Scrapbooking in May: Challenge 33

Vacation is over, my tests are all over. It is time to get back into the crafty side of life. I have so many goals for the Spring time (spring cleaning, reading challenge) but nothing makes me happier than scrapbooking! 

The next challenge from the Challenge Jar is to 

Use lots of banners/pennants 

I used my April Counterfeit Kit Something There for this challenge. 

I grabbed a few of my mom's punches. She has this great one that cuts two different kinds of triangles, perfect for making a banner. When I visited Epcot recently, I loved all the stringed lights and banners going back and forth in the little countries. I wanted to mimic it for this page, even though this picture was taken at Sesame Place! 

Scrapbooking in April: Challenge Jar Kits

I had a little bit of time this week to pull a challenge out of the Challenge Jar.

Make 5 page kits using lots of die cut pieces

The last challenge I did from the jar was also page kits and I was able to make a page with each one already. I plan to do the same with these kits. I managed to make all the kits with my 100 patterned papers - this used up 14! 

Here are the page kits!

The first one was inspired by the pinata paper I pulled out and the pinata die cuts I had in my random stash. I decided I wanted to also make sure I used a 12x12 sticker sheet and letter tiles for each of these pages. 

I had lots of clouds and an umbrella and raindrops so This one is a bit rainy and gray. 

I pulled out the kraft hot air balloon because the challenge on the 100 patterned paper facebook page is to use up Kraft paper items this month. 

At this point I just reached into the random die cut bag and pulled out that pink jar and went off of that as inspiration for the full page kit. 

I liked the orange/red and yellow present and went with that as my color scheme for this kit. I'm so excited that I had several papers that would work in the stash I was pulling from!

Check back to see the pages I make with these page kits. 

Easter Bunny- Cut File Challenge

Today I did a challenge from the Paper Issues Facebook Page where you had to use a cut file (it was free!) on your layout. There were a couple of pieces to choose from. I decided to go with the two Easter Eggs. 

The layout came together quickly and I used those really, really old stickers from a sticker pad I bought at Michael's or AC Moore when I first started to scrapbook. 

Look Up at the Stars

Working on last week's Online Scrapbooking Weekend I needed to scrapbook something that had some value to me. 

I went with some good advice from a mother to her son. I was excited to use a cut file from Paper Issues  for this layout because I never use a die cutting machine but I've borrowed one from my mother and I have to say I loved using it!