UR Loved layout

Hi and welcome to my blog.  Do you scrap in chronological order or just grab a photo and start scrapping? I do both, I have a pile of current photos I plan to scrap but every now and then an old pic will capture my interest and I start from there. I found this older pic of my youngest from when he was just six years old ( oh my, where does time go... he is 12 now!!) and I knew I had to scrap it. The current sketch at Sketchablities is the inspiration for my latest layout.

Here is the current sketch .....

 

 

 

And here is my layout.......

 

 

 

 

I used lots of older products from my stash to complete this layout... gotta make room for new goodies!! :-) I found the title for my layout on Cricut 's Small Talk &Frames cartridge as well as the polaroid frame for my photo. The stars from the frame were put to use on my page, too. I used stamps from Tim Holtz ( chicken wire)  and CTMH( frames)  for the background  and of course , there's lots of ink splattered about.  A few flowers , some chipboard frames, buttons and brads complete my page.

 

Thanks for visiting my blog.... have a great day!!

 

 

 

 



Sunshine layout

Hi and welcome to my blog. It's been awhile since I've scrapped anything so I was in need of some good inspiration. The current sketch at Sketchablities is a great place to start and Anything But Cute blog also helped me with my layout inspiration. Here's the sketch I used.....

 

As always , there are so many great elements to this sketch... how can you not be inspired???

 

The current challenge over at Anything But Cute has a mood board .. featuring the beach theme created by the very talented Pamelia. I love the browns and blue and of course the beach theme.

 

 

And over at Mixed Media Monthly they also have a fun picture to inspire our creative mojo.
 

 

 

Lots of fun elements here to play along with , right???

 

 

My layout is a combo of the three... here it is....

 

 

I wanted a vibrant summery theme for my layout but not too bright so I opted for hues of blues and browns with splashes of colour to make my page pop. The "wooden " paper base and the strips of paper are from Crate Paper and flowers are from Magnolia and Prima.The background was created with some coffee cup stain stencils and  script stamps with a bit of Prima Bloom Spray in Precious Stone splattered about The wooden chippie was embossed with Orange Creamsicle embossing powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang and the flourish was also LSG ep in Madonna Robe Blue Gold and Orange Creamsicle. The tag was a stamp from CTMH which I hand cut out.... I may add a date and some journaling later. To finish off my page, I matted everything on a bright turquoise cardstock base and my layout is finished!!!

 

 Make sure to visit these great blogs for tons more great inspiration from the DT and submissions!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!

 

 

 

 

Paris layout

Hi , I'm back again today to share a layout I made using the current sketch over at Sketchabilities. They have another fabulous sketch to share and a great prize up for grabs!

Here is the sketch:

 

 

 

I decided to use one of my photos from my recent trip to Vegas for my page. Check it out....

 

 

One of my dream destinations is Paris ... but for now Vegas Paris will have to do!!! I used some metal Trinkets from Prima's Finnabair collection as well as an assortment of flowers, buttons and metal embellies  from Prima, Petaloo and some random ones that I had in my stash to frame this pic of the Effiel tower at the Paris Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. Hopefully, I will be able to scrap a layout of  the real tower soon!!!

There's a bit of gesso, some Prima Chalk ink in a fun yellow called Coldsfoot Petals and Hedi Swapp Color Shine ( Bronzer) for the base layers, plus some random stamps in the same yellow. I stitched a few lines, drew some and added a few gems and this page is complete!!! Yay!!! I love it when a layout comes together so quickly and easily, thanks to an awesome sketch.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

 

 

 

A winter visitor layout

Hi and welcome to my blog! Today is another wintery stormy day here on the southwest coast of Newfoundland.... three storms in one week, and it's only early January!!!! Oh well, at least I can stay inside and get some more scrapping done!!  For this layout I'm playing along with the current sketch over at Sketchablities.

 

 

 

 

Here is my interpretation of the sketch........

 

 

 

 

I snapped this photo of a young moose in our front yard last winter ... we often see moose munching on birch trees but they generally run away at the first sound. Not this guy, he kept on munching till he had his fill and then casually strode away, even looking back a few times. That's when I got this photo.... you can't see my dog, but he was in the window looking out and barking - loudly!

 

I followed the sketch as much as possible.For my base layer,I used a sheet of snowy patterned paper from Stampin' Up! which I then  stenciled , inked and stamped , using the sketch as a guide. I created the photo mat out of scrap Glitz Design papers - more distressing and inking here, too. I cut branches from  an online file from Silhouette from brown cardstock . I inked it with Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs ink and then a coat of clear Crackle paint (Tim Holtz) was applied over each branch. I used the relief of the branch cut out to stencil some branches throughout the layout. A layer of Faber Castell Glass Bead was added before all those other layers. To finish off the page , I added a title using Thickers alphas.

 

 

 

That's my layout... hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today..... have a wonderful creative day!

 

 

 

 

 

Sketchabilities #124 ... All boy layout

Hi and welcome to my blog! Can you believe it's the first of October already?? The kids have been back to school for a month now and now that the days are much cooler, I'm finally getting some time to do a bit of scrapping. I love the latest sketch from Sketchabilities.... it has so many of my favorite elements .

Here's the sketch:

 

 

 

I pulled out my Hexagon dies from Spellbinders, stencils from The Crafter's Workshop, Thickers and boy themed papers from Simple Stories for my layout. take a look......

 

 

 

 

Lots of ink and sprays were used for my page... this page has black Gesso, Ranger sprays, October Afternoon spray, Prima Fluid Chalk inks and some good 'ole blue acrylic paint, watered down and splattered throughout the page! The "boys rule" tag and banners were fussy cut from a coordinating pieces of paper from the Simple Stories Aweso{ME} collection. The gear was cut out on my Silhouette machine. I had almost as much fun creating this layout as my boy had getting stuck in the mud!

 

 

That's my Sketchablities layout .... hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks for dropping by my blog today.... have a wonderful creative day!!

 

 

 

 

A Perfect Memory layout

Hi and welcome to my blog! I recently got an order of scrap goodies and one of my favorite things was the Time Traveller paper collection from Prima.

This collection has stunning vintage papers, tags, journaling tags and so much more... I love it!! It was perfect for my layout documenting our family vacation to Fortress Loiusbourg recently. I used Sketchabilities  sketch # 121 to get my layout started.

 

 Here's the sketch:

 

 

 

 

And here's my layout ......

 

 

 

 

This layout was pretty basic- I used a sheet from the collection that had some really cool vintage elements on it. I only added a few details to the base; a bit of black Gesso over a stencil ( The Crafter's Workshop) and then used a Distress Stain (Vintage Photo) over another stencil ( chicken wire) . The background paper didn't really need much more. The title,tags , stickers and mats are all from the same collection. I adhered a few Prima and Petaloo flowers , a metal sticker , a stickpin and some seam binding ribbon for the tags.

 

I can't wait to create some more layouts with this fabulous paper collection! Thanks for visiting my blog today- I hope you enjoyed my layout! Have a wonderful creative day!

 

 

 

 

Precious life layout...

Good afternoon! Another sketch has been released over at Sketchabilities, and of course , it's great!!! I love all the possibilities of layering and playing with different types of mixed media. The DT inspiration layouts are an added bonus- so much talent!!!Make sure you check out their designs!!

  Here is the latest sketch.....

 

 

I started my layout with papers from Teresa Collins Summer Stories collection and this is what I came up with.........

 

 

 

 

 

I laid a base coat of Gesso around the center of the base layer and went from there! You can hardly see it but I did stencil some  chevron in Tim Holtz gold metallic distress stain. It kinda blended into the background so I stamped a bit of CTMH houndstooth and burlap throughout the page,too. Pretty much everything is edged with Prima fluid chalk ink ( Black Coal) and-or distressed. The journaling tag and elements are all from Teresa Collins with the exception of the chipboard flower and button, which are from Prima, and the Washi polka dot tape is from CTMH.I may get around to adding some journaling- more than likely I will tuck it behind the photo or the journaling mat. One of these day...... lol!!! I added a notebook strip of cardstock in pale blue for a pop of color ( SU! spiral punch).

 

 

I love how quickly this page came together- having a great sketch really gets my creative mojo going!

 

That s my Sketchablities layout- hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by today.....have a creative day!!!

 

 

It's a wonderful life layout



Good morning! I'm back to share another layout with you. This one was inspired  by the current sketch at Sketchabilities.... take a look:

 

 

I just love everything about this sketch!! It allows me to play with my inks, stencils and paper, lots of paper! Here's my take on the sketch:

 

 

 

For more inspiration to complete this layout I followed the current Friday challenge at Frosted Designs which was to use flowers and stitching on a layout. Hmm, lets see, do I love flowers ??? YES!!! And stitching,too, so this challenge was super fun to take part in!!

 

My layout started off with a simple piece of cardstock... inked up with Prima fluid chalk resist ink ( goes on like a dream!!!) ,splattered some gold Glimmer Mist about and then stamped with an old Stampin' Up! weathered background stamp ( removed from bulky wooden block and now I love it!!) and some Stamper' s Anonymous music notes stamp and then stencil with a brick pattern that I made with my Silhouette machine. Next come the papers... all Teresa Collins ( love her vintage style sooo much!!!) I used papers from her Vintage Finds collection, which I have in a 6X6 paper pad... cut them out in various sizes, inked them and even made a few flowers and tags with leftover scraps.The mini alpha stickers and gold border strips are from her Summer Stories collection. Oh yeah, and for the stitching part, well that's on my sparkly border strip, and the bingo papers , plus I randomly adhered some black thread around the corner. The chipboard title and flower are Prima ( inked too)and the rest was found in my stash. Despite all the details and layers, this page came together in under an hour thanks to great inspiration from Frosted Designs and Sketchabilities!!!! Gotta love that!

 

Anyway... that's my layout! The sun is shining and I'm off to enjoy it!! Thanks for stopping by!!