Before and after

 I finally found a way to use this "Braces" title!

It has such an "industrial" look to it and I just couldn't figure out to make it work.

A new Tuesday Morning challenge has been posted in the forum at Cookin' Up Creations:

to do a page about change.

Lasting Memories also has a challenge to do a before and after page.

I decided to combine the two.

I knew I wanted to use these pictures of my daughter before and after her braces.

I ordered them last week and so happy when they showed up yesterday.

The colors in the pictures drew me to this collection by Photoplay - Gypsy Rose.

Old-ish...it's from 2018.

So happy this piece is not hiding in the stash anymore!

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I "heart" my Sorority

Good evening!  Sure feels good to finish up a page after a long day at work.

I was so tired all day today, I thought for sure I would just go to bed.

Here is my page for the day:

I used this sketch from Tracy at Cookin' Up Creations:

And an added challenge to using up our old stash, was to use up some buttons.

I luckily found these that matched my page perfectly.

I also used some misting sprays on my background paper.

I have about 20 bottles o this stuff and rarely use it.

The colors came from this mood board from Scrap the Girls:

It inspired me to use the blue and pink with a lot of black.

Okay, NOW I'm tired!  Off to bed.

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Welcome to the new year of challenges at Stick it Down sketches!!

I am so excited to be part of this amazing team of talented ladies.

To start off 2021, we offer up this beautiful sketch by Antonia:

I chose a glimmer paper for my background.  I knew this was going to have to be sparkly page for our New Year's Eve celebration last year.

The title was part of a card kit that just happened to catch my eye while digging through my stash.

I added some border bling from Dollar Tree along with some swirl bling and sparkling flower stickers.

My favorite part was the timepiece that I finally used - it's been around for quite a while.

Stop by the Stick it Down blog and meet the rest of the team and see what they created with the sketch.

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Splashdown!

Happy Sunday!

I'm doing a really good job clearing out some old stash.

A new challenge from Studio Challenges is to use some old with some new.

These stickers are YEARS old.

I don't know what I was saving them for.

And these alpha stickers are so old, they didn't have any adhesive left.

I had to glue them all down.

I also used some scraps of burlap paper.

For the new, I added quite a few drops of Nuvo Drops.

These are new to me, and I am addicted!

I love that they dry so clearly and quickly.

I started out with this sketch from Sketch N Scrap #216:

My scrap stash is whittling down quickly!

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Sunshine & Me

Happy Thursday!

I thought about this page all day at work.  It's a little bit busier than I expected, but I am happy with it.

 

I used lots of fun bits and pieces...circles punch, ribbon, enamel dots...

I played with the Use Your Stuff challenge #413 - All About the New.

For my NEW stash, I used this awesome black and white gingham ribbon that was found in the Christmas section.

My sunflower ephemera and butterflies are all from a new pack I bought from a Scrapbook Deals facebook group.

I also used some new rub on alphas I found at Dollar Tree.

So glad some of these goodies never made it the drawer before I used them.

Sometimes, those drawers are like the Bermuda Triangle...never to be found again...lol

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Be You

Hello again!  

It's time for another challenge from Cookin' Up Creations.

This month is all about using up the Old Stash so we can play with the New Stash.

 

For this page, I dug to the near bottom of the scrap pile to match up these papers from Little Yellow Bicycle's Paradise collection.

Most of these were scraps, but the larger pieces needed to be used and not tossed.

I also used up some packaging material from Prima Flowers.  

Sometimes, the backing for the flowers is really nice!

For my flowers, I dusted off my punches.

It's nice to use tools that haven't been utilized much.

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Blast Off!!

It's so hard to get a good picture of this page:

I used some fun holographic paper for my background.

I then added some glitter scraps, brads, eyelets and some bling.

LOTS of shiny stuff!

I used the Blast Off collection from My Mind's Eye and this Tic Tac Toe board from Scrap with Stacy:

I played the bottom row on the board.  I added some space / planet ephemera, a banner made from star scraps and I'm using the planets as my circles, along with the bling and the brads.

So happy to use up some old stash!

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