Moments

honoring my dad

The cool thing about this page is the large photo I used for the background.  It's actually printed on an 8x10 sheet of photo paper.  I edited it in MDS so from the blue dots to the black and tan stripes is all one photo.  I had been wanting to try this for awhile now, what I had seen done before was all digital and very cool but I wanted to try traditional, I'm glad I did.  I also  love the punch of blue color and my metal embellishments I have had since I got back into scrapbooking that I have been waiting to use on that one perfect project.
 This one I am happy with, see it's a challenge for me when I do masculine pages, flowers and ribbon are so much easier for me.  This one I am pleased with.

This month is die cuts at Scrap It Girl , I used a lot of Tim Holtz, I think in total 13 different die cuts.  Go check out Kim's Blog Scrap It Girl there are fun challenges and prizes to be won and check out the gallery for some inspiration.

 Maya is hosting this month and this is the prize,  go over and check out her blog

I am entering the following challenges
TTCRD - anything
CRAFT challenge - fathers day / male
Creative Corner - boy oh boy
Totally Papercrafts - anything goes
ABAC - dust off your old supplies , I used my old metal embellies
Pile It On - stripes or plaid
Top Tip Tuesday - numbers
Left of Center - loc theme or 2 or more dsp I used some g45 and some paper I got from Scrapbuck that I absolutely love
Sugar Creek Hollow - fathers day
Pagemaps - sketch plus boy or girl no flowers

Game On!

Game day :)

I love how this picture spans the page this is a 12x12 page.  I spritzed and sprayed, stamped and stenciled.  I used six punches, 3 cirlcles different sizes, a ticket and 2stars different sizes.  This was a fun page to make, I love the blue and green together and I think all the stamps I used are from Stampin Up.

I am entering this in the following challenges.

TTCRD - anythng goes
Simon Says - picture
2Sisters - outdoor fun
Frosted Designs - punches
Sketchabilities - sketch

Chloe

This girl has the biggest bluest eyes I have ever seen and her smile just warms my heart.

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Berry71blue - use sketch and chipboard (see sketch below)
Once Upon A Sketch - use sketch and number (see sketch below)
Our Creative Corner - anything goes
Unruly PaperArts - 5 or more flowers
Simon Says -  anything photograph/camera/film related

 

Family

I created this page for the sketch challenge at My Creative Sketches, I thought the sketch was really easy to work with and I love the flags.  I made the flowers out of tissue paper, super easy.  I love all the bright citrus summer colors.  Here is the sketch I followed 

rock star or beetlejuice, you decide

image taken from web

Beetlejuice, beetlejuice, oh no don't say it!  Beetlejuice!  was my inspiration behind this page with the wild picture and the black and white stripes.

I used stampin ups chevron embossing folder that I inked and then embossed , with the diamond paper on the right I stamped it then embossed with dots folder.  The patterned paper I can't remember who it's by, I know the frames are a different company than the black with dew drops as well as the black and white striped.  I used a star punch, ticket punch (which I love) tag dies, scalloped and circle punch.  I love how I only used black and white and red, wasn't sure I could do it.  I used stamps from stampin up, martha stewart, 7 gypsies and technique tuesday.  There is actually a tiny mirror in the upper left of the page there are two more on the bottom right but the way the pic was taken you can;'t even tell.


Our Creative Corner anything goes
2 Sisters - bingo bash  embossing, patterned paper, punches die cuts
Simon Says - inspired by, my inspiration is Beetlejuice
TTCRD- anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - die cuts or punches
Charisma - black and white plus 1
Clear it out - anything goes + use 2 or more patterned papers
Scrapfriends - sketch

Muse

It's a sketch challenge, the first one for Scrap It Girl.  I love sketches it really gives me a jumping off point and speeds up the process.

the quote says "The eyes are the window to the soul"

 

When I seen this sketch I immediately knew the photos I wanted to use and the colors. This is my daughter, my muse, (sometimes, other times, well let's not go there, tehe), for ability to have fun, relax, enjoy life and don't be so serious! She reminds me of this all the time in ways she isn't even aware of. I love these bold photos and these colors. This was an awesome sketch to work with thanks Kelly Starsky, it made things so much easier. I have been working on making my own flowers, the larger ones here were made with Stampin Ups build a blossom punch.

Some supplies I used on this layout; recollections border decoration,
stampin up build a blossom punch, digi paper from digitial crea and summertime designs, th muse tag, misc buttons, ek border punch, prima bling and the background paper I kid you not is paris hilton, dont laugh this is awesome paper, in fact I loved it so much I ended up buying another pad.

So how about joining in the challenge at Scrap It Girl this month, just follow this sketch 

and go here to enter. Go here to read all the rules, don't worry there's only a few.

and you will have a chance to win this prize

    

  look there's a hexagon punch, how cool is that!

 I also thought I would enter this in the following challenges

Allsorts - anything but a card
Totally Paper Crafts - flowers and lace
Our Creative Corner - anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
Southern Girls - sentiment or qoute

be a dreamer

We should all dream of something :)

challenges entered:

Scrapbook Challenges - Use your stash, mine is the paper, the string, the stickers

and

I followed the sketch at Scrapfriends