gentle spirits: A Layout for Basic Grey Challenges and Let's Get Sketchy

Don't you just love butterflies?  I do!

 

I created this layout with the Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection from 2010 for Basic Grey Challenges, Challenge 93: Mix N Match.  The colors and patterns were perfect for this photo of my hubby in the butterfly bush holding a butterfly! **I also used deep purple brads from Basic Grey! Here is a pic from the Basic Grey.com site of one of the papers from the collection:

 

I based my design on the May Week 1 Sketch from Let's Get Sketchy, and here it is:

 

 

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For my layout, I used Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection - from my stash - and the deep purple brads are from Basic Grey, too!  I also used papers from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist collection, Making Memories journaling note,Momenta font stickers, and a Sakura gel pen.  The butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch, and the metal vintage butterfly is from Bo Bunny. 

 

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10 Buttons with Frosted Designs!

On the 10th Day of Christmas.....  BUTTONS - but only 10, as part of the Frosted Designs 12 Days of Christmas Challenge Celebration!  Here is my layout, entitled, "PLAY!"

 



All 10 of my buttons are red, in various sizes and styles! 

I used Simple Stories Summer Fresh, SEI Washi Tape, Pink Paislee striped paper, Jenni Bowlin journaling card cut into strips, Basic Grey and Recollections brads, and Zots and Tombo adhesives!

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

 

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[Free Spirit]

We love to travel, and we almost always visit somewhere warm, and this vacationi was no exception!  Culebra island, Puerto Rico is beautiful, friendly, warm, sunny, and one of our favorite spots!  We feel free to relax and play here!

 

I created this layout with the inspiration from Stuck  On U Sketches Sept. 14th Original Sketch Challenge and the word inspiration from Bird is The Word August 27th New Challenge Word: Spirit

My son, pictured in 90% of my layouts, is a true free spirit...he finds joy in so much, it is infectious.

 

To create this layout, I used these products:

Bo Bunny A Gift Of Love paper

Cherry Arte Summer Surprise paper

Little Yellow Bicycle Sky Blue Check paper

Cricut Cartridge: Plantin Schoolbook

Prima flowers

Simple Stories Year O Graphy

K and Company Handmade Woodgrain Alpha

Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Inks Baja Blue

Recollections buttons

CTMH brads

Fiskars Large Circle Punch

CTMH 1 1/4 Circle Punch

Zots Adhesives