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!

 

 

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Merry Christmas!



awe: A lAyout for Sketch Inspiration & Scrapping Everyday Miracles



 

I think this may be the final layout about our vacation to Culebra Island, Puerto Rico!  Whew!  There was so much to see and do that I took a ton of photos!  One of our favorite activities is pictured here:  iguanan watching at Mamacitas Restaurant for lunch!  These iguanas are tree-dwellers, herbovores, diurnal (sleep at night like humans), curious, and yes, they can swim!!! 

 

I am just in AWE of the miracle of the infinite variety of God's creation, and that is the miracle many of us miss - especially when we are looking at lizards!  Most of us don't think they are beautiful, but I sure do! This layout was inspired by Challenge 21: Fall Miracles at Scrapping Everyday Miracles & a ScrapTwist to use paint!  I used the negative leftovers from a child's game to paint green acrylic polka dots, much like the tiny dots of color on the iguana skin - if you get really close! 

 

The layout was created around Sketch #344 at Sketch Inspiration!  I love using 2 photographs and all of the geometric elements! 

 

I used these products to create my layout:

Bazzill cardstock

Apple Barrel acrylic paint

American Crafts brads & photos corner brads

October Afternoon font stickers

American Crafts thickers title font stickers

Jillibean Soup green twine

recycled twill ribbon

Animal Encounters: A Layout for Scrapping Everyday Miracles

I created this layout of 3 animals based on the beautiful Pagemaps sjetch provided by Scrapping Everyday Miracles!  I used lots of green to complement the iguana and the foliage, and orange to accent the land crab!  I always love a sketch with several photos - you know me - I take too many! Below is the link to the challenge!

Scrapping Everyday Miracles October Sketch Challenge

 

For this layout I used Bazzill and CTMH cardstocks, Simple Stories Year O Graphy collection, October Afternoon font stickers and American Craft thickers.  I also recyled the natural ribbon twill strip from some bedding I purchased!  It came wrapped around the quilt with a tag attached, and it was silly to throw it away!  The green burlap netting was purchased at a convention, and I do not know the manufacturer!  Brads are from CTMH!

Get Up: Simple Stories

This is the first layout in a series I will be posting with my new favorite manufacturer: Simple Stories! These next few posts feature the Happy Day line, which suggests birthday, but I was able to use this versatile collection for a big photo shoot at our local park!  I also used Close To My Heart chocolate cardstock and twill ribbon, along with American Crafts thickers.  The chocolate ric rac is from Wal Mart, and the rough burlap-textured twine was purchased in a grab box at the 2011 Creating Keeepsakes convention.  Of course, I distressed as many edges as the skin on my fingers would stand! LOL! 

Roberta
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