Scrap-It-Lah

Holy cow! Has it been a whole month since I've blogged? It's been over a month since I've scrapped, and believe me, I've been going through major withdrawals!

But I'm all moved into my new house, and I finally have internet (I tell you, two weeks without the internet made me a very grouchy girl), and my scrap room is almost set up, so hopefully I'll be getting in there real soon to make something.

In the meantime, I'd like to share a layout I made a couple of months ago when Helen Tilbury, a scrappy friend from CCG, asked me to be the November guest designer for Scrap-It-Lah, Malaysia's first non-profit challenge blog. The girls over at that challenge are so creative and sweet, so if you haven't had a chance to play, you must go take a peek at their blog. Not to mention their challenges are fun and they have a wonderful RAK up for grabs this month--a Studio Calico kit.

Here are the details of the challenge I had to follow:

 

All layouts must please incorporate the following

{thereafter any extras may be added}

 1. Layers - at least 6

2.  Stamping and/or embossing

3. Tags or journaling cards incorporated into your design

(not necessarily used to journal on but can be if you choose)
And here's what I made:

Lately, I've been on a mission to use up some of my older stash, and that's only been intensified as I realized how dang much I truly had when it went from drawers and paper carts and baskets into boxes as I was packing.  The layers part of the challenge was perfect for using a bunch of older stash. I've had that Narratives die-cut paper in my stash forever. I had to trim it down for my 8 x 8 page. The red paper between the blue and yellow is the B side of an old Fancy Pants paper. All the flowery paper is cut out of some K&Co paper I snagged on sale a while back. The yellow damask is Echo Park, and the red polka dot paper is by The Girls Paperie.

I decided to try one of The Color Room's palettes for this page, and since I knew it wouldn't be shared for a couple of months, I went with an older palette. I added green, from the leaves, but I loved the pink and red along with the blue and yellow.

My camera was having issues, so I only got a couple of close-ups that weren't blurry. I'd take more pictures, but my layout is packed somewhere and hiding. How I love those K&Co. fabric brads. I hoard them! You can see one of my layers is an old My Mind's Eye transparent frame. The bees are Pink Paislee stamps. I used embossing powder to make them nice and bold, and I mounted them with pop dots.

There's my favorite Cats Life Press stamp (Random Memories), which was made at my request. Such a great company! I used some old "vintage" Primas and a super-old sticker (#1 Mom washer word). I think the journaling spots are by Elle's Studio.

I'd like to thank Helen and the Scrap-It-Lah ladies for having me join them this month. Such a fun challenge and a great excuse to pile on the layers and pull out the stamps! I hope you'll take a look at what the design team made and join in the fun!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and reading about my page today!