Four Sketch Fantasy

I took a "sketch vacation" the month of December...it was a long break! Well now here we are in January and I'm ready to share. It's 2014, can you believe it?

I've put together 4 new sketches I hope you'll like, and I've shared them on Splitcoaststampers. Please link back to me if you make a page (or more) and share it online!

SBSC335

 

 It will be a while before these sketches have "friends," but someday you can use the links I've provided and hopefully see the sketches and pages using them! Visit the SBSC335 Gallery on SCS.

SBSC336

SBSC336 Gallery on SCS.

SBSC337

SBSC337 Gallery on SCS.

SBSC338

 SBSC338 Gallery on SCS.

I truly LOVE to see other people's interpretations and alterations using the same sketch! If you blog a page with one of these sketches, put a link to it in the comments below.

Too Many Pictures!

I had a crop yesterday, and I feel somewhat accomplished since I managed to complete a double page spread. I have several incomplete layouts that I pulled out to focus on, but it just wasn't in me to finish any of them.  I also had some fun Easter photos from 2007 to work with...a bazillion of them actually, so that's what I did!

I started with one of my sketches, but mainly I just looked at it for positioning, and moved on. If I'd had a printed copy it would have been the exact same layout, but it's pretty close. I love these Big Designer Buttons, aren't they fun!?

I used the Color Spritzer Tool with a Garden Green marker and refill bottles of ink in Tangerine Tango and Melon Mambo to make drips and spots on my Newsprint Designer Series Paper. I also blotted it with a paper towel, which made some pretty neat textured spots too! You should have seen my paper towel afterwards...looked like I had a MAJOR nose bleed! lol

This is the second page. Because I had sooooo many pictures, I decided to make a mini album right on the page. I cut some card stock 4" high by 7" wide,  scored it at 1" intervals and then fan folded it so I could use it to mount the pictures on.

I used my 2-1/2" Circle Punch to make tabs for turning the pages.

Here's another look with the mini book opened up. I had a lot of fun working on these pages! :)

Stampin' Supplies:
STAMPS - Word Play, Well Scripted
PAPER - Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Pacific Point, Newsprint DSP, Sunny Garden DSP

INK - Ruby Red (to edge the paper), Tangerine Tango, Garden Green, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight

OTHER - Sizzix Naturally Serif Alphabet, Decorative Label Extra-Large Punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Sweet Stitches Big Designer Buttons, Pop Up Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Yellow Grosgrain Ribbon, Color Spritzer Tool

Scrapbooking With Faux Silk

Happy Friday friends! My stampers club members are coming over tonight to make the two cards I shared with you yesterday, and now that I've posted today's sketch on SplitcoastStampers I can reveal the 3rd project.

This 8.5x8.5" scrapbook page based on the sketch above. I kinda cheated with the photo I slapped on. You can click on the picture to see a larger version if you like. It's my daughter hanging on the head/horns of a Texas longhorn statue. LOL I had another photo in mind originally, but couldn't find a print of it...I will probably switch it out and add journaling in the white space this weekend. :)

Stampin' Supplies:
STAMPS - Bliss*
PAPER - Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso

INK - Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Early Espresso (Markers - Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie)

OTHER - Orange Ribbon, Tissue Paper, Key Tag Punch**

*Only available FREE in the Sale-a-Bration Mini Catalog
**Retired (oops)

I'll be showing them the Faux Silk technique which is the piece under the photo stamped with flourishes. It's such a pretty technique, and WAY easy to do! Here's a closer look:

All you need is a good stamp, tissue paper and a glue stick!

• Cut a piece of card stock to the size you want 
• Cut a piece of tissue paper and leave it slightly larger than the card stock
• Stamp all over the tissue paper
• Crumple it up 
• Smear the glue stick all over your card stock piece 
• Smooth the tissue paper over it
• Trim off the excess tissue paper
• Step back and admire your awesomeness!

Try it with different colors, it's so easy! You can also stamp directly on the card stock before you layer the tissue paper...the image underneath ends up much softer, but you'll want to stick with a light color for the bottom card stock piece so it is still visible.

Wanna see more pages created with this sketch? Click this link:
SBSC274 Gallery

Snowglobes and Glitter, How Can I Go Wrong?

I totally adore snowglobes and this little guy is available a la carte! The stamp is called Sweet Snowglobe, it comes with a wood mount block and it's only $8.95 (item no. 120868). I actually used it with the Sweet Treat Cups to give it dimension and create a display worthy scrapbook page full of bling!

We've had so many overcast afternoons, that this photo doesn't do it justice, but it's truly fantastic in person! If you click on the image you can zoom in and see it larger. :)

I started by sponging around the edges on a square piece of Crumb Cake card stock with Early Espresso ink, then I used Shimmer Paint to stamp snowflakes all over the background and followed up with a nice layer of Smooch Spritz. The inside of the snowglobe has Smooch (AKA fun in a bottle) painted on the "snowy" parts, and I filled it with Dazzling Diamonds.

Stampin' Supplies:
STAMPS - Jayne's Type Alphabet, Sweet Snowglobe, Serene Snowflakes

PAPER -Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip 12x12 Textured Card Stock

INK -  Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

OTHER - Smooch Pearlized Top Coat, Smooch Spritz, Shimmer Paint, Circle Punch, Top Note Die, Sweet Treat Cups, Stampin' Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds

Now see what you can create with this super simple layout, here's the sketch:

Lost in a Fog

For some reason April was a whirlwind of a month for me. The month wasn't void of crafty things though. I had club night, ladies night, posted many a sketch on Splitcoast, but between the crazy weather and all the home improvement stuff I was working on, my blog suffered!

I still have several things that I need to photograph and post, so stay tuned for more craftiness to come!

For now I'll leave you with today's sketch:

To see pages created with this sketch, visit the SBSC237 Gallery!

A Page for the Season

I've had these brads from the Occasions Mini for over a month now. They're called Sending Love and I think they are really cute! Apparently so does my 8 year-old Sydney, she helped herself to about 8 of them when I hadn't even opened the package yet.
If you look at them in the mini you'll noticed they have a silver rim...they're brads. Well I guess she wanted to use them differently because she pried the Epoxy centers off the brads and had them fixed in fours on bottle cap embellishments. Yes what she did was cute, but I was not too happy to make this discovery since she did not have my permission.
I managed to recover 5 of the brads and put them back together, but three of them no longer had a brad that I could find. Fortunately they still had plenty of "stick" so I was able to use them like stickers and put them right on my page! So I guess the lesson here is that you can use them either way, and they are a little less bulky this way!

Stampin' Supplies:
STAMPS - Jumble Alphabet, Rough Edges Alphabet
INK - Real Red, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip
PAPER - Real Red Textured Card Stock, Whisper White, Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin Kit 

OTHER - Big Shot Top Note Die, Clear Embossing Powder, Sending Love Epoxy Brads (Real Red 1/2")

P.S. It's Friday, so how about another sketch? I'd love to see what you do with this layout. Leave me a comment with a link if you use this one! :)

Austin Adventures

Friday's sketch came in handy at my crop yesterday. I made it into a double page spread using 6 photos from 2003. I wish I had done a better job writing the title, but it's done and I'm ready to move on and tackle some more old pictures!!!

This is the page that follows the sketch. I used a background stamp to kiss the solid images from the Pardise stamp set. This gave them the same texture as the leaves stamped right on the page. I think my photo is a little too bright. The paper on the sides has a stripped pattern and the leaves are all different shades of green.

The title page is just a standard linear design that works well anytime you have three photos cropped to 4x4!

Stampin' Supplies:
STAMPS - Paradise
INK - Green Galore, Certainly Celery, Garden Green
PAPER - Certainly Celery Textured Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Just Delightful Simply Scrappin Kit (Striped Card Stock)
OTHER - Rose Red Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Rose Red Marker

 

Back into Groove

I developed these pictures last week and put them to good use with my newest sketch, yay me! To see more pages done with this sketch and/or to use it and share, look at THIS. Actually I think this was another form of procrastination, but it was nice to take my time with a page and I'm pretty stisfied with the outcome. One page down...4 million 200 seventy-seven to go! hahaha

Journaling says:
September 2009
Natalie cried after her right ear was pierced.
...but she left the store smiling!

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps: Cheep Talk, Jumble Alphabet

Paper: Windsor Knot DSP, Pink Flamingo DSP, Orchid Opulence, Pacific Point

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: White gen pen, Sizzix BIGZ Flower Dasies #2, Scalloped Border Punch, Perforating Tool, Corduroy Buttons, 1/16" hole Punch, Corner Rounder, white acrylic paint

Techniques: machine stitching

Well I did one...

I've only just scratched the surface using the Medallion stamp. I managed to play with it just once, stamping the image in Rose Red. I hadn't originally planed on a whimsical look, but after I cut the image in half the card just took on a life of its own! Anyway I have a scrapbook page brewing in my head that I hope to find time to start on this weekend!!!


Stampin' Supplies:
INK - Rose Red, Perfect Plum
PAPER - Rose Red, Summer Sun, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Pale Plum
STAMPS - Medallion, Great Friend
OTHER - White Gel Pen, Scallop Edge Punch, 1/16" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Also...it's FRIDAY! I've posted a new DPS for sketch number 200 over on Splitcoast:

SBSC200 Gallery

Starry Eyed

I haven't had a lot of crafty time since my open house, but I want to go ahead and share today's sketch with you! Happy 4th!!!

...and here's where you can see the pages as they get uploaded to SCS:

SBSC196 Gallery

Happy Birthday Dear Sister!!!

TODAY is my big sister Barbara's birthday! LOVE you sis!!! The rest of our family celebrated last weekend while we were out of town, so today I'll be giving her this card I made for her! I adore my new Texturz Plates for the Big Shot and "had" to use two different patterns to create this card. Both were accented with white craft ink to make the texture pop, and I couldn't resist using a yummy Corduroy Button! So sad to see Pacific Point retire! :(


Stampin' Supplies:
PAPER - Pacific Point, Whisper White, Pink Passion, Tangerine Tango
INK - Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Pink Passion Marker
STAMPS - Razzle Dazzle (in the NEW 2009-2010 IB&C)
OTHER - Corduroy Button, Sizzix Texturz Plates (Small Dots, Flourish), 5 Petal Flower Punch

AND...here's today's sketch!

SBSC195 Gallery

Floral Fantasy

I just got the Designer Series Paper featured in the new mini catalog, Walk in the Park...LOVE IT!!! I only used two sheets to complete a layout with today's sketch (SBSC185 on SCS). The horizontal strip of yellow is the reverse side of the gray piece down the left side. This whole package is DELICIOUS!!! And don't you LOVE that giant eyelet in the center of the flower!? That's from the Designer Hardware collection, six to a package. This one is called Soho!

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps: Lovely Letters, Font of You, Pick A Petal

Paper: Walk in the Park DSP, Rose Red, Whisper White

Ink: Rose Red

Accessories: Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Soho Desiger Hardware, Distress Tool

Techniques: Distressing, Machine Stitching

Here's my sketch:

More Scrappin'

I'm not sure why I didn't post this sooner. But LAST Friday I hosted the kick off for the Virtual Scrapbooking Night (weekend) over on Splitcoast. There were multiple challenges daily and prizes too! The festivities aren't really over yet though, so if you have time to check it out, here's the master list of challenges: JAN09VSBN

My challenge was this sketch:



And I did this page using my sketch:


Make sure you pop in and check it out, everything ends on Sunday February 8, 2009.

In a Scrappin' Mood

My hubby helped me hang a new cabinet in my craft room on Saturday, and that prompted some cleaning and rearranging over the next few days. All that work sorting and shifting resulted in a completely cleared off counter. WOW, it's been a long, long time since I'd seen that! LOL!!! It also got me motivated to do something "crafty" and I really wanted to scrap something! So with a particular photo in mind, I created the following sketch to post on SplitcoastStampers.
I won't be posting it on SCS until tomorrow, so shhhh, this is your "sneak peak!" It's a single photo layout using a square picture. In my case a 4x6 cropped to 4x4.


I used the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper, with it's coordinating stamp set and heart punch. As a bundle you can get them for 20% off through Saturday Jan 31, 2009. Contact me if you'd like to order yours.
Love You Much Bundle - Item No. 115405 $41.48


The picture is of my Mom, I think early 1995, with my now teen aged nieces! She passed away the following January, just 3 months after my wedding. She never got to know my girls, but I cherish this photograph. It really expresses who she was. I love to look at it; being read to is one of my favorite childhood memories of my mom. It makes me feel warm, and reminds me of the love I feel for her still. She was the most caring and wonderful mother, I was lucky to have her while I did...love you Mom!!!

Stampin' Supplies:
STAMPS - Love You Much, Big Deal Alphabet, Flight of the Butterfly
PAPER - Candy Lane DSP
INK - Basic Black and Riding Hood Red Classic, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, and Certainly Celery Markers, Basic Black Journaler
PUNCHES - Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1 3/4" Circle, Heart to Heart
OTHER - Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals, Stampin' Dimensionals, Rhinestone Brads

Friday's Sketch...on Saturday ;)

I created this sketch last week for posting over on Splitcoast yesterday. I decided it was time for another DPS, and I wanted to do a layout that has a one photo page (a classy look) adjacent from a multiphoto page (my preference). I always have too many photos to scrap!!

I'm trying to make more of an effort to use my sketches each week. I should be able to do ONE page a week, right!? So you can expect to see more posts with sketches here, but as always all of my sketches can be found in the sidebar slideshow on the right>>>.

I had the perfect pictures to fill up the right half of this layout, but not one I was overly excited about for the left. I considered getting an enlargement of one and mixing in other family members...NAH, what do we need them for!? So this is just Natalie showing us her many many expressions. She is so cute if I do say so myself!!! tee hee


It's a pretty simple page. I stamped the background with polka dots down the left side of this textured cardstock. Then added a 6x12 strip of DSP and an 8.5 x 8.5" square piece of cardstock. I decided to add the scalloped border and some punching to give the solid piece a little extra pizzaz. I chalked the heart in "i (heart) u" for a little unexpected color and then went further to add more pink stamping the small chipboard heart and covering the other one with DSP. I also edged the tic tac toe piece with ink after I punched the corners.

Stampin' Up! products
STAMPS: A Happy Heart, Polka Dot (BG stamp)
PAPER: Chocolate Chip textured, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP, Prints Tempting Turquoise DSP
INK (CRAFT): Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: 1" Chocolate ribbon, chipboard hearts, Stampin' Pastels, Curly Label Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, 1/16" hole punch, Scalloped Edge Punch, White Gel Pen

It's a Virtual Thing!

Have you heard about VSBN on Splitcoast? It stands for Virtual Scrapbooking Night.

What can you expect to see during VSBN? Lots of challenges, friends chatting and uploading pages to the SCS gallery. But the best part is seeing your pile of pictures getting smaller! ;)
This is the MVP challenge, Most Valuable Product! The challenge is to use something you've been hoarding on a layout...and use this sketch of course!
The first thing I thought of was last years Halloween paper...man I love that stuff! I have THREE sheets of my favorite pattern and I only used a tiny bit to cover chipboard letters (another thing I tend to hoard) and two clear buttons! So I guess I'm still hoarding it! LOL!!!

Stampin' Up! products used:

Elegant Eggplant Craft ink
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Best Friends Alpha Lower
Paper: Halloween Night DSP (2007), Whisper White 12x12 card stock (I dredged ink across the edges since I didn't have any Elegant Eggplant paper), Old Olive card stock, Pale Plum card stock
Accessories: Accents & Elements - Sweet Nothings (I'll never use all this up!), Scallop Edge Punch, Clear Buttons, 2 Way Glue

Chipboard letters by K&Company