week 26: 52 week sketch challenge

This layout took me maybe 1 hour tops (probably not even that). That's one of the things I love about these sketches.

Here is the sketch and my layout for this week.

This layout counted on 3 pictures and a flower.. I decided to go look in the pictures of my niece and work with that. I then decided to use K & Company's Wild Saffron paper.

I decided to stop hoarding and use up some Prima Flowers. I also decided to use some dew drops I got from ebay instead of using bling or rinestones. I think it turned out pretty cute!

This journaling spot if from Autum Leaves. I got in in a 10$ box from walmart a few months back.

I used some simple black alphas from walmart. I also inked all the edges of the photos and papers with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I also used Tim Holtz distressing tool around the photos.

I added 3 metal flowers from my dollar store. As you can see the positions of the pictures were flipped sideways to fit the largest picture horizontal instead of vertical like in the sketch. Turned out great.

I hope you all give this a try.

Thanks for stopping by and see you next week. 

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Father's Day card and wall hanging sign!

This week I'd like to share with you my father's day projects.

I decided to use Graphic 45's A Proper Gentleman  paper stack (8x8)

I created a card and a hanging sign to hang on the wall.

Here is my card...

Here is my wall hanging sign...

As you see, I used 3 Baroque chipboard shapes ( Baroque sizzix die from Tim Holtz)

For the first shape, I decided to use a photo of my siblings and I. I fussy cutted around us to reveal the background paper. I then cut out some images from the 8x8 paper stack and pop dotted them.

For the second shape I left it unembellished since I loved the paper and look it gave. 

All I did was ink up the edges in vintage photo distress ink (as I did with the other shapes as well)

For the third and final shape, I fussy cutted a few more images from the paper stack and pop dotted them.

I used Inkadinkado's Typewriter Uper Case stamp set. I punched them out with a 1/2 in. circle punch and inked it up with vintage photo distress ink and pop dotted each letter.

I then handwrote the date of father's day.

Hope you enjoyed this project!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Week 25: 52 week sketch challenge

Welcome! I'm so very excited to share with you this layout!

I finally broke out my We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy kit and sewed the edges to this fun shaped piece.. seems faint but it's white and looks great in person.

I made the layout of my friend Shannon and her husband Kevin. During their first dance I took a random picture of them which captured their love and happiness. Perfect in the moment picture!

I used swirl bling from my dollar store and a handmade flower from SaCrafters (on youtube)

I also stamped You make me smile! (a stamp from a dollar store). I edged it with prima lace.

I also added a tab with leftover paper from the photo mat.(the reversed side).  (here you see the sew easy edging as well)

Week 24: 52 week sketch challenge

Welcome to another week of my 52 week sketch challenge!

I am happy to share with you this easy fun sketch. Although, sometimes I feel the need to get a layout 'done' just for the challenge, and sometimes not 100% happy with it. I'm still happy to share it with all of you.

I decided to use pictures of my cousin and her band. I find it difficult to scrapbook four or more pictures given my  picture supply to I managed to find some pictures of the band on stage and cropped 2 pictures and made 4.

I used some dollar store pink bling and some velvet flowers from 7 gypsies and added recollections mini copper brads as flower centers.

Week 23 : 52 week sketch challenge

I am so excited to share with you another polar bear habitat layout. I love it! 

 Here is the sketch for this week.

So this week I used Cosmo Cricket Earth Love & The Boyfriend paper stack. I used the Earth Love papers.

I used my Martha Stuart circle cutter to cut out 3 pieces to add behind the photo. I originally cut a mat for that but I decided not to. The circles measure 3 1/2 in. (the mat would have been 4 in.)  I then made a photo mat 4 1/4 x 6 1/4.

I used some foam letters from the dollar store to spell out the bear's name. Nanook.

Unlike the sketch, the three pieces of paper, I decided to rip the ends off to add interest.

I then used the middle of these torn papers to add my journaling.

" The polar bear habitat in Cochrane, Ontario opened in 2004.

Mom and I took a day trip to go see them on  May 22, 2004.

We took a lot of pictures. There were three bears there at the time.

Nanook (who later died March 23,  2011 - health reasons) and there

were Aurora and Nakita, twin girls.   www.polarbearhabitat.ca"

Hope you enjoyed this week's layout. See you next week.

week 22: 52 week sketch challenge

welcome!
I'm so excited to share with you my layout for this week. Sometimes with this challenge I end up not liking my layouts so much but I love this one!

week 22 sketch

week 22 layout

so I decided to scrapbook polar bear pictures from 2004.  My mom took me there after the company she worked for built it.

 

Using cosmo cricket earth love & the boyfriend paper stack. I used the earth love paper.

I also used some white and teal crinkled seam binding for the white stripe on the left under the two smaller photos as well as the teal under the large photo making a bow.

I inked up some edges with tim holtz distress ink in old paper, walnut stain and bundled sage.

www.polarbearhabitat.ca

week 21: 52 week sketch challenge

Hi! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Here it was a long weekend and I had a blast at my parent's new camper. Had my very first sunburn of this summer! Ouch! Still feel it 3 days later.  When I got back though, I couldn't wait to do a layout of my nephew.  Spending the weekend with him was super fun and reminded me of this picture of him a while back. He's so fun and goofy I had to scrap this one. Hope you like it just as much as do.

Supplies:
Paper: Tim Holtz - Retro Grunge
Black and white baker's twine
Buttons (my stash from  a bag at walmart)
Tag from Autumn Leaves
Tim Holtz Distressing tool
Stamp set from the dollar store