Sketchy Friday at Scrapmuch? - So Loved

Good morning!

It's time to get your craft on with a brand new Sketch and Challenge over at the Scrapmuch? blog.

I haven't had much time myself for crafting recently, so I thoroughly enjoyed carving out a little time for this one.

Here goes:

So Loved

And here is this weeks wonderful Sketch:

I decided to condense most of the design to the central area of the page, used smaller photo's and therefore left a larger area of white space.  It always amazes me how sketches can produce such different results each time, even when all the basic elements are there.....just by altering a few  minor details.

The starting point for this page (other than the sketch!) was my burning desire to use my new Prima stamps.  The dripping paint effect has been a long fave of mine, but to be quite honest I'm far to lazy to try to recreate it!  Along comes a set of stamp that takes away all the hard work!

This time around I used pastels to blend with my choice of papers (I Am by Simple Stories), but I look forward to experimenting with more vibrant colours in the future.

There's an eclectic mix of Washi tape, paper strips, messy thread, pencil circles and chevrons (using a brayer and gold paint) lurking in the background.

And more layers provided by die cuts, vintage style photo slide frames, and of course.......a pin button - can't go without one of those now can we?!!

A modest sprinkling of enamel dots and that's about all from me.

We would love for you to join us with this or any of the four sketch challenges provided over on the Scrapmuch? blog.  There's always a chance to win a fabulous prize and a whole bunch of inspiration there too from the rest of the DT.

Have an awesome weekend,
Jayne.x.
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Edit:

The colours, chevrons, and touches of gold on this page were totally inspired by the gorgeous mood board over at Scrap Around The World this month.  However, when I completed and posted the page on my blog, I somehow thought I'd missed the deadline for entering this months challenge!

Duh.....I just realised it's still open till the end of the month so this baby will be heading over there.

Here's the mood board:

Youer Than You!

Good morning.

There's a new Sketch and Crafty Challenge up over at Two Scrapbook Friends and it's my turn to deliver the goods so here goes.

As it's the beginning of December, I guess I should be delivering a creation of the merry, tinsel variety, yes?

Errrr no........for those that know me, it's painfully obvious I'm am not a happy Christmas scrapper!

Unfortunately you'll have to make do with an everyday kind of page from me, but that doesn't mean to say you can't get into the festive spirit yourselves!

Here is this month's Sketch........

I'm quite partial to the everyday kind of photo's and pages, so here's my sample showcasing my daughters recent photo shoot........

The only problem I encounter when creating this type of theme (or lack of theme!), is finding an original title or journaling that means something, when in honesty I really have nothing to say!

So did you figure out the Crafty element yet?

This month I'd like you to use a quote somewhere on your creation.

Quotes are such an awesome resource for us Scrapbookers/Cardmakers.  Why not leave it to the experts - the writers, poets and thinkers of the World to put into words what we're trying to say, and give our page meaning?

Here's a close up of the quote I used for my title, provided by the ever inspirational Dr Seuss.

We've also got tearing and layers......

and an eclectic collection of embellies together with more layered goodies.

So there you have it and of course you are free to use a quote wherever you choose, whether it's as a title, journalling or sentiment etc.

It's time to get your craft on and enter this month's Challenge to be in with a chance of winning a $25 Gift Certificate for the store.

Just remember to link up your creation over on the TSF blog.

That's all from me so I'll be seeing you again later this week,
Jayne.x.

Sketch-y Friday at Scrapmuch? - Welcome to Brownies

Good morning.

It's time for a little more Sketch inspiration over on the Scrapmuch? blog, and today Team B is up which means a new layout on here from me.

I feel as though I haven't scrapped for ages (well 2 weeks anyhow!) so it felt good to 'get back in the saddle'!

Here's my offering..........Welcome to Brownies.

I have certain Girlfriends who hate white backgrounds so this one's just for them!

Everything is pretty straight forward really........layers and doodling......

The title is made up of stickers and alpha tiles I fussy cut from a sheet of the PP, then popped with foam dots.

Finally, dew drops and sequins.  I've had a little run of using sequins recently and I blame it on the fact that I won a Doodlebug collection pack a while back.  There's 12 mini jars in there, so of course I have a colour to match every single project I create!

Papers are from the Hopscotch collection by Basic Grey from a few years ago.........I haven't used Basic Grey in eons!!

Here's the wonderful sketch by Laura Whitaker to get your creative juices flowing.

Why not join us by creating your own interpretation.......just link up over on the Scrapmuch? blog to be in with a chance of winning a prize.

Have a great day........I'm scrapping the day away tomorrow so hopefully I'll have a few more projects that might be Blogworthy!

Enjoy the weekend,
Jayne.x.

Sketch-y Friday at Scrapmuch? - Snow

Good morning.

I'm totally flying by the seat of my pants this week.......hubby's away, no day off work this week and of course my girls seem to have more things scheduled than ever!

All this means I'm stretched in 3 different directions and definitely not much time for crafting, but fortunately I did just about manage a layout for this weeks Sketch challenge over at Scrapmuch?

(I'll be back with a second post later today, for this weeks Little Red Wagon......only 2 days late!)

So, another great Sketch provided by Laura and this one was calling for a little mixed media.

Snow.

I'm sure you can tell from my expression that I'm a huge fan of Winter!

This was one of those 'shovel 4 times in a day' kinda days from last year......the best!!!!

I started the page by dabbing Mister Huey's white mist onto the background, with a scrunched up plastic bag.

I then added Martha Stewart Texture Paste through a stencil, and cut a few random sections of hexagons to layer........patterned papers are from Carta Bella.

The snowflakes are cut using a punch and I dotted a few pearls/rhinestones here and there.

Finally a little lace tape along the photographs (which I framed with a coat of White Out) and some journalling to set the mood.

Here is the fourth and final sketch for October's Scrapmuch? Challenges.......

......and you know how much you'd like to play along, so what are ya waiting for?

Just link up your own creation over on the blog, and you could be in with a chance of winning some goodies!

Have a great day, but I'll be back again in a couple of hours for this weeks (late) Little Red Wagon post......just as soon as it's light enough to take a photograph.

Have a good one,
Jayne.x.

Sketchy Friday at Scrapmuch? - We Are Family

Good morning.

My computer is still co-operating......a blogging friend suggested I pat it and tell it what a good PC it is everyday, so it's the most loved appliance in our house right now! Lol

Another Friday has rolled around which means it's time for a new Sketch Challenge over on the Scrapmuch? blog.  Team B are up this week so I have a layout for you, and I was a very good girl for digging into my paper stash this time around.

I decided to use some I've had for a couple of years from the MME Lush collection which is pretty monochromatic, so I paired it with touches of gold........a hot trend right now.

We Are Family

I put the trusty Silhouette to work in cutting a heart and a 'Polaroid' style frame with wording added.

Embellies are in the form of sequins, twine, buttons, and some acetate stars from Heidi Swapp I also found in my stash.

More cutting for the title.........all of the gold pieces are cut from a single sheet of Bazzil foil cardstock I found in a 'winnings' stash I received a while ago.

Finally, a few layered pennants, brads, and a little doodling through a honeycomb stencil from The Crafters Workshop.

That's about all for my page, but here is the awesome sketch Laura provided for this weeks challenge.

I flipped it 90 degrees clockwise to accomodate my photo's.

Why not try your hand at this one and link up over on the Scrapmuch? blog to be in with a chance of winning a prize?  You have until the end of the month to play along with any, or all of the four sketches provided.

We also have a couple of new DT members joining us.......intros are over on the blog so why not drop by and say 'Hi'.

Have a great weekend.  I'm hoping to get my craft on at some point (around work and laundry!) so I hope you do to,

Jayne.x.

Sketch-y Friday with Scrapmuch? - Grade 2

Good morning.

I disappeared for the last few days cause things have been rather busy around here, plus if you remember from my post on Tuesday, I was in the beginnings of a delightful head cold!

Well I'm pleased to say the battle has been fought and I won, earlier than expected actually.......the cold seems to be on it's way out!  Just as well really cause I'm heading out tomorrow for a delightful 12 hours of fun scrapping and NOTHING was getting in my way!!

Also, today happens to be the day for a brand new Sketch over at Scrapmuch?, and Team B are up so let's do this!

Grade 2

Look at that face!

I thought I'd better get up to date with scrapping last years schools photo's before this years arrive!

I've been hoarding these papers (Simple Stories) for a year until finally, they've reached the top of my 'to do' list.

I cut a few pieces using my Silhouette, and covered some chipboard for the number '2'.

Made use of a few stickers, and I can't tell you how many times these paper clips have been put to good use (they're actually from the K & Company 'Smash' book collection).....

And finally, a few ink splats using distress ink and a stencil......

I had to get a little doodling in there just to finish things off but apart from that, we're done!

Here is this weeks awesome Sketch for your creating pleasure........

We would love for you to play along and link up over on the Scrapmuch? blog.

Also, don't forget we have a Sketch Design Team call ongoing at present, so you still have a little time left to get those applications in!

That's it from me so I'll be seeing you again soon.

Have a great weekend,
Jayne.x.

Tall Ships......and a Sketch.

Well hello there.

I hope you are all having a great long weekend if you're here in Canada?

It's like the calm before the storm.......the last day of freedom before a new school year starts, although it could be the other way around, with today being a little busy and not so calm.......laundry, packing backpacks, lunch planning.

I'm hoping 9.30am tomorrow will bring some much awaited peace and serenity!

We had a great week last week........the Morgan's survived their first camping expedition.  The weather was fabulous considering the initial gloomy forecast and even the puppy had oodles of fun digging the same hole on the beach 20 times over!

Here's a little snapshot of his usual pose after the digging!

It's a hard life!

Anyhow, back to some crafty stuff and I'm starting today with a layout from another Two Scrapbook Friends DT Kit, this time using the 'Ahoy There' collection from Carta Bella.

This company always produces awesome quality patterned papers........the kind you like to run your fingers over constantly (or is that just me?!)

This line is no different, and together with a fabulous nautical colour scheme, hopefully it's a recipe for success!

My first page captures our family memories of a year ago, when we were fortunate enough to visit the 'Tall Ships' docked in Hamilton harbour.

Not quite so surprisingly entitled.......Tall Ships!

I'm not 100% sure if I like this one.  It's rather busy and I tend to shy away from busy.  I guess I'm out of practice when it comes to scrapping 5 photo's on a page.

I did have loads of useful stickers to make use of on here, starting with a perfect banner for the theme of this page.....

........and a few more down here, alongside brass eyelets and fixtures, which seemed to be called for.

A wooden nautical star from my stash.....perfect, and I designed and cut the 'family' photo mat using my Silhouette.

Finally, the title.......a combination of another Silhouette cut, together with more alpha stickers.

Well that's just about all for that, but I do have a Sketch for you.

Enjoy your day and I'll see you Wednesday,
Jayne.x.

Sketch-y Friday at Scrapmuch? - T.O.

Good morning.

I have a layout to post today as it's Sketch-y Friday once again over on the Scrapmuch? blog.

Laura has created another awesome sketch for our crafting pleasure, as follows:

My page is another creation that took on a life of it's own.......certainly not as I envisioned, but I think I quite like the quirky result.

T.O.

Hmmmm a spaced out bubble background........

 and a smiley face sun.......

I'm not quite sure what I was thinking (or drinking!) when I created this one!

The whole inspiration for this page started with the idea of creating a skyline, which I cut with my Silhouette, then added some doodling to create more of a cityscape.

I do love the view of the city in this photo.  It's always a fabulous photo opp when you're crossing over the lake on a ferry, to get to Center Island........gorgeous views!

That's it from me so why not get your craft on and join in with one of our Sketch-y Friday challenges over at Scrapmuch?

You have a week left to get creating with any one of the four sketches this month, and as always there's a prize involved for one lucky soul.

Have a great weekend......we're packing up ready for a Morgan camping expedition.

The first (and probably the last!) of the year!

See you next week,
Jayne.x.

Sketch and Crafty Challenge with Two Scrapbook Friends - Hello Summer.

Well hello there.

As we are just over half way through Summer break, I hope you are all managing to fit in a little crafty time to yourselves?

The first of August means it's time for another Sketch and Crafty Challenge over at Two Scrapbook Friends, and yours truly is responsible for delivering the goods.

As always, there are two parts to the challenge so here is Part One of this months task.........The Sketch:

Please feel free to add your own personal touch and make it your own in whichever way you choose.

I used a fabulous summer collection of papers for my layout from Simple Stories - Good Day Sunshine......perfect for capturing all those Summer memories.

I was fortunate enough to win this whole collection of papers plus all of the embellies from Scrapbook and Cards today during their National Scrapbook Day giveaways!  Lucky me, but you can find them all over at TSF.

There's such an awesome array of embellishments, chipboard, journal tags, acetate overlays and stickers included in this collection.......pages really are made easy!

This leads me nicely to the second part of this months challenge - the Crafty element.

I'm making things pretty easy for you this time around as I would like to see you capture some of those Summer snaps on your creation.  This may be in the form of vacation pics, BBQ's, food, summer activities.....the choice is yours, just bring on the sunshine!

As always, Two Scrapbook Friends have a prize to give away but please remember, in order to qualify and be in with a chance of winning, you must use both the Sketch and Crafty element of the challenge.

You can check out all of the rules and link up your own creation over on the TSF blog.

That's about all except to say.....have fun!

Till next time,
Jayne.x.

Hello Disney!

Alrighty, I think it's about time for another post on here.

Today I'm finally finishing up my creations from a Two Scrapbook Friends DT Kit using another awesome collection of Disney themed papares/embellies by Queen & Co.

I finished these what seems like eons ago but still seem to find myself playing catch-up when it comes to blogging!

Oh well!

Today's page is the exact opposite to my first (which you can check out here) which captured the final day of our Disney vacation.......waiting for the bus to take us to the airport to be precise!

Nope, today's photo's were taken when we very first arrived at the Magic Kingdom.....still in Ontario weather related travel clothes!

Hello Disney!

I love that I was able to pick up the Disney style font 'Waltograph', free from Dafont to create part of the title, and I cut a film strip with my Silhouette to place behind.

The viewfinder disc is another Silhouette creation, but I imported a 'Mickey' image into the slides.  'Woodies' and some Disney flair finish that corner nicely.

The background has a little texture paste added using a stencil, and I layered a couple of chevron style arrows to co-ordinate.

Finally.....some Washi tape, and a little bling dotted on to the teeny starbursts.

That's about all but I did create a Sketch of this page, so if it's of any use, I'm posting here......

Have a wonderful day and I'll see you tomorrow for Little Red Wagon,

Jayne.x.