Ride On – layout for Sketchabilities sketch #103

15 Nov 2013 11 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, 7 Dots Studio, baby boy, Creative Embellishments, mixed media, sketch, stamping

***NEW giveaway op at the end of this post***

Twice a month, on the 15th and 30th, Sketchabilities releases FANTASTIC sketches! They’re so much fun to work with no matter what your style of scrapping happens to be. At first glance, most have been very mixed media friendly, but there’s tons of fun elements in the sketches to translate according to your personal taste. 😀 Here’s what I came up with for sketch #103 (entries are due by Nov 28th at midnight EST):

The fabulous sketch I got to work with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments rubber stamp (tire treads)…coming soon to the CE store
7 Dots Studio Wonderland, Dreamer and Love is in the Air papers
acrylic paint
The Crafter’s Workshop stencils
Prima Craftsman and Romance Novel wood embellishments, clip and flat back screws
Freckled Fawn wood arrows
Tim Holtz Ideaology muse token
Pink Paislee cushies alphas

GIVEAWAY!!!

***For your chance to win this prize pack, all you need to do is visit the 3 sites I design for on facebook and “like” their pages, then comment on this post that you are a new or current fan of all 3 pages! 😀 To make it easier for you to enter, I’ve linked their fb pages here: Creative Embellishments, Sketchabilities and SWAT.*** You have 1 week to comment and enter this giveaway, so comments must be made by 11:59 pm EST on November 22, 2013. I will then select one random winner. International entries are welcome. 😀

If you did not already see, please visit my previous post for another giveaway op (a $10 gc to Creative Embellishments).

The Freaks Come Out at Night – layout for Creative Embellishments

07 Nov 2013 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page multi-photo layout, acrylic paint, cheesecloth, Creative Embellishments, Halloween, laser cut chipboard, veneers, web, webbing, Wood Cuts

I’m up today on the Creative Embellishments blog with a Halloween layout to share using some of their fabulous laser cut chipboard and wood cuts. 😀 These are pics of my son, Alex, wearing his first “scary” costume, taken a couple of years ago. He decided to go as the grim reaper and was very excited about wearing something different from his usual cutesy costumes. I altered all the pieces using acrylic paint, gesso and webbing. For my page this week, I was also inspired by a sketch from Flying Unicorn. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Ghosts Wood Cuts
CE Going Batty wood cuts
CE Web panel
CE flourish set 7
CE The Freaks Come Out at Night title piece
CE Zombie Graveyard border piece
CE Harlequin lattice panel
American Crafts cardstock
Krylon webbing
May Arts trim
gesso
Acrylic paint
cheesecloth

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What are Little Boys Made of? – dt layout for SWAT

02 Nov 2013 3 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, baby, boy, Craftsman, Creative Embellishments, laser cut chipboard, Prima, steampunk, Tim Holtz, wings

Okay, so the 1st SWAT challenge for November is to create a layout incorporating a recipe or a food pic. For my take on the challenge, I kept going back to this photo of my youngest son, Christian that I’ve been wanting to scrap for quite a while now. I knew exactly which Creative embellishments chipboard pieces I wanted to use (including a special request item they sent me in my last dt package) and I knew I wanted to use Prima’s Craftsman papers with it. Soooo I couldn’t resist. To incorporate the challenge requirements, for my journaling, I added a tag that has the word from the poem, What are Little Boys Made of, so it reads, “snips and snails and puppy dog tails” and to make it more like a recipe, I added gather ingredients and blend well. I combined the SWAT challenge with the current Monday Mojo sketch at Flying Unicorn. Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s a close up of the fabulous details on these chipboard pieces. I altered them with acrylic paint, Tattered Angels glimmer mist and distress paint:

I added a couple of metal Tim Holtz embellishments to my page, so here’s a close up showing those items arranged with the chipboard:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments custom made frame that matches this one which is normally sized to fit a 4″x6″ photo: Steampunk Frame
CE Clock
CE 0.75″ gears
CE 1″ gears
CE 1.5″ gears
CE Wing set 2
Prima Craftsman papers
Scrapfx stencil
Modeling paste
Liquitex coarse pumice
gesso
acrylic paint
Distress paint
Tattered Angels glimmer mist
Tim Holtz ideaology embellishments
MME tag

TFL! 😀

You Light Up My World – layout for Creative Embellishments

01 Nov 2013 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page multi-photo layout, Challenge, children, chipboard, Creative Embellishments, Family Traditions, Halloween, inspiration photo, masking, modeling paste, stencil, thankful, Thanksgiving, Webter's Pages, wood

Wow! I cannot believe it’s November already! October just flew by and the kids had a blast trick-or-treating. 😀 Anyway, a new month means a new challenge at Creative Embellishments and this month, Nicolle has selected a gorgeous inspiration photo with a theme of gratitude or thankfulness. Use the image any way it inspires you, just be sure to include a sentiment, journaling, title etc that reflects this month’s theme in honor of Thanksgiving. The challenge is open to everyone, everywhere and you can choose to create a card, tag, layout, canvas, mini-album, altered piece…anything your heart desires. 😀

For my take on the challenge, I created a layout of my kids in their costumes from last year. They were getting ready to go trick-or-treating in their grandmother’s neighborhood and got tired of posing for pics. Christian was getting distracted and kept watching other people, cars going, by…anything BUT the camera. lol Alex decided to take a breather by resting his weary arms on M&M’s heads. Nice huh? Anyway, I liked how these pics showed their camaraderie and silliness so I chose these pics to show what I’m thankful for. I adore how much they love one another and they, along with Larry, truly are the light in my life.

I combined my dt challenge with the current sketch and title prompt (lyrics from What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction) at Scrap and Music. Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s a close up of the cluster at the top of my page. I altered the leaves using acrylic paint and used chalk ink to bring out the intricate design on the heart piece:

This close up shows the other 2 clusters towards the bottom of my page:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Hearts Wood Cuts
CE Autumn Leaves Wood Cuts
CE chipboard Pumpkin Border
Webster’s Pages Family Traditions papers
Elle’s Studio cut out
Pink Paislee cushies alphas
Prima mask and chalk ink
Modeling paste
acrylic paint

The CE November challenge inspiration photo:

Scrap and Music sketch (use along w/lyrics from What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction for your title):

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