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Crazy About Pirates – Sketches4all sketch challenge

19 Feb 2011 Comments Off on Crazy About Pirates – Sketches4all sketch challenge

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12×12, diecut, journaling, layout, scallops, shape punch, single page, single photo, stickers

This layout was created for a sketch challenge on sketches4all. This photo was taken after our huge family’s annual Christmas party. The older children had been given these large paper pirate hats and Madison and Matthew came home feeling left out. Alex tried sharing his hat with them, but it was too big, so I took out some computer paper, scissors, crayons and tape and made them their own version. It was good enough to make them happy! lol

Materials:

I have no idea who these papers are made by. If you have this information, please let me know so that I can update my post w/this info. Thank you!
American Crafts white cardstock
Webster’s Pages Storytellers Alphas
Pebbles Inc. Labels stickers
Ranger Distress Ink

Adhesives:

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro PermaTac
Scotch Quick Dry Liquid
American Crafts This to That foam dots

Tools:

Making Memories circle punch
EK Success scalloped circle punch

Normally, I would include a link to the sketch I used, but they tend to delete challenge posts once the deadline has been reached, so I didn’t want a dead link here. However, for right now, if you click the link above to go to their site, it’s under the group tab, then click the post marked “get sketchy” then the title of the sketch post “First sketch february.” If you do not see that heading, then the post has been deleted, but you can still check out their new challenges! 😀 TFL!

Believe – Sketches in Thyme Challenge Entry

16 Feb 2011 3 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12×12, Bo Bunny, Christmas, dimensional, doily, journaling, layout, multi-photo, single page, stamp, stamping, stickers

This is Alex Christmas 2008 (can you tell I’m still trying to get caught up on his scrapbook? ha!). The journaling reads “Christmas 2008. You were very into pirates and science that year along with transformers, legos & Indiana Jones.” Since I’m still playing catch-up, you’ll have to put up with at least one more Christmas layout and a couple of Halloween layouts in the next week or so!

This layout was created using a sketch for a challenge on Sketches in Thyme.

Materials:

Bo Bunny Noel paper pack
gold foil doily
Bo Bunny chipboard dimensional stickers
Fancy Pants stamp
Sakura brush tip marker
Archival ink

Adhesive:

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro PermaTac

If you’d like to take a look at the sketch I used for this challenge or would like to enter a Sketches in Thyme challenge, CLICK HERE.

Super man?

26 Jan 2011 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12×12, brother, butterflies, children, fussy cutting, growing up, journaling, kids, layout, lo, Maya Road, misting, multi-photo, ribbon, scrapbook, scrapbooking, shimmer, sister, sparklers, Tattered Angels, trim, Webster’s Pages

Inspired by the song Superman (it’s not easy) by Five for Fighting.

This one is for Alex’s album, but has one of the same photos as “Fall Attitude” in Madison’s album.

The morning started w/me trying to get Alex to change his shirt before school, but he really wanted to wear this shirt. It was Madison’s first day of Kindergarten at the “big kid” school and she was soooo excited…until we got there. Then she was just terrified. I had Alex, Madison, Matthew and Christian who was just 2 months old with me and I was trying to figure out how to escort her in w/all of them when Alex asked me if he could please take her. I was so relieved! He was our hero that day. Later I was thinking how appropriate that shirt was after all. 🙂

That same day, he had show and tell at school and he took his stuffed animal (Yoshi) to school, so I got a couple of pics of him at the bus stop.

This layout is for a challenge at Back Porch Memories to use a song title. The song Superman (it’s not easy) by Five for Fighting immediately came to mind not just because of his shirt, but also because the lyrics say “it’s not easy to be me” and that he’s only a man, etc. Alex is a fantastic older brother so it’s easy to forget that he’s only 9 and still vulnerable himself. It’s also based on a sketch provided by sketchabilities for a challenge on Sketches in Thyme.

I used Webster’s Page Wonderfall on this lo, along with some of their trim and sparklers. Prima pearls, Tattered Angels Shimmer mist, Maya Road chipboard butterfly.