Let's Scrap 12-15-15 Sketch

Here is the original sketch from Let's Scrap, and I have to say I was super excited to use 8 photos! 

I also enjoyed the challenge of the symmetry of both pages!

 
 
 

Here is my left page.

And here is my right page! 

This was a great sketch to be able to incorporate several patterned papers without making my photos disappear, and I hope it inspires you!



Happy New Year!

Let's Scrap Challenge 12-1-15

I'm playing along with the 12-1-15 Sketch challenge at Let's Scrap, and I love being able to use 7 photos in two pages! 

Here is the featured sketch!   Hope on over to the blog and play along!

 

Here is the inspiration sketch, and I followed it very closely.  My favorite elements are the paper strips, large title, and tiny banner! 

 

Click on over to Let's Scrap and join in on the fun!

Merry Christmas!

 



bunny love: A Layout for Stuck?! Sketches

bunny love

 

 

I created this layout exclusively for this challenge! 

Here is the original sketch from Stuck?! Sketches: 

Stuck?! Sketches December 1st Sketch

 

I had loads of fun with this sketch, and knew I had to use this quirky photo of my son gingerly holding a bunny at the Apple Festival!  I pulled out lots of OLD supplies from my stash, including the printed mini tags, and that blue vellum tag, which is likely 10 years old!  Whew!  I made my "picture frame," from the negative spaces of a square punch, and used several buttons from my excessive collection.  Enjoy!

Discover: A Layout for Sketchabilities #104

Discover

I created this layout exclusively for Sketchabilities #104,

and here is the original sketch with a link!

Although this sketch features 1 photo, my file folders open to reveal 4 more photos! 

This sketch challenged me to step out of my comfort zone by bringing out the spray ink and acrylic paint!  I really like how it turned out, and am looking for to the next sketch!

Make Your Mark: A Layout for Sketches in Thyme #110

We start training in creativity and color theory early around here!  These pics show my youngest using his first set of markers. 

Using Sketch #110 from Sketches in Thyme, this layout was easy-breezy!  Here is the original sketch I worked from:

I was pretty challenged by the amount of white space in this sketch, and I really held back with my patterned paper habit! I got to use some fun paper scraps from Echo Park Little Boy, Close To My Heart, Bazzill Basics cardstock, Basic Grey brads, and a Fiskars punch!
Happy Scrapping! 

Onward: A Layout for My Scraps and More Sketches #28

I had such fun with this layout sketch, these papers, and these photos!  To me, this photo says, "FUN!"

I created this sketch for My Scraps and More Sketches #28 challenge, and here is the original sketch:

I gor to use some of my favorite papers from Echo Park, Little Boy Collection.  Some of these were scraps, and I am so happy to have used them!  I also used some fun glittery American Crafts thickers, Bazzill Basics textured cardstock, My Mind's Eye tiny orange dots paper, and punches from Martha Stewart and Fiskars!  I cut out the large circles with my Fiskars Circle cutter.  Enjoy!

8th Day of Christmas @ Frosted Designs



On the 8th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....  I created this layout for the 8th Day of Christmas challenge at Frosted Designs - use 8 different brands/manufacturers - exactly 8! 

Here are the 8 I used:

Simple Stories Summer Fresh line

SEI Washi Tape

Basic Grey brads

Jenni Bowlin journaling spot, ticket and "E"

Echo Park red polka dot paper

My Mind's Eye Lime Twist circle die-cut

Cosmo Cricket white/polka dot paper Get Happy Number 9

Bazzill Basics red cardstock

 

Happy New Year!

 

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge: #119 Snowmen

I am so blessed to be one of the guest designers for 4 Crafty Chicks for the month of December! 

 

The challenge #119 for December 6th is Snowmen!  I was thrilled to see this topic, as I live in the mountains of NC, and we do have snow in the winter!

 

 

We love a good deep snow, as it lends itself to great snowman building!  Here we are posing with our completed snowman! 

To create this layout, I used these products & tools:

Echo Park WInter Park Paper Collection

DCWV Snowflake Foil Paper

Close To My Heart Spring Iris Cardstock

Cricut Machine & Doodletype Cartridge

October Afternoon Mini Market Gray & Cream font stickers

Creative Impressions Winter Snowflake brads

Recollections Floral Trim rosettes

Silver Stickles

Close To My Heart SnowFriends Stamp set

CTMH Spring Iris ink

Copic Markers  Chrome Orange & Lipstick Red

Prismacolor Walnut marker

American Crafts thickers in Jewel Box

AC & Dear Lizzy Glitter Letter thickers in Bliss

 

I hope you will join us in this challenge, and become a regular participant at

4 Crafty Chicks!

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Winter: A Layout for Frosted Designs & Bird is The Word



Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge for November 2, 2012:  Here is the sketch!

 

I work with lots of sketches, one because I love them, and two because I have so many pics to scrap that I don't have time to spend coming up with the layout on my own!  I loved all of the elements of this sketch, and was able to incorporate lots of techniques.

 

I also entered this layout in the Bird is the Word challenge for October 22, 2012: Spring/Summer/Winter/Fall

 

Here is their site badge if you want to pop over:

 

 

I used "Winter" for my title, and found a great quote about snowflakes! 

For this layout, I used these products and tools:

 

Echo Park Winter Park Collection

 

Bo Bunny Blitzen Collection

 

Pink Paislee Daily Junque

 

gcd Studios *retired paper*

 

Making Memories Noteworthy SPiral Journaling Books 

 

American Crafts thickers Jewelry Box Metallic Silver

 

Marvy Uchida snowflake punches

 

Basic Grey tiny brads

 

embroidery floss

 

Ribbon and foam dots from Michaels Craft Store

 

 ***Merry Christmas 2012!***



Pool Boy: A Layout for Scrapping Everyday Miracles

I love to mix patterns, and variations on the same pattern!  For example, on my layout I have 2 sizes of polka dot paper in similar shades with white.  I also used red and white diagonal striped paper with hints of tone-on-tone green and blue diagnoal striped sail boat embellishments.  I also added some squares of grid/graph pattern to compliment my base grid patterned paper.

This photo shows my title, made from individual letter stickers.  I often overlap my font stickers to give them the appearance they would have in a word processed setting, especially if I am running low on room!  I chose this bright lime green as a contrast to the red, and a s a pop of color!

This detail photo shows my very favorite technique to use to add dimension and character to my layouts - edge distressing with a coarse grit sanding block!

And finally, this angled shot of my photo framing shows the multi-layered dimensional effect I created with foam pop up dots, and the leftover "negative" pieces of paper from diecutting squares with my Sizzix Big Shot!  I love to use scraps!  

The June Sketch Challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles
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For this layout I used:

*base blue cardstock from DCWV Brights stack

*Classic Red textured cardstock from Recollections

*Weathered red wood paper from My Mind's Eye: On The Bright Side collection

*bright aqua large polka dot paper from My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist collection

*red/white striped paper, light aqua polka dot paper, green alphabet stickers, sailboat element stickers from echo park: Little Boy collection

*sailboat button from American Crafts Flair

*sailboat sticker from American Crafts Remarks sticker book 

*Basic Grey brads

*Square punch by Marvy Uchida

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Living My Own Adventure

So as you can see, I love patterned paper!  And lots of it! 
 I have also been playing with black cardstock as my base, and I like how it worked with these photos! 
 I used my Fiskars handheld circle cutter for the "circle" in yellow from Pink Paislee's Junque collection. 
 The black and creme pattern and the blue/yellow fleur de lis patterned paper are from 7 Gypsies, as is the title piece ADVENTURE.  The 3 red stars are also fussy cut from another sheet in that same paper pad. 
 The printed butterflies are from Close To My Heart - and I must say, I love them!  The strip at the top with the word "destination" is from Pink Paislee, and is actually a transparent border sticker!  The font stickers in the lower right corner are from Carolee Adorn It. Don't you love the old world script font stickers that appear to be written by quill pen!  (And these are ancient stickers by Flavia). 
The gold/white striped paper is from echo park's Little Boy collection. The blue/yellow polka dot accents in the top right corner, on the lower left photo corner, as well as the red/black circle strip in the top left are border stickers from Crate Paper.
I really got a kick out of all these primary colors, and I hope I have inspired you in just a tiny way, to feel more confident to play with angles, shapes, lots of fonts, various manufacturers and collections, and of course ----- patterns!

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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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Splash

I completed a second layout about all the fun we have at Thanksgiving in Nana's pool! This layout is based on Frosted Designs Sketch #21: I had a lot of fun with this sketch, and got a little carried away with all of my patterned papers! LOL! I used products from Echo Park, DCWV, Close To My Heart, Sassafras, American Crafts, and Cricut Life is a Beach! **Please become a follower and enter my 400 Follower Contest, and my August Challenge! Details are on the green tabs at the top of the blog!***