Larry lives happily ever after

Update: Woo hoo! My layout was chosen as one of the favourites over at Color Throwdown. Thanks Tammy!

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Today I'm sharing another (finally) finished layout that was started at last month's all-day scrapbook marathon put on by Jennifer at Scrapbook Adventures. I chose to scrapbook a photo of my dog Larry along with journalling talking about how he joined our family earlier this year. Larry wouldn't be most people's first choice (he's old, arthritic, deaf, and on lifetime meds for thyroid problems) but he is just perfect for our family! He had a tough beginning to his life but we'll make sure that the rest is "happily every after..."

I ended up changing out the background cardstock (thank you to Color Throwdown Challenge for reminding me that reds can really make browns pop!) for something bolder which I think really draws more attention to Larry's lovely face.

Challenges:

• A True Friend - pet tales
• Amber's Crafts & Stuff - patterned paper (I used 5 different patterns!)

• Color Throwdown - color (I even matched the dog to the color palette!)
• Crafts 4 Eternity - anything but a card
• Hooked on Crafts - cute & cuddly (it doesn't get any cuddlier than my Larry)

Cotton Candy is awesome

Layout #7 of 20 from last week's all-day scrapbook marathon. The layout design is again from Jennifer at Scrapbook Adventures. The papers and stickers are Basic Grey (I put the star & arrow on cardstock and then cut them out so that I could pop them up). I love how well the papers pick up the idea of fun & summer! Cotton candy always makes me think of fairs & carnivals which, of course, are one of the best parts of summer! I thought about adding a title, but in the end figured that the patterned word paper really said it all.

Challenges:

• Amber's Crafts & Stuff - summer
• Anything Goes - summer
• Aud Sentiments - food or drink (cotton candy) *does word pp count as a sentiment?
• Craft Us Crazy - summertime
• Crafting for all Seasons - summer
• Pal's Paper Arts - stars
• Papertake Weekly - here comes the sum
• Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes
• The Paper Variety - summer layout

Gamer Growl

Scrapbook marathon - layout #5 of 20

As mentioned in my last post, I attended a workshop called "Use Your Own Stash" which was really more of a scrapbook marathon. Over the course of one day, Jennifer from Scrapbookin' Adventures, took us through the creation of 20 layouts! I'm busily finishing off each layout by adding pictures, titles and journalling (although let's be honest, journalling is pretty minimal in my albums!).


This layout is one of my favourites from the day and I call it "Gamer Growl" because that is exactly what my DS is doing in the top & bottom pictures. Both my kids are huge gamers; here they are playing a role-playing game called Creepy Freaks.

The layout was pretty simple to put together, especially since all the components, except for the top alphas (which are Basic Grey), came in a "Toonie Projects" kit from Photo Express.

Challenges:

• Aly's Sunday Challenge - kids
• Craft Us Crazy - masculine
• Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - animals or jungle
• Simply Create - wings (the pterodactyl)
• Totally Papercrafts - die cuts & punches (dinosaurs and "growl" are die cuts)