Summer Sun - SRM Challenges

It's the first Friday of the month, which means there is a new challenge up at SRM Challenges! This month's theme is summer. I had some extra prints of a San Diego trip a couple summers ago that I've been meaning to scrapbook, and this challenge was the perfect opportunity.

I used two sticker sheets for this layout. The general summer sentiments from this one, and the beach/water-themed stickers from this one. I simply trimmed out my favorite sentiments and lined them up on rows of washi tape and stripes in the patterned paper.

The papers are from Dear Lizzy's Lucky line. I have hoarded this collection and it's about time I use some of it! It felt good to use some of that stockpiled paper :). The flower brads are Chickaniddy Crafts. The alpha stickers are Fancy Pants Designs.

I also finally got to use some washi tapes that hadn't made their way on anything yet. I love the dark navy and floral tape! It almost looks black here, but it's really a beautiful blue in person.

If you'd like to join in the challenge, you can check out the details here. Several other designers have projects up to inspire you, too, so be sure to stop by and take a look. If you were just there, thanks for clicking over to my blog. I hope you enjoyed the close-ups :).

Thanks for visiting! Tessa

Summer Bucket List - Epiphany Crafts

I've been looking into a summer bucket list for my little family for several weeks now. I want our summer to be filled with magical moments; not magical because they took a lot of planning and effort to pull off, but because they were meaningful, simple, quality family time moments. I found most of my inspiration from this Pinterest board (she has more, too!) and I'm all giddy over the fun stuff we will do this summer. To plan and document our summer, I created this summer bucket list ensemble:

Using my Epiphany Crafts round 25 tool (the large circle), I embellished a pen for writing down ideas and a mini album for documenting the events as they happen. The boys insisted on an actual bucket, too ;).

 

One of my favorite bucket list items is to read a stack of books as tall as Mom. My reading list is currently to my knee caps, and I'm still adding to it. With the way my boys read, I'm sure we can get this one done :). One of the books on my list is The Great Gatsby. I figured I needed to give it a re-read after seeing the movie.

 

You can see this project at the Epiphany Crafts blog here. Be sure to check out the Epiphany Crafts blog all week for summer-inspired projects. There are quite a few mini albums that are absolutely adorable! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Tessa