June Challenge from Challenge YOUrself

Back to scrapping! Whooo! For the last few months, I haven’t been scrapbooking much so it feels good to get a double-page layout done and feel like I’m making some progress in my Hawaii album. I want to finish it up soon so I can get to scrapping some of my other fun vacations.

I ran into Challenge YOUrself’s “Best Song Ever” challenge. While I can’t say “Baby Shark” is my favorite song—it is my daughters! She sings it all the time! So, once I got to scrapbooking my shark cage photos, this song continued to play in my head repeatedly. Haha!

It’s stuck in your head now too, isn’t it? That song is too darn catchy! Haha!

If you’re curious about my Hawaii trip or you would like to see some other scrapbook pages focused on Hawaii click here! For Hawaii trip info and tropical beautiful-ness click here!

Thanks for swinging by my blog!

June Single Page Sketch from Stick It Down

We are halfway through June! Oh my! I hope you’ve been enjoying this first month of summer and that you’ve been able to rest and relax in the beautiful weather.

This month from Stick It Down we have a fun single-page sketch that includes three photos!

I love creating layouts with multiple photos and for this layout I had three photos of my daughter that worked perfectly! These are photos from our first day in Hawaii last year–she was so exhausted but still ready to be the life of the party!

I hope you get a chance to join our sketch challenges this month! Scrapbooking is such a great way to document your family memories and fun events! Have a great rest of your June!

June Double Page Sketch from Stick It Down

Let’s get summer going! I’m so excited that our long awaited summer is finally upon us! Wahooo! I’m excited for long summer nights with bonfires, camping, hiking, swimming and all the outdoor things we long to do!

Is there a summer activity you’re most excited about? If so, comment below!

But no matter what the season, scrapbooking is always a hobby I look forward to. So here is Stick It Down’s double-page sketch for the month:

I loved the aquatic look of this sketch and instantly thought that the side elements could be turned into seaweed for my octopus layout! Last February we visited an octopus farm & research facility near Kona, Hawaii. It was such a unique and fun experience to touch and play with all the octopi! Did you know they are pretty playful creatures who love toys?

Here’s my layout documenting that special day:

Now, I’ll remember this day forever! That’s what I love about scrapbooking!

Thanks for swinging by my blog and looking at my work! I hope it inspires you to scrap your own memories!

May Single Page Sketch Challenge from Stick It Down

Whew, we’re already halfway through May! Summer is right around the corner! Here’s the Stick It Down single-page sketch challenge for the month! I hope you can use my example and create something magical!

While in Hawaii last year, we spent a fun day at the Panaewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo. It had the most immaculate flora and fauna, capped off with some exotic zoo animals that can’t be seen in North America. It was a fantastic place for our little girl to run around and get out some pent-up energy too!

If you’d like to see more of my Hawaii-themed scrapbook pages click here or if you’d like to read my travel blog posts about planning a trip to the beautiful islands, click here!

Thanks so much for checking out my layout this month! I hope you get time to scrap this month!

May Double Page Sketch from Stick It Down

May is always a breath of fresh air! We can finally put winter officially behind us and enjoy all the blooming flowers, graduation parties and sunshine! To start May off right, I have a double-page sketch for you!

Currently, I’m working on scrapbooking my 2022 trip to Hawaii and all the adventures we had! One of our favorite adventures included visiting Volcanoes National Park and seeing a volcano’s active lava flow! If you’re curious about my trip you can read more about it HERE! I love to travel and I try to post detailed notes so other travelers can use my guides for their own trips! Mahalo!

I hope you decide to play along with our challenge at Stick It Down this month! Double-page sketches are always a great way to use up many photos!! Thanks for swinging by!

Hawaii Scrapbook Layouts:

If you’re in need of some Hawaii-themed scrapbook inspiration, look no further! I have MANY layouts showcasing a recent trip I took with my family to Hawaii and I figured I would post a gallery combining all of the layouts I’ve finished. Then they’re all in one place for me to look at too! 😉

If you’re curious and want to read more about my Hawaii Trip, check out this post.

April Double Page Sketch from Stick It Down

Here we are starting April, thinking all things SPRING! Yippee! To start off our month, let’s take a look at our double page sketch from Stick It Down:

I’m working on scrapbooking some of my photos from our visit to Hawaii in 2022, so I used this sketch to document our parasailing adventure! If your curious about our trip to Hawaii, click here to read all about it!

Parasailing was absolutely amazing and I would do it again in a heartbeat! We were incredibly fortunate to see a momma whale and her calf swimming below us, while we were in the air. Then, once we got back to the boat, we saw them breach the water’s surface together. It was amazing!

Thanks for swinging by my blog and reading about it!

April Single Page Sketch from Stick It Down

I’m back with another fun page to showcase today! Here’s Stick It Down’s Single Page Sketch for the month:

Today I’m scrapping some fall related photos so my page does feel a little more fall-ish (even though I’m very ready for spring!). I modified the sketch from 3 photos to 2–and moved the title to the top. Seemed to fit better there! This is my daughter and her Oma and Opa! They are so sweet to her and love her so much!

Thanks so much for swinging by my blog! I hope you get to play in our challenge this month!

March Single Page Sketch from Stick It Down

Here we are, well into the third month of 2023! I’m excited to get some scrapbooking done this month while watching NCAA college basketball’s “March Madness”! As a basketball fan, it’s a very fun time of year!

But it’s always a great time of year to be scrapbooking and Brandi from Stick It Down created a fabulous sketch for us to follow this month:

I was especially inspired by the diamond-shaped background, so I used some 3×3 squares of patterned paper, folded the tips in towards the center, and created my own diamond shapes. I absolutely love how it turned out! Some ink, embellishments, and a bit of faux stitching finished it off!

This page is documenting some of the wonderful food that we enjoyed while in Hawaii! Smoothies, pineapples, fish, shrimp, and a stop at Ken’s House of Pancakes were some of our favorites! If you’re curious about our trip to Hawaii, I have lots of photos and info that you can check out here!

As always, thanks for swinging by to look at my scrapbooking! 🙂

March Double Page Layout from Stick It Down

Snow. Snow. Go Away. Come Again Another Day.

It’s tough to love snow in March, here in Minnesota, but at least the days are getting longer and the sun is shining brighter! Bring on spring!

To ease us into the month we have a fun sketch from our designer at Stick It Down, Lauren!

I feel like I’m never scrapbooking the same season that we’re experiencing haha! So here’s a layout from Christmas of 2021! I loved having our family back together after COVID. We got to share laughs, good food, fun memories and watch our two little sweethearts tear open presents with joy!

I used Vicki Boutin’s “Warm Wishes” collection to finish this layout. I loved the mixed media feel that her papers have! Such a fun collection!

I hope you get a chance to play along with our sketch challenge this month! Happy Scrapbooking!