Hey there. I have so much going on here today. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. But, well, it's still summer at my house which means lots of time with my children, not so much time with my crafty supplies, let alone blogging. So here goes. These pages are inspired by both August challenges at Scrap Our Stash

First up is the PAPER stash challenge. (Now I remember why I waited so long to write the post. I wanted to retake the photo. Forgive the poor editing ;-) )

In our family, we like to make jokes about each others' silly quirks. In this case, it's my husband's  preference to eat only almost green bananas. No spots, not really yellow. Pretty much green. My son took it upon himself to snap this photo while the two of them were out shopping.  As I was searching for product to use, I remembered I had this Bella Blvd collection. The saying on one of the papers was perfect. I painted the words I wanted to highlight. The combination of yellow and green help tell the story as well. 

Anyway, I used Polka Dots, Alphas & arrows, Paint (I painted the words green), Echo Park (the green background paper) and 3 tiny black Rhinestones.

Next is the sketch + stash challenge

 I played around with the sketch a little by using triangles in place of the rectangular shapes. The rest of the design is fairly evident. I used stripes, Simple Stories and paint/mist.  I liked using a dog themed line mixed with colors and patterns from another line. The result is lighthearted and fun, like the photo.  Some Paper Issues Swag Bag pieces and Printables made their way onto the page, as well as inspiration from the August Pinspire me board. 

Again, my son is showing me his sense of humor. Self Timer Shenanigans indeed. I left my phone at home while I went shopping. I came home to a giggling boy, who couldn't keep this to himself.  "mom, check your phone". So I did. He knows that if he does silly things, especially with my phone, it's going to go public at some point.  He didn't mind this time, and I love seeing him be silly. 

Well, that's it for now. Thanks for looking at my creative view. Check back again later today. Ive got more to share.

Supplies-Green Bananas-CS-American Crafts, PP-Echo Park, Bella Blvd, American Crafts, Washi-LoraBeilora, paint-Crayola, wood pieces-UmmWowStudio, Flair-A Flair for buttons, alphas-Bella Blvd, DoodlebudDesign, stickers-Bella Blvd, Freckled Fawn.

Supplies-Shenanigans-PP-Studio Calico, Simple Stories, Pink Paislee, doily-unknown, wood pieces-Elle's Studio, Studio Calico, enamel dots-Simple Stories, mist-Heidi Swapp, sequins-Swag bag, printable, Paper Issues, stickers-Studio Calico

Woof, I have Issues

Woof! That's good  morning according to my dog.  It's Printable feature day over at Paper Issues. Each month a new free set of printables are available for downloading to use on your creative projects. Today we are featuring design team projects using some of them.

I used one from the June release on this layout about my dog. He had a spazz, tore up one of his toys, then looked at me with his sad puppy face that said, "Ruh Roh..." I used the 'I have Issues' card to write the things that he may have been thinking.

I kept the page really simple. There were lots of elements I wanted to feature. The photos, printable card, the photos and the big WOOF on this new Seven Paper, Baxter Line by Studio Calico. I cut the paper up, tucking under the photos. I added the Doodlebug Designs doilies  to soften the lines on the page, then repeated Bella Blvd chipboard circles down the page for balance and color. 

Yo can get all  these items and so much more in the Paper Issues store. Please, use my coupon code BEACHGAL for 20% off your order.

Thanks, as always for taking a look at my creative view today. Come back again soon, I always have more to share

Supplies: PP, wood pieces-Studio Calico, doilies-Doodlebug Designs, chipboard-Bella Blvd, puffy stickers & label-Freckled Fawn, ink-Tattered Angels, Heidi Swapp

Hello Sunshine

Well, I said I have lots to share this week. I've been super excited to share this layout. It is featured in today's Get It Scrapped article, using embellishments in a design hierarchy, and only 3 embellishment areas. 

This was a great assignment for me. First, I've been perfecting my creation and usage of clusters. Second, I had this big, huge wood piece that had been staring me in the face. Third, I had some new papers and mist to play with. All of these helped me choose this photo of my younger son playing in a pool on a hot day at Grandma's. He's so easy to please. Give him some water and he gives you an instant smile.    In a nutshell, It was natural to make the title the heaviest embellishment area because of the product I chose.  The As you move around the page to the bottom, the clusters get smaller. I embellished the title piece to make it stand out even more. Throughout the page, I repeated the color yellow, small word stickers, and wood pieces, all in different shapes and pieces.

Thanks for taking a look at my creative view today. There are many more inspiring layouts and articles on the Get It Scrapped blog. Today is also the last day to take advantage of the discounted price of the new class Curated Albums. 

Supplies: CS-American Crafts, PP-Pebbles, wood chips-Freckled Fawn Studio Calico, chipboard, brad, paper clip, badge, phrase stickers, vellum tape-Freckled Fawn, Stencil & Sequins-Studio Calico, Mist-Dylusions, twine-Doodlebug Designs, Stickles, ink-Memento, pen & adhesive-EK Success, sketch inspired by My Scraps & More

Happy Birthday

There is a new article on the Get it Scrapped blog. Today we are discussing 2 page layouts created with a simple grid on one side of the page.  This was an assignment right up my alley and I enjoyed working on my layout.

It's a fairly self explanatory layout. We are celebrating my son's birthday.  As I've mentioned before, I have a hard time editing photos. That's one of the reasons this was easy for me to do. I chose to feature the photo of him with his cousins and use the grid for the photos of him with his cake. Although the photos are of different parts of the event, the layout is united with the paper strips that traverse the two pages. I also created clusters of embellishments in a visual triangle that cross the two sides.

There are several other great examples on the Get it Scrapped blog. It's an active creative blog week for me. But that's the way I like it. More posting means I've had more scrappy time. Its a win win. Thanks for taking another look at my creative view.

Supplies: CS-American Crafts, PP-Bella Blvd, Stickers-Bella Blvd, Simple Stories, Wood chips-Basic Grey, Freckled Fawn, American Crafts, Sequins & Mist-Studio Calico, Enamel Dots-MME, Die Cut by Brenshevia Baker , Sew Easy by WRMK, Thread-DMC, Ink-Colorbox, Pen & Adhesive-EK Success, Sketch by Scrapbook Generation





Supplies: CS-American Crafts, PP-Bella Blvd, stickers-Bella Blvd, Simple Stories, Wood Chips-Freckled Dawn, Basic Grey, American Crafts, Sequins & Mist-Studio Calico, Enamel Dots-My Minds Eye, Die Cut by Brenshevia Baker-http://scrappingever...fe.blogspot.com, Sew Easy by WRMK, Thread-DMC, Ink-Colorbox, Pen & Adhesive-EK Success, Sketch by Scrapbook Generation

Poser

Please go here for today's Get It Scrapped post.

 Hi and good Wednesday to you.   Today is the first reveal of the month for Child's Play Challenges. And it's definitely a throwback. Even though it's Wednesday...COLORFORMS!

I knew I wasn't going to look deep for inspiration on this one.  I wanted to use the shapes and colors. For this one I actually chose the papers and design before I chose the photos. The design is based on a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches. There are many visible circles on the page. There are triangular elements and a few rectangles. All the papers are primary colors.  

It was fun to put together this way. Once I decided on the photos, the title came to me quickly. I added the camera details. They seemed to be a great choice to go with the title. These photos are from the summer of 2009. Not the best summer of our lives, but somehow, seeing his smile makes it all better.

As always, thanks for taking a look at my creative view.  Come join us at Child's Play this week. We'd love to see what you come up with.

Supplies:
CS-American Crafts, PP-Fancy Pants, Wood veneer-Studio Calico, Crate paper, Sequins-StudioCalico, Thread-DMC, epoxy stickers-Freckled Fawn, Washi-MME, Mist-Tattered Angels, pen-EK Success, Alpha-BoBunny

Summer Picnic

Good Morning. This month has been all about team reveals for me. Today is no exception. I have been trying to finish up that big project. Between that and my team commitments they're hasn't been room for much else. I'm not complaining. I still get to make the creative time, and that's really all that matters.

Today's LO is my reveal for Scrap Stuffz' Inspired by.  It is inspired by this colorful Summer Subway Art.  Subway art has been a trend everywhere, but I have not yet embraced it or used it. Well, here's my chance. 

I looked at the art and saw it as art. But I also saw the colors and the theme of the art: summer. I decided to use the subway as it is on my page. I chose a photo of my boys having a picnic in the backyard to represent some of the simple pleasures of summer.

Every now and then, I enjoy putting a page together like a puzzle. Pieces of inspiration can come from many different places.  The inspiration for the design and product choices of the page came from both Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #398/Full House and Scrap & Play. I saw this fun sketch at Scrapbook Challenges. I used all the flags that came with the paper collection to create the burst. I divided some of them with pieces of washi tape. This particular tape has all the colors in the paper. Bold, yes, but fun and striking as well.  Scrap & Play challenge #3 is a tic tac toe board. I used Fancy Pants, Buttons and chipboard, and all from the same collection.  This particular Fancy Pants collection screams summer, and was a no brainer choice for the overall theme of the page.

Thanks for stopping to take a look at my creative view today. Head on over to Scrap Stuffz' Inspired by and add your project. Surely you much be inspired by Subway art as I was today!

Full House: 2 wood veneer-people, 2 mist-yellow & white, 2 alphas (date on subway art), 5 buttons, 5 strips of washi, 

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP, flags, chipboard, stickers and buttons-Fancy Pants. Washi-Freckled Fawn, Wood Veneer & Mist-Studio Calico, pen-EK success

Our Hawaii

Good Morning. I am sharing another LO I created for Get it Scrapped.  We were asked to create a 2 page LO on in a grid design. 

I often do 2 page layouts, I even use grids. But I wanted to challenge myself. I don't often use small photos. The first idea that came to me was using multiple photos to tell a quick story of our trip to Hawaii.  I would divide each photo by stitching actual grid lines. 

I mixed random silly photos of our trip with papers and embellishments meant to enhance the story. It's fairly simple, but it shows our vacation in a nutshell.

The grid design works here because these are individual events. By placing each element in it's own square, you see them separately.

Sipplies: Paper-Basic Grey, Simple Stories, Bo Bunny, Paper Accents, Thread-DMC, Wood Veneer-Citrus Twist Kits, Studio Calico, Recollections. Paper Clips-Freckled Fawn, Stickers-Simple Stories, Jolee's, Freckled Fawn, Ink-Memento, Washi Tape-Recollections, Stamp-Kate Spade, Alphas-American Crafts, Glitz Design

As always, thanks for taking a look at my creative view. 

Game Time

Oh, Hello, hello! It's a great day!  Today we are shaking things up a bit at Child's Play Challenges. That's right, it's Sunday and it's the 15th. Not only is it Craft Challenge time at CPC, but we are having a crossover challenge with Scrap Our Stash Challenges. They are a fantastic challenge blog focusing on using your stash. If you are unfamiliar with them, then this should be a great introduction.

As part of the crossover, there are 2 parts to this challenge. First, use the sketch provided by Scrap Our Stash Challenges. Totally awesome and fun to use!

Second, is to use our crafty inspiration photo. That's right! TIE DYE

We made tie dye shirts every fall. My Mom was a teacher and when school started, she made tie dye tees for her class to wear on field trip days. 

What I tried to do on my page was to create my own tie dye look.  I sprayed mist randomly and heavily all over the paper hoping it would drip and blend. It didn't. I used it anyway. Then I remembered I had some ombre papers. It works. The color in tie dye fades the further away from the center. Ombre can be used light to dark or dark to light. Not what you wold expect for a sports page? Me neither, but after added some yellow as a contrast color, I'm really happy with my results.

You should now head over to both Child's Play Challenges.  and Scrap Our Stash Challenges.  Create a LO and post it to both blogs for your chance to win the monthly prizes.

Thanks for sharing in my creative view. I'll be back before you know it.

Supplies: CS & border strip-Bazzill, PP-Echo Park, Crate Paper, Stickers-Bella Blvd, Brad & wood chip-Freckled Fawn, Washi-Queen & Co, enamel dot-MME, Alpha-American Crafts. foam shapes-School House.

Baseball, Hot Dogs & Apple Pie

Good Morning on this fine Memorial Day.  Seeing as it is Monday, that means there's a new sketch challenge up at Let's Get Sketchy.

Another fantastic sketch from the talented Laura Whitaker, but one, I have to say, that took me well out of my comfort zone.  I like my 4x6 photos all grouped together. I had a difficult time making this sketch feel cohesive to me. While I was working on it , I felt like it was disconnected. Don't get me wrong, I love how others can use sketches like this and create beautiful pages. For me it was a challenge, but I embraced it and am actually happy I did.

This page is all about me, my love of Baseball, and celebrating it's Opening Day.  We celebrate opening day every year with the same meal: hot dogs, fries, peanuts, with Baby Ruth candy bars and apple pie for dessert.  All of the word stickers are a play on that fact. The colors are bright, the background is playful and full of energy. I used the arrows and the stitched outline to help move the eye around the page. They were the last elements I added, and made me feel like the page was connected, and flowed together.

I hope you will give this sketch a try this week at Let's Get Sketchy.. Challenge yourself. You may be surprised with the results. 

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP-Basic Grey, word elements-Simple Stories, Basic Grey, Freckled Fawn, brads-Making Memories, enamel dots-MME, mist-tattered angels, studio calico, stencil-TCW, tape-Freckled Fawn, MME, chipboard-Bare essentials, wood veneer & alphas-Studio Calico, thread-DMC

Just Us

Good morning and happy April 1. Are you a big April Fool's prankster? It was never a big deal when I was growing up. I'm not about to change that now.

I like beginning the month with a new LO to share.  We are having a special event at Child's play Challenges this month. We are having a crossover event with ScrapStuff'z Inspired by. What does this mean? You will find the same inspiration photo on both challenge sites as well as a sketch to use. There are prizes available to you on both sites. Create and your project using the sketch and inspiration photo on both challenge sites and double your chance to win a prize.

So here goes!  This week at Child's play it is Craft Challenge week.  We decided SAND ART would be a fun challenge.

here is the sketch we used, created by the talented Laura Whitaker.

this is what I created

I liked the feeling of movement in the jars of colored sand and tried to recreate that with the chevron patterned papers. I did like the colors of the sand as well. Not too pastel, but not overly bright. The papers are in those shades and worked well not to over power the photo.  The sketch was fun and easy ti use. It was a great choice for multiple patterns of paper.  The circles for me are a nice contrast to all of the stripy lines.  Universal themed embellishments seemed like a good choice as well.

Thank you for taking a look today.  I hope you will stop by both Child's Play Challenges and ScrapStuff'z Inspired by this month and join in our crossover event. Head over to them now to see what prizes are up for grabs.

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP, arrows, stickers, stencil-Fancy Pants

wood veneer-studio Calico

enamel dots-Basic Grey

mist-tattered angels

Let's Get Sketchy Birthday Blog Hop #2

Please go HERE for Let's Get Sketchy Week 2 reveal

Welcome to hop Let's Get Sketchy Birthday Blog Hop #2!  You should have come here from Jenessa's blog, if not, please go back to the LGS blog to start the hop from the beginning. 

As you make your way along our hop to visit each of our DT blogs, you will find a sketch challenge along will possible twists.  Complete as many challenges as you can and return to LGS to upload your entry.  For each challenge you complete please upload and tag according to that Design Team Member's instruction.  Once you have completed your layout, please head back over to the LGS website to upload your entry. Please tag your entry: BH2DEVRA.   The more you play, the better your chances of winning this great prize courtesy of Creative Embellishments!  ANY PROJECT NOT PROPERLY TAGGED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE DRAWING!!!  At the end of hop we will draw a winner so the more entries you submit the better your chance of winning a wonderful prize from Creative Embellishments!

Please make sure you visit the entire team, as each member will be hosting a sketch challenge with their own little twist.  So although you may see the same sketch twice, they will be "different". 

Here are the rules for playing and winning:

1. You MUST be a follower of each LGS team members blog and leave a comment on each blog and;
2. You MUST also be a follower of the LGS blog.

This is the sketch I chose and LO I created.  I would like you to create a layout using the sketch you see below.  My twist is to use at least 3 different patterned papers on your layout.

You can will this fabulous prize for participating!

Now head on over to Lisa's blog and see the great challenge she has in store for you!

Remember you have to have your projects linked up no later than midnight, CST, March 18th!

Here is the lineup in case you get lost!

Pat -BH2PAT

Connie-BH2CONNIE

Laura-BH2LAURA

Lynn G-BH2LYNN

Jenessa-BH2JENESSA

Devra-BH2DEVRA (you are here)

Lisa-BH2LISA

Tone-BH2TONE

Bev-BH2BEV

Let's Get Sketchy (to link up)

 Happy Hopping!

Fanatic

Super cool scrappy goodness is coming your way!  Let's Get Sketchy his celebrating it's 2nd Birthday! Come celebrate with us all month long.  We will begin with a blog hop on March 1 that is sure to be filled with terrific inspiration and a few prizes as well.

Oh, I have more pages to share from my weekend scrap binge.  This first one is using a sketch from Sketch -n-Scrap. I really need to remember to play there more often!

The sketch:

I did so many valentiney themed LO's this month. I decided to change this one up a bit.

I love this photo of my son. He's so silly when it comes to baseball. He loves the baseball parties and dinners, and all the fanfare he gets from his aunt, but he really could care less about the game itself!

I got brave and cut my own circle, then added the baseball stitch. I used a bunch of scraps for the rest of the page and a few baseball embellishments. I needed a contrasting color so I there in a  bit of yellow.  I love this page! But then again I do love my baseball....

I've got more pages to share. Stop by again tomorrow.

Supplies-

CS-Bazzill Swiss Dot

PP-Melissa Frances, Basic Grey

Washi-Queen & Co

enamel dots-MME

Die cut-basic Grey

Brads-Making Memories

stickers-unknown

mist-Studio Calico

A LOAD of pages

I had such an awesome weekend! I made 10 pages, and spend time with my family! I am in such a groove, I'm sad tomorrow is Monday and I have my family stuff to do! Im not going to share them all now, but will over the next few days.  Both of these pages are also for the Love is in the Air challenges over at My Scraps & More as well.

I had a lot of help from some fabulous sketches. The first one I used is from a new challenge site called Stick it Down.  Here is the sketch.

Here is my page.  I used lots of different wash instead of a chevron. I still achieved a feeling of movement with the colors and patterns

This is my son as we got of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. To put it mildly, he did not like it...I wanted to convey this with bold, loud and chaos on the page, but in a contained way of course!

This next is a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.   I liked this sketch a lot. It's something I can use again.

This is how I used the sketch. I flipped it around and added some extra stuff.  I love when I can use a sketch as a starting point, but you can still see the original sketch in the finished page.

My son loves to show off and when he does, he makes funny faces. I like capturing them and asking him what the faces mean afterwards. This time, he just said "I don't know"...Silly boy.  So, I called it the Smirk.

That's all for tonight.  I'll have more to share tomorrow. I'm not going to make my 28 posts,  but I definitely will meet my 28 pages this month!

Supples- Did you...

CS-The Paper Company, Washi Tape-Recollections, MME, Bella Blvd, WRMK, Queen & Co, OA, Darice, Jenni Bowlin, tags-MME, Jillibean Soup, Pebbles, Buttons-Random, twine-Doodlebug, brads-MME, mist-Studio Calico, felt circle-Basic Grey, Alphas-Simole Stories, American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket

Supplies-Smirk

PP-Basic Grey, mist-Heidi Swapp, Alpas-American Crafts, washi-Queen & Co, arrows, Citrus Twist, Fancy Pants, Bling-Hobby Lobby

Loving all these Challenges

I am in a creative GROOVE right now! I would love nothing more than to lock myself away in my room for the weekend and just scrap until I'm all scrapped out, but, no, that won't be happening...

I have two pages to share today. Both use sketches from My Scraps & More. They both qualify for today's LOAD prompt-do pages have to be 8.5x11 or 12x12? The idea is to take yourself out of your comfort zone and try something new. I have tried and done 6x6, 8x8 and 8.5x11 as well as 12x24 (a 2 page 12x12 spread) and know that 12x12 and 12x24 are the way to go for me.

This first page uses My Scraps & More sketch #68. It is also my entry for the Love is in the Air Challenge #9-The Pinterest Inspired challenge. I was inspired by the wood in the blocks. I used papas with a woodgrain pattern in them as well as wood veneer embellishments. Bold? yes? Celebratory? Also yes!

Our first date night after he was born was to a sushi restaurant. We took him with us in his carrier and he was fantastic. He even let us eat. Somehow, since he was 5 years old, he has always requested to go out for Sushi for his birthday.  We went to that same restaurant every year until we moved. This is birthday #12, at a new restaurant, but still Sushi.

This next page is using My Scraps & More sketch #69. hot of the press today. Works for me. I reserve Fridays as my day "off" before the weekend.  Also my entry for Love is in the Air challenge #8-My favorite things--My scrap room is a favorite place of mine...I flipped the sketch to be able too use a vertical photo, moved the title and used larger embellishments. Love the way it looks!

Not a great photo, but I had a leftover piece of Simple Stories PP that says "this is my happy place" I decided to tape it to the door of my scrap room. Silly, I know, but it seemed appropriate at the time. now when I look at it, I smile.  Notice all the pink? A page about me requires a color other than red, blue and green!

I have to say, I have been so inspired by all these challenges. I don't think I will get to all 18 by Sunday, but so far, there are 5 more pages finished, so thank you My Scraps & More!

Hopefully I'll see you again tomorrow when I post yet another LOAD page. 7 more days of my quest of 28 pages this month...

Supplies-He Loves Sushi
PP-Basic Grey, Die Cuts-Basic Grey, October Afternoon, Wood Veneer-Studio Calico, Mist-Studio Calico, Tattered Angels, Heidi Swapp, Bling & Sequins-Queen & Co, Citrus Twist Kits, Washi-Bella Blvd, Stickles, Brad-October Afternoon

Supplies-My Happy Place
PP-Basic Grey, Die Cuts-American Crafts, Pebbles, Heidi Swapp, Basic Grey, Sequins-Citrus Twist Kits, clip-Freckled Fawn, Mist-Heidi Swapp

Anywhere but your bed!

Good Monday to you! I like Mondays how about you? Oh I have a silly little page to share today, courtesy of Let's Get Sketchy and the Feb week 3 reveal.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my version.

Yup. Flipped it again. I wanted to accommodate a vertical photo. I used some busy and colorful papers, so I chose not to add a ton of extra elements. I freehand cut the papers off to the side, adding a small triangle in the lower right for balance. It felt kind of pale and lost, so I faux stitched to ground the photo.  I went a little overboard with the little bits, but all in all it looks pretty good. I even had a little fun by putting the title at the end of the journaling.

Come share your pages inspired by this sketch in the Let's Get Sketchy week 3 link.

Supplies:

CS-The paper company

PP-My Minds Eye

Wood veneer &n Mist-Studio calico

sequins-Citrus Twist

stitch template-bazzill

thread-DMC

stitched ink-WRMK

alphas-October Afternoon, American Crafts

LOAD day6

I love LOAD! I love finding some time everyday to create a page. The most amount of time I give myself is an hour. I love that I make quick decisions and stick to them. I love that this builds confidence to continue this process when LOAD is over. But most of all, I love that I will have 28 new completed LO's.  I also like combining ideas from other sources, as I have done again today.

Speaking of LO's. I have one today to share for the Sketches in Thyme #123 reveal.  Here is the sketch

Such a versatile sketch! I love it!  Here is what I created.

Yes, I knew what photos I wanted to use when I saw the hearts al over the sketch. Also, because LOAD day 6 prompt is No journaling. Use supplies to support the story you tell with your photos. Well, alrighty then.  This works well together!   I started the page by flipping the sketch on its side. I knew in this particular paper collection were these large letters. I cut them out, traced them, hand stitched around them, then used pop dots to raise them within the stitching. Title + photos =story! Throw in a few heart embellishments (which are hard to come by in my stash) and that was about it! I did add the journaling after the fact. There is a cute little statement that works well for a challenge at My Scraps & More...

Thanks for taking a look today. I am on track with LOAD, just a little out of order... Head over to Sketches in Thyme and join our sketch challenge this month.

Supplies

PP-Basic Grey

Washi-Recollections

enamel dots-MME

Hearts-Citrus twist, Heidi Swapp

Mist-Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp

D is for Daredevil

Oh yeah, ain't that the truth. AKA "who do you think you are? Evel Knievel? Yes, I had fun with this one and got to play along with a few more challenges. Today's LOAD prompt is to make your own embellishment. I did not play along with this prompt today. Short on time and needed to use it wisely.

But the ideas for this age come from 123 Get Scrappy and My Scraps & More.  The item I used from the board at 123 Get Scrappy are balck background, polka dots and more than 2 clusters. The title is from My Scraps & More.

Oh this title is perfect and the bold papers as well. They kind of add to the chaos of the photos. I haven't done a page like this in a while, but I was determined to use the photos I had, with out resizing and reprinting them. I did start with balk cardstock, but covered most of it in patterned paper. There are lots of polka dots and I did create 3 small clusters around the edge of the page. It was fun just putting random items together to create a cohesive cluster.

Come back again tomorrow when I post LOAD #13...

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP-Basic Grey

Alphas-Thickers, Cosmo Cricket, Autehntique

Wood veneer, Studio Calico, Citrus Twist Kits

Buttons-random

twine & enamel dots-MME

Washi-Bella Blvd

stickers-Cosmo cricket, Simple stories

brads & die cuts-Basic Grey

sketch by Sketch Savvy, March 2013

Quite the Pair

Hey there! I am way late with this post but that's what happens when you are sick for a few weeks!  I am super excited to share today that Sketches in Thyme is back hosting challenges with sketches! Sketches will be posted on the 15th of each month.  I know many of you are as disappointed as I was when SIT closed last August. Well, we're back and hope to see you playing along there again.

Here is sketch #122 we had to work with:

Here is my LO: Just a few silly shots of my guys while we were on vacation in summer 2008

I added a second photo and changed around the embellishments.  It looks like I used less, but because the mask and ink were busy, that was on purpose.  

Short and sweet today. Like I said. Super excited that Sketches in Thyme is back nd hope to see your creations linked up over there.

Supplies:

CS-Paper Company

PP, washi, enamel dots-MME

stencil-Studio Calico

Mist-Tattered Angels

die cuts-MME and BoBunny

stars-Queen & Co

Sea Lionz'

Good Monday morning!  Everyone is back at school, work and routines are back to normal. Why yes, it is a great Monday!  I have some news to share before I talk about my page. I and am now a member of Let's Get Sketchy!  I am thrilled to be a part of this extremely talented group of ladies and today is my first reveal.  

Here is January Week 1 sketch:

Here is my Layout:

We had a wonderful water park in our former city, called Sea Lion Park. It was an easy and favorite place to take the boys on a  hot summer day. Shallow water or deep, water slides and fountains, there was something for both of them to enjoy.  Being in the water is one of the few things these two have in common. We would spend hours there every summer. 

The first thing I knew when I saw the sketch was that I needed to find a summer photo because I wanted to use and layer a wave border punch I have. I always find it interesting what inspires me to get started. :-)  Then I went to my summer papers, selected a few, and got to work.  I used a pre-printed paper as the main background. I used a large playful font for the title. I used a 'z' because I had no more 's' to use. I think it adds to the playfulness. I chose a sec on paper to use under the main paper. It needed some more color, then took a negative and the cast off strip off the wave punch and to create the border at the top of the page. This helped balance the weight at the bottom.

I love the whale!  I cut round it and slipped the photo as well as the borders under it so I could keep the bulk of the design in the lower part of the page.  I outlined the waves with Stickles to give it a little shine.

Next came the sun!  I had ordered some buttons online and was not thrilled with them when they arrived. Some of them are HUGE, like this yellow one.  Good thing I was feeling creative!  It became the perfect center for my sun. 

Thanks for taking a look today. Please join in the week one sketch challenge at  Let's Get Sketchy. You have until the end of the month to add your creations.

Supplies:

PP-Fancy Pants, Scenic Route

Washi-Bella Blvd, Recollections, My Minds Eye

Bling-Queen & Co

Thread-DMC

Sew Easy-WRMK

Twine-American Crafts

punch-Fiskars

buttons-Fancy Pants, Button Co.

Alphas-AMerican Crafts

Mist-Studio Calico, Tattered Angels

Brims from Ear to Ear

I'm rolling, 2 posts within the first week of the year. I'm going to continue on my quest to try new places for Scrappy Challenges.  My choice for January is My Scraps and More. I've been following this blog for quite a few months. I've Pinned several of their daily inspiration layouts, as well as sketches which are released on Fridays. I did use a MS&M sketch for one of my LO's. You can find the post for it here .

Well, for the first Friday post this month, they are having a blog hop. I really like their DT, so  I participated in the hop, and this is the LO I created with their sketch.

We were down in So Cal for a family event for the other side of my family. But I couldn't be down there and nit see my Mom!  She was really happy we made brunch plans with her and my Grandma. We didn't expect a 2 hour wait, or a shadeless area to wait in. It didn't matter to Grandma and Grandson. They had their hats to keep the sun off their faces and each other to pass the time.

You know me. I'm a 4x6 gal about 80% of the time.  So, again, I have adjusted a sketch to suit my needs. But hey, they are a jumping off point right?  This is a GREAT sketch! So easy to adapt to just about any way I want. I used 2 different sized 'squares' in order to extend the sketch to accommodate the photo. I added some washi against the papers, then layered a vellum die cut and twine over it.  I'm still experimenting with 'little bits' as embellishments.  I've never been an embellishment guru,  but I'm finding using lots of little things easier to do.  I used more stuff from those 3 Citrus Twist Kits I had too.  I'm truly amazed how far those kits have gone and how much I've enjoyed using them.

It's always fun when the mojo starts going again. Thanks to My Scraps and More, I got this done quickly and I love it!

Thanks for looking at my creative view today. Please add yourself to my list of followers. I'll have plenty of new posts coming up soon

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP-American Crafts, Glitz, Carta Bella

Twine, Washi-MME

Die cuts-AC and Heidi Swapp

Stickers-AC, Cosmo Cricket

Mist-Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp

Alphas-American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket, Simple Stories, Authentique