ScrappyHappy82's (Cassie K.) layouts

Day 21 - Organic Botanicals



Botanical pieces:
1. Pink flower - Roots (TLP Collab)
2. Dark green leaves - Springscape: Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic
Designs
3. White flower - Springscape: Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs
4. Wheat Branch - Treasured Moments- Sahlin Studio and Stolen Moment
Designs
5. light green leaves - Springscape: Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic
Designs
6. yellow (single) wildflower - Treasured Moments- Sahlin Studio and Stolen
Moment Designs
7. yellow (clustered) flowers -Springscape: Little Butterfly Wings and Studio
Basic Designs
8. grass - Springscape: Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs


Labeled Version:




Extra page pieces:

Life is Feeling Grateful- Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs (butterfly background paper - blended into vase paper)
Roots - TLP Collab - Vase background paper (with butterfly paper blended into it)
"Be"- Forever Joy Designs - orange butterflies
Treasured Moments- Sahlin Studio and Stolen Moment Designs -yellow bow
Spring Story - The Committed Crafter- "All You need..." word art (modified)

 

Day 22 - Clean & Simple Style:



1 Neutral Background paper
1 photo (with stroke)
paints (recolored to match kit)
stamped title

5 extra elements: (all from MPM - Create and Sahlin Studio's coordinating sampler kit)

1. tag
2. green bow
3. word strip
4. pink arrow word art
5. green date tab

 

Day 23 - Paint Dipping




Paint dipped/brushed pieces are: yellow single leaf, red dual leaves and the "honey" title.

Credits:

"Be"- ForeverJoy Designs

Other pieces:

White flower with yellow bead center: Daydreamer- Forever Joy Designs
Brown flower - Color Fall- Forever Joy Designs
Staples - True Colors- Forever Joy Designs
Doily - Fallscape- Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs
Black honeycomb stamp - Grunge Collection Brushes #10- Paula Kesselring
worn look to paper layers - Shabby Chic Toolbox by Susie Roberts
paper tear - Paper Stackers template by Brandy Murry
yellow paint on background paper is a PS brush tool with "Be" kit paper clipped to it

*Font used is Allessa Personal*

 

Day 24: Full Page



Project Mouse kits, mainly Frontier by Sahlin Studio and Brittish Designs

Other pieces:

Large white flower (underneath yellow flower) - This Life 2019 by Mommyish and Amanda Yi Designs

Large red flower - Believe in Magic - Mouse Tales by Studio Flergs and Amber Shaw
star scatter - Believe in Magic - Magical Frontier by Studio Flergs and Amber Shaw

Template: Filler Up #4 template by Brittish Designs

 

Day 25: Flat Lay Photography



Credits:

Project Mouse kits by Sahlin Studio and Brittish Designs

and All Smiles - Dressed Up template by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs (background paint modified into the Mickey head)

 

Day 26: You-er Than You Photography and Journaling Combo Challenge

*358 Words*



Credits:

M3 Feb 19: Mixed Media Artistry by Rachel Jefferies
M3 Feb 19: Watercolour Botanicals by Rachel Jefferies

Journaling Reads:

The longer I’ve been a stay at home mom, the stronger the itch grows. I’m so ready to do something different! To do something for myself! I spent tens of thousands of dollars on my degrees and years of my life but I shoved it all to the side when my babies were born. I don’t regret it for a minute but the older they get, the less it feels like they need me at home and the greater my urge to go back to work, or even back to school grows. I just want to do something stimulating, interesting and challenging again! I volunteer at the school and being on creative teams is some sort of personal enrichment but not enough. But being a military spouse and moving every couple of years, with no support system around makes it darn near impossible to get and keep the kind of job I want anyway.

I know that later in life I am not going to wish I worked more. I’m going to be grateful that I was home every night to help with homework, for every call from the school about broken glasses or sick kiddos. I’m here to make healthy dinners, tuck them in at night and off to school every day. I never miss a school performance and chaperone every field trip. And when that’s all said and done, I still have time left over to play with them, snuggle, read and sing to them. I’m a hands-on mom.

On the same line, by being here for our children, I’m here for my husband. He never has to worry about taking off work, or that the children’s needs being only half met. Because I’m home, he can put 100% of himself to his career while he’s at work. It’s a good balance for all of us. Except for that little itch inside of me So I read, I create, I remind myself that I am important where I am. Some day my time will come and I can enjoy it without guilt and regret but for right now I am exactly where I’m supposed to be.

 

Day 27: Paintstroke Picture



On all of my photos I used:

1. Oil Paint Paper with Linear Burn blend mode and opacity reduced to 48%
2. Canvas Paper with Multiply blend mode and reduced to 41% opacity
3. Gesso Paints #8 with Soft Light blend mode at full opacity
4. Paint drops #1 (paintstrokes) used as is with paper clipped to them

Credits:

Some Bunny Loves You: Mixed Media Artistry - Rachel Jefferies
Some Bunny Loves You: Misc Paperie - Rachel Jefferies
MOC 2020: Painter's Toolbox by NBK Designs
Messy Pockets No. 8 template by Lynn Grieveson

 

Day 28: Darkle


Credits:

-Rainbow papers, large stars (with luminosity blend mode applied), star scatters: Real Life in Pockets - Old School- Mommyish and Just Jaimee

-Black Striped papers, mostly solid black background paper, black glitter paper (clipped to paints on background paper), blue paper clipped to photo paper layers, blue glitter paper (with. multiply blend mode), word art title (recolored), "after dark" journal card clipped to tag, "what a view" arrow (recolored), word strip: Project Mouse - At Night - Brittish Designs and Sahlin Studio
-yellow arrow - Project Mouse - Princess- Brittish Designs and Sahlin Studio
-Purple arrow - Project Mouse - Run- Brittish Designs and Sahlin Studio
-Foliage - Backyardscapeby Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs
-red flowers (med) - County Fair Picnic- Sahlin Studio
-orange little flowers - Social Addiction- Just Jaimee and Studio Basic Designs
-fuschia purple flowers, orange medium flowers, light pink rolled bud-like flowers, medium pink flowers - SpringscapeLittle Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs
-large blue flowers - Winter Magic- Becca Bonneville
-medium seafood flowers - Treasured Moments- Sahlin Studio and SugarPlum Paperie
-small blue flowers - January 2017 Stuff- Allison Pennington
-medium blue flowers, medium bright pink flowers - YOLO- Little Butterfly Wings
-large teal flower - Oscar and Olive- Becca Bonneville
-tiny teal flowers - Summerscape- Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs
-small green flower - Stay Close- Rachel Jefferies
-yellow flowers - Life is enjoying Days Off- Studio Basic Designs and Little Butterfly Wings
-tiny lavender flower - Pierced- Kristin Aagard
-dark pink roses - December 2017 Stuff- Allison Pennington
-tiny red flowers - Love You More- Forever Joy Designs
-single large yellow flower - Celebrate- Sahlin Studio
-small pink flower - Kiss Kiss- Becca Bonneville
-large orange flower - The Coziest- Mommyish and Studio Basic Designs
Template: Bloom & Grow - Fiddle Dee Dee Designs


*Any items that did not come originally glittered were made glittery by Sahin Designs Style No. 53 - Glittery Style*
*Mickey head fireworks created from fireworks in Baby, You're a Firework kit by Brittish Designs

 

Day 29: Combine Two Templates



Credits:

You are Magical - Rachel Jefferies
Provided Challenge Templates by Sara Gleason and Designed by Soco

other pieces:

small green leaves : M3 Feb 19: Mixed Media Artistry- Rachel Jefferies
large branch and paper banner/flag: Those Wings- Rachel Jefferies

 

Day 30 - Cut File



Credits:

MOC 2020 Cut File - Scrapping With Liz
Gypsy Soul kit and cards - Forever Joy Designs
All Smiles - Dressed Up template - Fiddle Dee Dee Designs

Other pieces:

blue bow - Hello Hello: Forever Joy Designs
blue curly ribbon - Sakura: Forever Joy Designs
gold stars - Cake Walk: Forever Joy Designs

 

Day 31: The End



Journaling reads:

So many times, the end is thought of in a negative aspect and rightfully so! But for me, the end is something I aspire to reach. It can’t come soon enough some days. The end of this tiresome struggle that is military life. It’s not all bad - not even close. We have had so many great and wonderful experiences because of the military and crossed paths with people we would have otherwise never met. But for every hello, there’s always a goodbye. I’m so tired of saying goodbye to the family we create for ourselves while we’re stationed somewhere. To the friends, classmates, teachers,. To the homes, favorite restaurants, shopping malls and local sites. Heck even to the veterinarians, doctors and dentists! I’m tired of saying goodbye on the rare occasions we can go home to visit family and the even rarer yet when someone comes to visit us! I’m tired of
pushing stop, rewind and repeat on our lives. I’m forever grateful for all the good we’ve experienced in the past 12 years as an active duty military family, and if I’m being objective, even some of the bad, but I’m looking forward to the day when we can retire, settle down and start saying “hello again” instead of the opposite. I’m eagerly awaiting the End of Goodbyes.

Credits:

Hope Shines Bright- Rachel Jefferies

tiny black flower - Pocket Art Signature Kit 1 - Rachel Jefferies
small orange paper flower (recolored) - Live Your Dream - Rachel Jefferies
"The End" - Fear Not Messy Alpha Stamps- Rachel Jefferies
"of" - Cityscape Alphas(altered with paint and blend modes) - Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs
"Goodbyes" - Silent Battle Battles - Grief Alphas(with Hope Shines Bright paper clipped to it and multiply blend mode) - Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs

 

And for fun: The Grand Finale!