Scrapping Everyday Miracles July Sketch Challenge

Welcome to my Design Team layout for the July Sketch Challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles!

 
 













Family is truly a blessing in this lifetime, and in our family, we love to celebrate birthdays! 

Here is the original sketch I worked from:


















To create my layout, I used Simple Stories  Happy Day collection pieces, Pink Paislee patterned paper, American Crafts thickers, My Mind's Eye patterned paper, and Recollections textured cardstock.  Hop on over to Scrapping Everyday Miracles to join in the sketch challenge, and share some of your everyday miracles! 

All My Faves: A layout for Scrapping Everyday Miracles

I'm a new member of the Design Team at Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog, and the July Main Challenge is to scrap about your favorites, and to incorporate the twist of office supplies!

 
This was an easy topic for me:  family, fun and fellowship!  These shots are from a birthday party a few years ago, and I was blessed to get so many pics of our family members, together!  The office supplies I chose to use were the 6 red paperclips, and the green staples on the corners of the photo mattes!  I used a combination of Simple Stories, My Mind's Eye, Pink Paislee, and Bazzill cardstock!  I am really into using little banner strips currently, so I made several of them with   
     scraps!

*** Get over to Scrapping Everyday Miracles and enter some of the challenges, and giveaways!**

AND get ready for the 2nd Birthday Celebration Blog Hop at Scrapping Everyday Miracles on July 11th-14th! ***

 

Sketches in Thyme: Sketch # 97

I'm a guest designer at Sketches in Thyme for Sketch #97!

 

 

 

To create this 2-page layout, I used these products & tools:

 

Kraft cardstock from Close To My Heart

My Mind's Eye Follolw Your Heart Be Amazing paper & decorative paper clip

Tim Holtz Memo Pins and metal gears

CTMH twill ribbon

Pink Paislee 365 degrees Flip Notes

XXL Glue Dots

Hemp cording used in jewelry making

My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 Sunshine Burlap Trim

Basic Grey Brads

CTMH Paper Shapes flutter Butterflies

 

Here is the left side of the double-page layout!

 

 

 This is the right hand page of the double layout!

 

 

 

Below is a detail of the twill ribbon flower I made by twisting and pressing the ribbon onto the super-tacky XXL Glue Dot!  I left a little length and tied on a gear for some masculine charm!

 

 

I would love for you to become a follower of my little blog & hop over and participate at Sketches in Thyme!

 

Merry Christmas!



Our Gem: Layout for Frosted Designs

 

As part of the 12 Days of Christmas event at Frosted Designs, I created this layout for the 1st Day of Christmas Challenge: 1 Bird

 

I chose to use a tag with an aqua colored bird - it's on the lower right portion of my layout! 

To create this layout, I used these products and supplies:

My Minds Eye Follow Your Heart Collection

Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee Shipping Taga

Jenni Bowlin Mercantile printed Name, Date, Place ticket

Close to My Heart Flutterby Paper Shapes

American Crafts thickers chipboard font

Close to My Heart chipboard buttons

Tim Holtz Metal Timepieces clock parts

Ranger Adirondack Acrylic paint Dabber

Foam Dots

Zots 

 

Merry Christmas!

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!***



So Sunny

I used several shades of red, and several shades of blue, and of course, white. 

I am entering this layout into these challenges:

Divas by Design Challenge 42 Red, White and Blue

Little Red Wagon Challenge #140 -- Life's A Beach

Party Time Tuesdays PTT #75 Be Patriotic

I hope you like my red, white, and blue layout with lots of patterned paper!  Even my little biy is wearing red, white, and blue swimmy shorts! Here are the products I used in my layout, and many of them are from 2-3 years ago!

*Pink Paislee red base paper Be Free 365 degrees and flip notes journaling spot

*Me and My Big Ideas red foil Alpha Chips for the title

*My Mind's Eye Bohemia, Bliss, "Love of My Life" Tiny Dots paper and Six By Six Everyday Flair paper pad

*Sassafrass "Life is Beautiful" "Hooty" dots paper and "Anthem" "Sing Loud" papers

*Close To My Heart light blue brads

*American Crafts photo tabs in red

*Recollections star glitter brads in red

*Marvy Uchida Artist journaling pen in black 

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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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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I Love U

Can you tell by this layout and my recent posts, well, all of my posts, what I am passionate about? You guessed it - being a full-time, all the time, blessed stay at home mom! I take mothering very seriously, and believe it is so important, especially in the early years. Everyday, my son is learning about God, himself, the world, other people, and how he should behave in it! I am so thankful to be able to witness and take part in these everyday events! This layout was inspired by the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge to scrap what I am passionate about, and that is being a lifetime mother! In this layout, based on the sketch by Creative Scrappers, is my youngest of 3 boys!

Besides my relationship with God and my husband, this little pumpkin is the love of my life. He was born in my heart, and wanted and prayed for for many years.

We love to celebrate the 4 seasons, and Autumn is one of our favorites! Our family is in love with life!

To create this layout, I used lots of patterned paper in layers, from several companies! 5 layers, to be exact, for the CES Challenge! I added lots of hearts to coordinate with the theme of my laytout, for the Fairy Tale Challenge, the Fussy and Fancy Challenge, and the Totally Gorjuss challenge! I love to use hearts anyway, so this was right up my alley! Next, I was able to finally use one of my most "loved" Christmas presents, the Sew Easy tool, in a few places on the layout to add some texture with bright orange stitches, thanks to the inspiration of Craft Your Days Away challenge!

I am entering this layout in these super challenges: Creative Scrappers Sketch #194

CES Challenges #72 Lots of Layers

FairyTale Challenge Blog #34 Love, Love, Love

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 56 With All My Heart

Craft Your Days Away #38 Get Stitchy With It

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Challenge #13 "Your Passion"

Totally Gorjuss #118 Lurve

I used these products in this layout: We R memory Keepers Autumn Splendor, CTMH, Pink Paislee, DCWV, EK Success, Sew Easy, Making Memories Scrapbook Stitches

My Tiny Pumpkin

I'm on a roll with scrapping these photos from our many events the fall of 2010. I hope to be finished soon, and to move on to the next package of photos! I based this layout on the super-clean sketch offered by Totally Gorjuss Challenges! Below is a link to their sketch challenge!

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 117: It's A Sketch

For this layout, I used these products: Pink Paislee patterned paper, We R Memory Keepers patterned paper, DCWV patterned paper, Storyteller's Club patterned paper, Basic Grey brads, Bazzill cardstocks, Martha Stewart punch, Bobbin Twine ribbon, Recollections felt embellishments, and several VERY OLD font chipboard letters and stickers from Stickopotamus!

JOY

Here is another photo from Fall 2010, this one in the rocking chair on the front porch. I was able to use several OLD embellishments on this layout, which always makes me happy! The title, "JOY," is spelled out in glossy brown chipboard that is at least 6 years old, AND the 2 large brown and cream gingham enamel brads are likely 4-5 years old! I was so excited that I could use them, and still be pleased with my layout! I hope you like it, too!

I used the Mini sketch from Let's Get Sketchy for my layout, and also made sure to use those several OLD embellies at the urging of the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge for February 1 - Bringing Out The Old!

For this layout, I used these products:

We R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor, Pink Paislee, Close To My Heart, StoryTeller's Club, and Bazzill.

Ezra

Don't you just love autumn? The color orange? Pumpkins? We certainly do at our house! And, as a family, we love the color orange! Maybe it's because we have all boys? Not sure exactly, but here is a celebration of boys, orange, and autumn!

I am entering this layout into these challenges:

Challenge Up You Life: Challenge #64 MONOTONE

CES Challenges: #71 a SKETCH

I used these products: Pink Paislee patterned paper, Recollections pumpkin paper, Close To My Heart cardstock, Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye patterned paper, Me and My Big Ideas metallic orange letters, Close To My Heart brads, Martha Stewart leaf punch, Recollections felt pumpkin, and Creative Memories oval cutters.