Winter Wonderland – dt layout for Sketchabilities sketch #108

30 Jan 2014 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page multi-photo layout, Creative Embellishments, Design Memory Craft, Gelatos, laser cut chipboard, mixed media, Webster's Pages, Winter Fairy Tales

Wow time goes by so fast! My term with Sketchabilities has come to a close, so this will be my last layout based on their sketches as part of their dt. However, I’m sure I’ll be playing along with their gorgeous sketches as a participant in the future. 😀 For my last dt page, I decided to create a colorful, whimsical page using a Creative Embellishments snowflake bg stamp, some of their fantastic laser cut chipboard pieces and my favorite paper manufacturers, Webster’s Pages‘, papers, bling and embellies. My page was also inspired by the Frosty challenge #91 at scrapki-wyzwaniowo. Here’s what I came up with:

Karan’s gorgeous sketch #108:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments snowflake bg stamp
CE Winter Wonderland set
CE laser cut chipboard lamp post
CE Snowflake Doily
American crafts white cardstock
Webster’s Pages Winter Fairy Tales pp, dazzle me gems, sparkler, charm and bow
twine and clothes pins from my stash
Design Memory Craft gelatos
gesso
watercolor and acrylic paints
Tim Holtz film strip ribbon

TFL!

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).

Gotta Let Go – layout for sketchabilities sketch #102

30 Oct 2013 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, alpha stickers, amusement park, boy, Creative Embellishments, Elle's Studio, heat embossing, Lindy's Stamp Gang, mixed media, stamping, Unity Stamp Co., washi tape, Webster's Pages

Sketchabilities sketch #102 is now live! Karan’s new sketches have been fantastic to work with and so much fun! They’re wonderfully inspiring no matter what your scrapping style happens to be. They work beautifully for anything from CAS to mixed media and everything in between. 😀

When I looked at the circle elements on the sketch, I immediately thought of the wonderful chipboard circle panel that Nicolle recently sent me from Creative Embellishments and a FABULOUS steampunk hot air balloon stamp (I got to test out the prototype, so keep your eyes out for rubber stamps to be a new product added to their store!). Since I recently created a layout that featured smaller photos clipped to twine using mini clothespins, I decided to replace that feature on the sketch with a washi banner and add my title to it.

The photo on this layout features my son, Matthew. One of his favorite songs at the moment is TNT by Taio Cruz (some people know the song as Dynamite), so I used some of the lyrics from the song for the title and “journaling”. Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s a close up of the hot air balloon. I heat embossed the stamped image using Lindy’s Stamp Gang embossing powder:

This close up shows the circle panel that I snipped bits off of and used in a few spots on my page. I heat embossed the panel pieces to match the hot air balloon stamp:

This close up shows some fabulous CE wood music notes. The frame is also by CE btw. 😀

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Steampunk Hot Air Balloon stamp
CE Circle Panel
CE medium frame from the Handsome frame set
CE Music Notes Wood Cuts
Elle’s Studio papers
Webster’s Papers alpha stickers
twine from the Twinery
Washi tape
Lindy’s Stamp Gang embossing powder
Adirondack Embossing Powder
Distress Embossing ink pad
Distress Ink
Unity Stamp Co bg stamps

The fantastic sketch I got to work with:

TFL! If you’d like to play along w/sketch #102 at sketchabilities, CLICK HERE!

Rise Above It – dt layout for SWAT drill #17

05 Oct 2013 8 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page, border punches, Creative Embellishments, daughter, fussy cutting, G45, girl, Graphic 45, lasercut chipboard, layering, mixed media, multi-photo layout, playground, Secret Garden, shimmerz, Texturez, Tim Holtz

Creative Embellishments is sponsoring the SWAT Drill #17 which is to use something that’s been fussy cut on your project. Fussy cutting (sometimes called detailed cutting or fancy cutting) is one of my all time favorite techniques! Anything goes; a layout, card, tag, altered project, art journal page, etc. as long as you incorporate this technique on your project. 😀

For my example, I combined this technique with the sketch and suggested journaling theme (the journey) at Once Upon a Sketch. Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s a close up of the Creative Embellishments Steampunk Hot Air balloon I used on my page. I altered it by applying a coat of Tim Holtz distress paint, then going over it with distress stain in a slightly darker shade. I then highlighted select areas with Smooch Ink in “cape cod” which is a lovely shade of blue:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments laser cut chipboard Steampunk hot air balloon
Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers
American Crafts cardstock
Tim Holtz distress stain, ink, paint and stencil
TCW stencil
gesso
Shimmerz Texturez
Smooch Ink
Martha Stewart Punches
Want2Scrap self-adhesive pearls
Webster’s Pages alpha stickers

The awesome OUAS sketch I used for this page:

SPONSOR INFO:

“Creative Embellishments is a new family owned company that was created by Michael and Nicolle Kramer. We are a husband and wife team who design and manufacture unique, high quality chipboard and wood products. It is our mission is to offer fun and inspiring products to bring out your inner creativity that you can add to any project. In the near future we will be expanding into other mediums such as rubber/acrylic stamps and acrylic embellishments. Please stop over to the Creative Embellishments store and have a look around.

Store – http://creativeembellishments.com/
Blog – http://creativeembellishments.com/blog
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/CreativeEmbellishment “

This is what they are giving away as a prize:

TFL! If you’d like to play along w/the SWAT Drill #17 fussy cutting challenge, CLICK HERE.

If you’d like to play along with the Once Upon a Sketch October Challenge, CLICK HERE.

Flying Unicorn is also having a fussy cutting challenge. To play along there as well, CLICK HERE.

Also, a reminder that the Creative Embellishments (the sponsor for the SWAT challenge) October challenge is to use anything with a steampunk theme on your project and you do not need to use CE products on your entry in order to win. So, if you’d like more info on that or would like to enter that challenge, CLICK HERE! 😀