Sketch N Scrap Birthday Challenge #3

 

We are winding down our month long birthday celebration and I have my third challenge for you. We are celebrating all sorts of 3's. Today's challenge is to used product from THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES. Take my layout below. I used product from Jillibean Soup, October Afternoon and My Minds Eye. Mix up your stash and show me what you've got! Link your blog post featuring your layout based on this sketch on the left.

Item I used in this layout:
Jillibean Soup • Egg Drop Soup • Eggs
Jillibean Soup • Egg Drop Soup • Sesame Oil
Jillibean Soup • Egg Drop Soup • Ground Ginger
Jillibean Soup • Egg Drop Soup • Green Onions
October Afternoon • Daily Flash • Memory Cards
My Minds Eye • Quite Contrary • Mary Mary Beautiful Accessory Sheet
My Minds Eye • Lime Twist • Life of the Party Sweet Accessories Sheet
My Minds Eye • Now and Then • Alpha Word Stickers
Ranger Distress Tool
Scotch ATG

Now on to the prize! Play along with this challenge and the other two I am hosting (May 10th & 18th). You will have until June 10th to link your blog post(s) on the left. If you play along with all three challenges you will have 3 chances to win!

I have this fun collection of items for the lucky winner. A pack of 152 labels, 12 chalkboard labels, a chalk marker and a Sizzix Where Women Cook, Envelope and Tag Die.

Work Tray Wednesday

Finally getting some landscaping started! 

Sketch-N-Scrap Design Team Call!

Sketch N Scrap is excited to announce we are accepting applications for our Design Team! We are looking for designers who are interested in doing both cards and layouts based on our sketches!  If you love creating with our sketches then please consider applying.  No experience is necessary and international members are welcome to apply!  We are a group of fun loving & crafty ladies who enjoy sharing our passion for paper crafts with each other and our readers, while we have a lot fun we also are committed to our duties here at Sketch N Scrap ask you to consider carefully all our rules and commitments prior to applying.  We have a DT call twice a year if you are unable to apply at this time so check back often!!

 DESIGN TEAM CALL:
How to apply:

Email the following info to sketchnscrap@gmail.com

•  Your name and city/country
•  A link to your blog (Must have a blog to apply)
•  A list of your DT experience if any (none is required)
•  Tell us a little about yourself and why you would like to be on the Sketch N Scrap team
•  Three recent examples of your work . If possible include a mix of layouts and cards.

Deadline for submissions is June 10th at 5 pm CST

 DESIGNER DUTIES:

• Create one layout and one card per month based on sketches provided. Sketches are provided a minimum of one month in advance.
• Comment on participants entries.  This is a must (if you cannot commit to this pleased don't apply)
• Join our Design Team Facebook page (so a Facebook account is needed)
• Commit to the term of July 1st through December 31st 2015
• Maintain an active blog and post your DT reveal within two days of sketch reveal with a link back to Sketch N Scrap
• Must promote Sketch N Scrap on social media and on your blog
• Participate in special events, such as blog hops etc  (no more then 1 per term)
• Post the Sketch N Scrap DT blinkie on your blog 
• Submit your layouts by required deadline.  (3 days prior to reveal day)

Design Team will be announced on June 16, 2015. With the first reveal day of July 1st, 2015.  We hope you will consider applying, we'd love to have you on our team!

Sketch N Scrap Card Challenge #50

I hope you have all been inspired by our 3rd Birthday Bash over at Sketch-N-Scrap. Tons of layout challenges for you this month. We didn't forget about the cards though, here is another card sketch for you to play with. Don't forget to upload you card to the SNS blog for a chance to win!

I recently acquired a new stamp & die from Papertrey Ink that I scored on eBay. The fun "Enjoy the Ride" set. I had to cut out a ton of little cars and stamp them various colors because the kids saw it and just HAD to have some of their own. I know that is going to be a set I'm going to use a lot on future cards! I hope you play along with this fun sketch and share your creations!

New Art

I had a little time in the craft room today so I worked on finishing some mixed media pieces that I had started. I have these three pieces available on my website at the moment.

Create Happy Memories Mixed Media Block 14.25x11.25x1.5" $38

Celebrate Memories Flower Mixed Media Block 7.75x5.75x1.5" $15

Family, Friendship, Faith Hanging Mixed Media Canvas 8x10" without wire hanging. $18

Sketch N Scrap Birthday Challenge #2

I'm glad you are joining me today for my second Sketch-N-Scrap birthday challenge where we are celebrating all sorts of 3's. Here is a 3 photo sketch for you to play along with! Link your blog post featuring your layout based on this sketch on the left.

I continued with my Easter theme scraping photos of the kids opening their presents from the Easter Bunny. 

Items I used in this layout:

Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Sunny Sunday

Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • A Tisket A Tasket

Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Egg Hunt

Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things •Borders

Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Cute Cuts

Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Alpha + Bits
My Stash • Easter Stickers
Scotch ATG

Now on to the prize! Play along with this challenge and the other two I am hosting (May 10th & 29th). You will have until June 10th to link your blog post(s) on the left. If you play along with all three challenges you will have 3 chances to win!

I have this fun collection of items for the lucky winner. A pack of 152 labels, 12 chalkboard labels, a chalk marker and a Sizzix Where Women Cook, Envelope and Tag Die.

Sketch N Scrap Layout Challenge #81

We've hit the middle of our Birthday Celebration month and I have another sketch for you to play along with. Upload your take on this sketch to the SNS Blog for a chance at a prize.

I started my layout off by painting some gesso randomly in the center of the paper. Then I splatter a little bit of alcohol ink on the page for interest. After laying my photos out, I glued some swirls of twine under them with glossy accents. The flowers were dyed with distress ink. I used the same ink to color the title word daisies. This was a fun layout to put together, I hope you give it a try!

Items I used in this layout:
Fancy Pants • Hopscotch • Tangerine
Daler-Rowney • Gesso Primer
Ranger • Alcohol Ink • Sunshine Yellow
Card Stock • Black
Twine • Yellow & White
Twine • Black & White
Ranger • Distress Ink • Mustard Yellow
My Stash • Black Brads
The Paper Studios • Spare Parts • White Paper Flowers
Ranger • Glossy Accents
American Crafts • Thickers • Maple
Adobe Illustrator
Cricut Expression
Xyron Sticker Maker
Scotch ATG

May Twistback Sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap

I have another twistback sketch for you today. This sketch is from April 2014 and the twist is to use outdoor photos. Head over to Sketch-N-Scrap to check out what the design team came up with.

My photos are from May 2011 and show Rylan's first experience with a sprinkler. We had been in the car for a couple of hours and it was hot and sticky out. He went straight for the water and just soaked it up. The other two were not so impressed with the sprinkler.

Items I used in my layout:

Basic Grey • Fresh Cut • Lilac Meadow

Fancy Pants • As You Wish • Dictionary

Fancy Pants • As You Wish • World Travels

Fancy Pants • As You Wish • Ephemera Pack

Fancy Pants • As You Wish • Tags

Tim Holtz • Distress Tool

Ranger • Distress Ink • Broken China

Ranger • Distress Ink • Walnut Stain

Adobe Illustrator

Cricut Expression

Xyron Sticker Maker

Scotch ATG

Work Tray Wednesday

Turning more old frames into fantastic chalkboards today!

Sketch N Scrap 3rd Birthday Bash Challenge

I hope you are all enjoying the daily challenges over at Sketch-N-Scrap as part of our 3rd Birthday party. It is hard to believe that it has been 3 years as I have been a part of SNS since the beginning!

Today is the first of 3 challenges I will hosting this month. For my first, I challenge you to create a layout with this color scheme:

If you haven't had a chance to scrap your Easter photos from this year, these are the perfect spring colors to do so. Here is my layout made with the color palette.

Items I used in this layout:
Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • A Tisket A Tasket
Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Egg Hunt
Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Mom's Bouquet
Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Cute Cuts
Bella BLVD • Spring Flings & Easter Things • Alpha + Bits
The Paper Studios • Spare Parts • White Embossed Daisies
The Paper Studios • Spare Parts • White Paper Flowers
Clear Snap • Smooch Spray • Various Colors
Card Stock • White
Brother Sewing Machine
Scotch ATG

Now on to the prize! Play along with this challenge and the other two I am hosting (May 18th & 29th). You will have until June 10th to link your blog post(s) on the left. If you play along with all three challenges you will have 3 chances to win!

I have this fun collection of items for the lucky winner. A pack of 152 labels, 12 chalkboard labels, a chalk marker and a Sizzix Where Women Cook, Envelope and Tag Die.

Work Tray Wednesday

Stars Stars Stars

Sketch N Scrap Card Challenge #49

If you are like me and have graduations to attend this month, you'll be in need of some pretty awesome cards. Sketch-N-Scrap is here to help you with a little sketch inspiration. We have a ton of layout sketches and challenges for you this month, being our 3rd anniversary, but we also have some cards. Don't forget to show us your creation based on this sketch at the SNS blog!

My last card post on April 20th, I talked about Watercolor Smooshing and I applied that technique to this card. The background has a fun yellow blue watercolor effect and I used that color combo to finish off the card, cutting out various circle and flower shapes, layering them up.

Sunday Listings

I was able to get a few things done this week. I'm mostly focused on making Americana items to take for consignments to different shops, but I am pulling out some one-of-a-kind items to offer on eBay. Click the eBay link above to go to my auctions!

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Happy Holiday to all of you scrapbookers out there! In honor of our special day I have a sketch for you from Lisa at Sketch-N-Scrap!

I had some photos laying around of our Holly Jolly Run we did back in December. They were a perfect fit for this layout. The kids had so much fun running the course and playing the games. Not to mention getting to see Santa a couple of times on our way around.

Items I used in this layout:

The Paper Studios • Red & Cream Diagonal Stripe

American Crafts • Amy Tangerine Plus One • Date

Crate Paper • Peppermint Collection • Wintergreen

Crate Paper • Peppermint Collection • Accent Cuts

Crate Paper • Peppermint Collection • Die Cuts

Adobe Illustrator

CriCut Expression

Ranger • Glossy Accents

Ranger • Stickles • Diamond

Scotch ATG

Sketch N Scrap Layout Challenge #80

Happy May! I have a great sketch for you from Sketch-N-Scrap. Play along with us and upload your take to the SNS Blog.

We have recently upgraded to little legos at our house. The kids love playing with them so much, they can spend entire days building all sorts of creations. They always bring their new builds to me to take a photo of and pose so proudly with them.

Items I used in this layout:

Basic Grey • Color Me Silly • Discover

Basic Grey • Myrtle • Skate Shop

Basic Grey • Eerie • Dracula

Basic Grey • Gracie • Oh Baby Girl

Basic Grey • Zachary • Oh Baby Boy

Basic Grey • Oliver • Tarmac

Basic Grey • Bloomers • Fabric Flowers

Basic Grey • Oliver • Chip Sticker Shapes

Scotch ATG