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My Girl Layout – Once Upon a Sketch Challenge Entry

24 Sep 2011 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, bling, border punch, daughter, dimension, Prima, single photo, Webster's Pages

I’ve had this photo of Madison for quite a while and have been waiting for just the right sketch and papers to use for it. Getting a good picture of her is a challenge (she plasters on a fake looking smile whenever she sees the camera), so pretty pics of her are few and far between! I’ve been further challenged by the fact that it’s a Christmas pic, but doesn’t really look like Christmas? I wanted to use non-traditional Christmas colors and figured I’d just have to pick a line that’s actually meant for Spring. Well, Webster’s Pages recently released their Winter Fairy Tales collection for the Summer CHA and I found this wonderful sketch on Once Upon a Sketch and knew I’d finally found the perfect combination for my daughter’s photo. 😀 Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Webster’s Pages Winter Fairy Tales 12×12 papers
WP Dazzle Me Gems
WP Bloomers
WP Storytellers Alphas
WP heart Whimsey
Prima Flowers
Crocheted flower received in my prize pack by Marivic last month (berry71bleu.com)

Adhesives:

Helmar Acid Free Glue
Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Tools:

Martha Stewart Doily Lace border punch

TFL!

Nikki Sivils Max and Mollie card for Paper Secrets Hop

21 Sep 2011 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: alphas, card, corrugated cardboard, fussy cutting, Max and Mollie, Nikki Sivils

The Max and Mollie line by Nikki Sivils was so much fun to work with, I just had to make at least one card before putting it away. I decided to use it for one of the sketches on the Paper Secrets Twisted Card Hop. Here’s what I came up with for the challenge posted on Nicolle’s blog for the event:

Materials:

Nikki Sivils Max and Mollie 12×12 paper
Jillibean Soup corrugated alphas
Queen & Co. rhinestone

Adhesives:

Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar Acid Free Glue
Helmar Zapdots

TFL!

Rub-a-Dub-Dub Layout for Get Picky Challenge #12

21 Sep 2011 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, baby, Challenge, Deja Views, kit, single page

This is a layout I created using Get Picky’s challenge sketch #12 and the super fun Deja Views kit I used for my dt work for Firefly Expressions. You can also see what Nicolle did with her Dog Days kit HERE.

Here’s my take on the sketch:

Materials:

Deja Views Little Ones Kit

Adhesives:

Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar Zapdots
Helmar V2

TFL!

Always Together – Sketchy Thursdays 9.15 sketch and ScrapFIT

20 Sep 2011 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, fussy cutting, handstitching, Helmar, journaling, Nikki Sivils, rhinestones, whimsical

Sketchy Thursdays has partnered up with ScrapFIT this week for their challenge! Simply combine sketch 9.15 from Sketchy Thursdays with the theme “Friendship” for twice the chance to win. Full details are on their blogs.

For my take on the sketch, I went with the fab Max and Mollie line by Nikki Sivils. I added some stitching to accentuate the sunrays that are part of the paper’s design, fussy cut a few details to layer (the sun and 2 of the flowers) and cut out the cutie Max and Mollie characters from the cut apart page. Then, all it needed was an MME (My Mind’s Eye) Stella and Rose journal spot, the packaging from some Prima bling and a little Cosmo Cricket sticker for the journaling area. 😀 The rhinestones are by Queen and Co. The journaling reads, “Just 13 mths apart, you two do everything together & are the best of friends. We were so worried you 2 would have trouble adjusting to being separated that we started Matthew in PreK early.” Here’s the layout I created based on the theme from ScrapFIT and sketch 9.15 from Sketchy Thursdays: