Simplicity...

Hello!

Sketches make it so quick to put a layout together and the November Creative Scrapbooker Magazine   sketch was no exception.

A quote I found on the internet provided the title for these summer photos along with papers from my abundant stash 😁.

Thanks for taking a look!

Let's Get Sketchy November 1 Challenge

I love working with sketches and just finished a layout with using the Let's Get Sketchy November 1 sketch.
Here is the sketch:

and here is my layout:

Life Noted

{supplies: Pinkfresh Boys Fort paper, The Mix Puffy stickers; Paige Evans for Pink Paisley Oh My Heart paper-circles; Tim Holtz Tag Press and metal rings}

Close up of title:

Upper left corner:

Lower right corner:

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Fun With Cats - A Stuck On U Sketches Sketch Layout

Hello!

Yes it's my last sketch reveal post and I want to thank Nanne and Leah for their wonderful, inspiring sketches and most importantly, their wonderful, inspiring personalities!
It has been a pleasure to create with the both of you and I wish you nothing but happiness in your future endeavours!!

You can link up your take on this awesome sketch at SOUS.

Here is my layout:

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A few close ups:

I love those wood veneer pieces, they are made by Lawn Fawn.

Chipboard buttons and die cuts with more of the great wood veener.

Thanks for stopping by!

June 5th SOUS Sketch and an Announcement!

Hello!
It's time for another fabulous sketch reveal from S.O.U.S. but first here is an announcement copied direct from Nanne at SOUS:

*First of all, let me start by saying thank you to all of our followers and for those of you that like to stop by now and then to see what us girls have been creating, but with those words, we here at S.O.U.S have come to the hardest decision of making this month our last month for challenges..

Leah and I have been keep up with this amazing blog for 5.5 yrs... We have absolutely loved sharing our joy of creating with you and have loved seeing what you have created with our inspiring design team.. We have made lots of new friends in the last 5.5 yrs and we know its hard to say good bye..  But not just yet, we still have this whole month to share fun challenges with you..

Yes, it's with some sadness I only have two more sketch layouts to share with you who take your valuable time to stop by and see what I've been creating. I want to thank each and every one of you who have stopped by to be inspired by Nanne, Leah and my fellow design team members during the past years of S.O.U.S..
It has been my sincere pleasure to share my take on the sketches with you, it has truly been an honor to be a part of this wonderful team and I thank you for taking your time to look at my work.

Now, on to this week's sketch and layout, here's a reminder of the sketch we're working with this week:

and here's my layout:

I had the hardest time choosing the patterned papers for this, I loooooooove patterned paper! I narrowed down my choices to the Crate Paper DIY Shop line and placed them on an angle.

I then used stickers from the same line to created the banner, title and embellishment clusters.

I finished off the layout with Prima flowers from my stash and glitter brads to hold them in place, creating a visual triangle to lead the eye through the layout.

I hope you've enjoyed my version of this week's sketch, please go the original post at SOUS to find the linky to link up your take on this sketch.

Thanks so very much for stopping by!

Stuck On U Sketches Latest Sketch Challenge!

Hello!
It's my turn on the SOUS blog to share my layout based on the newest sketch, here's the sketch:

Here is a little peek at my layout:

Head over to the SOUS blog to see the entire post :)

SOUS Latest Sketch Challenge!!

Hello, it's time for a new sketch at Stuck On U Sketches, click here to see the latest sketch!

Here's a little peek at my layout :

Head over the the SOUS blog to see my full layout and a few more detail photos :).

Thanks for stopping by!

**Stuck On U Sketches March 27 Sketch Reveal**

Hello and thanks for joing me for the latest Stuck On U Sketches sketch reveal.
There is sooo much inspiration in this fabulous sketch by Leah Schaeffer!

{Patterned paper, die cut pages, overlay, brads, chipboard, stickers-Simple Stories "Good Day Sunshine"; paper clip Simple Stories "I Am"; ledger paper-unknown; grey print-Studio Calico Basics; card stock-Bazzill}

I loved the lined paper in the sketch and found this ledger pattern in my stash, I placed it on a piece of Bazzill dotted card stock. It was great to pull out a punch I haven't used in awhile, that's the EK Success notebook edge punch. The die cut page I used for the layout title is one of the SN@P die cut pages in the Good Day Sunshine collection along with the woodgrain pattern.

This 'holepunched' paper is also a die cut page from the same collection. You have a good look at the overlay I used with the hexagons layered over the woodgrain page.

I handcut a tag to hold my journaling and finished it off with a brad. The also punched the edge on the tag which creates a visual triangle with the other punched edges.

I hope you'll find some time to give this sketch a try and link it up at SOUS!

Thanks for stopping by :)

**New SOUS Sketch Challenge**

Hello!!

I am up on the Stuck On U Sketches blog with my layout based on this fabulous sketch:

Here is a sneaky peek at my layout:

Head over to the SOUS blog to see the full layout!

**New Stuck On U Sketches** Sketch Reveal

Hello, this new sketch is up at Stuck on U Sketches:

 Here are a couple of peeks:

so head over to the SOUS blog to see my layout.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Winter!

I am up over at the Stuck On U Sketches with my take on the latest sketch challenge. I'm going to tease you with just a peek of the layout.

Head over to the SOUS blog to see the full layout :).

*New Stuck On U Sketches Sketch Challenge*

Hello and Happy New Year!

I'm up on the SOUS blog with the first sketch challenge of the New Year. 

{supplies: patterned, corrugated paper, die cuts, buttons, tickets, stickers & envelope-Fancy Pants Collecting Memories Scrap Shotz monthly kit; bling-Basic Grey; die cut paper (green)-Making Memories}

Head over to the SOUS blog to see the sketch and more photos :).

Thanks for stopping in!

**New** Stuck On U Sketches Sketch Challenge

Hello!

I'm up on the Stuck On U Sketches blog with my take on the latest sketch challenge. Head to the blog to see the sketch and more photos. I turned a single page sketch in to a double page layout :)

Here is a closer look at the left side:

and now the right side:

{supplies: card stock-Bazzil; paper, chipboard, sequins, sticker-Tinsel & Co. Teresa Collins; pearl & rhinestone flourish-Prima}

Thanks for stopping in and taking a look!

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch 352

I worked with this sketch from scrapbookchallenges.com and created this layout of my little first year ball player:

I used my circle cutter to cut the rings and circles out. The number, banner, flags and word stickers are Fancy Pants Little Sport, the dot paper and woodgrain rings are Basic Grey Hey Boy.

I love how it turned out!

Thanks for looking :)

SBC | sketch 330

I discovered this website Scrapbook Challenges and played along with the sketch challenge coming up with this:

{supplies: paper Sketchbook Amy Tan for AC; alphas Thickers, gems Want2Scrap pearls}

I am sorry I don't know the supplier of the washi tape, it was from a monthly kit club.

Thanks for taking a look!

Pagemaps:Imaginesce Sketch Contest

Pagemaps held a sketch challenge a short time ago and while I did not enter it, I did create a layout based on the sketch cause I liked it so much!

I used all Echo Park for this. "For the Record" and a piece from "Metropolitan". The buttons are from my stash. I used Rock Candy Stickles to highlight the stripes on my flag and a pin from LYB. The border edge was punched using the new AC Knockouts punch which is a bit different from the Fiskars edge punch.
Sandy has a great selection of the AC Knockout punches at Scrap Shotz although there are still a few I haven't yet picked up :).

I Don't Want...

My Picture Taken. That's the title of this layout based on this sketch posted at the Scrapshotz blog for the Summer Sketch Challenge. It's a gorgeous sketch by Valerie Salmon and here is my interpretation:

Those circles were so much fun to use. I used a some Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, Cosmo Cricket and Sassafrass. I die cut the flowers with the Tim Holtz Tattered flowers Sizzix die and the large butterfly is die cut & embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and die. I hand stitched under the Jenni Bowlin and Sassafrass alphas and the smaller butterflies are Jenni Bowlin as well.