people we love|Stick It Down.

At Stick It Down, if there is a fifth Tuesday in the month we have a different kind of challenge. We use any of the past sketches to create something. That's kind of fun! So I chose this sketch:

 

I like the size of this page, the simplicity that draws your eye to the photo, and the use of white space. Here's what I came up with:

supplies
chipboard: Crate Paper (Notes & Things)
washi: Glitz Design; Studio Calico
stamp: Studio Calico
puffy stickers: twine + ink
rub ons: Hello Forever + Studio Calico
sticker: Teresa Collilns (Tell Your Story)

Get over to SID and check out some of the past sketches HERE.

summer lovin'|Scrap Much?!

Sketchy Friday is up on the Scrap Much?! blog today! Here's our sketch this week: 

ScrapMuch?! September sketch

I stayed close to the sketch except that I scaled down my page size to 8.5x11. I used two iphone photos of my raspberry harvest this summer. Spoiler Alert: The raspberries won't be joining us next summer. I dug them up Labor Day weekend.

I used two 4x6 project life cards on this spread. I also dug into my stash for some old Crate Paper chipboard stickers. The flair is by Kelly Purkey and my stamps are Studio Calico. I used raspberry pie Prima chalk ink. 

Here is a run down of our Sketch-y Friday rules. Just link up your creations in our sidebar HERE to be entered into a random draw for our monthly prize. You have until September 29, at midnight to participate in any of September's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!

If you are playing along with more than one challenge you will need to link each of them up via a separate blog post for the link up tool to work. (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees.)  Good luck, we cannot wait to see what you create!

Dick's Last Resort [LCOM 90].

Hi! Today we're up on the Let's Capture our Memories blog with sketch #90! This is an awesome sketch by Laura.

I printed off some photos from our vacation to FL back in April. One night we went out to dinner with TJ's nephew and his girlfriend. We went to Dick's Last Resort - we had never been before but they had. We thought it sounded fun. It was a good night for us to go because it was not appropriate for the little nephews.

I used some products from my August Studio Calico main scrapbooking kit (paper and washi tape). From my stash I added Fancy Pants photo frames which I cut up and used under the photos as a border. I used Basic Grey and SN@P! by Simple Stories alphabet stickers. Some label stickers were from SN@P! and from Elle's Studio. The puffy stickers are twine + ink and Skipping5. My stamps are Studio Calico, Hello Forever by Studio Calico, and Two Peas in a Bucket/Shimelle Laine.

 The September prize is the Summer AND the Fall edition of Scrapbook and Cards Today!! Here's how to play along:

1. Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.
2. Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget HERE. Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM90. LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want. If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.
4. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 11:55pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner.

KP|Scrap Much?!

Sketchy Friday at Scrap Much?!? Here's our sketch that Laura made...

Sept 12 ScrapMuch?

Here's my page:

I converted this to the smaller scrap size and used two Instagram photos I had printed off. I also got to use a couple of new stamp sets I hadn't gotten a chance to use yet.

Design team call details here.

Rules: link up your creations in our sidebar (HERE) to be entered into a random draw for our monthly prize. You have until September 29th, at midnight to participate in any of September's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!

If you are playing along with more than one challenge you will need to link each of them up via a separate blog post for the link up tool to work. (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees.)  Good luck, we cannot wait to see what you create!

stamps: Two Peas in a Bucket designed by Shimelle Laine;Ormolu Word Up;
ink: StazOn jet black
stickers: SN@P1 by Simple Stories; Pink Paislee Switchboard; twine + ink (gold star puffy stickers);
die cut shapes: October Afternoon Daily Flash
wood pieces: Crate Paper Close Knit

you light up my life [card]|Stick It Down.

Another Tuesday brings another card sketch for Stick It Down. Here's our sketch this month: 

September card sketch at Stick It Down

Here's my card:

I hope you'll peek at the cards the other designers have made and you can also submit your own card for the challenge! Our rules are simple:

1. Please no back linking. Your project may be combined with other challenge blogs, but must be created after our sketch is posted.
2.  Please link back to Stick it Down from your blog post.
3.  You can rotate, flip, or alter the sketch, but we hope to see how the sketch inspired your creation.
4.  Please follow the sketch format, single page layouts for single sketches, etc....traditional only, no digital!
5. Please combine our sketch with other challenges, the more the merrier!
6. Please have fun!


patterned paper: Pink Paislee (Luxe)
chipboard: Creative Embellishments
embossing powder: My Stamp Box (gold)
stamp: Unity Stamp Co (May 2009 kit of the month)

PWP Blog Hop Winner...

The random winner from my Rafflecopter giveaway was... Jean Bullock! Congratulations! 

Please send me your mailing address and I'll get your stamp set right out to you.

ScrapMuch?! design team call!

ScrapMuch?! is having a design team call.This has been an amazing team to be a part of and if you like working with sketches, you should consider applying. Here are the requirements and you can visit the ScrapMuch?! blog HERE for more information:

• create 2 layouts per month, using the sketches provided
• post our badge on your blog (yes you must be a blogger)
• become a member of our private Facebook group (this is how we communicate as a team)
• submit your layouts to us by the designated due dates
• post the ScrapMuch?! sketch and your layout, along with a link to the ScrapMuch?! blog on your blog  on the day of our reveal (Fridays)
• share your blog posts on your Facebook page
  
• comment on entries, as assigned
• you do not need to be exclusive to ScrapMuch?!, you can belong to one other sketch DT or unlimited other DT's, however you may not belong to any other scrapbook store DT's
• you must be loyal and committed to promoting ScrapMuch?!

This call is open to scrappers in Canada and the U.S., you do not need to have Design Team experience to apply, all applications will be considered.  The term will run for 6 months, from November 1st, 2014 until April 30, 2015.  No compensation is provided.

To apply, create a layout using one of our September 2014 sketches.  Link it up using our Inlinkz tool, adding DT call after your name.  Yes, you will also be entered into our monthly prize draw! We will be sure to visit your blog and leave you some love.  We will contact all those we are interested in during the first week of October, at which time we may ask for more information.

celebrate summer [LCOM 88].

Happy September! and happy sketch reveal #88 at Let's Capture our Memories.

I dug into my stash for this one and I really loved this sketch. I like the three small photos lined up and thought my lily photos from this summer would be great for this sketch. You can see the sketch at the LCOM blog and the inspiration from the other design team members.

LCOM88

I used some older Crate Paper and some Studio Calico stamps with Versafine onyx black ink. The washi is October Afternoon and the wood veneers are also Crate Paper.

My journaling will be on that project life card at the top of the page. I was so happy when these lillies popped up this June! Everything in my yard was new to me since I just moved in last November. Every plant was like a new surprise!

We hope you'll play along with us. The September prize is the summer & fall edition of Scrapbook & Cards Today. Here's how to join us:
 

1. Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.
2. Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget HERE. Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM88. LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want. If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.
4. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 11:55pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner.

when God closes a door || September Blog Hop at Paper Wings Productions!

Welcome to the Paper Wings Productions monthly blog hop!  If you are here from Dana's blog, you're in the right place!  If you are just stopping in, please click HERE to start from the beginning.  This month we were given the theme "purple."  

One lucky winner will get a $25.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions online store. For a chance to win all you need to do is:

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog, The Aviary
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment
• go back to the Paper Wings blog and leave us a comment here telling us you completed the hop

To increase your chances of winning you can like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. The winner will be announced on Tuesday September 9, 2014 here on this blog.


I'm thrilled to be back for the September blog hop! I made a card using the Scriptures clear stamp set. I can't say enough how much I love this stamp set. I used some Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx by Color Box for the majority of my card. The color was indigo and I don't have much purple in my stash so thank goodness I picked this up a while back!

With the Art Textures red rubber cling stamp set I created my background. I mixed some white gesso with some of my indigo Inx and started stamping onto white cardstock. I did not re-ink it - just kept stamping and stamping.

Then I used the large circle Art Textures stamp dipped straight onto the indigo Inx and plopped two large circles on my page. At this point, I used my heating tool to help all of the inks dry. Then I used another stamp from the Art Textures set and heat embossed some silver circles. I also dipped the edges of my background paper onto my embossing ink and heat embossed the edges with silver.

The sentiment is stamped with the indigo Inx and punched out with one of my EK Success punches. I added a few Freckled Fawn stars with glitter to top of my card.

purple: Paper Wings Productions September Blog Hop!

I have an extra PWP stamp set I'd like to give away.  I'm using this Rafflecopter to make it super easy - If you're hopping along with us, you're commenting along the way. That earns you one entry. You can earn an additional entry by becoming a follower of my blog. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway It's time to send you off to Erica's blog. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY!!

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***
Zoey
Amanda
Carmen
Dana
Ashley
Erica
Amber
Katie
Kristie

thanks for the memories||Scrapping Turtle skech reveal.

Today is our sketch reveal at Scrapping Turtle. Here's the sketch Bev provided: 

I used a lot of my July 'Studio Calico kits on this one + some SC printables from their website. I also grabbed some things from my stash like the Elle's Studio card and the Kelly Purkey label stickers. The washi are from Freckled Fawn (yellow) and SC (orange/pink/yellow). 

My photos are a couple I snapped while we were on Half Moon Cay on our cruise in January. It was SO beautiful that day - bright shining sun and soft sand. Hands down our best day on the trip. 

Visit the Turtle Soup forum to see the other design team projects and upload your project for a chance at the prize. 

past due [LCOM 86].

We're on the Let's Capture our Memories blog with sketch 86 today! 

I shrunk my page to 8.5x11 size and I used some old patterned paper (that is NOT ombre in real life) from my stash. This is a photo of my hummingbird I was able to capture one evening in July. I had quite a few problems attracting my hummer, even though ALL my flowers are supposed to attract hummingbirds.

First, I had a purple and clear plastic feeder. Come to find out they prefer glass. Then I changed the location. Finally I switched to a red glass feeder. It still took several weeks to get one. Now he (or she?) comes faithfully every day. He used to fly away with any movement but since Bentley spends so much time in the backyard, the hummer finally got used to him. Now he'll stay on the feeder even while the dog is running around.

I camped out at my patio door one evening to try to catch a photo of him. It's not the greatest photo but I get so excited when I see him out there on the feeder!

Supplies
stamps: Studio Calico
ink: Versafine (onyx black)
label stickers, flair: Kelly Purkey
label stickers: Basic Grey
tiny tags: Elle's Studio
patterned paper: Glitz Design Olivia (red); Doodlebug (pink); MME Indie Chick (yellow)
enamel dots: Doodlebug
die cut shapes: October Afternoon

I hope you'll stop by Let's Capture our Memories to see the designs from the other team members and link up your project for a chance to win the prize. This month it's a scrappy grab bag.

How to Play Along:

1. Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.
2. Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget HERE. Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM86. LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want. If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.
4. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 11:55pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner.

he flies||Paper Wings Productions.

Hey everyone! I'm on the Paper Wings Productions blog, The Aviary, today with a Scrapbook Saturday post. I've SO enjoyed my guest month with PWP and I lovelovelove the stamp sets I got.

For my project today, I made a 12x12 scrapbook page from TJ's nephew's graduation back in June.He switched schools for his senior year, fell in love with an Italian exchange student, and really excelled academically. His school colors are blue and red but everyone in this photo was wearing a different color so I edited it to tone the colors way down.

All of the details for my page are over on the PWP blog - so go there to see all about the altering and dimension that I used on this page. I just love those altered gold wings!

Scrapbook Saturday at Paper Wings Productions

Thanks to Carrie for inviting me to play this month and thank you all for allowing me to share my ideas! Please stop by The Aviary and leave me some love!

mom's pond|Scrap Much?!

It's Sketchy Friday over at Scrap Much?! and team B is sharing their designs with our awesome sketch. 

ScrapMuch? Sketchy Friday for August 22

We hope you'll visit the ScrapMuch?! page today and see the sketch, the inspiration from the other designers, and enter for a chance to win!

For my page, I printed off two photos from this spring. You may remember THIS post about when we had to re-build mom's pond and clean it out and re-plant flowers and ALL of that. She is so happy with the pond now, it has fish in it, the flowers look so nice, and it's really peaceful to lay out and read a book.

I used my June Studio Calico kits (that patterned paper is SC Limelight) + a lot of stuff from my stash. Sassafras alphas + Basic Grey alphas, Freckled Fawn + Glitz Design washi, Jillibean Soup die cut cardstock pieces, Basic Grey enamel dots, Creative Embellishments wood veneer, Skipping5 puffy geotag sticker, and SN@P! by Simple Stories cardstock stickers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Delight yourself in the Lord || Paper Wings Productions.

I'm super excited to be the guest designer this month for Paper Wings Productions. They have SO many cute stamp sets that I had a really hard time picking which ones I wanted to work with. Plus, so many amazing things in the store. 

I'm on the PWP blog today sharing my What's Up Wednesday post. I used the Scriptures photopolymer stamp set and I just love it.  I also used the Art Textures red rubber cling stamp set. This is a great set for variety of different backgrounsds, textures, dimensions, etc. There's gesso, paint, mist, heat embossing... Lots of fun stuff going on. 

Here's a sneak peek of my card, but to see the rest you'll have to visit the PWP blog :)

Scriptures Clear Stamp Set

Art Textures Cling Stamp Set

Lindy's Sidekick - Sweet Treats

InLinkz.com

Supplies:
stamps: Paper Wings Productions
embossing powder: American Crafts ZING! (butter, aqua); My Stamp Box (white)
gesso: Delta Creamcoat
mist: Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio (ocean breeze blue)
twine: Hemptique
ink:American Crafts (aqua); VersaFine (onyx black); Versamark
chipboard: Studio Calico

for you [card]|Stick It Down.

The second Tuesday in August means... the card challenge at Stick It Down! Here's the sketch this month: 

Here's my card:

August card sketch for Stick It Down

You can see what Linda, the guest designer, did with the sketch HERE, as well as the projects from the other design team members. You can upload your designs at the end of the post HERE. We only have a few rules:

1. Please no back linking. Your project may be combined with other challenge blogs, but must be created after our sketch is posted.
2.  Please link back to Stick it Down from your blog post.
3.  You can rotate, flip, or alter the sketch, but we hope to see how the sketch inspired your creation.
4.  Please follow the sketch format, single page layouts for single sketches, etc....traditional only, no digital!
5. Please combine our sketch with other challenges, the more the merrier!
6. Please have fun!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Ribbon: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Glitz Design
Stamp: Unity Stamp Co (Kit of the Month May 2009)
ink: Color Theory by Studio Calico (clean slate)
embossing powder: Zing! by American Crafts (rouge)