Lean on Me~Sketch Inspiration

Here's a lo I made for this week's Sketch Inspiration challenge. When I saw the prize was a Studio Calico kit, I knew I had to give it a go! I used a photo of Roxie and Grace from Spring Break. Roxie was too cute with Grace, always using her head a as a pillow! I used paper and accents from the new Basic Grey line called "Max and Whiskers".

I made the yellow flowers by die cutting some flowers out of tissue paper. I then secured them together and glimmer misted them. Finally, I added a brad I made from the I-top to the center. The brown flower is the same die cut but with chipboard and paper (which I embossed with the Swiss Dots folder). I cut the leaf accent and the white paper behind the dog from the Slice.

Here are some close-ups:

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Some Vancouver LOs!!

Good evening! I spent a lot of the weekend scrapping, yay! On Saturday I went to an all day crop and only finished about 6 los, but I was okay with that because I really liked them! Yesterday, after I unpacked everything, I made a few more los. This first one is using this week's sketch challenge on Let's Scrap:

I used some new dp and accents by My Mind's Eye called "Little Boy Blue". Those cute vintage animal flash cards are from an Etsy site called "Pretty Little Studio".

Next up is a lo using this week's sketch from Inspired Sketches. I used dp and chipboard from Cosmo Cricket's "Nutmeg" line. I cut the bear from the Cricut cartridge "Give a Hoot". These are photos from the top of Grouse Mountain where they have a bear habitat. The bears come in and out of their homes, and here we were lucky enough to get up close and personal with them!

Here is a close-up of the little cutie!

Last, is a baby lo about a beluga! LOL, I felt kinda funny pulling out soft pink colors and baby papers for this animal lo, but it worked! A few months before we visited the Vancouver Aquarium, a beluga gave birth to this little baby. We got to go into a special habitat where the baby and mother spend their time bonding together over the first few months of the baby's life. No flash photography was allowed, and you had to be extremely quite to not disturb mother and baby.

I used dp by Jenni Bowlin, and Making Memories (Vintage Findings). I pleated the lace and sewed it down to the paper to create the border. The heart and "Beluga" letters were cut from the Cricut, and the pink "baby" letters are Doodlebug stickers. The journaling block is a new Tim Holtz die cut from the Big Shot.

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Sweet Sunshine, Sweet Memories, Sweet Friends

Good Evening! Here are a few los I made between yesterday and today. The first is using the latest sketch from Sketch Inspiration, along with some Vancouver photos and the Scarlet Lime March kit. Love this Cosmo Cricket "Material Girl" line!

Next up, I pulled out my new "Dear Lizzy" papers and embellies and got to work! This line screams FUN to me, so I grabbed a photo of Joan and I and had some fun! It just so happened that this month's Studio Calico went very well with the "Dear Lizzy" and featured some of the line as well. I used a sketch from The Scrappiest for the lo. The cloud in the upper corner says "Sweet Sunshine", so I went with the title "Sweet Sunshine, Sweet Memories, Sweet Friend".

Here is a close-up of the embellie card, which features a SU! stamp (the scooter), a Dear Lizzy chipboard fence, and Dear Lizzy sticker.

And lastly, I made these flower out of ribbon, by stitching up the side of the ribbon and pulling the threads together and tying them. I put a Dear Lizzy brad in the center, and then ruffled the flower around it.

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Tying Up Some Loose Ends

Hello! It's been a busy week and weekend, but I was finally able to finish some things tonight. First off, I had a lo sitting on my desk since last Tuesday that just needed some finishing touches (done!). Then I made a little gift for someone special (shh...it's a secret!). Finally, I am posting my lo for last week's Sketch Inspiration challenge. I never got to uploading it in time for the awesome Noel Mignon prize, but I thought it was worth sharing here! I used a picture from Vancouver with my Mom and Grandma, and supplies from the brand new March Paper Poppy kit. It featured lots of goodies from Jenni Bowlin (so springy!), and other little doo-dads.

I cut my bird and his wing from some felt included with the kit on my Big Shot. I love that the Big Shot lets you create your own felt accents! Too cute!

Sweet American Girls!

Just one more to share tonight! I made this lo following the latest sketch on Inspired Sketches (#112) using supplies from the Noel Mignon "Paper Doll" kit. This is a photo of Grace and I from the NYC American Girl store, where we took her and Kit to get some more goodies for her new addition!

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Some Holiday LOs

I spent some time scrapping with my girls yesterday! I was able to get a lot of los done from my HUGE stack of Christmas photos! I used an assortment of some new holiday paper from this season, as well as two Christmas kits from Magpie Club and Noel Mignon. Here is some Christmas fun for you all!

This one is for the latest sketch challenge on Sketch Inspiration. I used supplies from my Noel Mignon Christmas kit.

These 2 use paper and embellishments from the Making Memories "Mistletoe" line. Love those colors!

This has a combo of October Afternoon and Collage Press. I made the photo mat by cutting 4 "top note" die cuts with the Big Shot, and then pieced them together. Luckily this paper is so busy that you don't even notice the seams.

This last one is my fav! Most paper is from October Afternoon, and the red dot and blue snowflake are from a Christmas Slab. I LOVE this Thickers font for the letters in the title also!

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Some Fall Memories...

I made these los tonight, using some sketches. This first lo is for Sketch Inspiration #108. I pulled out all the Halloween supplies I could find (and boy were there a lot!) and put them together to make this! I told my Mom that we have more Halloween scrapping goodies than photos from the holiday!

This second is a 2 page lo, with some photos from an afternoon spent at a winery where we sampled a bunch of different wines. I used pp by Basic Grey's "Nook and Pantry".

I made these pretty flowers from a Sizzix daisy die cut. I cut the 3 sizes out from chipboard, then covered them with Crackle Paint, and then adhered them together and added a cute button!

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