March | 2012 | Distressed Scrapper

Handsome – Layout for Sketchabilities and STTG #2

13 Mar 2012 Comments Off on Handsome – Layout for Sketchabilities and STTG #2

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, baby, boy, damask, Dusty Attic, flowers, fussy cutting, Kaisercraft, masking, misting, multi-photo, paint, Prima, single page, Tattered Angels, toddler, Webster's Pages

Sketchabilities #66 features a gorgeous sketch by Karan Gerber. I decided to combine the sketch w/my dt work for STTG‘s second challenge. STTG’s March challenge has 3 tiers. From a list of 4 colors, 4 embellishments, 2 shapes and 2 techniques, you select a specified number from the categories for each level to complete your project. Here’s my take on level 3 of the STTG challenge using the Sketchabilities #66 sketch:

Materials:

Crate Paper Sweet Branch pp
Webster’s Pages pp (the cream damask)
WP lace from 2 collections
Dusty Attic chickenwire chipboard
DA butterfly chippie
DA Cameo ribbon slide
DA mini word
Kaisercraft diecuts
ZVA creative rhinestones
Prima flowers
Viva Decor Pearl Pen
Acrylic paint
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Distress Ink
Doily

Adhesives:

Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots
Helmar Zap Dots

Sketchabilities Sketch #66:

TFL!

Where’s Matthew? – dt layout for Lets Capture These Sketches #123

11 Mar 2012 Comments Off on Where’s Matthew? – dt layout for Lets Capture These Sketches #123

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, A Boy's Life, echo park, multi-photo, October Afternoon buttons, single page

For my take on JJ’s sketch for Let’s Capture These Sketches challenge #123, I went with mostly primary colors using Echo Park‘s A Boy’s Life collection. The journaling reads, “July 16, 2011 – I was startled when I peeked into your room that night to check on you and you weren’t in bed! I had just passed the bathroom, but thought I could have overlooked you, so I looked for you there first. When you weren’t there either, I started to get worried. I raced to my room…no Matthew! I checked downstairs and all the other bedrooms and didn’t see any sign of you. Panicked, I checked your room again. To my relief, there you were…sleeping right on top of a 3 ft. high pile of folded blankets and plastic tubs of stuff animals and toys in the back corner of your room. You were snuggled in so deep, only your head was poking out!”

I went with “Where’s Matthew”? As the title because the photos remind me of Where’s Waldo. lol Here’s my take on JJ’s sketch:

Materials:

Echo Park A Boy’s Life papers
EP A Boy’s Life diecut stickers
EP A Boy’s Life Alpha stickers
October Afternoon buttons
twine

Adhesives:

Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

The fab sketch #123 at Let’s Capture These Sketches:

TFL!

Discover – Layout for The Paper Variety and CS #198

06 Mar 2012 3 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, burlap, Canvas Corp, distressed, Expedition Destination, Prima, Printery, Reminisce, single page, single photo, vine

This is one of my favorite photos of Christian from the photos we took last fall at the playground. He wandered all over the playground with his father in tow. 😀 Little cutie was so tiny he could even walk with room to spare beneath all the equipment! I combined the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge at The Paper Variety with an awesome sketch from Creative Scrappers to create this layout. The quote on the diecut sticker that reads, “Not all those who wander are lost” by Tolkien is one of my faves, so I just had to use it for this page.

From the TPV’s challenge, I selected the bottom row and created a layout, incorporated faux stitching and diecut stickers.

Here’s what I came up with using the gorgeous CS sketch #198:

Materials:

American Crafts black cardstock
Reminisce Expedition Destination papers
Reminisce E.D. diecut stickers
Canvas Corp burlap
Prima vine
Prima Printery tile
Prima Printery Avon Rose flowers
Prima Printery Coventry Rose flower
Distress Walnut Stain ink pad
Distress Antique Photo stain

Adhesives:

Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

The wonderful sketch from Creative Scrappers:

To play along with the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge at The Paper Variety (due March 13th Midnight EST), CLICK HERE.

To enter your own take on sketch #198 at Creative Scrappers, CLICK HERE.

Layout and Card for Paper Secrets Challenges and Scrap It With a Song

03 Mar 2012 8 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects, Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, Abbey Road, baby, boy, buttons, card, MME, seam binding, single page, single photo

This week, I combined my layout for the SYAO2 sketch at Paper Secrets with the current Scrap It With a Song challenge. The first song for March at SIWAS is “Dreams” by The Cranberries and I took the part in the lyrics where is says, “impossible to ignore” for my title. Here’s what I came up with for the sketch while incorporating the song:

Materials:

My Mind’s Eye Abbey Road pp
MME Abbey Road diecuts
MME Abbey Road trim
October Afternoon buttons
American Crafts cardstock
American Crafts Thickers alphas
distress ink
White sharpie
black pen by Marvy

Adhesives:

Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar Zap Dots
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots
Helmar 450 Quick Dry

Tools:

Fiskars border punch

This is the card I created for the current CYAO progressive challenge at Paper Secrets: