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Perfect to Me – Let’s Capture These Sketches #104

14 Oct 2011 Comments Off on Perfect to Me – Let’s Capture These Sketches #104

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, All About Me, boy, child, single page, single photo, Webster's Pages

Ness created a fabulous sketch for our dt work on Let’s Capture These Sketches this week. When I saw it, I decided Webster’s Pages All About Me would be perfect for it. As it happens, Webster’s Pages challenge for this month is to use their All About Me line and include journaling about the person or people featured on the layout.

One of my goals for this year has been to journal on my pages by hand more often and also scrap pages that aren’t just the happy moments. I chose this picture to scrap the moment rather than a baby picture since it’s not very obvious that he’s missing toes on this right foot in the vast majority of photos and this one captures his true nature. He’s my easy going, always smiling, happy-go-lucky kiddo with a magnetic personality that everyone is drawn to. The journaling towards to top is about his personality. The journaling at the bottom talks about the day he was born, though I had to shorten it to fit. Toes or no toes he is and always will be Perfect To Me.

Materials:

Webster’s Pages All About Me papers
WP All About Me fabric ticket
WP All About Me journaling cards
WP sparkler
WP Storytellers Alphas
WP Dazzle Me gems
Paper Secrets flowers

Adhesives:

Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots
Helmar Gemstone Glue

Ness’ wonderful sketch:

TFL!

To play along with the sketch challenge, CLICK HERE.

For the Webster’s Pages challenge, CLICK HERE.

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Like Father, Like Son Layout – DT work for Let’s Capture These Sketches

24 Sep 2011 Comments Off on Like Father, Like Son Layout – DT work for Let’s Capture These Sketches

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, acrylic, boy, Fancy Pants, father and son, multi-photo, rubons, sketch

I loved working with this sketch by Ness for my dt work on Let’s Capture These Sketches. I’ve been dying to scrap these awesome photos of Larry with Christian when he was just 4 months old. Our little ham is soooo good at imitating all of Larry’s weirdness, so it was fun to capture these images of him mirroring his daddy. I went with some fab papers, rubons and acrylic by Fancy Pants. I just added a touch of Tim Holtz alcohol ink to the acrylic star and mounted it to some coordinating ledger cardstock, then topped it with a fab Heidi Grace translucent button. The journaling spot is by Jillibean Soup. Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s Ness’ fabulous sketch:

TFL, and I hope to see your entry in the challenge!

A New Adventure in Every Book – Sketchy Thursdays Sept GDT Challenge

19 Aug 2011 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, Books, boy, Crate Paper, multi-photo, My Mind's Eye, Reading, single page, sketch, Toy Box

Each month, Sketchy Thursdays posts a new sketch for anyone who is interested in being a guest designer for their site to complete. Once you complete your take on the sketch, you simply post the link in the comments and members vote to select the GDT for the following month.

The twist for this month’s sketch is to use reading as the theme of your layout. Here’s my take on the challenge:

Materials:

MME Stella and Rose Mabel “Joy” paper
Crate Paper Toy Box Collection Build paper
CP Toy Box Explore paper
CP Toy Box trim
CP Toy Box diecuts
CP Toy Box Chipboard sticker
CP Toy Box diecut stickers
Twine from the Twinery

Adhesives:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Zap dots
Helmar Acid Free glue
Helmar adhesive runner

This is the Sept gdt sketch:

In case anyone is curious, the stacked books are in groups of 3 intentionally. When I take the kids to the library, they are each allowed to check out 3 books. My rule, not the library’s. The library would allow as many as the kids would like, but I find 3 is a good number for them to keep track of easily. TFL! If you’d like to play along too, CLICK HERE for details.

Love Bug layout – Paper Secrets and Scrapbook Challenges entry

09 Aug 2011 Comments Off on Love Bug layout – Paper Secrets and Scrapbook Challenges entry

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, Basic Grey, bling, boy, Challenge, diecut stickers, multi-photo, Oh Baby!, rhinestones, single page, sketch, Wisteria

Since I’m no longer on the dt for Paper Secrets, I get to play along with their challenges as a participant. This month, they have a layout sketch, a card sketch with a twist, a technique challenge and a manufacturer challenge. I decided to combine their manufacturer challenge (Basic Grey) with the Scrapbook Challenges sketch #260. Here’s what I came up with: