giggle & grin: A Layout for My Scraps and More Sketches #22

Oh how I love this layout!  I was able to step out of my comfort zone with this sketch from My Scraps and More Sketches #22 by using only 2 pieces of paper!  I typically use lots of patterned papers, lots of layers, and it was a challenge to limit myself to distressing the photo edges to add interest and depth!

Here is the original sketch:



 

6 photos!  I was able to use 6 photos!  Yahoo!  I also stuck to my goal of using my stash, including some Adorn It by Carolee!

Lots of Gold! (10 Yellow Elements!)

5 Golden Rings.....  The 5th Day of Christmas celebration at Frosted Designs is to include 5 or more gold or yellow elements on your project!  I have included yellow printed cardstock, 2 types of yellow ribbon, yellow cardstock matte underneath my photo, yellow flowers, yellow brads, yellow jewels, a yellow BINGO card, yellow stitching, and yellow title foam stickers!  That's 10 yellow elements!!!

Merry Christmas!

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #121: Make your own patterned paper

This week at 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge, the assignment was to make your own patterned paper and then create with it!  I'm a guest designer the month of December, and I really enjoyed this challenge!  I love to get messy!

Here is my completed piece of homemade patterned paper!  I used recycled/repurposed things to make my patterns, that otherwise would have been thrown away! 

 

And here is the layout I created with my new paper!

 

 

Here is a look at the recycled materials I used to add the various textures and patterns to my cardstock.

 

And add a nice big squeeze of white acrylic paint to work with:

 

Dab that paint all over the bubble surface of the bubblewrap with a sponge.

 

Place that face down onto your darker cardstock anywhere you like - I chose an angled tilt and off-center.

 

Next, I sponged white paint all over the foam slats of this little protective cover that Asian Pears come wrapped in, and placed it face down on my cardstock, too!

 

Try to keep the various items you are placing on the cardstock still, without sliding them, as you will end up with a big white smudge rather than a print/pattern.

Here's how that came out.  You can turn the foam inside-out and you will have the other diorection of the weave pattern.

 

Next, I added in a shimmery blue acrylic paint to coordinate with my photo.

I sponged that all over one side of the plastic rings that I saved from my son's individual juice bottles (I don't normally buy these, but he was very sick, and he needed the fluids!)

 

I placed this face down on the paper and pressed firmly!

 

Next, I sponged the entire corrugated side of this little lightbulb box insert with a mixture of the blue and white paints, and reapeated my face-down press!

 

 

I used these products and tools to create this patterned paper & layout:

American Crafts Metropolitan City Park paper

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in white

Folkart acrylic paint in Metallic Blue Sapphire

Magic Scraps Felt Die Cut Shapes "All Boy"

Tim Holtz ideo-ology memo pins

Mon Ami Gabby Crepe Paper

XXL Glue Dots

Bazzill Basics Classic Blue & Handsome cardstock

Michaels ribbon

Adorn It font stickers

CTMH distressing ink in brown

thickers vinyl white letters

Old tags, one of which was from a sweater I recently purchased

foam cover from an Asian Pear

Corrugated cardboard insert from a lightbulb box

plastic separating rings from juice bottles for kids

bubblewrap

embroidery floss

 

Remember to hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge and play along!

 

Hawk: A Layout for Sketches in Thyme

I created this layout for the Sketches in Thyme Sketch #90 Challenge!  I loved the simplicity of this sketch, but I was still able to use 2 of the same photo of this beautiful thin-shinned hawk, a threatened species on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico! 

 

I used all papers from the Simple Stories Year O Graphy collection, as I am doing our whole Puerto Rican vacation in this line.  The brads are from CTMH, title by American Crafts thickers,  tiny font from Adorn It,  and I used a Martha Stewart punch.

Bo Bunny "On the Go" Mini Album, Part 2

Front Cover

 Pages 2-3

I knew I would have more photos that I wanted to include in my album than would fit on the included pages, so I came up with a very simple fix!

 

Pages 4-5

Pages 6-7

This album documents a big day in the life of our youngest son, and our lives, too!  These are just a few of the pages in the mini album, and there will be more to come later!  The album and most of the supplies are part of the Bo Bunny "On The Go" collection.   I really adore this collection because it basically fits so much about my littlest boy's life, personality, likes and activities!

 

 

Pages 8-9

You may be able to tell that several of the pages in my album are just rectangular in shape, and that is because I cut additional pages from large black sheets of chipboard with my kraft knife, matched the holes and punched!

 

Pages10-11

 

 

Pages 12-13

I added journaling where I could find a tiny spot!

 

Back Cover 



In addition to the collection, I have used some American Crafts thickers, some Jenny Bowlin journaling cards, Quick Quotes Powder Puff chalk inks, October Afternoon font stickers, Adorn It font stickers, a Marvy Uchida journaling marker, lots of Glue Dots, and lots of buttons.

 

I hope you enjoyed being "On the Go" with us! 

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the life: simple

I created this layout to feature one of the most important sons in my life, and the most important earthly man, my husband of 11+ years!  In these photos we are in Puerto Rico on vacation, just enjoying God's magnificent creation, and one of our favorites, the ocean!   

 

Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. - Psalm 127:3  is truly one of my favorite Bible verses, because I have all sons, and none of them are fruit of my womb, so they are much more of a gift to me.

I designed this layout with Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge #20 Let's Hear It For The Boys in mind!  The challenge was to feature the men/boys in your life, and the scrap twist was to use photos of at least 2 shapes!  This is right up my alley, as I love to use my punches for circle photos! 

 

For this layout, I used the Simple Stories Year-O-Graphy collection, Bazzill cardstock, Fiskars large circle punch, CTMH small circle punch, font stickers from October Afternoon and Adorn It, and Basic Grey brads. 



You * Me: A layout for Frosted Designs

This simple layout is based on Sketch 43 at Frosted Designs.

I really have enjoyed creating layouts with 1 photo, lately, and I think it is their simplicity and ease of design!

I used these products:

Kraft cardstock, paper butterflies, White Daisy Ink & Twilight Ink by Close To My Heart

Basic Grey brads

My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two Sunshine "Lovely" Plaid Paper

Authentique "Splendid" Renown Paper

Pink Paislee Daily Junque paper and Cardstock Sticker Expressions Ambrose-Ocean

Adornit Carolee's Creations Tiny Whoosy Teal font stickers

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UPDATE: Creating: A Layout for Stuck on You Sketches

UPDATE:    I made TOP 3 with this layout!  

I created this layout based on the sketch for May 11th at Stuck On U Sketches.

Here is the original sketch from their site:

As you can see from my layout, I rotated the sketch and flipped some of the elements!  I really enjoyed working with this sketch, and it gave me an opportunity to pull out my Martha Stewart butterfly punch! 

For this layout I used these products and supplies:

echo park Little Boy collection from 2010

Close To My Heart solid cardstick

American Crafts thickers

Close To My Heart brads

Basic Grey brads

We R Memory Keepers distresser

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

ek success 3D-Dots

Carolee Adorn It tiny font stickers

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My Monet: A Layout for Pagemaps 6th Anniversary

My Monet

My little painter, creating his first finger painting in 2010.  He was just as excited to be able to touch the paints, and smell them, as he was to paint with them!

This layout is inspired by the Pagesmaps 6th Anniversary celebration sketch below:

And here is the link to the contest page:

http://pagemaps.com/6thanniversary2012.htm

For this layout I used the 2010 Little Boy paper collection from Echo Park, American Crafts vinyl thickers and ribbon, Marvy Uchida Brush markers to color the tiny clothespins, Martha Stewart Star Punch All Over The Page to cut the star shapes from one of my son's art creations, Bazzill Classic Red cardstock, my sewing machine, Carolee Adorn It tiny font stickers, We R Memory Keepers Heart Attack distresser for the paper and photo edges, ek Success 3D-Dots, and last the Marvy Uchida Corner Punch.  I had a lot of fun with this sketch, these products and my youngest son's photos! 

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into the light details

I love to distress photos, and I use a hardware store style sanding block for all the edges. I then took the corner of the blovk, and used it to scratch-distress the surface of the photo, all around the image of my son. I love how this brings focus onto him, and emphasizes the rough and tumble personality he sometimes exhibits. I have discovered my love for these tiny alphabet font stickers! I am anot abig fan of my own handwriting sometimes, and these are a perfect solution! These are from Carolee's Adorn It, and I have used Pink Paislee, and other manufacturers with just as much success!

This close-up shows my fussy-cut clouds, and the new polka-dotted American Crafts thickers, which coordinated well with my background patterned paper with a faded black and white focus!

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