Hello Favorite Story

The year was 2007.

You were almost 5 years old.

Already in K1. Already so independent.

Eager to learn.

You used to say 'I is sleepy' instead of 

'I am sleepy'

and we corrected you many times but

secretly I think,

that 'mistake' must be my favorite 

because I still remember it until today.

I miss hearing you say 'I is sleepy'.

I miss your chubby cheeks and 

tiny baby teeth too.

but I miss 'I is sleepy' the most.

xoxo

Mom. May 2015.

I used one digital label from Hello Good Stuff by Ali Edwards, two ways. Don't you just love it when you're able to do that? I printed out the word 'HELLO' and my journaling onto the white cardstock and cut out the words 'favorite story' on a piece of deep red cardstock, using my Silhouette Cameo.

I layered some papers as my photo mat and added that super cute bow because it matches the flowers on Nidhi's top in the photo. A heart sticker and a little bit of stamping and I'm done! :)

As simple as this layout is, it's one of my favorite!

I is sleepy! LOL. Hitting the sack soon! I hope you're having a great week so far! If you're not, the weekend is coming! Hang in there. *hugs*

Destination : Grad Party

It has been a while since I scrapped on kraft background but I made this for October Afternoon and posted it on their blog today! :)

I scrapped the photo I took of my youngest just before she went to her Graduation Party last year. It was a huge deal for all Year 6 students as they end their Primary School years and move on to Secondary School. I'd never realized how difficult it is to find an age appropriate dress for a 12 year old! The dress shopping took for-e-ver :)

I started my layout with a tag and layered pieces of patterned papers here and there on top of one another to build a cluster as my photo mat. I didn't cut into any new piece of patterned papers for this layout. Everything came from my October Afternoon scraps bag. I'm still very smitten withTreasure Map and Saturday Mornings as you can see.

I also picked some bits and pieces from other collections to complete my layout. The Snap Capsfrom Daily Flash Snapshots and All Boy are perfect this this page. I finished my layout with some stamping with the 2010's decade stamp and Travel Roller stamp.

Creating on kraft with the beautiful colors from October Afternoon is so fun! If you haven't been scrapping on kraft for a while, or have not tried kraft at all, I strongly urge you to do so :) Go get krafty! Tag me on Instagram @sashafarina if you play along! :)

What Do You See?

Time to take out those black and white photos you love and scrap them! :) Read more about my challenge on the October Afternoon blog. 

Here's my sample layout :

I haven't done this much layering in a while and it was so fun. I should layer more, I think! :) Those awesome papers from our Treasure Map collection are just perfect for me. They work for simple, graphic layout and are still amazing to use for a heavily layered layout like this one. 

I also used quite a lot of bits and pieces from older collections. Namely Daily Flash All Boy Double Take Stickers, Daily Flash Snapshots Snap Caps, Daily Flash Milk Money Memory Cards andDaily Flash Girl Talk Flash Blurbs. Can you spot them all?

The chipboard arrows, oh the chipboard arrows. . .  I don't know what I'm gonna do without them. I can't stop using them but at the same time I don't want to run out! Love them so! Do you have one pack of embellishment that you love like I do the chipboard arrows (and hearts &stars too)?! 

To finish my layout, I added yellow machine-stitching, and a sprinkling of colors, as usual. I love that the machine stitching and the splatters are part of my routine to signify the completion of a layout. I like the feeling of 'being done' if you know what I mean! :)

xoxo

Story Of This Photo

Let me be the one to tell you that it's okay to just wanna scrap your pretty face. I promise you, that is totally fine.



I knew I wanted to do something like this the moment I saw Story Of This Photo digital brush pack from Ali Edwards. Being me, my layouts are sometime playful and this is right up my alley! :)

As usual, I plan my layout in Photoshop first. I also added some 'digital word stickers' from the Click Digital Story Kit and some yellow machine stitching (which I can't seem to scrap without nowadays), some scraps of Studio Calico and Hambly Studios patterned paper and some stamping with my October Afternoon Daily Flash Picture This stamp set (just how cute are the glasses and lips?!!). The old pink birdie rub on and & sticker are from Studio Calico too while the little banner is from Chic Tags.

If you're curious, I attached the camera paper clip with a few dots of glossy accent.

This photo tells an awesome story?

ehhh... no. not really.

I just think I look really nice here.
And I seldom be in photos., let alone looking nice
being in it. Haha.

Love this photo.
that is all. - SF, April 2015

xoxo

Everywhere On My List

Patricia is hosting the Monday Challenge on October Afternoon blog and I'm playing along!

I'm sharing my layout here but you totally have to click over to OA blog and take a look at Patricia's. Love her take on the challenge!

I dream about travel all day long, all year long. It's true! Have you ever heard the saying "if traveling is free, you'd never see me again"? Yes, that would apply to me. When I was given this challenge, I knew I would have to scrap about my wish to travel the world. 

I have an enormous amount of photos taken from the airplane and this is a perfect layout for them! :)

I used lots of Treasure Map collection on this layout. Pieces of True North pp were used to cut the words 'everything' and 'on my list' and Dead Man's Pass pp was hand cut into little wonky triangles. If you haven't taken a close look at Dead Man's Pass pp, let me tell you that the B side has ombre triangles on it. Very pretty! I then completed the layout with several pieces of stickers from Daily Flash Snapshots and All Boy collection, a heart chipboard and of course yellow machine stitching and some paint sprinkled all over. 

xoxo

This, I miss. . .

A new sketch is up on the October Afternoon blog!

Can we take a moment and *sigh* for Treasure Map? I adore that collection oh so much!

I only used 2 photos and replaced the rest with randomly cut squares and rectangles of patterned papers, but followed the sketch quite closely otherwise. I scrapped about our very quiet vacation way back in 2009. We were practically the only family there. It was amazing to say the least. 

I completed the layout with some chipboards (heart and cloud), some Public Library doodads, a few pop drops from our Daily Flash Milk Money collection, and also a very cute Treasure Map anchor tin pin.

The title was made up from Early American Shop Front and Stop Light Story Book stickers. I'm still head over heels in love with those cursive alphas stickers just so you know! :)

I hope you will play along! Look me up on Instagram @sashafarina if you're interested in more photos of layouts and sneaks. 

xoxo

Genius & Crazy

I'm hosting 'Scraps! Papers! Patterns!' challenge on the October Afternoon blog this week. While, someday, I may regret using that silly photo of myself (haha!), I really enjoyed working on this super colorful layout.

Your challenge today is to push aside your 12 x 12 and only use your scraps! Except for your background, that is. Being on the team, I have my October Afternoon scraps separated into a ziplock bag and I often dig into them first when I create, but I still cut up new papers for each layout. For this challenge, I tell myself, no cutting new sheet of 12 x 12 and I'm only allowed to use what I have in my OA scraps bag. 

I made use of my Silhouette Cameo to cut all the alphabets (font : Blackout, Midnight variation) but you can definitely do something like this without the machine. It will just take more time, but more fun time is good! :)

What a colorful page, right? I used scraps from Public Library, Treasure Map, and Daily Flashcollection. Yes! Three different collections and they all work together. That is one of the thing I like best about October Afternoon. 

Due to the silly fun nature of this layout, I was also able to use that round framed spectacles chipboard. I've been wanting to use it for a long time and now I'm glad I waited. I also stamped withDaily Flash Milk Money stamp set (A+ and mini graduate at the bottom of the layout) and Daily Flash Homemade stamp set (color outside the lines).

I wanted to say that three chipboard arrows pointing to the cluster of photos and the 'thumbs up!' Double Take Sticker are my favorite but that would be a lie because I love that Oh Snap! chipboard too and also that cute Whale tin pin. In short I love everything about this fun layout. Yes, that is about right! :)

So many colors, so many patterns. This is not a normal layout for me, but somehow it fits my personality. :) I love my scraps! Now it's your turn. Go. Have fun!

Do share if you play along. I'm @sashafarina on Instagram. I usually post sneaks and my layouts with #octoberafternoon in the description. You can also post your creations to the October Afternoon Flickr Gallery.

xoxo