Beauty Queen in Training

I was inspired by several challenges floating around this month when creating this layout.

First, there are 2 monochromatic challenges I found. The first is over at Scrap Our Stash stash challenge #15. The twist was to add 5 prepackaged/premade embellishments. I've used: washi, flowers, brads (crowns), card stock stickers, & adhesive pearls.

Next is the monotone challenge over at Just Two Midwest Girls.

I used the Daisy #9 sketch from Scrapbooksteals.com challenge blog as inspiration, though I tweaked it a bit.

I also used the tic-tac-toe challenge over at 1-2-3 Get Scrappy. I selected a diagonal row and used pearls (adhesive ones and the ones in the center of flowers), brads (crowns) and stripes.







Supplies used:
Echo Park "Pretty in Pink" mini theme papers; Colorbok papers; Glitz 6x6 papers; Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) Cardstock stickers and crown brads; flowers and adhesive pearls from Michael's; Simple Stories alphas, American Crafts Thickers alphas.

Princess - Let's Get Sketch Blog Hop BEV

Whew, this has been a fun blog hop, with a lot of scrapping and creativity! Another sketch challenge from Let's Get Sketch 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop. This one is hosted by Bev and her twist along with the sketch is to use a cluster somewhere on the page.

Here's the sketch:



And here's my take on it:







More pics of my girl doing her first pageant. :D I made a banner cluster up top along with some bling and a sticker.

Supplies:
Colorbok papers (BG & All strips minus one)
Glitz Designs (Pink quatrefoil paper)
Chickaniddy Crafts brads (flower, crown brad)
CS Stickers from Hobby Lobby
Bling from stash
Flowers from Michael's

Thanks for visiting my blog, and happy anniversary to Let's Get Sketchy!

Lil Firecracker - Let's Get Sketch Blog Hop TONE

Here's the layout I created for the Let's Get Sketchy 2nd Anniversary blog hop challenge hosted by Tone. Her twist was to use twine/string on the layout.

Here's the sketch:



And here's my take on the sketch:









I can never get circles of twine to work out for me, so I turned it into a double layered square frame of twine around my pictures and paper. I love the result! I've been using a lot of white CS background lately and I really like how this layout came together. It looks nice for a patriotic page without oozing red/white/blue, which is something I usually don't like about patriotic layouts. And again, more water colors! So happy I've discovered this, thanks to the blog hop challenge of course! These are some pics of my adorable girl when she was 2 and a half, from 4th of July that year, that I just finally got around to printing. I was wondering how I'd use them all together, but this sketch provided a great solution! I was also inspired by a challenge last month at A Cherry on Top by Sher to use colors inspired by some of the Olympic rings - specifically the ones on top - red, Black, & blue, with silver/gold/bronze accents.

Supplies:
Colorbok white CS, Red PP
Queen & Co blue chevron washi
Twine, stickers from Hobby Lobby
Other supplies from stash


Thanks for looking!

On Stage - Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop LISA

Another sketch challenge for the Let's Get Sketchy 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop. This one is hosted by Lisa and her twist was to use 2 or more stars on the layout. I created a companion page to one I made the other day of my daughter at her first pageant.

Here's the sketch:



And here's what I created:







I rotated the sketch to make it look a bit different from the other one I created. I used some Studio Calico Wood veneer stars for the twist to use stars. I used the same water color effect to work with the other page I made earlier this week.

Supplies:
Love my tapes washi (Blue clouds/hearts)
We R Memory Keepers washi (yellow floral)
Pebblies washi (Yellow chevron)
Studio Calico wood veneer stars
American Crafts yellow foam Thickers


Thanks for looking!

Christmas Cookies - Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop DEVRA

Another layout for the Let's Get Sketchy 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop. This one is hosted by Devra, and her twist was to use at least 3 different Patterned papers on the layout.

Here's the sketch:



And here's what I created:





I made a page about recipes we tried for Christmas cookies this year, a family favorite and some new Pinterest Inspired recipes. And I definitely have at least 3 PP on the page. There are 2 recipe cards that can pull out that are tucked in behind the green journaling spot.

Supplies:
Simple Stories Handmade holiday (everything on this page)
American Crafts Thickers
DCWV "Christmas" Sticker
Twine from stash (Hobby Lobby)
My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas Brads
Kaiser Craft white mini alphas


Thanks for visiting!

Christmas 2013 - Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop JENESSA

Another layout created for the Let's Get Sketchy 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop. This one is hosted by Jenessa, and the twist to use along with her sketch is to mix and match multiple collections/designers/brands on the same layout. I do this ALL the time, so it was easy peasy! Not to mention I did a Christmas page, and I have lots of Christmas goodies that match.

Here's Jenessa's sketch:



And here's what I came up with:





I combined the two smaller pictures on the sketch and used one larger picture. For several years now I have made a scrapbook page of our family in front of a Christmas tree somewhere for that year, and this is the page for this past year (Well, one of them ;) ).

I definitely used a mixture of brands/companies:
Heidi Swapp Believe Christmas paper (background, black script strip, Santa circle punchout)
Simple Stories red dot paper (torn)
American Crafts Thickers
Echo Park brads (black jewel, tree brad by title)
Little Yellow Bicycle die cut tag
Bling on title alphas from stash


Thanks for stopping by!

His Beard Was as White as Snow - Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop LAURA

Here's another sketch done for the Let's Get Sketchy 2 year anniversary blog hop. This sketch challenge is hosted by Laura, and her twist with the sketch was to add wood grain to the layout (wood embellishments, wood grain paper).

Here's the sketch:



And here's my take on the sketch:







At first I wasn't sure how I was going to handle the chicken wire stamping/etc., but then I found this hexagon/honeycomb paper in my Heidi Swapp Christmas paper pack and instantly I knew what I wanted to do! So I cut some out and cut out a couple of the other sayings and added them to the page instead of flowers. And for the twist to use wood/wood grain, I have some wood grain on the journaling card and some Studio Calico wood veneer stars on my page.

I was also inspired by a current challenge over at A Cherry On Top. This month Joannie is our Guest Designer, and one of her challenges is encouraging us to use one of several phrases from Shakespeare to use as a title. "His Beard Was as White as Snow" was on the list, and of course is perfect for a page about visiting Santa!

Supplies:
Studio Calico wood stars veneer
Reminisce red background paper
Heidi Swapp Believe Christmas hexagons paper
Echo Park This & That Christmas journaling spot (I'm pretty sure lol)
A variety of alphas, including Fancy Pants, Simple Stories, Bo Bunny.
Queen & Co Black fishnet Washi


Thanks for visiting!