Love Shack

I rarely create a scrapbook page without using a sketch.  It is like a road map....it gives me direction when I am starting a page.  Often however I will totally veer off course and change up my page to suit me and my project.  I follwed this sketch pretty closely however.  Some of my favorite sketches are from Creative Scrappers and I used their current Sketch #208 for this page:

I also used my American Crafts Amy Tangerine Sketchbook collection and Thickers for the title and date. 

I am entering this layout in ScrapFit's Workout #68 -- Misty's Mist Mania

Artful Delight Sketch challenges

I recently won an awesome kit from Artful Delight.  It arrived yesterday and I was lucky enough to have a shortened work day today.  I came home with enough energy and ambition to create this layout of my granddaughter Abigail (Abby) meeting her brand new one day old sister Isabelle (Izzy).  I love the look on Abby's face in the upper right picture...you can prepare a child for the birth of a sibling but obviously from the look on Abby's face she was surprised by her little sister.

Everything on this page is from the May Artful Delight kit with the exception of the Caribbean blue twine from the Twinery.  I used the May sketch as well in hopes of winning the June kit.  Here is the sketch that inspired me:

Then for an extra chance at that prize I also tried my hand at using this beautiful card sketch:

Here is my card that I made following the sketch:

The light pink cardstock and the rose is also from the May kit, the embossed background is from one of my friends when we had an embossing swap, more twine from the Twinery and the sentiment is from SRM....love their sentiment stickers. To get more info on entering these sketch challenges go HERE for more details.  You have until midnight tomorrow May 23rd to enter.

I am also entering this card in the Lawnscaping embossing challenge.

Winner, winner.......

I went to random.org for a winner from my May 1st blog post.  And the winner is:  April!

You have won the vintage sewing pattern, clothespins and scrapping goodies!  Please contact me.

Yay, April!

The Paper Variety Sketch Challenge

At The Paper Variety this time we are featuring an awesome sketch challenge.  Isn't this sketch inspiring?  I absolutely LOVE Diana Fisher's sketches and this one was SO much fun to work with.  Here is my take on it:

The picture is of hubby and me at Mile Marker 0 down in Key West on our recent trip there.  We were celebrating 9 years of marriage and had a wonderful time.  I used my Bella Blvd Sunshine and Happiness collection which I am wild about! Such bright happy colors....perfect for vacation photos!

I really hope I have inspired you to try your hand at this sketch.  Here is the prize that is up for grabs:

How's that for another bright and beautiful summertime collection? You can't win it if you do not enter....so c'mon!  Get busy and enter! You have until midnight on May 27th and you can enter HERE.

On another sad note, after this challenge I only have one more project to create for The Paper Variety and then my term will be over.  I have been on the design team for nearly a year and can honestly say that I have loved every minute of it.  Suzanne and Abby are the best challenge blog owners and so sweet and easy to work with.  If you have any inclination at all, I would encourage you to apply for the next term on the DT.  You can see all the details HERE.

A Little Bird.....

I made a simple little birthday card for my sister today.  I used alcohol inks in water to color the tag and some rubber charms from October Afternoon.  The sentiment is one of my favorites.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays Feathered Friends challenge

and

Simon Say Stamp Favorite Stamp challenge

Boys Rule Layouts

Well here I am working at nearly the very last minute to enter some challenges.  But I absolutely love the sketches at Boys Rule Scrapbook kits and would love to win over there so I worked with both the sketches today to get them entered before tomorrow's deadling.  Here is the first sketch:

And here is my take on it:

Dave and I just returned from an awesome trip to the Florida Keys and I just couldn't resist scrapping some of my brand new pictures.  I also used some Keys pictures for the next layout using this sketch also from Boys Rule:

 And this is what I came up with:

So check out Boys Rule by clicking HERE for awesome sketches and great scrapbook kits.

Fort Pulaski

These pictures are from our honeymoon in 2003 ..... I know shame on me for not scrapping them sooner!  But I am working on scrapping some older pictures and finishing off some albums so you will be seeing some older as well as newer pictures all this year on my pages.

I used this great sketch from Frosted Designs: