Sketch-y Friday at Scrapmuch? - Those Moves.

Well did you miss me?

Here I am for the second post of the day due to a slight mishap!  You can check out why in my first post here.

So today is Friday and it's team B's turn up over on the Scrapmuch? blog for Sketch-y Friday.

We had another awesome little Sketch to work with from Laura, and here's my effort:

Those Moves.

I dug into the old photo's again - this one's my hubby way back in the day!  It reminded me of a move from the TV show The Professionals (you might have to be British to know what the heck that is!) where the two tough guys from Scotland Yard or MI5 or something like that, are constantly sliding across the hood of the car to go catch the bad guys.

I have a feeling my DH was probably just catching some rays or trying to look good for the photo!

Anyhow, back to the relevant stuff........

Papers are oldies from Authentique and I started with the background - a little white acrylic paint, a stencil and then some fake tire tracks using ink and a patterned brayer from American Crafts.

There's also a few metal star studs dotted here and there.

My title is cut using my Silhouette and a font called 'Outright Televism'.  I also cut a circled star to place behind.....sort of continues the theme of the patterned papers.

Finally, I covered a chipboard arrow with some of the PP's and added a metal paper clip from Maya Road to compliment the staples punched here and there.

Here is the Sketch for this week which you can also find over on the Scrapmuch? blog.

We would love to see your own interpretation of course.....just link up over there to be in with a chance of winning a prize!

OK that's definitely 'it' from me for today, so have a great weekend and I'll be seeing you Monday,

Jayne.x.

This Crazy Life.....and a sketch!

Happy Friday to you!

I see light at the end of the tunnel........there's rain falling from the sky today instead of that white stuff we've put up with for the last few months!

Don't think I've ever been so pleased to see rain although my hair is suffering already.  The plus something temperatures are doing nothing for my do!

Anyhow I'm excited today also, because I get to post a layout. Don't know why but it seems like forever since I last posted a scrapbook page, as opposed to a card.  Doubly excited as well, because I have a sketch for you too.

Since the Silhouette arrived in my house, bought by the jolly old guy in the red suit, I've been playing around with creating sketches using the software.  I've tried various programs before.....Paint, Gimp etc without any success.  I came to conclusion I'm just too computer illiterate!

Till now!!

I love using the Silhouette software.....so easy once you get a little used to it.  So I'm glad to say I am finally moving into the digital age as far as sketches go.......no more pencil and ruler for this girl!

Now I know you'll miss those painstakingly sketched efforts (she says rolling her eyes!) but believe me.....it's for the best!  20 mins effort compared to 2 hours work.....I'll take it!

So, I'm starting today with a pretty simple one (they get a little more involved) inspired by my first layout using my recent DT Kit from Two Scrapbook Friends...........'A Charmed Life' collection by Simple Stories.

Here's the sketch first:

Better huh?

And here's my layout:

My eldest and her Dad acting goofy at my Birthday dinner......we're a refined bunch!

I used the Cameo to cut chevrons in the background paper, then stitched around them.

This collection has a co-ordinating sticker sheet so I put a few of them to good use, together with some more shapes I had cut.

For the title I used a cute little shaped paper clip from Freckled Fawn (you can find them in the store) together with some die cut letters and a sticker.

That's about it for my page, but feel free to use the sketch if you get the urge.  I'd love to see the results so drop me a comment if you do and I'll stop by.

Have a great weekend and I'll see you next week as there are more layouts (and sketches) on the horizon.

Take care,
Jayne.x.

Chase Away The Winter Blah's Online Crop!

Happy 'snowy' Friday!

I have just the thing today to cheer you up and put you in the mood for sunshine.............an Online Crop over at the Two Scrapbook Friends forum. The theme is, as already mentioned in the title, "Chase Away The Winter Blah's"........I think we're definitely in need of a little of that!

All you need to do to join in the fun is register in both the Gallery and Forum, check out the challenges posted, get creating and then you have a whole week to upload your creations to both the Gallery and Forum, to be in with a chance of winning some goodies......easy peasy!

So here we go, on with my challenge.

Before we actually get to it, we need a little 'word association':

When I think of chasing away the Winter Blah's I think "Sunshine".
When I think "Sunshine" I think "Summer".
When I think "Summer" I think "Vacation"..........
and when I think "Vacation" I think.........wait for it............."Postcards"!

Phew! Got there eventually, and there we have my challenge for you.......I'd like you to create a scrapbook page, card, altered item......anything really, which includes a "Postcard"or "Postage Stamp" or at least some sort of reference to the postage system. Could even be a letter, or if you're really struggling to find any of these things in your stash (surely impossible if your stash looks anything like mine!), then I will allow you to maybe broaden the use of the word "Stamp" and ..........well......maybe cheat a little! (get it? the rubber/acrylic variety?)

So I hope that makes sense, and to prove my point, I do have a sample of course.......a scrapbook page using a postcard, postage stamps and......ahem...........acrylic stamps!



I found this awesome "Postcard" paper sitting in my stash (DCWV I think!) just calling out my name. The postage stamps are provided by Nesties and my daughters..........



.........and acrylic stamps are used for the combination of tickets here...........



and for the postmark here.............



There's also some co-ordinating buttons and a little twine wrapped around the photo to finish the job............


I do hope you'll join us for the crop and maybe upload your creations, we always love to see everyone's projects.
Have a great weekend and most importantly have FUN!!
Jayne.x.

Gotta love twine!

OK I'm flying by the seat of my pants today, trying to fit in the impossible 100 things I'm supposed to be doing, so here we go!

Sharon posted a Crafty Challenge this week over on the Two Scrapbook Friends Forum, which of course I had to join in because the subject matter was 'Twine'. Love it, all kinds, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to scrap my other daughter's school photo, and use up the last of the intended papers. You can see my first LO here.

I'm liking how this one turned out too, so here goes..........


The papers, which I really do love, are from Graphic 45 and the LO for this page was inspired by a sketch from Pagemaps. You can see my natural hemp twine added at the bottom of the photograph, holding a heart charm from my stash..........


The stars are cut using my Slice, and I gave them a little 3D effect by scoring/folding through the center of each point.............


Everything else is cut from sections of the patterned paper, including the title where I've added alpha stickers from Doodlebug Designs............

Well that's it from me.

Have a great day and don't forget to check back in tomorrow for the Valentine Blog Hop.
See you then
Jayne.x.

On The Move!

Hi there, it's Friday thank goodness! I'm definitely looking forward to the weekend.

It's Scrapbook layout time today I think, so I'm dropping in with one I should have posted a couple of weeks ago, but didn't of course! It's finally making it's way out of the heap of stuff waiting to be published on my blog, so here's it's debut......On the Move...........

Isn't she cute, if I say so myself!

Sorry for the weird angle this was taken, but I kept getting glare on the photo. Also, it's only now that I realise I haven't taken any close up shots, and to be quite honest, I can't be bothered to go back and re shoot! I know, I know......lazy blogger!

Papers are from 3 Bugs In A Rug earlier in the year, one of their 'Springtime/Rainy' type of collections (I used the reverse sides) and the LO is inspired by a sketch from Pagemaps.

That's it from me so have a great weekend
Jayne.x.

My Favourite In-Laws..........

Did I mention I have my hubby's parents visiting from across the pond? Yep, another busy few weeks, but always good to have some company.

I've been trying to catch up on some scrapping of older photo's, so I thought I'd drop in with a Scrapbook page today. This particular photograph was one that was given to me, quite a while ago (by the previously mentioned 'in-laws'), so I thought I'd finally better do something with it. When I started the layout, I could not for the life of me come up with a title I liked.......probably because I didn't really have any inspirational journalling I wanted to share........I just liked the photograph and wanted to create something pretty!

Then it came to me.........'My favourite In-Laws'.

Yes, I know we could get picky and ask...."Don't you only have one set of In-laws?"

Well, yes.....but that's not the point!!

Enough chattering......here's the page........



Papers are from Basic Grey (Capella I think), and the layout was inspired by a sketch from Allison Davis (Sketches For Scrapbooking - One page Sketches).

Here's a little close up of my first attempt at creating flowers using my new Dienamics rolled flower die (think I need more practice!)............

Well that's it for today.
Hope to see you soon
Jayne.x.