Sketches In Thyme Challenge #372

Hi everybody! It's the 14th of the month, and that means I'm up on the Sketches In Thyme blog.  Here's my creation for this week's challenge:

And here's the sketch, designed by Miyuki Kawakami:

I used Carta Bella's new Baseball line on this, with an OLD piece of Kaisercraft grid for the background. When I first saw this sketch, I knew I wanted to use baseballs for those large circles. I cut 3 with my Cricut, then used so many of the fun elements from Carta Bella's sticker sheet and some old Prima All Star brads to add some finishing touches:

Hope you come on over to the Sketches In Thyme blog and check out this and the other challenges we have running in May! Hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #145

Hi everybody! There's a fantastic new card sketch up on the Sketch N Scrap blog, designed by Heather Hall:

This sketch was so much fun to work with! I love the scallop border and fun banners and decided to make a thank you card with it:

I pulled out some scraps from Pebbles' Along The Way line and cut the pretty scallop using an old Sizzix border die.  The stamp is from CTMH and the cute little butterfly is a Waffle Flower die.  Just a few Kaisercraft black pearls & it all came together so quickly! This is a versatile sketch that I know I'll use again & again!  

Hope you find this sketch to be as inspirational as I did and that you join us over at Sketch N Scrap to play along!

National Scrapbook Day 2019 at Sketch N Scrap!

HAPPY National Scrapbook Day to all of my fellow crafters out there!!   I try to plan ahead and "block out" NSD every year and hide in my craft room....some years it works, others not so much LOL  Hope you find time to celebrate with some crafting today, and if so please come check out all of the inspiration at Sketch N Scrap!  I created a layout using a sketch designed by Lisa Hidy especially for NSD 2019:

And here's Lisa's sketch, don't you love it!?:

I used Simple Stories' new Spring Farmhouse line on this page, with a piece of wood grain from Ella & Viv.  Photos are of my Mom and sweet little grand-niece.  I don't often get a chance to make a "girly" layout, so I was so excited to scrap pics of this precious little sweetheart! There are so many fun elements on the Spring Farmhouse sticker sheet, perfect for layering. I also added a little machine stitching around the borders:

This sketch is only one of the challenges running all month long over at Sketch N Scrap, there are more layout and card sketches....come on over and play along!  Don't forget about our Facebook Birthday Bash, too!  Hope to see you there!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #501

I'm checking out all of the fun NSD challenges that are happening online tomorrow and stopped to create this card for Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I love that they post a new sketch every week!  Here's the current sketch:

And here's what I came up with:

So this is one of those situations where I just couldn't get a picture that I liked to really show how well these colors work together, it looks much better in person.  I recently took advantage of Pinkfresh Studios Grab Box sale. All of the papers and the chipboard sentiment are from my grab box and I cut the label with my Cricut.  I like the balance that the black dots gives to the design, what a great sketch!  Thanks for stopping by!

Cookin' Up Creations with Sketches In Thyme

The Sketches In Thyme Mavens are hanging out all month long with Cookin' Up Creations for a Sketchathon!  I've created a layout for Cookin' Up Creations to share using a sketch by SIT designer Jenessa Franco:

And here's Jenessa's fabulous sketch:

I used the new Kaleidoscope line by Vicki Boutin, along with some older stuff from my stash: EP graph paper, Maya Road camera & some wood veneer from Studio Calico & Kaisercraft.  The flair is from my favorite Etsy shop, A Flair for Buttons. To add some texture and interest I used some machine stitching & an Art Anthology stencil.  This was a fun technique and so simple, I just used a fingertip ink dauber with some Black Soot Distress Ink. 

Follow the link for Cookin' Up Creations and also check them out on Facebook to see more inspiration from the Sketches In Thyme Design Team!

Sketches In Thyme Challenge #368

Hi everybody!  It's the 14th of the month, and that means I'm up on the blog over at Sketches In Thyme.   For this sketch, I decided to use my favorite recent pic of my son:

And here's the awesome sketch, designed by Brenshevia:

I started out with every intention of keeping with the simplicity of the staggered paper strips.  But....we all know how things don't end up exactly as we plan, right?  The angled strips on my layout were inspired by the scraps I had in my scrap bin.  I sat on the living room floor the other night, purging little bits & pieces & seeing just what papers I had in there that have long been forgotten.  I ended up sorting by color....kind of.....and ended up with pieces of really old Basic Grey, Simple Stories, Pinkfresh Studios, Kaisercraft (LOVE those Mister Fox viewfinders!!), Bella Blvd and Echo Park.  Whew!  I had to list them all because I couldn't believe how they all blended so well together!

One of the scraps I had was already angled, so I just cut the rest of my strips that way. Some finishing touches were Pinkfresh Studios puffy stickers, a fussy-cut camera from the EP paper, flair from my fave Etsy store A Flair for Buttons, some AC Thickers for my title & a bit of machine stitching.

Hope you are as inspired by this sketch as I was!  We'd love to see what YOU can do with this sketch, too....hop on over to Sketches In Thyme & join in on the fun! Hope to see you there!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #497

There's another fun card sketch up on the blog at Tuesday Morning Sketches:

At first glance it might seem simple, but I thought the sketch offered the possibility for some fun layering & details, here's my take on it:

I've really been trying to turn to my scraps and "leftovers" such as die cut packs and sticker sheets, at least to find something to incorporate into my projects & use up that stash!  On this card, all of the paper was from my scrap bin...the striped background is from Shimelle's Go Now Go line and the piece of green is from a Photoplay pet line. I don't know where that random piece of graph paper came from LOL!  The floral die cut is from Photoplay's The Daily Grind & the heart sticker is from Simple Stories' Life in Color.  With a CTMH sentiment stamp & a few gems this sketch really came to life, I'm sure I'll keep it to use again!