Here Comes 2 Sketch Layout

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This layout was created from an amazing sketch on S.W.A.T.

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My journaling is in the form of a little letter to my daughters as she turns two.  I think she will cherish things like this as she grows up and becomes a woman herself.

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I just love the finished feel girly feel these gemstone flourishes gave the layout.

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Ribbon Roses!

Look how pretty these roses are!! What a great tutorial I followed on S.W.A.T. Basic Training!!

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This is the very first layout I have ever done of vintage photographs from my childhood.  I thought theses great roses were the perfect compliment to the feel of the photo.

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I was amazed at how easily these roses came together.  And they give the layout such a rich feel.

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Check out S.W.A.T. to check out the tutorial.  F.Y.I: I used my Scotch Tape runner instead of liquid glue and it seems to be holding very well as long as you press firmly!  .

Lasting Memories Numbers Challenge!

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Lasting Memories Challenged us to use numbers on a layout this week.

Goodbye 214, Hello 1526 is the title of this Layout. I chose the colors from the moving truck, my daughter’s shirt, and our old house numbers.

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Some cute little embellies  complement the photos perfectly!

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My little map of our journey which includes my journaling.  I had fun with the twine!

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 The twin was super easy to work with and I just added a few dots of glue along the trail to keep it in place!  Love it!

Color Combo: Gray, Yellow, Sky Blue

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These are the colors of our design team layouts at Practical Scrappers today!!  I absolutely adore this combo and I am in love with how beautifully this page came out!
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Come check out the other ladies takes on this color combo at Practical Scrappers!

 

Sketch 16: My Scraps and More Sketches

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Today I am sharing my layout for Sketch #16 and My Scraps & More Sketches OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

I rubbed ink around the photo mat to create the appearance of fading.

 I added these pretty little flowers, some washi and gooseberries!

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Journaling: The important part!

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Pretty little detail stickers

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI love these Studio Calico little wooden people!  and a Simple Title to finish off a pretty page!

Time to Go Out of My Comfort Zone!

Hi! If you are a regular reader, you will have noticed that I have been participating in a lot of new challenge sites and I think this trend is going to continue!

There are so many challenges out there from color challenges, sketches, page recipes…Keeps it exiting! I find that these challenges really encourage me to get more pages done and they help foster ideas that I may not have come up with on my own!  Even more than getting more layouts done, they encourage me to go out of my comfort zone and try some great new techniques and ideas and products!  Today’s layout uses the #15 Sketch from My Scraps and More Sketches as inspiration and the Paper Girl’s Challenge is Twine so there are lots of little Twine goodies on this page!  I surprised myself with the final product on this layout because it is not really my “style” but I LOVE IT!

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Washi Tape is my new Best Friend!!

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I hand sewed the buttons on, then wrapped the twine around them!

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I love the Chevron pattern on the journaling block.  I followed the lines with my writing.

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I secured the twine along the top banner by tying it around a straight pin and inserting it into the paper.

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And a little twine bow!

Hope this inspires you to get a page done!

Come join the fun at the Paper Girls Challenge

 and

My Scraps and More Sketches

You might be amazed at how inspiring it can be!

Pinteresting Valentines

Today at Practical Scrappers the designers used Pinterest as our inspiration for Valentine related paper crafts!  I needed some Valentines for my daughters teachers and found this adorable chalkboard idea from Paper-Source

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Here is the Valentine I created for Practical Scrappers:

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And a second Valentine I created for my other daughter’s teacher:

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Come see what fun stuff the other designers came up with over at Practical Scrappers!

Happy Valentine’s Day and please share your Valentine’s Day ideas!

Resolutions to Focus on Me

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Here it is!!! My submission for the very first S.W.A.T Drill!  This was definitely out of my comfort zone…The focusing on myself thing is not my strong suit for sure, but here it is!! The color combo is so soothing.

This layout was also created for the Lasting Memories LO Challenge for Resolutions!

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Lots of blessings to be thankful for in my life!

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Love this cute little felt arrow!

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 Really…34!! I do not feel like that is possible!!

Come play along with us at the brand new challenge site: S.W.A.T.!

Or play along at Lasting Memories! 

Sketchabilities Layout Sketch Challenge

 

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Sketchabilities has an amazing sketch this week and I wanted to share my layout for the challenge!  You may recognize the color scheme from the CSI challenge, I decided to make a sister page because I loved the colors so much with these photos!

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With this amazing sketch to work with, this layout came together so easily!

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I used sandpaper to create my journaling spot.  I was a bit nervous trying this out as the page was almost complete when I decided to try it out, but it came out great!

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Thanks Sketchabilities for the great sketch!!