New Sketch Site

Hi,

A quick post to give you the news of a new sketch site called "Sketches With Color."

Here's the link:  http://sketchwithcolor.blogspot.com/

Go on, what are you waiting for?  Check it out!

This could be the site you are waiting for to get those photos scrapped!  Or maybe you need

a little "push" to get back into scrapbooking?  Give it a try.... what have you got to lose?

Some info about the site:

This site was created to combine sketches with color combinations to help you get those

photos scrapped and to have fun while doing it.  

Their challenges will be be-weekly and will run the entire month.  Challenges will consist

of various sketches, colors and perhaps even twists.

Here's a few samples of what the challenges could be:

Sketch + Color

Sketch + Two Colors

Sketch + One Color

Sketch + Color + Twist

Sketch + Player's Choice (anything goes)

Does this sound like fun to you?  If so, I encourage you to just pop in and see if this is the site

for you.  You'll be happy you did.  :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Here's my layout for today

Hello there,

Happy Halloween!  :)

The Trick-or-Treaters will be out full swing shortly. 

Today's post was submitted at Colorful Creations http://colorfulcreations.ning.com/

for their Guest Designer Sketch Challenge (gdtoct).

This is the sketch:

And here's my take on the sketch:

I had the top photo on my craft room wall and when I came across this bottom photo I knew

I had to create a layout about "the tricycle."

I kept the tricycle.  My hubby is always wondering WHY I want to keep all this stuff.

Well, this is the reason why.

This cute little tricycle was purchased for Andrew when he was just a little guy.  The photo was

taken in 1995 when he was 3 years old.

Ten years later, our grandson came along and the top photo shows him riding the tricycle in 

2005 when he was 3 years old also.

These photos are truly priceless and I love this layout!

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV

Canvas Fabric

Tag Templates: Paper Pizazz

Circle Clips

Various Brads

Silver Circle Tags

Mini Clothespins

Chipboard

Sharpie Marker

Border Sticker: Creative Imaginations

 I used canvas fabric for one of the banners and for the tag by the photo.  I knew I wanted something other

than paper for the banners and this matched perfectly.  I "roughed up" the edges a bit.

 The tags were also cut from canvas.  I used the circle clips on the ends of the tags.

The circles were also cut from canvas with the ends shredded.  I used a silver circle tag, and

various brads to add onto the circle with a mini clothespin added also.

 Here's a closer look at one of the circles.

The chipboard was in various colors, so I peeled off the top layer and used the

chipboard title as is.  Love this look!

For this tag, I used a circle clip as well as a brad for the center.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Libby  :)

Capture the Joy of one Happy Girl

Hi there,

So glad we didn't get much of hurricane Sandy.  Misty rain off and on and some wind earlier

in the day.  Unless tonight brings more rain....

I'll take the rain over the snow!!

Now on to my post for today.

This was a submission at Let's Scrap http://letsscrap.ning.com/

for their weekly sketch challenge.

Here's the sketch for this week (10-24-12)

provided to Let's Scrap by Becky Fleck (Pagemaps).  The deadline for submissions is

October 30, 2012. 

                                 

Here's the sketch for this week (10-24-12)

And here's my layout:

 I wanted this layout to be extra special because the photos are my faves!

It took me a LONG time to get it just the way I wanted... and I love it!  :)

These photos are of our daughter and grandson.  The larger photo on the right was taken

after her graduation from Basic Training.

The side view photo on the left was the photo I took just before we walked into the

Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

The photo of Lynn with her son was taken while we were enjoying all the fun shops and

Cafes along the River Walk.  They wanted a photo taken in front of the falls.

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV

Sheer Wire Ribbon

Sheer Silver Ribbon

Silver Metal Ovals (recycled belt)

Gems

Ribbon

Fiskars Border Punch

Large Heart: Traced & hand cut

Tiny Hearts: Negatives from border punch

Rectangle Stickers

Sharpie Marker

Creative Memories Decorative Cardstock (traced & cut)

I found these rectangle stickers in my stash.... and couldn't believe they actually matched

my layout exactly!!  I adhered them onto the silver cardstock and added a gem onto the

ends of each block.

On top of the ribbon I added an oval metal ring with a heart on top of that.

I added small strips of ribbon along the bottom left photo and two tiny hearts which

were the negatives from the border punch.  So cute!!

I folded a tan piece of ribbon and adhered silver ribbon on top.

I also used the tiny hearts on the bottom of the larger photo.

The wire ribbon was cut into a banner with a metal ring on top.

The scalloped border was traced from the Creative Memories decorative cardstock.  Rather

than use the cardstock, I just trace it onto the paper I choose.  Then I can reuse the

fancy cardstock shapes over and over again!  :)

Gems were added (one by one) all along the border.  The tiny hearts were added

randomly onto it.

A closer look at the metal oval rings.  I overlapped them and adhered them with hot glue,

to make sure they would say put!

These loops were actually from an OLD belt that I found while searching for something else.

I immediately got to work taking the links apart to use on a layout!

Another view of the scalloped border, gems, hearts, loops and ribbon.

Ribbon was folded and added along the top.

This is the right side of my layout.

Have a wonderful day!

Libby  :)

She's My Baby...

Hi there,

Well, the rains have begun and the wind is supposed to be picking up tonight.
Hurricane Sandy is hitting tonight and through the next couple of days.

I'm so proud of myself for finally completing the layouts for my two challenges coming up!

Yay!  Now I can work on a few other challenges on my list of things to do!  :)

Today's post is a layout that was submitted at Soul Scrappers http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/

for their She's My Baby Song Challenge (SLC14).

I chose a sketch from Rochelle Spears.

Here's my layout:

This is a sweet photo of me holding my little baby girl!  Each time I look at this photo

I can't help but smile, seeing her cute little chubby face and hands!  :)

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV, Colorbok, Other

White Tulle

Sheer Pink Ribbon

Sticker Word Blocks

Sharpie Marker

"Baby" trace and hand cut

Flower

 The word "Baby" was traced from a die cut onto white cardstock and hand cut.

Rather than cut the centers out, I traced the centers onto patterned paper, cut out and

attached onto the white cardstock.

I found these cute sticker blocks in some alphabet sheets, adhered them onto cardstock

and journaled onto them.

I cut a strip of tulle and tied it in three places with sheer pink ribbon.

Since there was so much greens, blues and yellows, I wanted to add a touch of pink

for a more girly look.  This large flower was tucked under the paper so only the petals

were showing.

Thanks for looking!

Everyone who's in the vicinity of hurricane Sandy, please stay safe.

Libby  :)

Thankful For...

Hi there,

It's a beautiful day out today!  A bit cooler because of the winds soon to come as well as

the heavy rains.  But still a nice day!

Although I still haven't gotten much done in my craft room today either... I am starting to feel

the "crunch" to get layouts and write ups completed for my challenges!  I already have the

ideas... but I seriously need to work on my layouts!  Actually, one layout is complete and I'm working

on the other one.  It's just taking more time than normal to get them done!  Yikes!

For today I have three layouts that are all Colorful Creations http://colorfulcreations.ning.com/ submissions.

The first one was for the Give Thanks Crop.  Since I was participating, I chose to continue with the Fall Theme and title it... "Thankful For..." (fallthanks).  Simply create a layout using fall colors about what/who you are thankful for.

Here's my write up:

Hi!

What are you thankful for?  Husband, children, grandchildren, neighbors, animals, craft stores, your home... the list can be endless!

Using your idea of a "Fall Theme," and adding whatever embellishments or techniques you would like, tell us about what you are thankful for.  Maybe you don't want to use embellies or new techniques... and that's ok. 

Maybe you want to do a listing, or you just want to journal some things.  You don't even need to add photos if you don't want to!

Just have fun!

This is my layout.  The sketch design is my own.

I am thankful for LOTS of things.  I have wonderful friends and a great family.  It was easy to

choose the photos but it took me awhile to come up with the layout.  Eventually it all

came together.

The upper left photo is of our daughter and grandson.

The bottom left is of a dear friend and I.

The top right is of my sister and I.

The bottom right photo was taken while on a family vacation to visit my sister and her two

daughters (my 2 nieces, my sister, the Guinea pig, my hubby and our son).

Supplies used:

Paper: Colorbok, DCWV, Other

Canvas Fabric

Flowers: Hand cut & edges shredded

Fabric (under photos)

Ribbons

Rick Rack

EK Success Border Punch

Sharpie Marker

Bows: Made out of threads from fabric

Flower Centers: Decorative ribbon cut into circles

Glitter Leaves

Font: Cricut Opposites Attract

Cricut

 When the fabric under the photos were shredded, some of the strings came off, which were

used for these two cute bows.  A border punch was used across the top of the layout as well

as ribbon.

 Rick rack was used along each side of the layout.

These glitter leaves are the cutest!  I layered several and added the canvas flower on top.  The edges of

the flower were shredded.  The negative punches were used for the top of the flower with a small

circle cut out of decorative ribbon for the center.

This photo give you a closer look at the fabric under my photos.

I used a border punch for the brown strips along the sides with a yellow strip of

ribbon across the top and rick rack along each outer edge.

Here's a closer look at my grouping.  Love how the flower turned out!

The next layout was for the C. C. Plus 1 Challenge (BCA2012) using

White + Pink + Use a breast cancer slogan.  I chose a C.C. sketch.

Here's my layout:

I knew exactly which photos to use when I saw this challenge!  These photos are of my

dear sister running in the Susan G. Komen, Race for the Cure.  She's the first one in both photos, with the

white t-shirt and cap.  So proud of her for participating in these runs!  Such a great cause too!

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV, Colorbok

Flower

"Race for the Cure" Logo: Online

Font: Cricut Opposites Attract

Cricut

Pink and White Lace Fabric

Circle Punch

Large Circles: Traced & hand cut

For the double-colored letters, I printed them out twice, layered one on top of the other, figuring

out where I was going to place the letters and lightly penciled a line.  I cut them and then used

the pink on the white paper and white on pink paper.

Lace fabric was used to cover the white cardstock in the center.

The edge of the lace had a cute sculpted edge, which I trimmed around and cut a strip off

each color and layered them along the bottom of the page.

All I had to do was Google "Race for the Cure" and a finally found something with the

logo that I wanted!  I printed it out on cardstock and cut it out then adhered it onto my page.

A closer look at the layered sculpted lace edges.

I used a small piece of white lace to cover the cardstock center for a cute look.

The last layout was submitted for the C.C. Recipe Challenge (RachRECIPE04).

The "recipe" to use on your layout:

1. Halloween theme

2. The color orange

3. Minimum of 2 photos

4. Use the word Spooky/Creepy/Scary/Bizarre/Kooky

5. Create your own element

6. Tearing/ripping

I used a C.C. sketch.

Here are a few photos of me dressed up as a jailbird for Halloween.  Three of us

girls at the agency where I used to work usually dressed up every year... making our own

costumes.  Although this costume wasn't hand made, it still is fun to dig out and wear

every now and again for Halloween!

The photo on the left was taken at home, before I left for work.  The middle

photo was taken by someone at work.  I'm holding a banana as my "gun!"

The photo on the right is Julie (the bum), me, Tamara (the clown).

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV, Other

Paper Tearing

Sanding Block

Ribbon

Rick Rack

Pop Squares

Pumpkins: Hand Made (detailed below)

Fonts: Cricut Stamped & Cricut Opposites Attract

Cricut

I did all my paper tearing along the left side of the layout.  Orange ribbon was

added on the top layer.

I layered orange rick rack and ribbon along the black strip of cardstock.

 How I made my pumpkins:

I used two different materials for the pumpkins.  One was made using a roll of self-adhesive

aluminum and the other with thin metal sheets.

They were traced and hand cut.  I used the end of a pen that no longer worked to draw

the lines.  The pumpkins were then painted.  I used a Stampin' Up! pumpkin face stamp, once

the paint dried.  Finally, since the paint scraped so easily off the metal and aluminum, I sealed

them with Decoupage.

Hope you had a wonderful Sunday.

Libby  :)