.  Today's layout uses Bo Bunny's #ForeverYoung collection.  I love the bright colors in it that highlight my daughter's outfit...they work so well together!  Here is my take on the sketch (I decided to add a 2nd photo to it):

I loved this sketch because it's so versatile.  I started my center grid with a layer of wide silver and white My Mind's Eye washi tape, and then I trimmed pieces of the 6x6 paper pad as well as a border page from the collection to layer over the tape.  After I had the pieces where I wanted them, I sewed in black along the grid.

I matted my photos in white and then black cardstock, and I used 3D foam to pop them up a bit for depth.  I trimmed the #ForeverYoung piece from the barcode of one of my papers...I don't think I've ever used the collection name/logo in an actual layout before!  But I thought it was fitting since the sketch "hashtag" is the center piece.  :)

I trimmed two 12" strips to border the left and top of my layout and sewed along them to help frame my page.  Next, I fussycut some of the citrus pieces and punched a heart to sprinkle around my page.  I punched the "Sweet!" circle out of a journal spot piece to use as another embellishment.  I stamped some ink spots and added the black foam arrows from an Amy Tan Plus One Kal Barteski Thickers set.

Next I created my title from Tim Holtz black letters and another set of pink foam Thickers.  I stamped an arrow from the Bo Bunny collection and sprinkled some matching Queen & Co Droplets around the layout, too.

I did a tiny bit of journaling in the bottom right corner to keep it simple.

Here is a look at the sketch:

Now make it a point to play along for your chance at some goodies from My Scraps & More!  They have a great collection of papers and embellishments as well as lots of great challenges on their Forum.  Come join us!!

Have a super weekend everyone...chocolate dreams for every one of you!

Majken

Meet Me in the Sunshine

Happy Friday everyone!

Well, I don't know where you are visiting my blog from, but I'm in Texas.  What that means right now is a BOAT-LOAD of rainfall and terrible flooding.  We are fortunate in the West part of Houston to not have experienced any immediate danger to us or our home.  Others have not been so lucky.  So today I wanted to share a layout I created when the rainfall from last fall gave way to a beautiful Texas Wildflower season in the spring.  Bluebonnets are quite beautiful alone, but when they are a sea of blue against a green field, they are pretty close to heaven.

Here is my layout.

I used papers from Webster's Pages "Dream in Color" collection.  The Dream in Color paper caught my eye immediately, and I felt it was the perfect background for the photo of me with the bluebonnets.

I decided to use a sketch by the talented Jennifer Haggerty that was created for the My Scraps & More April Sketchathon - sketch #6.

To tone the background down slightly, I chose a blue cardstock and spritzed it with Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine and cut it diagonally.  I sewed the left and bottom sides of the triangle.

I layered my photo with white cardstock and other papers from the Dream in Color collection and then put my title down using the Amy Tan Rise & Shine Gold Phrase stickers.  Perfect!  You can also me my journaling just below the photo in the bottom right corner.

Here is a close-up of the photo mat with a "dream" tab I punched:

To balance out the layout, I put an embellishment area in the top right of the page, following the sketch.  I used ribbon, punched a banner and heart and used more of the gold Thickers.

Here's Jennifer's sketch:

That's all for me today.  I hope if you are in the South and getting hit by all this rain that you found a small ray of sunshine and beauty in your day.

XOXO,
Majken

{I am} Simply me...on a journey - MSAM sketch #106 reveal

Hi there everyone!  So glad you can visit today for a a layout I created for the My Scraps & More sketch blog for sketch #106 by Ana Castro.  Such a fun sketch with the photo slides that could also be film slides.  I also am absolutely in LOVE with the Simple Stories I AM collection.  Such great colors and elements!  Don't you think they'd be wise to make an "I AM 2" collection like they did for Say Cheese??  Crossing fingers!  Take a look at my layout below and then head over the MSAM sketch blog to see everyone else's creations.  Enter your layout for a chance at the May prize from MSAM!

 Such a fun collection - we storytellers and memory makers just don't get in front of the camera and pages as often as we should!  I started with the base of the brick background.  I took the orangy-pink polka dot paper and cut six photo slides using my Cameo with this cut file...three of my cuts have the "PHOTO" in the bottom.  And I cut one using the black flower paper.

After placing my photo slide cuts and photos out, I just started choosing the ephemera that worked for what I liked!  I cut a few banners, made a few stitches, placed some lacey washi tape, and adhered everything down.

That time that the layout came together so quickly because the collection is that awesome....includes this layout.  :)

Of course, I was compelled to use "I AM" for my title.  My extended title going diagonally from top right to bottom left is "I am simply me on a journey".  

My private journaling spot is hidden, tucked behind the photo with the speech bubble - I used a tag from the ephemera to write what I wanted.  I'm not normally drawn to gold, but it's just too pretty with this collection NOT to use!

I finished the layout sprinkling a few enamel dots around the page.

Have you used photo slides or film strips on a page, and if so, did you like how it turned out?  I must admit this page makes me happy.  :)

Don't forget to play along with the May sketches at MSAM sketch blog for your chance at the May prize!  If you haven't purchased anything in this collection, go grab some soon!

See you soon back again in scrap-land!

Majken

{Life So Sweet} -- My Scraps & More Sketch 105 Reveal

Hi there everybody in scrappy-land!  It's the first Friday of the month (how did it become May so quickly??) and that means another sketch from My Scraps & More!  Sketch 105 is great for one or two photos, and I decided to highlight one photo with me, my mom, and my niece all dressed up for my other niece's wedding.

I am totally crushing on Jillibean Soup's Summer Red Raspberry collection, and I had to go buy MORE.  That's how I roll.  ;)  Paper hoarders UNITE!!  These colors just make me happy!  Go grab yours today using the MSAM monthly coupon which you can find on the Home page.

I *adore* the bubble paper, so I made that my main part of the bottom border area.  I used a B-side piece of BasicGrey's J'Adore paper with the raspberry stripes to break up the bubbles, but I also softened it a bit with a vellum overlay that I punched scallops onto.  The J'Adore paper matched perfectly!  I duplicated the scallops on a final strip of the J'Adore paper, attached a strip of the mint paper with "Days like these make life so sweet", and then I sewed a couple of lines across for more definition.

I fell in love with the 3x4 journal pieces, so I chose the one with LOVE on it and punched out the L, heart, V, and E to spell LOVE on top of the mint strip.  I popped them up with 3D foam tape for dimension, and then I used a bow from my stash (Maggie Holmes) on the top right corner of the bottom border area.  I then placed various sizes and colors of enamel dots on the bubble paper for a fun look.

For the top section, I matted my photo with the stripe paper from J'Adore and then layered on top of two papers from the Jillibean Soup collection and a white doily.  I sewed along the top and bottom of the mint green bubble paper and then used 3D foam tape to pop up my photo.  I created a small embellishment cluster of hearts and an enamel dot on the right side of my photo area, and then added journaling.

For my title, I fussycut "Life so sweet" from another journaling tag and adhered to my layout.  I cut a banner from a third journaling bit with "Sweet" and sewed to my base.  I popped up another heart sticker.

Finally, I filled in here and there with some other mixed enamel dots to tie the top part to the bubbles border on the bottom.

I hope my layout has inspired you to create!  Please check out the work of the other talented designers on the MSAM sketch blog, and don't forget to post your version of the sketch for your chance at a great prize from My Scraps & More:  Echo Park I Love Sunshine papers, alpha stickers, banner stencil, and chipboard.

Have a wonderful May and don't forget to stop in again on May 15th for another sketch!

Majken

Good Times - Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop | Sketch 14 from MSAM Sketchathon

Top of the weekend to you!  Thanks for joining us along our scrappy hop this weekend, where we scrap our stash.  And quite a large one, I have.  I've yet to find a 12-step program for it, though!!  You should've arrived here from Kristy's blog.  The full list is at the bottom if you started in the middle or want to start over.

I created today's layout using BasicGrey's Vivienne collection.  I adore this collection...I think you can tell by my blog header as well as this layout.  :)  Well, I just love BasicGrey in general! 

I also used sketch #14 from the My Scraps & More April Sketchathon...there's about a week left to play along.  Come join in, why don't you?   

So here's today's layout:

I used textured white cardstock as my base and added a piece from Vivienne.  Then I splattered with pink spritz as well as Bronze Color Shine.  

Then I started cutting strips from the 6x6 paper pad as well as the 12x12 papers in different widths and lengths.  I then adhered them and sewed across a few of them.

I matted my photo and used 3D foam dots to pop it up.  I also cut a peace sign using my Cameo and used that as a 3D embellishment.  I created the title using a sticker from the collection and layers of the paper.  My journaling spot is near that as well.

I also added some stickers and acrylic pieces around the strips and title:

And here is the sketch by Missy Whidden:

That's it for me today!  Your next stop on the hop is the very talented Wendi!  Go leave her some blog love.  Have a super weekend everyone!

Majken


Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Juliana www.17turtles.com 

Katrina http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

Laura http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/

Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com

Cathy http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/ Sandy http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/ Kristy http://alwaysworldaway.blogspot.com Majken  http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com  ***YOU ARE HERE*** Wendi R http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/  ***GO HERE NEXT*** Wendy C www.stampingrules.com Lee-Anne http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com