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Controlled by the 3DS – Layout for Pagemaps

20 Feb 2012 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, A Boy's Life, boy, diecut stickers, echo park, multi-photo, PageMaps, single page, sketch, video games

For my take on the current Pagemaps sketch (due March 4, 2012), I decided to go with Echo Park’s A Boy’s Life papers, diecut stickers and alpha stickers to compliment these photos of Taten playing his 3DS (which is his current obsession). He’s always insisting that someone or another watch as he plays, whether it’s me, his father or Alex…some has GOT to watch! lol

All the adhesives used were by Helmar (Quick Fix adhesive runner and Zap Dots). Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s the fab sketch I worked with:

TFL!

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!

So in Love with You – Layout Creative Scrappers sketch #193 and PS Color Challenge

01 Feb 2012 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, baby, Be Mine, black, doily, echo park, Glimmer Mist, pink, Prima, red, single page, Tattered Angels, white

This month at the Paper Secrets Forum, Nicolle is hosting the February Color Challenge and selected a black, white, pink and red color combo. For my DT example for the challenge, I combined her palette with the fabulous sketch #193 at Creative Scrappers. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Echo Park Be Mine pp
EP Be Mine sticker
Teresa Collins Notations diecut
Lace and ribbon from my stash
Prima flowers (the larger pink ones)
Prima bling
Flowers from Paper Secrets (the smaller white ones)
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Doily from my stash
Cameo
Brads from my stash

Adhesives:

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

The fabulous sketch #193 I used for this layout:

TFL!

Paper Secrets June Challenges Have Been Posted

01 Jun 2011 4 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects, Scrapbook Layouts Tags: Altered book, card, Challenge, echo park, For the Record, Helmar, journal, Ladies and Gents, sketch, Webster’s Pages

Wow! May just flew by and there were so many gorgeous entries in our monthly challenges as well as the SYAO contest! If you haven’t seen them, be sure to stop by the gallery and check them out! 😀 With a whole new month comes another round of fabulous challenges! The Paper Secrets June challenges are up and ready for all you eager scrappers out there! 😀 The 4 challenges this month are a color challenge with a twist (add fabric or felt), a Pagemaps layout sketch, a manufacturer challenge (Bo Bunny) and a card sketch w/a twist (must use a stamped image). For the Pagemaps sketch, Kristi let me use my Pumpkin layout that I made for a sketches4all challenge in May since I’d also already used the sketch for the You Shine a Light layout that month too! The Bo Bunny layout I made is in my previous post using the Creative Scrappers sketch#154. Here’s my take on the color challenge (for the twist I used a fabric ribbon):