the Mad Hatters...

This was so much fun! I go several times a year with my girls to different hat stores...this trip was when we were away in Hawaii this past Christmas with my husband's family...my adorable nieces are so photogenic anyway, but little Sadie was really enjoying this store AND Auntie Kristine taking so many photos of her too! It was nice to see my son Matthew getting into it too, seeing as he's usually not interested in joining me and the girls for our shopping trips throughout the year!

This week's sketch from Let's Scrap was a great fit for all these photos...and all the embellishments from my package of Pink Paislee 'Portfolio' collection worked great to jazz this page up!

I love to use my Sizzix to cut felt! and these bits are a perfect addition to add some more texture to this layout!

I added some more of those Close To My Heart wooden shapes from the 'garden collection' because I like these kinds of flowers...not the other kinds ;) and if you noticed, I had to 'make' a second letter 't' from a 'L'...pretty sneaky of me huh?!!!

Here's the sketch:

You might have also have noticed that I made this sketch work for me...make sure you use your sketches as starting off points and don't worry about every little detail...these sketches are here to help you get creative, not for you to worry about following perfectly! that is if you don't want too!!!

Thanks so much for stopping in today, I hope you have a crafty day!

just play ball...

Good Morning everyone!

I've got another fantastic Let's Scrap layout here for all of you except that this time I get to present it to you as a new Design Team member! My DT term this time will run from April-July and I look forward to highlighting more fantastic sketches on a semi-regular basis once again :)  This Basic Grey paper that I used was a little intimidating as it is quite busy...but after trimming it into smaller pieces I really love how they all go together! 

Remember to click on the photos for even better close-ups :)

I grabbed some crocheted flowers from my LSS and it happened to match this paper perfectly, I've layered in some Close To My Heart pewter Filigree Charms and photo clips.

I love to cut felt with my Sizzix and this sandy coloured felt was just what I wanted to add some texture to this layout...layer onto that some more patterned paper and misc. embellishments and my little circle accents are complete!

I like to keep all of my buttons, felt bits and brads visible in my studio, so finding just what I was needing was easy...I always say that if I can't easily see it or find it, it's not going to get used!!!

In addition to that, I keep ALL my alphabet sheets together, filed in colour order in one large box...this way I can just look at the colours I was thinking of to find suitable letter stickers for my titles...I also keep my tiny word sheets together in the same box.

Here's this weeks Lets Scrap sketch!

Aren't these little wooden seaside embellies super cute! They are Close To My Heart and they come in a package of misc. designs and I need to order more!

Pull out your paper, scissors and glue and get craftin' with this weeks's great Let's Scrap sketch !

Wednesday's Let's Scrap Sketch!

What a Spooktacular morning!

I have been playing with CTMH's Mischief paper and gorgeous felt shapes and wanted to scrap a layout from our last years Halloween party here...I think the adults were having waayyyyy more fun than the kids...

Products Used:

CS: Grey Wool

PP: Mischief

stamp: All Hallows Eve (C1462)
ink: Grey Wool, Black

I thought it might be less distracting to print the photos out in Sepia seeing as I wanted to use the labels from the paper collection and so there is a lot to see visually...the spider web is so real looking and so are the spiders! Thanks for stopping by!