Summer Challenge: Rainy Day

This week is my week to host a challenge for our Summer Camp at PersonalScrapper.com.
Not all days are sunny at camp, so my challenge was to create a layout on a rainy day activity.  Here is my layout I created for this challenge:

I would love to see what others do....

52 Week Challenges

Wow it is the first week of August which means this year is half way over!  I have been slowly catching up on my 52 weeks challenges.  I have 5 more layouts to share with you and a special Taylor Swift ticket!
For the summer, Erica at Personal Scrapper let us members post a different challenge each week.  This layout was put together under the DIRTY category.  Sand and dirt are sort of the same right?  The cute crab and sandcastle I acquired from my meet-up groups cricut summer swap.  I received some awesome images that I will put into use!  The pp and top journaling label is from Fancy Pants, the smaller journaling label is from Basic Grey.  Thickers (are glittered) from AC

A closer look at the letters:

This next challenge was from week 5 (I am working out of order) it was to use different borders:

PP used is Jillibean's Watermelon Garpacho. Punched borders are Stampin' Up punches, Lettering: AC Thickers, Flowers are from petaloo, Larger butterfly is from Stampin' Up, small punch is Martha Stewart, Twine is from The Twinery.  I ordered the sampler pack and LOVE it!!

Close up of Butterfly:



The next challenge was Flower Child:  Here is my layout FULL of flowers:
I used Jillibean PP again, the striped pp is from MME, all rhinestones are from Kaisercraft, WE & you is from doodlebug designs, Felt arrow & Chipboard hearts are also from Maya Road.  Journaling card and Lace border punch is from Martha Stewart.  I don't remember where the buttons & ribbon are from :(

The next challenge is also a summer camp challenge involving FOOD! For the end of the year party my dd's troop had a Chocolate Factory party.  They created all sorts of chocolatey treats (and mess) I used Echo Park's Summertime line for this layout.  The "golden ticket" was created using a Tim Holtz embossing folder.

This last layout was created under the WATER summer camp challenge- PP is from Fancy Pants



And lastly, My dd turned 9 in July and she received a ticket to see Taylor Swift!  Since I did not have the tickets in my hand I created the ticket below!  Do you think she LOVED her girft?

52 Weeks of Challenges at PersonalScrapper.com!!

I have seriously been slacking on the 52 weeks of challenges- so I decided to do a few to catch up this weekend and fulfill the summer camp challenges (Love 2 for 1's)
This layout was based on the Memories Challenge- I found this picture of my dd at 6months old that I want to scrap:

Layout was put together using the echo park playground pp, thickers, kaisercrafts rhinestones and fiskars punch (ribbon was in my stash-I don't remember where it is from)

Next layout was based on Debbie's Camp Challenge she listed 20 items that the layouts must have and I was able to have 19 items:

Most items are from Stampin' Up except for the Corrugated alphas: Jillibean, sequin ribbon: Maya Road 

Next layout is based on Debbies Camp challenge: Red for sunburn, bumps for mosquito bites, numbers for SPF rating:

Here is my layout:

Pattern Paper:Fancy Pants, Paper: Bazzil, Lettering: Scenic Route, Flowers & Bling: Bo Bunny, Date label: basic grey, embossing folder: cuttlebug

Summertime Challege: Create a layout based on what you like to do in the Summer- My favorite place to go is the Beach, my kids love to Boogie Board:

Layout based on a sketch from:Sketch Support, pattern paper: fancy pants (Personal scrapper July 11 kit)

Challenge: use one of Lisa's sketch.

I used Lisa's July sketch with PersonalScrappers July kit (layout was done in less than 30 minutes!!!)

Sketch:

And Layout:

I will be spending the next couple of days catching up on the rest!!!  Stay tuned or join in on the fun of PersonalScrappers.com 52 Weeks of Challenges.

Cricut Water Bottle

Two days in a row I am blogging!  Whoo hoo!  Will there be three- hmmm we'll see (ok that was not meant to rhyme, it just came out that way!)
I wanted to post a cute little gift I put together for my goddaughter's birthday last weekend.  It was using the cricut and adhesive vinyl (I bought this pack from graphix more than 5 years ago and it just sat in my stash)  My goddaughter loooves Soccer so I decided to make her a personalized water bottle, I used the soccer mania cartridge with my gypsy and cut it with my new cricut expression 2.  I really have been using it alot lately!  (I have to justify the splurge for it : )

That is all I have for today- lets see what I can come up with for tomorrow :)

Celebrations!!

I decided to post a few more layouts that I put together with my personalscrapper kits :)

This is the May kit featuring Basic Grey Papers and my son's birthday!!!!  I added twine from the Twinery!  I ordered a great sampler pack and can see it going quickly.

This layout incorporated the May Add-on kit which featuredMy Mind's eye Boy Hip Hip Hooray line along with some thickers I had in my stash and more twine!

As for the next layout- it is not Birthday related but mothers day related featuring another MME collection: Stella Rose! I love the patterns!

As as a cute little gift to all the girls bridging in my daughters Girl Scout Troop- I made these little paper dolls from the Paper Doll Dress UP cartridge:

Well I will be working on more projects and layouts over the weekend so check back next week or check out my Stampin' Up blog which I will updating in the next few minutes (http://www.stampinwithlydia.blogspot.com/)!



Has it really been almost a whole month since I last posted?? Well it has not been because I have not been creating....life seems to be finally slowing down! Dance recitals have been performed, soccer and baseball season has ended and a brownie bridging ceremony has come and gone.
I have loads of layouts to upload so keep a look out!
Here are some layouts I created at Tiffany and Naomi's arts & scraps crop in Northport. Attended the 2nd half of the 12 hr crop and was able to get 8 layouts done. 8 layouts in 6 hours is pretty good for me, I tend to scrap 1 layout an hour. I had a plan and stuck to it. I had some layouts from my trip to Newport, RI last summer and wanted to use up some of my older personal scrapper kits. These papers are from Papertrunks Gigi collection.  The punched flower is the new triple flower punch from Stampin' Up.  It is three punches all packed into one unit!  The notebook punch is a retiring item from stampin' up.  It is available until June 30th then its gone forever!  The wine glass I created with the cricut expression 2 the cartridge is already preloaded into the system.

Another layout using Papertrunks Gigi collection:

Stamped images are from Stampin' Up's Summer mini catalog (Travel log set)
On this next layout, my husband and I were out site seeing & shopping and came across this Pirate Shop.  My son is a big fan of Pirates so we decided to go in- the owner was quite a character and claims to be a descendant of an actual Pirate Family that settled in Newport, RI a long, long time ago....
Papers used were from an old Karen Foster Pirate line and Martha Stewarts Halloween line:

Since I was scrapping last years summer photos I decided to work on some photos I took during the Jones Beach Air Show during Memorial Day Weekend:

I used another PersonalScrapper kit using Pink Paislee papers and a Ali Davis Sketch from Scrapbook Generations:

Feeling Patriotic, I decided to next put together a layout on my brothers return from Iraq:

(I don't remember where the camagflouge paper & cork board papers are from- they have been in my stash for over 6 years!!!)  Star pp is also from Pink Paislee.  Star Punch is from Stampin up- it is another item that is retiring.  The label sticker &grid paper is from Scenic Route with Tattered Angels Sunflower Glimmer mist sprayed on it. (The white was just too bright for the rest of the layout):

I also decided scrap another group of photos during Memorial Day weekend.  The papers, flower & letter stickers are from the same Starlight collection from Pink Paislee with Chalk rubbed all over.

Wow this is a long post!  I have more layouts to share but I will save those for tomorrow.  Enjoy and have a great day!  

More Layout fun!

Well I promised more layouts, here you go: