Apron Strings Week 3 Challenges

Okay, so I've been trying to participate in the Apron Strings Birthday Party Challenges for the past few weeks and did a couple in week 1 (see this post) but life has been interfering with challenge entry a bit since then. Darn kids, husband, 'real life' committments!! LOL!
Yesterday I decided enough was enough and sat down to answer the week 3 challenges. This is what I came up with ...

Added March 28th - YAY!!! Blogger is finally working properly. All the pictures are now on this post.

The challenges this week were:

Day #14 - Do something new to you on your layout. I misted with my brand new Tattered Angels Glimmer mists (Forest Green on the base and Pearl on the title letters, if you're interested). I've done a tiny bit of misting before but just recently found a scrapbooking store that sells mists so bought a few and this was my first time trying them out. I am VERY happy with the results!

Day #15- Use at least 3 different patterned papers. Check!

Day #16 - Balloons = round items; use at least 2 round items that are at least 3" in size. I kind of went literal with this prompt. Since I knew I wanted to scrap the pictures from LC's birthday balloons seemed appropriate. I have 3 on my layout and they are larger than 3".

Day #17 - Incorprate a box or block onto your layout. I create a pseudo present box using 4 pictures mounted on a square of cardstock. I then tucked a tag behind it with my journalling. If you squint, the ribbon kind of looks like a bow, no?

Day #18 - Use a recycled item on your layout. This was a toughie until I remember a cream ribbon I'd kept from a pair of pajama's I'd purchased around Christmas time. Voila! Both a recycled item and it became the ribbon/bow on my "present".

 

Here's a close up of my title with the Pearl Glimmer Mist.

Oh, and I had some fun with my Cricut and made these cute banners. Not a required element but a fun accent for my birthday layout.

Last, but certainly not least, I actually based my layout on this sketch which was the prompt for Day #13!

All right. That's it. Thanks for looking!