{Sketchy Thursdays} 11.17 Challenge

Hiya! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I had a fantastic holiday and was in a sort of food induced coma for about 3 days after :p I can't believe how fast it came and went, and now it's time to get ready for the Christmas holiday! I've definately been trying to get caught up in all my gift making and holiday projects, but it seems to be piling up.  There really just isn't enough time in the day.

Anyways, I wanted to share with you real quick the layout I created for the Sketchy Thursdays challenge. I created it last week but almost forgot to share it :p As always, their sketch is fabulous!

Here's their sketch:

 Here's my interpretation:

The photos are of my godson Robert.  I actually created a 12x12 scrapbook of him as a present for his 1st birthday, but this is the first layout I created for my album.  I'm sure he'll be the subject of many future layouts :p

Thanks so much for stopping by! Take Care!!

12/1/11:  Yay! My layout was chosen as a Sketchy Thursdays fave :)

               This is my second time as a fave and I'm definately honored.

               Thanks so much to the SketchyThursdays design team!

Sketchy Thursdays {September 22nd Challenge}

Hiya!  Here's the layout I created for Sketchy Thursdays Sept.22nd challenge. I'm really loving their sketches! I can't believe how many challenges are out there, I really wish I had the time to participate in all of them.  That being said, when I saw this week's sketch I just fell in love with it and it's simplicity.  I felt it was a layout I could definately complete in no time.  Now keep in mind a quick layout for me is one done in under 3 hours :p  I unfortunately don't have the talent like other scrapbookers to complete layouts quickly.  But I'm okay with that, because half the fun for me is finding the perfect paper or embellishment :)

                                Here is this week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch:

Here's what I created:

The lace along the bottom was not originally planned but I accidentally messed up on my journaling and had to figure out a way to cover it up, LOL:p

Supplies used:

Paper (Basic Grey)

Lace

Bling (Imaginisce)

Rub-ons (Fancy Pants, Autumn Leaves)

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Perfect pearls (Ranger)

Micron pen for journaling and doodling

Glimmer Mists

Smooch Spritz

Distressing tool

Thanks so much for having a looksy :)  Take Care!!!

Sketchy Thursdays {September 15th Challenge}

Hello! I just wanted to share a layout I created for the Sept.15th Sketchy Thursdays challenge. This is my first time participating in one of their challenges and I was just so inspired by their awesome sketch.  For this challenge they are also having a hop with ScrapFIT, another challenge blog that I definately will participate in the future.  So for this month's challenge you had to use their sketch and ScrapFIT's theme "Friends".  Here's what I ended up creating.
                                                           
                                   Sketchy Thursdays 9/15 Sketch:

Here's my interpretation:

Here's how I created the background, simple and fun:

(click on images to enlarge):

First I cut out a mask template and adhered it to the designer paper with repositionable adhesive.  Then I stamped all around the top of the mask with my versamark pad.  Afterwards, I removed the mask, sprinkled embossing powder and heat set it (easy, right! :p).

                                                   The Result:

I used Lindy's Stamp Gang's embossing powder.  Their powders are awesome and shimmer like none I've seen before.  After embossing I misted the background with some LSG's glitz spritz and Smooch Spritz.

Here's a couple of close ups:

 I also heat embossed the chipboard frames with Lindy's Stamp Gang powders and used Crackle Accents on some of the flowers and title.  All the edges were distressed with Walnut Stain distress ink.

Thanks for stopping by! Take Care!