Hello

 

My page "Hello" is from when my dd came to visit us in Florida in 2023.  I used the following 2 challenges 

Sketch challenge at 

Scrap with Stacy

1982

 

I am scrapping some old photos. This photo from my graduation night in 1982

Challenges used:

https://scrap-challenge-yourself.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-yourself-130-use-circles-on.html

Simon says, use the sketch below, tags, fishtail banners, a photo (or photos) with a group of people, and 3+ lines of journaling.

http://www.cookinupcreations.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=254&t=11323

love you forever

 I have been scrapping....just not posting anything here.  

With that said I'd like to share with you my page I made for Challenge YOUrself.  Photos of my family taken on Mother's Day.

Smile

My grandson (son's son) with dd and her boyfriend.

I used the July sketch from Rochelle Spears sketch blog 

and Scrap with Stacy Tic Tac Toe challenge

I went across the top:  tag, stars and layered embellishments.

Smile

 

Challenges used:

Sketch from Stick it Down

Freedom Blue challenge from Cookin' up Creations

Our challenge today is to use predominately Blue on your layout, but you can add other colors as well. Also I'd like to see some Paper Strips + Wordy Phrases

Sweet

My 80+ aunt and I when I visited her last March.

I used these challenges:

White with 1 color.  June is blue and stencils and ink

Cookin' Up Creations  June 8

My challenge is for you to matt your photos, add some flowers (since the bees are drawn to flowers and pollinates them) Also use the word Sweet anywhere in your title.

Baby Boy

 

I used this page for 2 challenges.

Cookin Up' Creations  What's The Buzz

B Baby, boy, books
U us, under (paper under photos)
Z Zag as in zig zag paper
Z Zoo (Dinosaur book)

Stick it Down Single page

Happy Birthday

 

Cookin' Up Creations  June 17 with sketch from Sketches in Thyme

Solar Eclipse

My husband and I had a great time watching the Solar Eclipse from our back yard.   Here are the pages I made from the photos I took.

I used the challenge from Challenge YOUrself 

My second page is for my challenge at Cookin' Up Challenges.  My challenge is to use only cardstock, clusters since the bees travel together in a swarm and boxes since many people make a box for bees to live in.

For my page I used a dark gray cardstock for my background and then shades of  gray for my "boxes" on my background.

A bee swarm is not dangerous! Honey bees sting in defense of their hive; when they are swarming, they are looking for a new home, not defending one they already have. They are focused on moving to their new location, and are unlikely to be distracted by passerby.

Additionally, before honey bees depart their natal hive, swarms overload on honey and nectar to provide them enough fuel to last them on their journey of finding a new home. This food also helps them to produce wax to begin building the new comb. Now, think back to the last time you ate a big meal. Did you enter a ‘food coma,’ meaning you were in a state of Zen after you finished eating? Just like the human body, bees tend to reduce their activity when swarming. 

“Bee box” is a commonly used term for the physical structure that houses a bee colony. A “colony” is a collective organism made up of a single bee family, consisting of one queen, drones and thousands of worker honeybees, while a “beehive” is the structure that houses them.

In the wild, many native bee species create their own homes, known as nests. Honeybees that are tended by humans are housed in manmade structures called beehives. The technical term used by beekeepers and bee scientists for what laymen call a “beehive” is a “hive body”.

  

We wish you a merry christmas

A photo of my hubby and grandson.

Challenges used:

Cookin' Up Creations 6/7 Eye challenge

Did you know that bees have 5 eyes??? Let’s use that interesting fact to scrap! Let’s use 5 or more different patterned papers on our layout. Along with that use some stars and some kind of background work.

Sketches in Thyme #616

 

boy

 

My photos are me and my grandson.  I fussy cut the flowers out of pp and cut paper to make the flags.  All this for the challenge at Challenge YOUrself

Christmas .......

 

with family 2023

White with 1 color for May is RED.  Here is the inspiration collage:

COLD

 Well I have not been posting many of my scrap pages here.  I'll try to fix that and add 1 today to get this new month going.  

I made my page for the April Cue Challenge at Cookin' Up Challenges:  4/22 Sketch and a Recipe

Here is my page.  Me and the manatees on this cool day.

To see the challenge go HERE.  You have 2 more days of Clues.

I also used this page for the Challenge YOUrself April Challenge.  You have 3 more days to enter this challenge.

Good Times

 

Photos of my son when he went fishing with his grandparents.

I used the inspiration collage from White Plus 1.  I used the color blue. I was inspired by the circles and water in the inspiration collage.  I added my rainbow

Christmas Love

Challenge YOUrself  Favorite Memory from 2023
 

Cookin' Up Creations   Title Circles

CUC Challenges

 I've been busy working on challenges at CUC (Cookin' up Challanges).  Here are my recent pages.

February 10:  Black Plague

2/3 Pocket full of Posies

February 12 Sketch Challenge

February 9:  Circles  

February 7:  We all Fall Down

Yah!

 A boat ride on the St Lawrence River in The Thousand Islands.

Challenges used:

Through the eyes of....Rochelle Spears   Sketch Challenge

Scrap with Stacey

 Recipe challenge by Deanna at Cookin' Up Creations

Use 3 or more circles + 4 or more Floral Accents + Patterned Paper Background 

OLW focus

 My one little word for 2024 is FOCUS.

CHALLENGES used:

Challenge YOUrself

Cookin' Up Creations Jan 5th  Winter challenge

Sketches in Thyme   Sketch #599

Fun

 

Photos of our trip to Disney in 2004

Challenges used:

Scrappy Friends Challenge

I went across the middle:  number, tags, 2 photos

Through the Eyes of....   Rochelle Spears