A Day For Play - PageDrafts Guest Designer (layout 325)

As part of being honored as a pagedrafts guest designer, i was asked to create a layout specifically for the occasion. I chose pagedraft 30.5 and created the following:

I am very happy with the way this turned out, the mix of photos with the brightness of Summer Bliss papers really mold well together.

Stop by PageDrafts blog to learn a bit more about myself as well a trip for saving time when you are scrapbooking :) http://nblo.gs/10EMEn

some very exciting news!!!!

I am so excited to share the following with you!!!! I was asked to be a guest designer for PageDrafts and it went live today!!! That's right PageDrafts a great source of inspiration for sketches came out with a new release #35 "star bright". I was inspired by 35.1 and created the follow layout:

Loved doing this layout. I love all the layers and the banners!!! I painted gesso and then added victorian velvet distress paint over it. I then used tim holtz layering stencil (faded dot) with lindy's stamp gang (pretty in pink pink).

Thank you for stopping by, hope you can play along with pagedraft's newest sketches:










here is the release in full, including the design team!!! http://nblo.gs/10jsxh

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different. (layout 323)

I created the following layout for two challenges:
1) let's capture our memories #91


and 2) Paper Crafter's Corner Magazine Monday week 69


when i saw the sketch, I immediately thought of PCC's magazine monday week 69 and all the bright colours. I decided to scrap pictures of my son playing on his slide this past spring.

I used fancy pants be different papers, title pieces and ephemera pack. I added bo bunny chunky charms (clover) and gems (recollections).

Hope everyone has a great week and can play along with LCOM: http://letscaptureourmemories.blogspot.ca/2014/09/lcom-sketch-91-reveal.html

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PCC: http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-69/#/

Thanks for stopping  by and your kind comments :)

Wiggle - ScrapMuch? Sept 26 Challenge (layout 322)

Here is this week's scrapmuch? layout:


I kept pretty much with the sketch except I added washi tape as photo corners as I felt it was missing a little something, here is my take:

Supplies used:
paper: dcwv (cardstock brights), jillibean soup (country pumpkin chowder 6x6)
other: washi tape (dollar store), bazzill basics (just the edge brown), bo bunny (autumn song noteworthy), doodlebug design (shin-dig: bon bon), brad (unknown), hugs (recollections)

Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments. Hope you can play along this month at ScrapMuch? http://nblo.gs/10dmz6

Sparkle - Paper Secrets Sept 15 Challenge (layout 321)

So after a couple of days off recouperating after having my stitches removed (and my son realizing I was able to play normally again so we did a lot of playing over the last couple of days), I was able to get some scrapping done at night and nap-time. Paper secrets September 15th challenge was to use the following sketch to create a layout with items starting with APPLE. Here is the sketch created by Lanette Erickson:


Here is my take:

supplies used:
papers: stampin' up, echo park (summer bliss 6x6)
inks: perfect pearls mist (turquoise blue)
other: american craft (mulberry street ephemera), heidi swapp (sugar chic: buzz words), we r memory keepers (enamel shapes: cool), arrows (recollections)

APPLE:
A - arrows, american craft
P - pink
P - perfect pearls
L - layering
E - echo park, enamels

thank you for stopping by, hope you can play along this month at paper secrets: http://paper-secrets.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sept-15th-sketch-challenge-apple.html

Bedtime Stories - LCOM #90 (layout 320)

Hello, I am back with my final layout of the day, this one based on Let's Capture our Memories #90 a sketch by the talented Laura Whitaker:


Here is my take:

I changed up the sketch a bit by only having on larger photo (rather than 3 smaller ones) and stamping the background (stampin up roller stamps stars). I also used a large title (fabscraps bedtime stories misted with lindy's stampgang starburst tibetan poppy teal, and martha stewart fine glitter). The papers are studio calico (atlantic 6x6 paper pad). The stars are from the dollar store, the enamel shapes are we r memory keepers.

Thank you for stopping by and for your heartfelt comments, hope you can play along this month with Let's Capture Our Memories: http://letscaptureourmemories.blogspot.ca/2014/09/lcom-sketch-90-reveal.html

These moments are impossible happenings - Sketches in Thyme #129 (layout 318-319)

So a couple of weeks ago I discovered sketches in Thyme and did their #130 sketch, here is their #129 sketch:


when i saw it, I actually saw this sketch as a two page layout (so that's the direction I took). here is my take:

Okay so I know that this layout looks busy and hectic butt that is on purpose because his actual birthday was crazy, we had playgroup in the morning, then home for lunch and a nap, then woke him up to open presents, then my husband and dad went to Lloyd for a hockey game while mom watched kyle and i prepared for his birthday party the next day. So although it's busy, i love it because it captured the moments we stopped and celebrated my son!!!

supplies used:
paper: dcwv (celebration stack)
alphas: thickers (cherish; crimsom)
inks: lindy's stampgang starburst (tibetan poppy teal)
other: bazzill basics (flourish chipboard, authentique (diction), crate paper (boys rule: ephemera)

thank you for stopping by and for your thoughtful comments, hope you can play this month at Sketches in Thyme: http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.ca/2014/09/blog-hop-sketch-129.html