November crop

We had so much fun at the August crop that we decided to do another one :)

Day 1: Halloween theme (it was Friday the 13th)

Day 2: The Sweetness of Friendship

Day 3: Campout

this was the day that Terri and I were in charge of for goodie bags. There was a bag of papers

 and cut outs

and a gourmet s'mores bar

November layouts

This month I participated in a challenge based on Shimelle's Perfect Collection class. Having done the class before I knew that I didn't like actually cutting up random pieces and trying to make them work, so I did what works for me, which is making base layouts. At the crop at Grace's house, I only took paper pads and my basic tools and made bases, and then finished pairing them with photos and such later to complete the layotus.

Amy Tangerine Stitched paper pad

 KBS cut file ('selfie')

free font

Silhouette cut file ('blast')

 Silhouette cut file

Silhouette cut file

Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine paper pad (I ended up making a lot more bases for Terri than for me)

Recollections (Michaels brand) Sugar Plum

free font: Harlow (gingerbread) and Bebas Neue (architects)

Recollections (Michaels brand) Falala

Peepathon online crop

Our message board held a Labor Day "Peepathon" online crop, with 25 challenges. I hosted one, and was able to complete 13 other challenges (2 were a selfie challange, and  clean up challenge)

My sample for the "Fall papers on a non-Fall themed project"

Back to School challenge:

Specific SG/Create Magazine sketch:

On the Grid challenge:

Any SG/Create Magazine challenge:

Oldie But Goodie (use your oldest supplies) challenge:

True Colors (monochromatic) challenge:

Old, New and a Brew (combine old and new from a specific list) challenge:

Say Goodbye to Summer (back up and order photos and create a layout that sums up your summer):

STAMPTASTIC! (create a stamped background) challenge:

Let's Get Scrappy (use only scraps) challenge:

Disney: Anything Goes challenge:

May projects

40 week challenge, week 15
SG sketch

NSD crop
I decided to pull out all my Christmas photos for 2012-2014 and work on them all at once.

SG sketch

SG sketch

 SG sketch

 SG sketch

 SG sketch

SG sketch

40 week challenge, week 16

 40 week challenge, week 17

40 week challenge, week 18


I have been woefully negligent for making layouts for my own random recipe challenge :(  I'm about 5 behind now.


This month, I also succumbed to the allure of foiling, and bought a $20 laminator and some foil to play with.

I also took the time to sit down and make some cardstock tags so I could have a sample of the colors I use/have access to at local stores.

And, I decided that I missed having a sit down desk in my room, and since we had to move furniture around for our new bed, I stole the student desk that Bandon wasn't using and the Jetmax cubes that had to be moved out of our bedroom. Of course, this also seemed like a good idea to go through and empty out/reorganize all the bins and boxes on my closet shelves, so...big mess.