May 15th Sketch at Colorful Creations with more of the Homespun Collection!!!

Hey there crafters!!!  It's mid month which means a new sketch challenge over at Colorful Creations!!!

Here's a look at this week's sketch:

Isn't this fabulous?!?!  Awesome :-)

I've been using quite a bit of the Simple Stories "Homespun" line from the Frosted Designs Store so I decided to just keep that going!!  

Here's my layout:

These pics were taken earlier this year at a local park!

I kept the page pretty simple and followed the sketch quite literally!  The colors in the pics went perfectly with the colors of the papers!  I layered them up according to the sketch and inked all the edges with Walnut Stain distress ink for a bit of contrast against the background.  Then I started adding all these fun die-cuts and chipboard pieces!!!

I love the little polaroid frames included with the die-cuts and framed one of the photos with it!

I grabbed one of the burlap flowers from last month's kit at Frosted Designs and added it to the corner of my matted photo with a quote sticker!

I finished with my title using chipboard pieces and sticker letters that come with the collection and an UmWow wood veneer chevron!!!!

I hope you'll have time to play along with us!!!

Well gang...  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)

New Card Sketch #23 at Sketch N Scrap!!!!

Hello again my crafty friends!!!!  It's that time of the month when Sketch N Scrap hosts a brand new card sketch!!!!

Here's a look at Sketch # 23:

I used my scraps from the "Shades of Spring" Kit from Frosted Designs and this is what I came up with:

I just love the pop of colors against the black card!!!  I actually added a little doodling to this one as well with a black pen!  I drew in some lines on the flowers and some of the leaves...

I also added Glossy Accents to the center of the flowers and liquid pearls around my doily!!!

Simple, yet sweet!!!

Well gang...  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)

SYS Challenge #8~ Stitching!

Happy Friday gang!!! It's that time again for another challenge over at Scrap Your Story.  If you haven't checked them out yet, please do so!  It's a wonderful challenge blog with weekly challenges and monthly prizes!!! Stop in and say hello :-)

This week's challenge is to incorporate stitching somewhere on your project.  Hand, machine, faux, or otherwise.  Since I'm not big on any type of "sewing" I decided on some faux stitching for this page.  This is my sister's LAST PAGE in her Senior Year Album and she's totally stoked to FINALLY be getting it!!! Although I would like to make a cover for it first :-)

Any who, here is what I've come up with.  I also combined this with the Guest Designer challenge over at Colorful Creations using the following sketch by Tabitha Triplett (one of my FAV sketch designers!!!!):

I flipped the page a quarter turn clockwise to accomodate my photos.  

Doesn't it just scream "my teenage years"!!!!!  Hahahaha!!! 

I started by using papers by DCWV "Glam Gal" paper stack.  The blue paper is from an old paper stack (can't remember by whom) and already had the polaroids on it.  I simply cut out the paper inside them and added photos!!! I included some banners (of course!) I cut out from coordinating papers, rub-ons by Scenic Route, and various pearls and bling!!!  I used a purple Souffle pen to create the stitched look around the blue paper.  Hope you enjoy :-)

Well my friends, thanks for stopping in and have a LUCKY day!!!