Chip and Dale LO

I made this lo tonight using sketch #49 from 52Sketches. This photo is from my Disney trip, taken with Chip and Dale in Hollywood Studios. The dp is by Cosmo Cricket (Mr. Campy), and BasicGrey (Infuse). The leaves and flowers were punchouts from the BasicGrey pack. I cut Chip and Dale from my Cricut Disney cartridge. They were a bit of a pain because I wanted them to be small, and there were a lot of pieces involved. Making them took me longer than everything else on here! The chipboard alphabet letters are by Heidi Swapp, circa 2005 maybe? I love using up old supplies!

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Graduation - A 52 Sketches LO

I made this lo tonight following the 52 Sketches #37 challenge for this week. I used pp by Jillibean Soup called Alphabet Soup and Jenni Bowlin label style paper. The circle accents are journaling sprouts by Jillibean. I used the numbers and months as inspiration for some of my journaling, which I wrote with a SU! marker. I cut the report card out of the Jillibean Soup paper and then layered a Jenni Bowlin Bingo card over it. The twill was inked with real red ink and then tied around the Bingo card embellishment. The ribbon loops above the photo spell out "MSU," my school.

Here is a close-up of my journaling:

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Ooohh we went out last niiiighttt...

Lol, I love that song! (Kenny Chesney btw for all of you non-country-loving-music fans!) I grabbed some inspiration from Kenny to make this lo tonight. These are photos from a fun night this summer at the 80's club "The Breakfast Club". I used dp by Basic Grey called "Urban Prairie" and the Hannah Montana cricut cartridge for the butterflies and the pink title mat. I love how that cartridge is totally not Hannah Montana looking most of the time, but instead is sorta fun and fresh. For the flowery/viney looking image underneath the left photo, I used the SU! set "Razzle Dazzle" and stamped it with black craft ink and then embossed with black ep. I used my Stampamajig to line everything up perfectly. The large scallop border was punched with the EK Success Diamond Lace punch (my Mom bought that and I just opened it tonight and it is super!). The top border is a Fiskars punch I can't remember the name of. The lo is based on sketch #32 at 52 Sketches 52 Weeks.

Here is a close up of those fun Hannah butterflies and mat: (oh and our chins..lol)

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Conch on In!

Good evening! Hope you had a great long weekend and celebrated Labor Day with the ones you love! I made this lo tonight for the 52 Sketches 52 Week sketch challenge #36 for this week. I used dp by My Little Shoebox; the lines "Flawless" and "Turtles and Trees". I cut out the flowers and the little houses at the bottom from the paper. I punched some sprig leaves with a Martha Stewart punch and then layered them under the flowers. The chipboard is by Maya Road, and was either covered in paper or painted. The title was cut from my Sizzix with the Sizzlits "Sock Hop". The photos are from Key Largo, in front of a favorite restaurant that we went to quite often. As we were driving from Key West from Key Largo, we passed a hotel called "Conch on In" and the title just stuck with me!

A Glimmery Pumpkin!

I made this lo tonight using the 52 Sketches sketch challenge #35. I used dp by Basic Grey called "Indian Summer". This weekend I took 2 classes at the Somerset scrapping convention with Jen Starr using Tattered Angels products. I tried to incorporate some of the glimmer mist techniques Jen taught us in the class onto my lo. In the bottom left corner, I used a pumpkin mask from the Halloween Hauntings Glimmer Screen set. I sprayed "Golden Terracotta" glimmer mist over it. I then took the screen which had the glimmer mist on it, added some "Suede" glimmer mist and 'stamped' the screen next to the masked pumpkin. For the circle border, I used a Crafter's Workshop template, and "Cherry Limeade" glimmer mist to paint with my aquapainter. I also glimmer misted some Framed Fonts chipboard with "Sunflower" for my title.

Here's a close up of some of those things:

I love learning new things, and I find the easiest way to remember them is to use the idea right away! Join me in using some of that glimmer mist I'm sure you own!

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Go Giants!

I made this lo using the 52 Sketches #34 sketch for last week. These pictures are from a Giants game last year. I went to the pre-season game last night, and sadly we lost. I can't remember the results of the game from this lo, but it was a fun memory! I used mostly supplies from the August Scarlet Lime kit, and added the letter stickers and journaling tag from Jenni Bowlin, and some dp by Melissa Frances. For the circle surrounding the #1, I wrapped ribbon around a chipboard circle. It looks pretty neat!

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Home Sweet Home!

Hi everyone! I'm finally home this week. I spent the last 10 days in Vancouver and Alaska, on a wonderful cruise! Yesterday, I was able to catch up a bit on my scrapping and all those sketch challenges I've missed. I made this layout following #33 on 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. This features a photo from Key West, FL. This is the Southernmost point of the United States, and if you were to travel 90 miles West, you'd reach Cuba. In fact, from here we were closer to Cuba than we were to Miami! I used almost entirely supplies from my August Scarlet Lime kit. The only thing I added was the letters that spell "Cuba", some crackle paint and cardstock. The letters are by KI Memories, and they were originally bright colors. I pulled out some Tim Holtz distress crackle paint and added a THICK layer on top of the chipboard letters. I let it dry for about an hour, and these awesome cracks appeared. I used the same technique for the fun flower stem (which came in the kit).

Here are 2 close ups of the title, and of the flower embellishments:

The second half of this layout doesn't follow a sketch, but uses the same supplies as the first. I used the distress crackle paint on the photo corners.

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Thanks, Keith!

I bet your saying, Keith? Keith who? Lol (I know you are, Sara!). I am talking about Keith Urban, of course! I grabbed some inspiration from him for my layout today. I love his song called "Everybody" and I took a lyric from the song for my title on this layout. This is a photo of my brother's and I from my birthday last month. It is kinda rare that we are all together at once (and dressed nicely, at least for them) to take a photo. Now that we are are older, I think we have a different kind of appreciation for each other, and get along better. I think it's true that we need each other and do rely on one another.

I used some new Basic Grey "Lemonade" paper for my layout. It is BEAUTIFUL paper! I also used some of their chipboard stickers to match the paper line. The letter stickers come in the paper collection pack. The felt embellishments are the same ones I used on my "Wishes" layout and are by K & Company. The journaling tag is from Jillibean Soup (just found out about them, and I LOVE the soup theme she has!). I added a stamp from Close to my Heart to the bottom corner to include the date. I made this layout to follow the latest sketch challenge on 52 Sketches 52 Weeks (#29).

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Heartfelt Friends

Happy Sunday! I thought I'd share a recent layout I made for 52 Sketches 52 Weeks. This sketch was featured this past week, and starting today, a brand new sketch will be posted! On my layout, I used a photo from Disney World that was taken with our Photopass in front on Cinderella's Castle. I used some patterned paper by KaiserCraft called "Imagine," and a piece of decorative edge paper by Making Memories to mat my photo. The large letter stickers are by K & Company. The flowers are by Prima.

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The Plaid Family

I made this layout this evening with a photo from this past Memorial Day following the latest 52 Sketches 52 Weeks sketch. I used some new paper by Cosmo Cricket called "Early Bird". I stitched on the layout with my Janome mini machine. I added some transparent letters underneath the main title which says "Family". They are easier to see in the close up below. I split "Family" so that part of it is on the left side of the photo and part of it is on the right side of the photo. I stamped some flowers from "Eastern Blooms" and embossed them 3 times with clear embossing powder, then used some In Color buttons tied with floss to top them off.

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More Disney Layouts!

Hi all! I've been super busy working on my Disney layouts, so I thought I'd share some here. This first one uses Coordinations White Wash cardstock. When you sand the paper it leaves the bottom color (which is my case was orange). You can see it on the squares on the left side, which were embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. It is a super neat effect! I also used some dp by Daisy Buckets.

For the second layout I used Basic Grey "Cupcake" and some really adorable photos of Mickey from the Celebrate It parade.

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Fairy Godmother

Hello! Here is another Disney layout that I made recently. I am determined to finish scrapbooking all of my Disney photos before I go to Alaska in August (I'm not sure if its a realistic goal or not...lol).  This layout is from a sketch from the blog 52 Sketches 52 Weeks. My layout features sketch #19.  Go check them out, there are fabulous sketches and awesome prizes each week.  I used dp by Imaginesce for my layout, along with my new favorite toy, my Cricut machine.  

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