Sketchy Thursday #20

This card is for Eat Sleep Stamp's Sketchy Thursday #20 which you can see HERE.

It was quite fun to put together as it wasn't for an particular reason except to use the sketch. I pulled out some way old Stampin Up sets that I bought a few years ago from a friend or tag sale, can't remember which! The paper is more from DCWV, flowers are from Prima (bought 2.5 years ago when I was out in California for a wedding-yes, I had to find the local LSS!!), and I used my Marvy markers to color the image. Oh, and I used a Cuttlebug folder for the background, I have so many folders and I keep forgetting to use them.

Recipe:
Stamps: Beary Best, Bear Necessities (both by Stampin Up)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: DCWV
Accessories: Stylized Flower Cuttlebug folder, prima flowers, corner rounder (Stampin Up), Marvy markers

TFL! I'm off for a snack and to think about what I want to create next!

Scenic Stroll

Here are today's pages:

I used the below sketch as a guide...unfortunately I'm not sure where I saved it from, it really worked great for this pictures through! The pictures are more from my trip to Block Island last June. Only a few more to go and I'm done!

At first I wasn't crazy about how the pages were turning out but now that they are done, I really like them. Again, I'm using up some old paper (DCWV), flowers/buttons (Prima), Ice Lemon Stickles, and the flourishes and title were cut out from the Storybook Cricut cartridge (one of my newer purchases!)

Here is a close up picture of each page:

Now I'm aiming to work on cards, hopefully I'll be back with something to share later!

Dannie's got blog candy!

Dannie's Creative Outlet is offering up blog candy, you can check it out HERE!

Beauty

I LOVE how this layout turned out! It took me awhile to find a sketch that would fit the pictures I had...as soon as I found it and picked out the paper, it came together quite nicely. This is Sketch #76 by Sketches by Tamara. The longest part was waiting for the paint to dry on the chipboard.

I accomplished so much with this page...mixed old stash with new. The old is the paper (DCWV), the button (Foofala), chipboard (Basic Grey) and paint (Making Memories Sunflower)...the new is the flower (Prima) and the shimmerz blingz (Gold Glimmer) on top of the painted chipboard. I also, for the first time, used journaling strips for my journaling. I may not be cranking out the pages, but I'm getting some goals accomplished and it feels wonderful!

TFL!

Today's Page

I should have been in bed a few hours ago but my mojo struck and I wanted to create a 2nd page to yesterday's page. I created this page based loosely on a Page Maps sketch from last month. I kept it simple so that the focus was on the pictures and I got to use more buttons, woohoo! This page went together pretty quick since I still have the supplies out from yesterday.

This makes 2 pages and 10 pics scrapped, I set my goal for this year at 150 pages and 400 pics scrapped. I have another page in mind but alas, I must get some sleep. Maybe tomorrow!

Happy New Year (and my first layout this year!)

Happy New Year my bloggy buddies!

I've got lots of goals and aspirations for this year, one of them to scrapbook more. I printed hundreds of pictures at Walgreens over the last week and am armed with supplies and ideas to make the layouts happen.

These pictures are from Block Island in Rhode Island this past summer. Mike and I went there for his birthday and had a wonderful time exploring the island. I used Sketch by Tamara #77 which can be seen HERE. This was also for a weekly challenge on one of my lists - its a budget challenge and we were to use only supplies we've had for a year or more. No problem doing that here! The chipboard letters (Heidi Swapp) are so old that they lost their adhesive and I had to glue each one on...what a pain but I refuse to throw them out! The paper is DCWV - which you all must know by now is one of my favorite companies. The buttons are by Foofala and I got them at the LSS ages ago.


Thanks for looking and I hope to have more to share with you soon. I made 3 cards the other night but need to wait until my receipients receive them before I share.