Sketch 6-15-18

June sketches! I'm not exactly sure where the days go but I'm sure y'all can relate...I always have great intentions to get creative...but sometimes that crazy thing called 'LIFE' interrupts my best intentions!

I am happy to report that a busy life is a happy life for me and I'm grateful to be able to be busy and have a household of people and projects, right?!!!

Let's Scrap Sketches has another fantastic sketch up for June...we have two a month for your inspirational pleasure and this month we've been playing with some fun ones.

I've created this page for the monthly Page Club at my local Scrapbook store...big day in my household as my eldest has finish her Phase1 of studies from University!!

This paper collection from one Canoe two, called Twilight, was lovely to highlight this big day. You might be able to make out the fun gold rub-ons there too. The die-cut embellishments made it super easy to get scrapped plus the great sketch design!

Head on over to our Let's Scrap Sketches Blog to see what the other Design Team created with this sketch and if you have time to play, we'd love to see you're creation through the InLinkz link to the right of the Let's Scrap Sketches blog :)

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Sketch 5-1-18 and 5-15-18

May Sketches from Let's Scrap!

I don't always have a chance to play along when these sketches go 'live' to y'all but I totally LOVE what Michelle creates every month for our inspiration!

This sketch inspired me to create for a bonus layout at the LSS I contribute to...

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New Let's Scrap Sketch!

This is what we call a blast from the past...

We dug into the Let's Scrap Sketches Blog archives for this one but you can have some fun with photo layouts as the right page could lend itself to multiple photos!

I've been too busy travelling in January and February to get into my creative space but that doesn't mean you can't play along! 

While we're at it, here's the February 1st sketch we revealed...it's a fantastic sketch for multiple photos and a great way to use up your scraps!

I think I see a layout featuring some of my recent cruise photos...love the flags and the pockets...perfect for hidden journalling or when you just can't decide which photos to use!

Hopefully you have a chance to play along with these sketches this month...if you link up your creation to our Let's Scrap Sketches Blog, you have a chance to win a little something.

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Only a couple more days before the peak of Christmas activities happen in this household!

I do love the lights and traditions of Christmas...not the mall but definitely all the things I get to do during the month!

Another great sketch from Mich and Let's Scrap Sketches...hopefully you'll have some time to create this month...

I am almost done scrapbooking LAST Christmas...pretty exciting to be up to date on one year of Christmas LOL

This is 'A Perfect Christmas' paper collection from Echo Park...love the black in these papers.

Love the ephemera pack and brads that came with this paper collection!

I got to dig into my stash with this one...LOVE my wood veneer bits...especially in alphabet mode!

Head on over to the Let's Scrap Sketches Blog to see what the other Design Team created with this sketch!

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It's the 15th of October already! Sheesh this month is going by faster than September did!!!

Lucky for you and me though...we have a new sketch to inspire you from Let's Scrap Sketches :)

So I started with this sketch, but once again I ended up somewhere completely different!!! 

Remember that everything is an inspiration or influence when you are creating and that you should enjoy the process and see where your creative time takes you...don't worry so much on everything being exact but instead let the inspiration spark your creativity :)

I'm using Falling for You from Close To My Heart...links at the end of the post...love me some FALL! (remember to click the images to get a close up look)

So the history about these photos goes back to when 

my son was first born. 

I used to get his sisters to give him a smooch on both cheeks for a photo...they used to think it was cute and Matthew used to as well.

Currently, Matthew no longer lets me get the shot I used to...no surprise seeing as he's almost 20! Maybe someday in the future he will think it's cute again LOL

I liked the idea of text running the length on the layout and will likely try this technique again...I used the September SOTM (stamp of the month) from CTMH, Feel So Blessed, to stamp the 'so thankful' sentiment...I LOVED that stamp.

All stickers and compliments were from the Falling for You Complements pack...great value.

Products Used:

X7223B - Falling for You paper pack 

X7223C - Falling for You Complements

Z4030 - White & Bronze Twine

Z4029 - Bronze Sequins

Asst. CTMH cardstock

Check out my link for more CTMH products

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Happy June 1st!!!

Yes, I am as amazed as you are that we are entering June 2017...where oh where has the year gone already !!!

BUT, with a new month comes a couple new sketches to imspire you so here you go:

Lots of spots for photos, journalling cards, flip flaps...you name it.

I just happened to have some embellishments that look like they were made for this sketch !

The cans were fussy cut from the paper but the tags and banners along the top were from the Ephemera pack that was available with this collection :)

This was a trip I went on with my man to Ucluelet, BC in February...it was all about enjoying the beauty of the area...nature, forest trails, the ocean and of course yummy food at the local restaurants and brewery :)

I played with the CTMH Ink Blot stamp set too...

Head on over to the Let's Scrap Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team did this time...remember to play along too <3 font="">

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May Sketch at Let's Scrap

So many ways to play with this sketch from Let's Scrap!

Make sure you head on over to the Let's Scrap Blog to see some of the other creations from our Design Team and also inspiration from our Let's Scrap participants!

Remember, we have a prize draw every sketch for one lucky winner that plays along with us :)

This is the view from the village at the top of the hill, Cortona was a charming place to visit...we went several times to shop and eat!

I'm playing with left over bits from this month's page club kit at Cherry Lane...love the colours in this Echo Park Summer Fun collection!

Hope to see you playing along this month :)

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Let's Scrap August 1st sketch!

I can't believe we are in August already! Lucky for you, I've got another fantastic sketch to show you from the Let's Scrap site. Make sure you follow my blog to get them directly to your inbox!

I hope you enjoy this one...I'm going to head back to my lounge chair by the pool...Italy is wonderful...if you have a chance, check out my travel blog Full of Shenanigans and you can see what I've been up to!

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Let's Scrap sketch for July 15th !

Hello my crafty friends! I'm enjoying my holidays in Italy but wanted to share a fantastic sketch from Let's Scrap...I hope you have a chance to play along and get some scrapbooking done!

This sketch is perfect for those of you that are hanging onto those special 12 x 12 diecut sheets...come on I know you have at least one in your stash!?!!  Dig it out and whip up another layout using this sketch :) Play along with us at Let's Scrap and you could win some goodies from us.




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I've got my Weave on!

Yes I do! Paper Weaving that is!

One of my fellow Design Team members at Let's Scrap has come up with a challenge this past week to create a layout using good old fashioned 'paper weaving' and I thought I'd give it a try!

So to start with, she has given us a tutorial on how she used two different colours of cardstock and then showed us how she did it! Looked easy enough...not as easy as it looks I must say!

Instead of having both strips loose, I decided to have my base colour, Cocoa, cut into 1/2" strips from 12x12 cardstock but instead of cutting them all the way through, I decided to cut them near the end...this way, all my 1/2" strips were still attached to one another...then I decided to add two different alternate colours of cardstock (cause why make it simple on myself!) AND one strip of patterned paper...and to make it even trickier, why not make them all different sizes!

The Creme Brulee cardstock was 1/4", the Juniper cardstock was 1/2" and the new Typeset patterned strips were 3/4"...all woven into the Cocoa 1/2" strips...in the end this is what I created:

Now the instructions for the base frames in Cocoa and Kraft cardstock can be found HERE under the Forum section in 'Design Team Challenge 110' if you want to give it a try for yourself...it was actually challenging and super fun...kicking it Old School with paper weaving!

Here's the finished layout...I almost didn't want to cover it all up...felt bad actually, but in the end I'm happy I finally used these photos that I've looked at several times over the past 8 years! Yes, old photos of my boy Matthew and his pal Payton when they were 5 years old! Just didn't have the right place for them until this challenge! So cute...thanks for stopping by :)

Everything you see is Close To My Heart! I love the changes they have made to their products...

Products Used:

(X7139B) Typeset Level 2 paper pack

(Z1464) Milepost Shapes

(Z1450) Colour-Ready Cork Alphabet

(X7139C) Typeset Complements Canvas Shapes

(Z1461) Decor Journalling Spots

Juniper, Creme Brulle, Colonial White, Kraft and Cocoa Cardstock

Check the Design Team Challenge link again tomorrow for this next week's newest challenge from Rene!

Let's Scrap Sketch for Wednesday!

Good Morning !

Here's the Let's Scrap Sketch for this Wednesday:

and this is what I created:

I used the Plantin Schoolbook (cartridge from Cricut) reward image to make this sunshine piece and hand cut the cloud from the patterned paper...used an EK border punch for the scalloped border...

I grabbed the sticker sheet that went with this BoBunny Barefoot & Bliss paper pack and all the little phrases above were on the alphabet sticker sheet...

This is the perfect sketch for those multi photo events...I always take loads and loads of photos of my kids doing fun things and this was no exception...Marissa had fun even if the water was freezing!

I cut these banners out of the new Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge from CTMH...it was so super easy and the end result was just what I wanted...

Boy, this is an example of how much I dislike my handwriting...oh well, this ticket was also cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge...I flipped the journalling part over as it was cut out too and thought I'd just use this piece and stamp journalling lines on it seeing as it already was cut to fit!

Thanks for stopping by today...make sure you head on over to Let's Scrap for more inspirational versions of this sketch and maybe even try it out for yourself!

I have a confession to make...

Ok, so yesterday I was out delivering a scrapbook order into Chilliwack for one of my customers and after talking with her...I decided to stop into Classics (the local scrapbook store there)...now if you've already read my previous post from early this morning, you'll have read that I haven't bought any more paper recently...not so true anymore!


I kept it at a reasonable total...not going to confess that, but I will tell you that I got 27 sheets of double-sided patterned paper, an alphabet sheet from Thickers in sunny yellow! a ribbon embellishment pack, some sort of fiber'y sand coloured dust stuff...? and some of those 12x12 cardstock sticker sheets that co-ordinate with the patterned papers...that's all I can remember right now because I was really quick in putting it all safely away in my stash containers...


Now I have to say that I created a layout right away with some of it later on last evening so that part is good news, because usually I like to purchase paper and let it sit and nicely 'age' for months on end...not so this time baby!

Now a couple general points of interest on this layout are firstly...that I crossed this bridge! and secondly, that I wanted to try to incorporate a collage image instead of same size photos...

I am a fan of the Scrapbooks Etc. webpage and on it you have sketches, much like the ones on Let's Scrap...but they also have loads of tips and tricks as well as loads of collage templates! So I opened up my Photoshop, dragged and dropped and trimmed and Voila! a collage to resize to 8"X10" and sent it off to Costco.ca to print...I could have gotten the same look with trimming my own photos, but then I'd had to have resized most of them to smaller image sizes and on this collage template you can easily zoom in or out on an image...I admit that Photoshop is a bit of a learning curve and I am in no ways any kind of expert...far from it...but I did manage to get this one done in an hour or so...

I've used a couple of the BoBunny Et Cetera sheet I just bought for the background and some more of the patterned Simple Stories Destination paper and card stock stickers for the ticket border, compass, flourish and tabs.

These tags and camera die-cuts were from the Making Memories Passport collection that I have hanging around...

Super cute certificate that they give you once you've gotten all your stamps at the different check points throughout the park...including the Bridge, Cliffwalk, Tree-top Adventure and Historic spots...

I am loving Close To My Hearts new cork alphabets...think I'll need to add another package to my shopping cart for my next order...I had this die-cut sheet in my Making Memories Passport stash as well and I inked it up considerably...along with all the other paper on this layout!

I wanted to add some journalling but as per usual, I don't always like to see it front and centre...so I dug into my journalling tag bin...yes I need an entire bin to store them all...and found this one :)

I mentioned in my previous post that I have been buying the co-ordinating 12x12 card stock embellishment sheets to some of the paper collections I've gotten recently...it sure does make short work on putting the finishing touches on some of these layouts...

It's hard to see in this photo of the photos in my layout, but at the Capilano Suspension Bridge park, they have an area where they teach us a thing or two! Here I've photographed the tags that are wrapped around these insanely huge and OLD trees...the top one is not really readable but it says: Douglas Fir...205FT tall...20FT circumference...1300 YEARS OLD! and the lower photo says: W.Hemlock...165FT tall...9FT circumference...300 YEARS OLD!

Let's Scrap Sketch for Wednesday!

Good Morning everyone!

 Yes...it's that time again for another fabulous Let's Scrap sketch...

 courtesy of the ever talented Cheri O'Neill...

Now with all the excitement of this past week (see previous post) I was working on pictures of my recent 'bucket list' trip to Capilano Suspension Bridge and I didn't get my photos in time to finish off my double page version of this sketch...but I did do a single page, the left hand side to be exact! 

Which is fantastic in and of itself! Here's what I did with a single side:

I haven't been purchasing much paper lately because after joining the Scrap your Stash support group (lol) at Let's Scrap...I am reminded that yes, we have loads of stash that most of us will take years to use up! BUT when I saw this 100 Days Of Summer paper collection by 'simple stories' (a new paper company) I felt that urge you get 'some', so I did! 

Now, I've covered it all up, but I used CTMH's new Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy to cut out that tulip coloured flower behind all those photos...it's similar to the small one in the lower right hand corner...which was a pleasant coincidence...you would be able to see if I hadn't ended up covering it with these photos! LOL

Along with the 6 sheets of paper I also purchased the 12x12 sheet of Expressions Cardstock Stickers and the 12x12 sheet of Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers...which was where I got the tiny type alphabet letters for my journalling and the sun and tree embellishment...

the 'just dance' title was from some leftover chipboard alphas I had from K&Company in my stash...the arrow was from the Maya Road shapes collection, also in my stash and the baker's twine...my favorite :) from the jar on my ledge in my workshop

added a couple touches of the gold staples I had in my stapler for more texture...I hope to add my Capilano Suspension Bridge layout soon, just so I can prove to those of you that know of my great fear of heights...and falling! that I actually did cross the bridge and walk the new Cliffwalk!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Let's Scrap Card Sketch for Wednesday!

Good Morning!

It's Wednesday and time for another sketch from Let's Scrap but seeing as this is the third Wednesday of August, today we've got a card sketch for you to try out!

Of course I was playing with CTMH's new Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy, and it made short work of creating this card...for those of you that know me well...cards can take me just about as long as a two page layout! So anything that will help me get creating...this Let's Scrap card sketch by Debby D is just perfect for the cupcake image and the co-ordinating stamp set and sentiment that comes in one of the three stamp sets with this Cricut cartridge! This cute square shape is one of MANY card templates that the Art Philosophy cartridge cuts out too!

Here's another card using this sketch: