Creative Big Blog Tour Nomination!!!

Hello!
I am a bit late with this post as it slipped my mind...I am thrilled to be nominated by my fellow Stuck On U Sketches Design Team member Caroleanne Wright at http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.ca as a Creative Blogger! Caroleanne says it best as follows:

We are joining up as a chain of fun blog hop tours, where we will get to meet new bloggers, get new inspiration and connect with blogs that will open up our creativity.

This blog hop is sure to be a great inspiration. 

I hope you hop along with us.

1. What am I working on?
Right now I am editing photos and printing for Project Life layouts.

2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Most of work focuses on "everyday life". I always seem to forget my camera for the special events.

3. Why do I create what I do?
I have such a bad memory that I don't recall much about my childhood. I want my kids to be able to look back on their childhood and have answers for them when they want to know what they were like when they were little.

4. How does my creative process work?
I generally start with the photos and/or a particular story I want to tell. I then choose papers that will fit the colours/mood of the photos and add embellishments after that. I handwrite my journaling 99.9999% of the time and try to include at least a couple of sentences on every layout.

Now I get to make a nomination and it's...

Tammy Lever at http://tampatha.wordpress.com . Tammy is a very creative gal on a number of design teams and we met over at Scrap Shotz an online store/community. She has some lovely projects on her blog so make sure you check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Sketch It! Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the :

so glad to join the lovely ladies of:

for this blog hop :). If you would prefer to join the hop at the very beginning, please click here, go to each blog, enjoy the abundance of inspiration and comment for a chance to win a great prize!!

February 14-16

midnight to midnight

We've all created layouts based off our February 14th sketch

and the Scraps of Darkness teams have created theirs with the awesome kits from their shop!

As you know Scraps of Darkness is our sponsor for this month's

blog candy and we are so appreciative of them! 

So don't forget to join any challenge here at SOUS this month

for a chance to win that candy (click for more info)!

We are offering candy for this hop!

A collection of Basic Grey paper and embellishments! 

Blog candy winner will be announced Friday, February 21.

(sorry, North America only)

Rules for the hop

-Visit and comment on each blog

-Follow Stuck on U Sketches

-Follow Scraps of Darkness

-Return to SOUS and let us know you've completed the hop!

Blog Hop Order

Charlotte Brochu Scrapsational

Karen Zueger-Brownell Lost Coast Scrapper

Mayra Duran-Hernandez Mayra's Designs

Stephanie Eaken Bits & Pieces (& Scraps)

Bente Fegerberg Paper and Glue Heaven

 Annette Gearside moment in time

 Patricia van Gelder Patricia's layout 

Laura Gilhuly AngelScraps

Tracey Gregory A lifetime of Pages

Helen Gullett Creating Joyfully 

Connie Hall Times To Cherish

Renea Harrison Renea Bouquets

Nanne Harry  Nanne's Creations

Tracey Kelly Trace-Elementz

Julie Kight Cards By Cricut

Nicolle Kramer NicolleLovesScrapbooking

Monica Lowrance  Happy Scrappn2

Neela Nalam MemorableScraps

Rosie Neustaedter As Seen In My Scrapbook

Lisa Novogrodski Living In Color

Erica Ortiz Mimi's Paper Dreams

Wendi Robinson Scrappy Day in Paradise

Sarah Routledge -Scattered Pictures and Memories

Leah Schaeffer  http://leahschaeffer.blogspot.com

Sandi Smith Paper Memories

Jane Stirling  Scossie Jane

Caroleanne Wright The Pretty Paper Patisserie

Elisabetta Colavero Scrap-colors

Scraps of Darkness

Finish hop back at SOUS

We thank you all so much for taking the time

to join this hop and hope that you'll be provided with

a ton of incredible inspiration and lots of fun!

We would also just LOVE for you to create

a project using our sketch so if you do

make sure to come back and share that with us!

Happy Hopping friends!

Here's my layout based on the fabulous sketch:

I found a heart file in my Silhouette software and cut it out to use as a template for this heart. I laid the template on the cardstock and then filled in the stencil with Wink of Stella markers to create a watercolour look. All patterned papers are Echo Park Everday Eclectic, sequins are Teresa Collins, bow is made using the WRMK Envelope Punch Board, border punch is Martha Stewart. The patterned papers are edged with the Wink Of Stella brush markers.

Thanks for stopping in, feel free to leave any questions on the how to of this lo in your comments :) and now your next stop on the blog hop is Lisa Novogrodski Living In Color .