Plugged In

This pic of my kiddos just cracks me up.  I went to check on them because they were being awfully quiet for the three of them to be playing together and I see them all snuggled up focused in on their own tablets.  Their answer: "what, we're getting along? "

The paper line I used was By Scrap Within Reach and is called Paper Boy.  The embellisments are all from K&Co and it's called Video Game Medley.

I followed the sketch posted a few weeks ago at Stuck?! .  I am such a sketch-a-holic that I've really made it a point to share the sketch I follow each layout because 99% of the time, there is one.  :)  Please click over to their blog to play along and to pin from there if you want to save it to use later.  :)

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Lawn Boy

Today's layout comes inspired by the sketch posted last week at Stick It Down.  It was perfect for the Simple Stories Line, Aweso{ME} line I'd been saving to use with this pic.  I'm still trying to weed through my old stash of lines not even broken into before I order any of the new fun stuff.  You can click over to the link above to pin the original sketch, or if you're quick, play along.  :)

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Today is a Gift

I absolutely LOOOOVE the new sketch posted over at Sketchabilities.  You all know how I feel about a good sketch, and this one is awesome.  Click on over to play along, and to pin the sketch if you wanna save it for later.

The paper is mostly MME Cut & Paste with a few misc MME scraps added to stretch what supplies I had.  The letters Thickers and the little letter stickers are Studio 112.  The arrow subtitles are MME Collectible line.  The flowers and rhinestones are all Recollections.  I think my very favorite part is the background paper which has this really cool ombre effect.

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Tea Party

I'm back with a new layout and this one is for January's Scrap Friend's challenge.  For those of you that have never seen it, they are four blogging buddies who host a monthly challenge.  Each poses their own separate challenge and you can make one layout, one for each, or if you are feeling super froggy you can make one layout that combines them all.  I decided to be super ambitious and jump right in and try THAT.  Details of the challenge, how I followed them and links to each is just below.

First up is the sketch Brenda shared.  As you can see I went my own way with it, but I did stick pretty close I think.  The biggest change was I went with only one photo and used the other spots for journaling and bigger embellishments.

Rochelle's challenge was one of my favorites.  A tic tac toe board!  I went up and down on the far left.  My title is made from corrugated cardboard that was painted white.  My arrows are along the top strip, far bottom strip and just to the right of the photo...all made from patterned paper.  The mist is harder to see, but if you click to enlarge my layout you should be able to see it.  I used green Glimmer Mist across the entire layout before adding my photo.  While it's hard to see in the pic (except maybe on the white piece just left of the photo), in person it adds an awesome shimmer.

Kelly's addition was a color challenge.  That was a little tougher, but I found one of my Echo Park lines a pretty close match.

Last up was the title challenge posed by Kristi.  She posted a word cloud with lots of New Years and Wintery words and asked that you use at least ONE in your title.  My title is "Tea Party Fun" so the word I picked is "FUN".  

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Easter Egg Hunt

Hey all, back again with another layout.  Look at me keeping up with my goals and stuff!  This layout is mostly Doodlebug papers, but the background was a spare piece of Reminisce that I had leftover from a kit.  I was able to dig through my super fun stash of buttons that had been a little neglected lately and found all these fun spring colors in a wide variety.  The big letters are Thickers and the gems are Recollections..as well as the flowers.  The sketch I followed is below and links back to the now dormant Sketches in Thyme blog.  It's years old, but was hiding a few dozen scrolls down my sketches pinterest board so luckily I'm still able to give credit to the original sketcher and share with all my fellow sketch lovers.  :)

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A Day for Play

This layout uses a lot of misc pieces from several My Mind's Eye lines that I thought I'd all but used up.  Luckily in the land of my scrappy hoardes...nothing ever sees a trash can so I was able to pull them together and whip up this layout below.  As you can see, all but my daughter's face has been pixelated out.  I didn't want to assume that the rest of my Girl Scout's parents wanted their kids faces splashed all over blogdom.  :)

The sketch I followed is an oldie but goodie that I've used before and will surely use again.  Thanks to pinterest, I can share the original sketch since I was easily able to find the original source to give due credit.  :)  Just click the sketch to be magically transported over to Scrap Paper Scissors etc.

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School Memories

I told you I was determined to get back into my studio space in the next week and the baby steps didn't lead me astray!  It helps that our temps are forecast to start around -12 (actual temp...windchill is closer to -30...YIKES!) for the next few days and no one wants to get out in that nonsense.  So I told hubby I was locking myself up in this room until I had completed something.  And a little over 2 hours later...voila.

I'm still weeding through the pinterest boards of sketches that I've been curating inspite of my lack creating time the past 7 months and found this one from the New Year's release on Page Drafts blog.  Click on over to be transported to the rest of their awesome sketches.  Below is the one that inspired this layout.

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You Are My Happy

All cutesy titles aside...how AMAZING is this new Authentique line.  It's the new Spring collection and I am in LOOOOOOOVE!!!!  This is actually a 2pager, but I can't share the other side just yet, but be on the lookout soon for more of this gorgeous paper line.  And until then...get your booty to your nearest scrappy store and buy a piece...or every piece.  Yes, definitely every piece!  ;)

This layout is my DT contribution for the new challenge blog Scrap Your Story.  We are on week 3 already and up is a sketch challenge.  We have a fun 2pic sketch by moi, but as you can see....you are free to flip it, rotate it, tweak it, etc.  I exchanged the two long pics for one tall pic, but otherwise it's mostly the same even though I made a 8.5x11 layout.  :)

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Boy Wonder

Hey everyone!  Finally a project I can share!!!  I've been working on finishing up some DT projects and have to sit on those for a bit, so I've been slacking on the blog posts!  Here is a new 8.5 x 11 layout I created following the March sketch posted at Sketchbook365.  I used up more of my Boy Crazy by MME line.  TFL

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beautiful day at the park

Hey all, I'm still on my 8.5x11 kick.  Not by choice necessarily because I really struggle with it, but I'm having to redo two of my old albums that were damaged and if I want to be able to salvage the layouts that survived then I need to keep with that size for the rest.

This 2pager is brought to you by Stuck?! Sketches.  They posted two sketches this month and I used one for each page.  Sure hope that's not against the rules to post them together.  The left side is the February 1st sketch flipped horizontally and the right side is the February 15th sketch.

All the paper is Fancy Pants 'At Summers End' and the letters are all Thickers.  The golden ones are plain white glittery thickers that I inked up.  That's my favorite thing to do...probably EVER!  You can make them any color at all that you can find ink in.  Though I have found that it really only works with the glittery ones because the glitter seems to prevent the ink from wiping off, though you probably wouldn't have that problem if you used quality pigment ink.  The diecuts are all from my Create-a-Critter cartridge.  Except the arrows and doilies...those aren't die-cuts.  I fussy cut those from the paper scraps.

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It's a Teen Thing

This week's challenge over at Anything But a Card is Lucky 13.  My DT project was a 12x12 layout from my son's 13th birthday.  I followed Creative Scrappers sketch #246.  I had tons of fun with this one.  

• The paper Line is Basic Grey - Life of the Party.  
• For the circle elements I used a glass and painted the rim white then stamped it down.  Don't worry it was non-toxic paint and washed right off...just don't tell hubby or he'll spent the next decade trying to figure out which glass to avoid LOL!  
• The blue letter stickers and yellow tab are both leftovers from my Echo Park - For the Record sticker sheet.  Don't you love when you can incorporate leftovers from another line or even brand??  
• The ring border at the top was just cut from a scallop border.  I cut a 1" wide strip of paper and punched the border and then flipped it over and punched the other side.  Then I used a hole punch to make holes in the middle.  I love the way it turned out.  
• The numbers '1' and '3' are cardstock stickers by The Paper Studio.
• The little green clippie is super cute, but I can't help you on the brand because it came in a swap I participated in a few years ago.  
• The arrow is cut from the Graphically Speaking cartridge on my Cricut.  
• I used Tim Holtz Burlap distress ink on all the edges.
• The yellow letters are Thickers and are labeled Niki Riki, not sure if that means the font?  They were a little to sunshiney for this paper line so I just sponged over them with a little of the Tim Holtz distress ink and voila...PERFECTO!
• I used a brown thin Sharpie for faux stitching and a white gell pen for the dotted doodling.  

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Mommy's Favorite Shopping Buddy

Okay guys...this one's a bit on the girly side.  Which is saying something for me, because everything I make somehow ends up girly and so if I think it's extra girly...it's super duper extra girly.  LOL!  I'll detail it more after you take a gander, so without further ado...here is my DT project for week 12 at Anything But a Card: Share the Love.

The paper line I used is by KaiserCraft and it's called English Rose.  I gave it a tad bit of distressing around all the edges before assembling.  The roses and rosebuds are all fussy cut from the patterned paper.  The hearts are George and Basic Shapes with some dry embossing on the solid ones.  The gemstones and pearls and trim are all Recollections.  The leaves are cut from Cindy Loo Cricut cartridge.  The 'love' charm came in a swap a few months ago so not sure of the brand, but it's a nice engraved metal and I loooved it!  Here is a close up of the details:

A few challenges that inspired me with this layout were:

Creative Scrappers - Sketch #247

(First up is the sketch I used for my 8.5x11)

Fantabulous Cricut - Queen of Hearts 

(I used George and Basic Shapes)

Frosted Designs - Love and Hearts
(My charm says 'Love' and there are hearts tucked in all over)

The Studio Challenges - 5+ Hearts

(There are exactly 5 diecut hearts on this LO)

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Papa's Loves

Last week I hopped along with the Stuck On U Sketches blog hop.  I even managed to score one of the DT member's prizes.  WHOO HOO!!!!  What's better than seeing 20+ brilliant takes on an awesome sketch?  Getting goodies in the mail when you're done that's what!  Thank you again so much Becky!!!  :)  Below is my 8x8 take on the sketch posted.  Watch out...lots of fussy cutting ahead.....

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