wonder.FULL Process Video - Scrap Friends Sketch Challenge

I am excited to share a new process video I did for the February Scrap Friends Sketch Challenge.

The DT reveal was on the 1st and you can see the original post and the sketch HERE.

Click the link above or you can find my YouTube Channel HERE.

Check out the Challenge!  I am so excited to see all the amazing LO's submitted.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Monday to everyone!

wonder FULL - ScrapFriends DT Reveal

Happy February!
I am sharing my LO for the new Scrap Friends Sketch Challenge #22.

It is a gorgeous sketch by Zeneva Kovic, our DT coordinator.

It is one of my favorite sketches and I really didn't want to change it at all!

I played with lots of media, alcohol ink & stamps for the hearts and gelatos for the dripping background.

I used some modeling paste on a script text mask underneath the photo as well.

 

You can see the original post and the other pages from the rest of the Design Team and
the Guest DT on the Scrap Friends Blog. There are some amazing talented girls on this team!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Catch! Scrapbook Circle - One Item Wonder

One of my assignments this month at Scrapbook Circle was to do a OIW (One Item Wonder)

layout using the Candy Buttons from Basic Grey from the January "This Life" kit.

Last year for Valentine's the kids and I cut out hearts and had them throwing them at me

from the floor where they were laying...they couldn't stop giggling long enough for me

to get more than one picture.  But, those are the ones I love!

  I punched out some heart from the 6x6 Crate Paper pad that was part of the

January Add-On "Love This" and then stitched them down.

I covered the stitching with the buttons graduating from smallest to largest!  

I also used the wood veneer heart cutout that was in the main kit and misted it pink...

It was just too cute to cover up!

You can see the original post on the Scrapbook Circle Blog and even though both

the main kit and add-on kits are sold out, you can get a jump on the new

February Kit "Hello Today", which has lots of new products from Chickaniddy, just released!

miss yOu - ( just for FUN!! )

 This was the result of some Friday night crafty time!  Just for me, just because...

And, just for the fun of it, I tried to see how many products from different manufacturer's I could incorporate!  I think I couldn't 13..18 to include stamps and ink!  That has to be a record for me.

 And that is the kind of scrapbooking that I find therapeutic...

sifting through stuff, trying to find one piece that is needed to make it all complete.

It could have, or maybe would have been complete without, but not to me.

 

Thanks for letting my share a little piece of my therapy!

Happy Monday!

NEVER TOO LATE TO mend. DT Choice - Scrapbook Circle January

Hi everyone!  I am sharing one of my DT Choice LO's and one of my

favorite pages using the January Kit-This Life and the Add On kit-Love This.

Like lots of the other DT members, one of my favorite parts included in the

kit are these Journal Cards from Studio Calico’s Printshop collection.

They encompass some of my favorite colors and the graphics are subtle but powerful on their own.

Even though I usually use lots of layers, I couldn’t bear to cover any of these cards up!

So I used them in blocks around my photo.  It reminded me a little of a quilt and

so I used my sewing machine to add stitching.  I didn't even think about the title

of my page and the sewing being a bit of a pun.  But, I do think a quilt is like building

friendships over your lifetime...some change and have more layers, some simple

and straightforward, but they are a work of art and always tell a story.

The square tile wood veneers in the kit were another favorite.

They are exclusive Scrapbook Circle designs...

I love the size of them and they take mist and paint so well.

The title is actually from a favorite song of mine and my dear friend in the photo.

It only seemed fitting to use the cassette tape patterned paper from Crate Paper.

Have a great weekend!

1.2.3 LITTLE BIRDS - Scrap Our Stash Sketch Challenge

The new Sketch/Stash Challenge is on at Scrap Our Stash and this was my DT take for it!

This is the sketch from The ScrapRoom:

and you must add premade/packaged numbers on your layout. 

I pretty much followed the sketch except added a few extra layers ;)

You can see the original blog post HERE!

My 2 kids have 2 sweet cousins they adore and they are all old enough to play by themselves, 

with less supervision, maybe.  These were taken at Thanksgiving when sadly my oldest niece was

sick and couldn't come...So, there were only Three Little Birds instead of 4.  

That song was my kids' first introduction to Bob Marley and they love to sing it!

Since we had to use pre-made numbers as part of the stash, I made the title 1 2 3 Little Birds.

I used so many different manufacturers for this LO and lots of things

from previous Scrapbook Circle kits too!

You can check out the Challenge guidelines and see all the DT inspiration on the blog HERE 

and link up your project to play along.  You have until January 29th at 11:59pm (PST)

to be eligible for the prize which is a $20 credit from The ScrapRoom!

 Thanks for stopping by and guess what day it is....??  Yup, Hump Day!  Woot! Woot!

BOXING day - Scrapbook Circle January kit

Another LO using the 'This Life' kit from Scrapbook Circle and the 'Love This' add-on!

There are lots of valentine themed products in this January kit and I can't ever put enough hearts
in my projects, so I love that about it.  There is also a completely different side to it that has
lost of bright fun colors like these yellows, teals and oranges!

 These are some funny pictures of a night with old friends and their boys!
When I saw this card from Studio Calico with the mushroom-fun guy on it, I knew these were the photos!
It just so happened that everyone was wearing orange...totally unplanned coincidence!

I gessoed some of the edges and then painted on top of that to make it a bit messy...like boys.

And misted the Scrapbook Circle wood veneers gold.  

I thought the speech bubbles would be funny expressing their "thoughts"...
although a few of those thoughts might have slipped past the inner monologue! :)

Have a great day!