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Silly Boy – Layout for Creative Scrappers sketch #195

20 Feb 2012 Comments Off on Silly Boy – Layout for Creative Scrappers sketch #195

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, A Boy's Life, baby, boy, Creative Scrappers, diecut stickers, echo park, multi-photo, single page

Creative Scrappers posts a new sketch every Sunday and all entries using their sketches are due at the end of the month, so this month, entries are due by February 29th. For my take on the sketch, I used Echo Park’s A Boy’s Life papers, diecut stickers and alphas. All adhesives used were by Helmar (Quick Fix adhesive runner and Zap Dots).

The photos on my layout were taken when Christian was especially fussy one night and out of ideas, Larry sat him in a diaper box that he’d emptied. Amazingly, it worked! Christian sat there fully engaged, occupied and HAPPY for nearly an hour. 😀 Here’s what I came up with for the challenge:

This is the fab sketch #195 I worked with:

TFL!

U Make Life Sweet – Layout for LYB January sketch challenge

17 Feb 2012 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, baby, border punch, Cupcake Love, daughter, girl, Little Yellow Bicycle, single page, single photo

Little Yellow Bicycle posted a sketch challenge on their blog back in January and I finally got a chance to work on it. 😀 You’re required to use at least 75% LYB product from any collection or collections and post a link to it on their fb photo album labeled “January/February Sketch Challenge” or email it to them. I used Cupcake Love from last year for my take on the sketch. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

LYB Cupcake Love pp
LYB Cupcake Love canvas border strip
LYB Cupcake Love Canvas tag
LYB Cupcake Love stickers
LYB Cupcake Love layered felt ribbon sticker
LYB Cupcake Love layered flower button dots
LYB Cupcake Love chipboard shape
LYB Cupcake Love epoxy chipboard button

Want 2 Scrap flourish
American Craft solid cardstock

Adhesives:

Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Zap Dots
Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Tool:

Martha Stewart around the page punch

The fab sketch by Liz Qualman:

TFL!

Happy Beauty – Layout for Paper Secrets

17 Feb 2012 Comments Off on Happy Beauty – Layout for Paper Secrets

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, birthday, Clothesline, girl, Little Yellow Bicycle, multi-photo, single page

I actually started out creating this layout for the Little Yellow Bicycle sketch challenge, but then decided it was better suited for the SYAO sketch #3 at Paper Secrets instead, so to make it work for me, I flipped the sketch. The items from the list that I used for this layout are 3+ flowers, 3+ buttons, 3+ photo corners and twine. The technique I selected was stitching (I hand stitched using the twine). Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:LYB Clothesline pp
LYB Clotheslines felt shapes
LYB Clothesline flowers
LYB Twig paper lace
LYB Clothesline chipboard
LYB Clothesline diecut flourish
LYB Delightful photo corners
Twine from The Twinery

Adhesives:

Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

The pagemaps sketch we worked with for the SYAO challenge:

TFL!

I Adore You card for My Mind’s Eye blog challenge

11 Feb 2012 3 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: 6x6 paper, brads, buttons, Mabel, masculine, MME, My Mind's Eye, patterned paper, Stella and Rose, Valentine's Card

Each month, My Mind’s Eye posts a card and a layout challenge on their blog with a shared theme to go with the sketches by Anam Stubbington. This month, the theme is “You.” After making 3 girly cards full of pink, I wanted to create a masculine one, so I decided to make Larry a Valentine using this challenge. Here is my take on this month’s card sketch: