Oh Hello There

Hey there!
I am back to share a layout I created using the March 15th sketch at Stuck?! Sketches.
I used a paper pad I received as a gift, I think it came from Michaels.

I fussy cut the flowers, leaves and title:

I added some punching and some more fussy cutting:

To create my background I used a stencil from Finnabair and took a Brilliance ink pad and smudged over it. Then I took another ink pad and smooshed it on plastic, added some water and smooshed it on my background. Finally I added some Heidi Swapp mist spatters in raspberry.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Camping Fun!

Hello!
I played with the other February 15th sketch at Stuck?! Sketches on Sunday. I used Fancy Pants Happy Go Lucky for this page of my great nieces and nephews:

I layered a frame and bag along with a ticket behind my photos. I added a few diecuts, a sticker and a fussy cut flower and leaves:

I popped the diecut camper up with foam and used some old Basic Grey alphas. Then I stitched through the title:

I added a tag, diecuts and some stitching above the photos:

Here is the sketch:

I have been using a lot of my stash lately and it feels so good!

Thanks for stopping and enjoy the rest of your day!

Love Every Minute...

Hello and happy Sunday!
Today I am sharing a layout I created using one of the February 15th sketches at Stuck?! Sketches and the Take 5 challenge at paper Issues. I used Cocoa Vanilla Wild At Heart for this layout of Sierra and I:

I added some navy machine stitching in a circle and then added some mists to my background. I fussy cut the "Love every minute" from one of the papers and then dug deep into my stash for the "with" and "You". The "with" is from Authentique and the "you" is from when I first started scrapping 21 years ago:

I added a rubber charm and a chipboard heart along with 3 fussy cut butterflies. Behind the photo, I added a chipboard frame and a few different patterned papers:

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Love Out Loud

Hey there!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend!
I created this layout last weekend using the February 1st sketch at Stuck?! and combined it with the This or That challenge at Paper Issues and the Golden Globe challenge at Scrap Our Stash.

I added a few tags behind my photos, added some twine. I fussy cut the "Love out Loud" from one of the papers and added a doily and diecut:

I hand wrote "on the" and added some Thickers for part of my title. I added some Simple Stories enamel dots and a flair from Creative Embellishments:

Here is the sketch:

and the stash challenge:

Thanks for stopping by!

Pretties!

Hey there!
I had some scrappy time already this weekend and played along with Case File No. 245 at CSI and used the January 15th Stuck?! sketch. I combined those two challenges along with some October Afternoon stash- mostly Farmhouse and came up with this page:

I fussy cut the trees and church out of one of the papers:

I fussy cut the banner and peacock feathers from the papers as well:

I used foam Thickers for my title and used an ink pad to color them yellow. I added a few Tim Holtz phrase stickers and Heidi Swapp mist spatters to finish it off:

Here is the case file from CSI:

I was inspired by the colors and buildings. I used polka dots, banner, trees and a house for the evidence and I used a winter activity for the testimony.

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Deck the Halls!

Hello!
Today I am sharing a layout I created using the December 15th sketch at Stuck?! along with the December challenge at Another Freakin' Scrappy Challenge . I used the November Hip Kit  for this Christmas layout of myself:

I used Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine and water color for the background. I fussy cut the "Deck the Halls card from one of the papers, added some stockings, a diecut present and ther "Merry Everything" puffy sticker:

I added some stitching using gold thread and then added some tangled gold thread under the flower diecut:

Beneath my photo, I added a few layers of patterned papers and this white tag:

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time!

Hey there!
Today I am sharing a layout I created using the December 1st sketch at Stuck?! Sketches along with the tic tac toe challenge at Scrap Our Stash.
I used a paper from Fancy Pants Holiday Hustle for my background and added some watercolors and mist. Then I used PinkFresh December Days papers for the strips and layers behind my photo and also the December Days embellies:

I got brave and added some colored thread machine stitching. I also added a cluster of embellies:

I love the "Simply having a wonderful Christmas time" chipboard sticker from the collection. I fussy cut the "Home for the holidays" from one of the papers and added it on top of one of the cards. Finally, I added some sequins and puffy stickers:

Here is the sketch:

and the tic tac toe board:

I used:

mist, holiday theme and sequins

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Stuck?!

Hey there!
I had some time last weekend and used the November 15th at Stuck?! Sketches as a jump start for a layout. I challenged myself not to use white cardstock as my background. Instead I used black. I am not crazy about how this layout came out and wish I would have used white cardstock and watercolors, lol!
I used Cocoa Vanilla for this layout along with a cut file from Just Nick:

I added some patterned papers and a bit of machine stitching. I popped up some of the embellishments with foam tape to add some dimension.

I also added some machine stitching to the cut file. I finished the layout off with some Bella Blvd stars and some mist spatters.

Here is Laura's fun sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Together

Hi there!
I am back to share another layout I created over the weekend.
I played along with the November 1st sketch over at Stuck?! Sketches using some Simple Stories stash-  Life In Color. I also added a few brown patterned papers from the We Are Family collection:

I added watercolor to create my background. I used a few of the chipboard frames from the Life in Color collection. I backed the red one with a piece of patterned paper. The "together" chipboard piece is from Creative Embellishments. I used white paint, added Stickle and then added some Shimmers to the top of it: 

I did lots of fussy cutting on this page since I didn't have many embellishments from this line. 

I added some stitching, a fussy cut typewriter and the other half of the red chipboard frame to the bottom of my page:

Here's Laura's sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Lovely

Hi There!
I am back to share another layout I created over the weekend. I used the October 15th sketch at Stuck?! Sketches and the October tic tac toe challenge at Scrap Our Stash along with some Shimelle from my stash:

I added watercolor to my background along with a doily from my stash. I fussy cut the flowers and used a circle punch to punch out that teal heart. I added some mini alphas, diecut and a few wood buttons. I placed some washi tape under the top and bottom of the photo:

I made the tag and added some twine to it. I also fussy cut the letters from a paper in the Shimelle collection. It's hard to see, but I also added a black diecut radio under the top of the photo:

Here's the sketch:

Here is the tic tac toe board:

I used:
Mini alphas

American Crafts

and

Die cut

Have a great day!

Stuck?! Sketches Blog Hop

Hello friends!
We have something special going on for the September 15th challenge over at Stuck?! Sketches!  Along with the reveal of a new sketch challenge, and 2 amazing sponsors, we have loads of bonus inspiration for you, in the form of a blog hop.

The Stuck?! Sketches design team is teaming up with My Creative Scrapbook to bring you a super fun blog hop, to share loads of inspiration from both design teams and to give you an extra chance to win their prize!  The My Creative Scrapbook design team members will be using a variety of their fabulous September kits to showcase our sketch. Each of the blog hop commenters will earn a ballot and have the opportunity to win one of My Creative Scrapbook's gorgeous September main kits (shown below)!  Read on to find out how you can earn a second ballot to win this prize!

As usual, we have a second sponsor! Thank you also to the amazing, supportive and long-time friend to Stuck?! Sketches, Creative Embellishments  who are also sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 gift certificate to their online shop for our second randomly chosen winner!

Creative Embellishments is a new family owned company that was created by Michael and Nicolle Kramer. We are a husband and wife team who design and manufacture unique, high quality chipboard, wood and rubber stamp products. It is our mission is to offer fun and inspiring products to bring out your inner creativity that you can add to any project. In the near future we will be expanding into other mediums such as rubber/acrylic stamps and acrylic embellishments.

ALSO, We want to show you how much we appreciate that you play along with us and share your designs and talent with us so we will be choosing one scrapbooker from this challenge to guest with us for our November 15th challenge!

Of course, we still need to share our sketch with you, check it out:

And now here is your hop order:

 Stuck?! Sketches

Lee-Anne Thornton

Ashley Smith

Wendy McKee

 Debbi Tehrani

Yvette Weber 

 Helen Wallace

 Tracy McLennon

Janice Daquila-Pardo

Angel LeBouef 

Kelly Barron

Jenifer Evans

 Lisa Moen (YOU ARE HERE)

Aimee Kid

Monique Liedtke (belongs to both teams!)

Shona Keehn

Natsuko Suzuki

Sandra Brimelow 

Marielle LaForge-LeBlanc

Laura Whitaker (belongs to both teams!)

Maja Nowak

My Creative Scrapbook

You can also earn a second chance to win the My Creative Scrapbook September main kit by playing along with our September 15th sketch challenge and linking up your entry as usual!  As always all winners will be chosen randomly, though we will be doing a random manual draw for the My Creative Scrapbook prize, and our usual random.org draw for the Creative Embellishments prize.

I used Fancy Pants Office Suite for this layout of Greg, Sierra and I:

I added a gold sun diecut, a few tabs, a fussy cut flower and some tangled thread above and to the right of my photo:

Here I added some fussy cut flowers, more diecuts, a sticker and phrase stickers from Tim Holtz:

These alphas are so big that I was afraid to use them, but I think they look okay. I added a cluster of embellies to the right of the title:

I also added a cluster of embellies to the left of the title:

Here is the sketch:

I hope you will check out what the rest of the DT did with this sketch and play along with us!

Now you are off to Aimee's blog to see fabulous creation!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!