Challenge 127 - Round it Up!

Another challenge over at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog.

Here is my layout...  I have been wanting to scrapbook these pictures for a long time and when I saw the "Round it Up" challenge I knew that these big round moons would be the perfect photos.

I love this sketch, which I learned in a class that Jennifer Edwardson teaches.  I have used layout several times - I love that I can get the details along with the big pictures.

Supplies Used: All of the paper is from Sei's "Moon Rise"; letters were in an open package in my stash.

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

This week we were given yet another fantastic sketch by Colleen Spangler.


When I saw this sketch come in my mailbox I was super excited... so many possibilities....  I love that it is square.. makes it so easy to make a layout out of it.  This layout took me 15 minutes..  seriously!  So come on.. who doesn't have 15 minutes to whip something together!


I find that even when I make cards... which is so seldom.. they are usually square... I can see that I will probably use this sketch often in the future.. it is also a great way to use up some scraps!!


Here is what I came up with.. sorry about the crappy lighting... I need to learn to take my pictures in the day time!!

Here is my "Molly" sitting in my front window sill.  It is her favourite spot to sit/sleep/bark!


Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper - Echo Park - Woof!
Cardstock- Navy and Yellow Bling - Bazzill, Red - Coredinations.


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Critter Sketch Challenge Blog - Challenge #123 - Colour Inspiration

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

Design-seeds.com (click the link to see the photo) for another fabulous colour inspiration photo.  

Now I love these colours, but I'm Canadian, and we don't have blue in our patriotic colours, so I played around a little and came up with two different ideas for this week's challenge.

Since there was blue in the inspiration photo, I used blue as my background for this layout of my darling puppy, Molly - she was so little back then, and now, she's almost two and unfortunately lost most of her wonderful colourings and she's pretty much all white - she's still adorable and we just love the joy she brings to us.

And then....  I decided to do a patriotic layout.  I probably could have put this one on a blue background too, but I really wanted to showcase our Red and White. I did use the sketch (see below) from another layout, and I sewed on it!  I did four copies of the same layout...(my sister and I often scrapbook for each other if our kids have been at the same event - it is much easier to do four similar pages than to try and come up with all new ideas).

Carsyn

Brayden

Here's the version that I copied... click the picture to see the original blog post.

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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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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