Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #195

 Hi everybody, so glad you came back by today! I have a beautiful new card sketch from Sketch N Scrap to share with you today.  Card sketch #195 was designed by Heather Hall:

And here's my take on it:

I love the design of this sketch!  I've really been trying to use up some of the enormous mound of scraps I have for cards. So to "dress up" a plain scrap of white cardstock I decided to run it through my Sizzix with an embossing folder.  I added a little something to the woodgrain strip with a faux stitching acrylic stamp.  I was able to add a pop of color with a stamp set and Catherine Pooler inks.  I just love her ink pads, they're so juicy and the colors are beautiful!

I hope this sketch has inspired you to come join us at Sketch N Scrap and play along. Hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Challenge #226

 Hi everybody, thanks for stopping by today! It's the first of the month and that means there's a new sketch up at Sketch N Scrap!  Sketch #226 was designed by Heather Hall:

And here's my take on it:

This was such a fun sketch to work with! I decided to use my Cricut to cut the star wreath for the circle element.  Full disclosure...I had fully intended to machine stitch around the circle, too....got distracted while working on this layout.....and forgot!  I'm still really happy with how it turned out, though :)

I used some Echo Park wood grain for the background and Simple Stories Say Cheese! 4 elements and patterned papers.  I've had a package of Studio Calico wood veneer tiny stars for years....and it is slowly dwindling away. I'm going to be so sad when I run out of those stars, I just love to scatter them on backgrounds of pages like this Disney layout.

Now it's your turn to show us what you can do with this sketch! Come on by the Sketch N Scrap blog and play along, hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #194

 Hi everyone! I have a new card sketch to share with you that is up on the Sketch N Scrap blog today. I love creating slimline cards and designed this sketch:

And here is my take on it:

Close To My Heart has come out with a really neat slimline die that also has a stitched border look, I love the possibilities of backing it to get a different look every time.  For this card I used some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and my Pink & Main blending brush.  It gave it a soft blue background to build my rainbow scene. I mimicked the rainbow from the CTMH catalog with some tone on tone fun stamping to jazz it up a little.  After adding the other elements and stamping my sentiment, I finished it off with a bit of Tumbled Glass splatters.

If you enjoy creating slimline cards I hope you come by Sketch n Scrap and show us what you can do with this sketch, hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Layout Sketch #225

 Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today, I have our mid-month sketch to share with you that is up on the Sketch N Scrap blog today:

And here's my take on it:

This sweet baby boy with the Big Smiles is 20 years old now!  I've said it before, and I'll say it again, new Mom's these days don't realize how lucky they are to be able to take such fabulous baby pics with their phone!  These were taken on 35mm film.....sent off for printing.....and received a couple weeks later LOL  A few years back I had all of my 35mm pictures professionally stored on CD's, so I'm able to edit them with software and apps to get a much better quality print.  I had never scrapped these photos, they were sitting in a pocket page because I thought they were too dark. Glad I put a little extra effort in and scrapped them!

I used CTMH's Sweet Safari line. What a super cute line with the little safari animals and colorful elements! The wood grain background is also from CTMH.

For the cluster at the top of the page I used my Tim Holtz framelits tag dies....I seriously don't think I could scrap without them!  I also used a Catherine Pooler camera stamp and die and colored it in with my Spectrum Noir Triblend markers. I love that I can create a coordinated camera element of my own:

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you hop on over to Sketch N Scrap and play along with this challenge, and the others we have running until the end of the month. Hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Card Challenge #191

 Hey there scrappy friends! Thanks so much for stopping by today, I have a new card sketch to share with you that is up on the Sketch N Scrap blog today:

And here is my take on it:

When I designed this card sketch, I really had a whole different color palette and direction in my head to create the card.  But....you know how it is....you start playing with stuff and before you know it, different direction!  I was playing with one of my favorite CTMH stamp and die sets, Simple Florals, and some Catherine Pooler inks.  I LOVE these colors...in case you're curious, they are Juniper Mist, Samba, Sauna and Garden Party.  After I cut out the flowers I searched for some coordinating paper and chose my Simple Stories 6x8 Summer Farmhouse paper pad.  

For the sentiment I wanted to do something a little more eye-catching than just a plain stamp, so I decided to layer my sentiment over a leafy vine using the Garden Party and Juniper Mist inks:

Now it's your turn! Hop on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog and show us what you can do with this sketch, hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Layout Sketch #222

 Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by today, I have a new sketch up on the Sketch N Scrap blog to share with you:

And here's my take on it:

I used lots of Vicki Boutin Let's Wander, and the grid background is from her Storyteller line (glad I stocked up on the grid in bulk LOL).  I also used one of the Storyteller stencils to add a little interest on the left upper corner, with a little dry art crayon and a stencil brush.

Photo taken in 2015 on a trip to Washington D.C. my son and I took together.  For the circle element on the right, I used my good old Tim Holtz Picture Wheel die, it's seen a lot of use from me over the years.  One of my fave uses for it is to use tiny pictures printed in contact sheet format. Here I chose some sight-seeing pics from our trip:

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you decide to jump on over to Sketch N Scrap and play along with this challenge! Hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Layout Challenge #221

 Thanks for stopping by today! There is an awesome new layout sketch up on the Sketch N Scrap blog today I'd like to share that is sure to inspire you. This sketch was created by Lisa Hidy:

And here is my take on it:

I can't believe these photos were taken in 2017 and I am just now scrapping them!  This was a photo shoot I did of my son when he was 16 years old.  I feel like boy moms are the forgotten customer when it comes to scrapbooking sometimes, and even "boy lines" are often juvenile and geared toward little guys.  So these pictures patiently waited until Vicki Boutin's Storyteller came along, HANDS DOWN one of my all-time favorite, if not most favorite, product line.  The colors and designs are stunning, and the embellishments are incredible.  I used Storyteller ephemera, chipboard and cardstock stickers to create this embellishment cluster:

I've really gotten into dabbling with Vicki's Art Crayons, too.  On this layout I used an exclusive stencil she created, along with a stencil brush and gray and navy art crayons:

I hope you come by Sketch N Scrap to show us what you can do with this sketch and play along, hope to see you there!