Summer LOs

Summer vacation is over, the kids are back in school, and I've actually been able to sit and scrap a bit. Here are the only other layouts I finished over the summer: *I'll come back and edit with complete credit info*

For the Sprinkles on Top challenge, each LO needs to contain a certain phrase. "Jump into summer" was one from the list, but I couldn't find quite the right photo to go with it until I changed the phrase a little.
Credits: Kit - Alpha - Refresh

I love the Brownie Indulgence Challenge at Brownie Scraps. Creating a LO with an adorable mini kit is always fun and sometimes a challenge to figure out how each piece fits in. This is what I came up with in August.

Credits: Kit - by Kelly of Magic Dreamer's Designs

The daily brownie bytes kit by Scrappin' Daisies was so adorable in August! Here's a LO I did with it and my silly Heidyn just chillaxin in her finest duds.

Credits: Kit - Be You by Bethany of Scrappin' Daisies

This was for a word of the week challenge at Stuff to Scrap. The word was 'fun,' and this picture of Abigail just cracked me up. We went to the museum at Hill Air Force Base one afternoon, and Abigail was ready to leave LONG before her dad was ready to leave.

Credits: Kit - My CT Rocks; Template -

Yardwork

I finally scrapped something! :) This was done for the font challenge at Stuff to Scrap. Watching these two try to mow the lawn like daddy was cracking me up. I think they decided it's not as easy as he makes it look.
Credits: Kit - Spontaneous Delight by Carrie Stephens, Fonts - Diesel, Pea Lacy Chunky and AvantGarde

LOTD #3

It's unbelievable to me how many times I've had the layout of the day when I'm really not very good at this yet, but here's another one. Yay! This was a speed scrap. The kit is adorable, the speed scrap host was fantastic, and I just followed the directions. I couldn't help but end up with an adorable layout. I love Megan's face in this picture!Credits: Kit - A Day for Play Brownie Scraps collab, alpha - Refresh by Shabby Princess (recolored)

Scrapflip

When you see a layout you really like, often you "scraplift" that layout, which means to copy the parts you love while making it your own. Another version of the scraplift is the scrapflip, which is when you take a layout, flip it, and then copy it. This weekend I participated in my first scrapflip challenge and ended up with 2 versions of this layout. I couldn't decide which one I liked better. The more muted version isn't quite so in your face and really makes the elements pop, but I think the photo pops more in the brighter version. Either way, Megan's a cute, and I love how this little mini kit matches her pajamas. It's one of the submissions for the designer challenge at Brownie Scraps. If this wasn't a layout copied from someone else, I could enter it in the layout contest.

Which version do you like better?

One Ingredient at a Time

One of the challenges that really is quite a challenge is the "One Ingredient at a Time" challenge. Each week you are given a set of instructions to create a layout. You don't have any idea where it's headed or what will come next, so it's a trick to make it something creative but still have it look good at the end. Here is what I did in April step by step.

Step one was to add a certain number of plain and patterned papers.
Step 2 was to add 4 pictures.
Step 3 was to add a cluster of elements. (I did 2 little clusters.)
And step 4 was to add some journaling.
I don't think I would have ever made a layout quite like this on my own, but it's always fun to see where this kind of challenge will take you.

Credits: Kit - Sweet Sprinkles by Shabby Princess with some elements added from other Shabby Princess kits; alpha - Pea Sarah Quick