Critter Sketch Challenge Blog - Challenge 121 - Colour Inspiration

Hi and welcome to another week over at the Critter Sketch this week we are headed over to 

Design-seeds.com to look at this fabulous colour inspiration photo.

Doesn't it make you just want to hope on a plane and go there...  or are you lucky and live somewhere like this!  Our summer has yet to show her pretty face, so I'm definitely craving some sun!!

Please check back later today, I am having trouble getting my creation photographed.  

(I had a busy day and wore my camera battery out - so it is on the charger.)

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Another challenge over at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog.

Here is my layout, based on a sketch Colleen Spangler  provided for us.  Normally I don't stray far from a sketch, but this one I seemed to wander a little.

My son and his football team from last fall.

Here is Colleen Spangler's fantastic sketch.

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Challenge #115 - Flowers

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day.  This was the fifth Mother's Day that I have been a Mom and I have to say, by far it was the best yet.  I was able to sleep in, had a wonderful brunch prepared by my husband and boys.  Then I had a relax time while the boys' finished tidying up and preparing things for dinner.  The boys had a soccer game so we all headed off to enjoy the beautiful sunshine, I think summer may finally be on the way!!  After soccer the boys finished up getting ready for dinner and we had my mom, mother-in-law and aunt over for the most delicious meal!  Thanks for spoiling me today boys!  I loved every single minute of it!


On to this week's challenge over at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog.  This one - was actually my challenge, a weird one for me - flowers!  Now, you all know that I'm a scrapbooker, and I have boys - so not a whole lot of flowers being used in my creations - but I am not afraid of them!  


I loved these pictures of my mom, my boys and my nephew.  We spent a day at the most incredible sandy beach that is only 20 minutes from home.  It is definitely a hidden jewel and makes me think I am somewhere tropical.

Supplies Used
Cardstock: Base is Stampin' Up, and the dark blue is Bazzill
Patterned paper, stickers, letters, etc - Bella Blvd. 

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Challenge #113 - Sketch

Back again for another week over at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog.

This week we were given yet another fantastic sketch by Colleen Spangler.  I love Colleen's sketches because they are so versatile.  I had no trouble taking this from a "card" sketch to a scrapbook sketch.

So.. here is what I came up with... 

These pictures take me so far back.  We had only had the boys a month and were out camping for the first time as a "family".  I was SHOCKED when they told me they had NEVER had a S'more!  Really?!  Seriously?!  I thought they were kidding at first - but they really had never had the honour of eating the most amazing camping treat!  The boys look so young - it is hard to believe that we are fast approaching five years together!

Products Used:
Patterned Paper, Title, Smores - Imaginisce - Happy Camper

Cardstock - Brown - Bazzill, Blue - American Crafts

Twine and Buttons - from my stash

Here is Colleen's Sketch

I was going to cut my pictures into circles - but my circle cutters seem to have taken a walk and I just didn't have the patience to try and cut them on my Cricut - I think I need to find a tutorial on how to cut photos with the Cricut.

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Critter Sketch Challenge Blog - Challenge #111 - Fairies

Ok..  this week threw me..  over at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog for challenge #111 - we were given the theme of Fairies..  yes..  Fairies.  Well, if you follow my blog, you will know by now that first of all I'm more of a scrapbooker than a card maker, and second of all I have teenage boys.  So..  not a lot of use for fairies.  I tried... and tried.. even went to the local scrapbook store to find something.. but alas I came up empty handed. My sister said "hey.. isn't Tinkerbelle a fairy?" ..  yes she is - but we didn't see her in Disneyland... so I couldn't even scrap those pages.

So..  I've done something I never thought I would do.  I am reposting something from way back.  I have always loved this card - and it is still in my stash because I just haven't found the right person to give it to.  I figure one of the boys will eventually give it to a girlfriend! Tee hee!

Please forgive me... I will do my best to never, ever repeat again.  Sorry!

So.. while I was typing this up I thought.. heck.. since I am repeating..  I might as well share this..  I guess we did see Tinkerbelle..  but not until we got home.

 

This is one of my favourite layouts.. even though I didn't create it..  I am grateful that my boys have this layout in their books.  Michelle had created these pages for a swap - and then it turned out that we would be in Disneyland at the same time - so we met up had a quick visit and then headed off for fun.

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Critter Challenge 109 - Stars

Welcome back to another week at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog.

This week we were asked to include Stars in our design.

So..  here is my hockey star... my oldest, Brayden - at a hockey tournament.

Product Used - All patterned paper and embellishments are from Bella Blvd's Making the Team Collection.

White and Black Cardstock - American Crafts

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Critter Sketch Challenge # 107 - Sketch

So.. it has been a long while since I posted.  Sorry I missed the last Critter Sketch Challenge for my group, but I was soooo sick.  I honestly don't think I have been that sick in 20 years.  I ended up with Viral Bronchitis and let me tell you it was not fun.  I managed to only miss one day of work, but for almost three weeks all I did was sleep and work.  No scrapping, no nothing!  I am still feeling it a little, but I am definitely on the mend....  anyways.. sorry for the ramble...  on to this weeks fabulous Critter Challenge.

I always love a when I can take a sketch and turn it into a layout.  Here is what I came up with..  I stayed fairly true to the sketch with the exception of the circle.  I don't know why but I just don't seem to like cutting pictures into circles.  The sticker at the bottom - where the sentiment is supposed to be says "Superhero", because my husband is definitely the superhero in my family.

Supplies Used:
Blue Cardstock - Bazzil
Rust Coloured Cardstock - Coredinations - I love this stuff because you can totally distress it - which I did - I took my Making Memories sander and just rubbed it all over - so the white spots you see on there are there on purpose!  :)
The green strip of paper, the blue border sticker and the two stickers in the bottom right corner are all from Fancy Pants - Father and Son collection.
Buttons, brads and eyelets are all in my stash so have no clue which company they belong to.

Here is the sketch that we were given to follow.

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