Hi there.  I can't believe it's the end of July already. Where has this summer gone? Well, seeing as it is Monday, that means it's time for a new sketch challenge at Let's Get Sketchy.  We have an awesome sketch today that is easy to use.

Here is what I did with it.

It's really a simple page. with little details. I decided to go black & white with this one so I could highlight the red shirt in the photo. I extended the photos across the page, but pretty much eliminated the strip under them. Instead I used the die cut arrows on two sides of the page. The journaling around the edge of the page seemed to act as an additional embellishment, since they are minimal. I also did something new; drew a white frame on the photo.

Come join us this week at Let's Get Sketchy.  Thanks for taking a look today at my creative view. There is always more to come, so check back in a few days.

Supplies: PP, brads, die cuts-MME, CS-Bazzill, pearls, Freckled Fawn, pen-Souffle, Silhouette cut file

Send in the Clowns

Hooray! It has been so long since I have a done a page just for me!  And not just one. I have two pages!

These papers are from a kit for a class I take monthly at my LSS. Not my favorite papers to work with so I decided to go a little out there.  For some reason, the hexagon paper made me think of these clown photos from a visit to a Science and Industry museum several years ago. And for some reason, these papers work.  I got the idea for the remaining product choices from Scrap Our Stash. I used 3 arrows, 3 buttons, washi tape, enamel dots, wood veneer and 3 stars.

This one is an idea I got from a class I'm taking at Creative Passion classes. It's the World Series of Scrapbooking. If you know me, you know hoe much I love baseball. How could I say no to this class?  

The idea is based on a home run and running all four bases. In this case, creating a square on the page and adding an embellishment to all for corners. ok, so I have more of a rectangle, but it still works!

Thanks for taking a look at my creative view. Come back again soon. I have lots coming up that I'll be sharing.

Supplies-Clowns: PP-Autehntique, CS-Bazzill, arrows-Fancy Pants, Wood-Basic Grey, buttons-random, washi & enamel dots-MME,  stars-Freckled Fawn, mist-Studio Calico, alphas-Simple Stories, American Crafts

Supplies-Woof: CS-American Crafts, PP, scallop sticker, star sticker, and white alpha-Bella Blvd, enamel dots-MME, all other embellishments-Freckled Fawn, mist-Tattered Angels

Dodger Blue

Hi there.  Today's LO is courtesy of ScrapStuff'z Inspired by...It's my turn to share.  Here is our inspiration photo.

I have to admit, this was a hard one for me. No birds, not even any photos of wine bottles.  But I loved the color blue of the bottle.  I came across some photos from a family party, where coincidently, BLUE was the featured color of the evening....

Yup. Dodger blue! We celebrated my Grandfather's 90th birthday at Dodger Stadium. Everyone was wearing Dodger blue. It was a fantastic evening and celebration.  

Inspired by the blue bottle, I chose to do this LO in a variety of blue patterned papers that were deeper shades of blue than in the photo. I added little bits of red and yellow for contrast, and just a few baseball themed embellishments.  

The page came together quickly thanks to this fantastic sketch from Boys Rule Scrapbook kits.

I kept the concept the same but added a few layers, changed the shape and size of some of them and moved the corner detail to the top of the page. I also moved the title.  

Thanks for looking today at my creative view. Now it's time for you to create something  Inspired by. the photo.

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP-Theresa Collins, Reminisce, Sassafrass, Echo Park, unknown, washi-Recollections, enamel dots-MME, clip & epoxy-Freckled Fawn, Wood chips-Freckled Fawn, Basic Grey, Mist-Studio Calico, Alphas-American Crafts. 

Close Up

Good Morning. I have a LO today for the latest Child's Play Challenges reveal. This weeks theme is Classic Games and it's a good one.

COOTIES!

My son loved this game, however he much preferred carrying around the heads. He'd make them in to  silly faces, using the legs as ears or the mouth. The photos I chose reminded me of this. I used some really close up head shots of the boys.

I used a sketch and some simple patterns so the photos would be the feature on the page. They are every bit as goofy as they appear here.

Thanks for looking at my creative view today. Head on over to Child's Play Challenges for more inspiration and to enter your LO in the challenge!

Supplies: CS- Bazzill-PP, stickers and alpha-Echo Park, enamel dots-MME

We're In!

Good Morning. I'm up on the Get it Scrapped blog today with a LO created in one big giant cluster that spreads over two pages.

I created a LO that shows how we got into the Seahawks spirit, and their road to the Super Bowl.  I included some photos that made me laugh, such as signs in store windows, and the giant bin of Skittles.

To create the cluster, I printed photos in a variety of shapes and sizes. I placed them randomly into what turned out to be a stacked cluster across both pages.  I used the embellishments as the foundation for the cluster. This worked well to ground the photos.  Using a dark solid background also helped to give the page a cohesive feel, without being messy. 

As always, thanks for taking a look at my creative view. Go read this fantastic article about clustering, and learn about the Get it Scrapped Membership.

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP-Doodlebug Designs, SEI, washi & brad-Queen & Co, wood veneer-Recollections, Basic Grey, Buttons-The Button Co, Bling-Hobby Lobby, Alpha-American Crafts, Die Cuts-Silhouette, pen-Souffle, adhesive-Ek Success, photo printer-Epson.

(Love) This Face

Oh it's a happy Monday today.  I have a LO to share today for Let's Get Sketchy. It features a cut file created for a new challenge blog, A Cutt Above.  You can find and purchase this and many more creative cut files in A Cutt Above the Rest Etsy shop.

Here is this week's sketch

Here is my LO

I love photos of my boys with different expressions on their faces. I should probably edit more and use only one, but I knew here he didn't want to smile, but did anyway. I didn't stray much from the original design. I did use larger photos, and eliminated the circular elements.  I kept the embellishments simple here because I wanted to feature the title "(Love) this face", from A Cutt Above. 

As always, thanks for taking a look at my creative view. Please go check out Let's Get Sketchy for more LO's created from this sketch. And if you have an electronic die cut machine, you'll want to bookmark and follow A Cutt Above.

Supplies-PP-MME and Basic Grey, Washi-MME, labels-Jillibean Soup, Freckled Fawn, MME, Brads-Making Memories, clip and epoxy-Freckled Fawn, Mist-Tattered Angels, Cut file by A Cutt Above the Rest 

New Smile means New Lips

Please go here for today's Child's Play Challenges post.

Hello! Just a quick one today. I'm sharing for Get it Scrapped today. Creating layouts with still life photos. I do this a lot. More than I thought. Most are random and silly like the color of my toes after a pedicure or a pretty flower I saw on a walk. Some though, are random, but really have a lot of meaning to them. Like this one today. 

In a nutshell. I celebrated getting my braces off with a trip to Nordstrom to buy new lipstick to show off my new smile.

Why is this significant?  I have an irrational fear of the dentist. I have since I was 19 after a bad experience getting my wisdom teeth out.  As a reward for being brave,  I would buy myself a treat each time I go to the dentist.  The fact that I had braces was a milestone in over coming my fear.  Here, the lipstick is my treat, and a representation of my story.

A quick tip: When I take still life shots, I play around with the angle of the photo to give it a little interest, as I've done here.

Thanks for taking a look at my creative view today. Head on over to the Get it Scrapped blog for more tips and ideas on creating layouts with still life photos.

Supplies:-CS-Bazzill, PP-Basic Grey, My Minds Eye, die cuts, chipboard & brad-Basic Grey, enamel dots-Doodlebug designs, Metal shapes-My Minds Eye, Pearls-Freckled Fawn, Alphas-American Crafts, Basic Grey, Mist-Heidi Swapp-Ink-Prima, Pen and adhesive-EK Success, Sketch by Scrapbook Challenges

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

More than a Hug

Hey there and Happy Monday.  Because this is the 5th Monday in the month, there is a bonus challenge at Let's Get Sketchy.   This week we would like to see how you are inspired by this photo.   

My first thought about the photo: triangles and green. So, I created this.

I used a Silhouette cut file on the white cardstock. I laid it over a piece of green ombre printed paper. Triangles and green. Done. It needed some contrast, texture and dimension, so I added the yellow, the border and the title. It's fairly simply designed, but has lots of detail. It took less than an hour to out together too.

Thanks for looking at my creative view. Now it's your turn. Create something and share it with us at Let's Get Sketchy.

Supplies: CS-Bazill, PP-Echo Park, Stickers-American Crafts, Simple Stories, Wood veneer-Studio Calico, Mist-Tattered Angels, chipboard-My Minds Eye, Alphas-Basic Grey

Water Play

Hello, Hello! I'm back with another creation that I think is super cool!  Today I am sharing another page created for Get it Scrapped. The assignment? Water Play.  I pondered this idea for only a moment. Beach? Maybe. Pool..Oh Pool! I have a swimmer!

In these photos, my son is racing the 100M Butterfly at a recent swim meet.  

The title is a play on words. It's something I like to do in my titles.  I had never seen him swim this race so well and so fast. He really was "fly-ing".  I chose to use colors and products that are motivating for an important event, rather than swim or water themed products.

Everything on the page has purpose and intent. The blue paper has silver 'bubble' like print. vellum with dots, wave print tape, motivational sayings, silver paper, paint drops, blue vellum title and paint drops. All to push the idea of the swimmer in the water.

Supplies:Papers-Doodlebug designs, Fancy pants, Bazzill, SEI. Washi-Queen & Co. Stickers-Simple Stories, Doodlebug Designs, Freckled Fawn, Alphas-Freckled Fawn, Mist-Tattered Angels, Heidi Swapp. Sketch-My Scraps & More.

 

...And the Braces are Off

Happy Monday! It's the first Monday of Summer! Mondays also mean it's reveal day at Let's Get Sketchy.  This week I am using a one photo sketch. 

I decided to use the photo I asked the dental tech to take right after she removed my braces. In the dental chair, no filter, just me literally grinning ear to ear. 

I've been reluctant to use the last few pieces of this Fancy Pants, Be You collection, but decided now was the time. The colors and patterns were exactly what I was looking for. The general design of the sketch is there, but I changed many of the details. I wanted the photo and papers to be the focus, so the embellishments are a minor focus here. I love that gold butterfly. It goes well with the papers and the page.

Come join us this week at Let's Get Sketchy. You'll see my LO as well as my teammates. I'm sure you'll find some great inspiration.

Supplies: PP, chipboard, rubons-Fancy Pants, Stickers-Fancy Pants, American Crafts, Pearl-Prima, Resin Flower-Freckled Fawn, Ink-Studio G-Mist-Heidi Swapp, Studio Calico, Butterfly-Jenni Bowlin, Pen-EK Success

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.

H2O, Beach, Sand & Sun

Hello, hello!  I'm so happy to share my LO today. It's my first for Get It Scrapped.  The article we are talking about today is using large scale geometric patterns as background for a page. 

I went BOLD.

My younger son is having the time of his life in the sand at the beach in Hawaii
 
I used circles as my background shape.  The bright colorful circles remind me of the sun, beach balls and beach umbrellas on a hot day.  The circles work here with the color of the shirt in the photo, as well as it being a beach themed page.  

In order to still showcase the photo, I used a contrasting shape papers (stripes and chevrons) and a large matte. The repetition of the colors in the striped paper tie the page together. the papers act as embellishments themselves, so small clusters to enhance the beach theme is all that is necessary.

Thanks for taking a look at my creative view today. 
 
Supplies:-Papers-Simple Stories, BoBunny, Stickers-Simple Stories, twine-Doodlebug Designs, Bling-MAMBI, Queen & Co, Enamel Dots-My Minds Eye, Wood Veneer-Studio Calico, Alpha-Americn Crafts, Ink-ColorBox, Pen-EK Success

Proud

Good Monday to you!  That means it's time for another challenge at Let's Get Sketchy.  

Great sketch right? I think so too. There is so much to do with it!  It was a great one for yet another Bar Mitzvah LO. I was able to keep it simple, like the rest of the pages in the album.  I'm almost done, I promise.

I flipped the sketch and added some extra vertical strips, as well as an embellishment cluster. The title blends into the papers on purpose, in order to keep the focus on the photo.  

Thanks for taking a look today at my creative view.  Now head over to Let's Get Sketchy  and play along.

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP-Theresa Collins

Stickers-Fancy Pants, Theresa Collins, 

Twine-MME

Alpha-American Crafts

Mist-Tattered Angels 

Bake Me a Cake

Hi there! Happy Wednesday. Wednesdays are good days. It's reveal day at Child's Play Challenges.  We have a fun challenge for you. It's Classic Movie week! In case you aren't familiar with Child's Play, the idea is to create a LO inspired by the classic toys, movies, book and games that are chosen for each challenge.

Ok, what I remember most about Peter Pan and my childhood was seeing it live on stage with Sandy Duncan as Peter Pan.  I couldn't think of anything to use to tell that story, so I went a completely different route. Color. Green to be precise. 

One of the benefits of waiting until the last minute to do an assigned project is getting to search around other blogs for inspiration! I started with a sketch from Boys Rule Scrapbook kits.  Then I saw Scrap Our Stash has a challenge to use monochromatic colors and 5 different embellishments. I had already decided to use green on the page. Well, I used ONLY green as well as, washi, paint, mist, enamel dots, bling and sequins. 

Join us this week at Child's Play Challenges.  Dig in to your childhood memories or create something inspired by our photo!

Thanks for stopping by to see my creative view today. I'll be back again later this week

Supplies-

Washi-Recollections, My Minds Eye, WRMK, Queen & Co

CS-Bazzill

PP-October Afternoon

Paint-Making Memories

paint roller-American Crafts

mist-Tattered angels

sequins-Michaels, Studio Calico

enamel dots-MME

bling-Queen & Co

Alphas-Simple Stories, AC

ScrapbookGeneration Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scrapbook Generation Blog Hop for June. You should have come here from Steffanie's blog.  If this is your first stop, you might like to begin at the Scrapbook Generation blog and then hop through each link from there.

I have been working on a project the past few months. During the month of May, I committed myself to really putting the effort to get it completed. I am so happy I pushed myself to do this. As of today, I have about 5 LO's left to do and it will be completed. One, (and pretty much the only) reason I was so successful in my progress is because of Scrapbook Generation sketches. I used them for every 2 page LO in this project. There are at least 20 in this album, and I would not have been as close to finishing as I am without them.  

Oh, the project, some of you may have heard me mention it just once or twice...The Bar Mitzvah Album...

This LO is from the party. It is tradition that the guest of honor be raised in the chair during the dance called the Horah. Well, somehow my Grandmother and I were raised as well. I can tell you in no uncertain terms, that Nani enjoyed it much more than I did!

I used a sketch from the Feb 2013 Super Saver Kit. I changed the photo sizes and adjusted the photo design on the right side. The sketch called for 2 horizontal photos. I re-arranged them to fir the two vertical ones instead.  

What has been my lifesaver in this project, is the multitude of sketches for 4x6 photos. I thank you Scrapbook Generation  from the bottom of my heart.

You can find the SG sketches in their books and as downloads in the SG store, and there is a free one every month in case you wanted to try it out.

Please leave a comment on each blog and one lucky commenter will receive a free sketch bundle of their choice from the store. The winner will be drawn on Monday, June 9th which leaves you one week to leave a comment.

Next on the hop is Cassie. Thank you so much for stopping and taking a look at my creative view today. If you don't already follow me, it's easy to do.Just add your name to  the link on the right.  

In case you get lost at any point, here is the list all the blogs

Scrapbook Generation blog - http://scrapbookgeneration.blogspot.com/

Ruth - http://scrapmachine.com/

Steffanie - http://steffanies.blogspot.com/

Devra -  http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com/

Cassie - http://allsmilesandsunshine.blogspot.com/

Stephanie - http://craftyholidaygirl.blogspot.com

Michelle - http://ownerofchanel.blogspot.com

Katy - http://scrappinkaty.blogspot.com

Tina Gale - http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com

Corrina - http://anotherthingoffthelist.blogspot.ca/

Casandra - http://casandra-scrappinbliss.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://loriannie670.blogspot.com

Tasha - http://tashascreativejuice.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/

Cicily - http://pinkdalmatianscrapper.com

New Announcement!

I am really excited to share some news! I have been asked to join the Creative Team at Get it Scrapped. I have spent the last year or so learning from many of these talented women.  I am humbled, privileged and honored to be creating along side them.

Sue Althouse | Andrea | Carrie Arick | Heather Awsumb

Terry Billman | Susanne Brauer | Marie-Pierre Capistran | Summer Christiansen

Ronnie Crowley | Sian Fair | MarciaFortunato | Jett Hampton

Gretchen Henniger | Michelle Hernandez | Vicki Hibbins | Michelle Houghton

Devra Hunt | Jennifer Kellogg | Kiki Kougioumtzi | Karen Poirier-Brode

 Amanda Robinson | Doris Sander | Rosann Santos-Elliott | Katie Scott

Stefanie Semple | Celeste Smith | Christy Strickler | Audrey Tan

Kristy T | Deborah Wagner

Get it Scrapped is celebrating the announcement of the new Creative Team with activities and specials on the Get it Scrapped forum and blog.

GIS MEMBERSHIP PROMO (May 30-Jun2)

All who have signed up for a free membership at Get It Scrapped by June 2nd, will also get Scrapbook Your Story free. Register today and look for "Scrapbook Your Story"  added to your Get It Scrapped membership on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9am ET. It will be in the last column of the Your Materials page of the Get It Scrapped membership.

Register here: Masterful Scrapbook Design

INSTAGRAM PHOTO CHALLENGE (May 30-Jun 30)

That's right Get It Scrapped is now on Instagram and we're kicking things off with our first ever photo challenge! We’re providing you with 25 prompts based on some of our favorite Get It Scrapped articles from the past year. Use the prompts to inspire some fun photos or even your next scrapbook page, then share it with us on Instagram using the prompt’s hashtag as well as #getitscrapped.

All photos uploaded before July 1, 2014  will be entered to win a lovely handmade camera strap cover from team alumni Leah Farquharson of Bluebird Chic, LLC!  

Click here to print the list of photo prompts + contest rules and get snappin'! 

GUESS WHO CT TRIVIA (May 30-Jun 2)

Join us in the forums and help us celebrate the announcement of our awesome new team! We'll have a few rounds of CT trivia going on throughout the weekend to help you get to know our team a little better. And thanks to current team member Amanda Robinson of Amanda Robinson Studio and team alumni, Jana Morton of Pixels2Passion we've got some fabulous prizes for a few lucky winners.

As always, I hope you will follow me along in my new adventures. And stop by  Get it Scrapped to see what's going on there as well. You will not be disappointed!

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