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Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Let’s Capture These Sketches/The Paper Variety

11 Dec 2011 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, bling, Fancy Pants, Hot Chocolate, Prima, rhinestones, single page, single photo, ZVA Creative

The Paper Variety’s challenge this week is to create a paper based project inspired by a Christmas song title or lyrics. So I kept that in mind as I created this layout of my youngest son last winter in his first bunting. He hated that thing, but he was sooo cute in it! LOL I remember he kept looking at us accusingly, like he was thinking, “How COULD you”? The song, Baby It’s Cold Outside, kept popping in my head, so I’m hoping it counts though it’s not really a Christmas song. It’s a winter song that’s often played around Christmas?

This is my dt project for this week’s sketch by Charlotte at Let’s Capture These Sketches:

Materials:

Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate pp
Fancy Pants sticker
Brown Bazzill cardstock
ZVA Creative flourishes
Rhinestones from my stash
ZVA Creative flower
Prima flowers
Paper Secrets flowers
Snowflake charm from my stash
Distress Inks

Adhesives:

Helmar gemstone glue
Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Here’s Charlotte’s fabulous sketch:

TFL!

Always Together – Sketchy Thursdays 9.15 sketch and ScrapFIT

20 Sep 2011 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, fussy cutting, handstitching, Helmar, journaling, Nikki Sivils, rhinestones, whimsical

Sketchy Thursdays has partnered up with ScrapFIT this week for their challenge! Simply combine sketch 9.15 from Sketchy Thursdays with the theme “Friendship” for twice the chance to win. Full details are on their blogs.

For my take on the sketch, I went with the fab Max and Mollie line by Nikki Sivils. I added some stitching to accentuate the sunrays that are part of the paper’s design, fussy cut a few details to layer (the sun and 2 of the flowers) and cut out the cutie Max and Mollie characters from the cut apart page. Then, all it needed was an MME (My Mind’s Eye) Stella and Rose journal spot, the packaging from some Prima bling and a little Cosmo Cricket sticker for the journaling area. 😀 The rhinestones are by Queen and Co. The journaling reads, “Just 13 mths apart, you two do everything together & are the best of friends. We were so worried you 2 would have trouble adjusting to being separated that we started Matthew in PreK early.” Here’s the layout I created based on the theme from ScrapFIT and sketch 9.15 from Sketchy Thursdays:

Adhesives:

Helmar Adhesive Runner
Helmar Acid Free Glue
Helmar Gemstone Glue

Tools:

EK Success border punch

TFL!

Cards for the Paper Secrets Twisted Card Hop

18 Sep 2011 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: cards, flowers, Jenni Bowlin, layered, MME, My Mind's Eye, rhinestones, sketches

Paper Secrets is hosting a fun Twisted Card Hop! See full details on their blog. I’m just going to post the cards I’ve completed so far and the materials so you can check out the hop to see the sketches they were based on and the twist that was required for them. 😀

Based on the sketch and twist on Joyce’s blog:

Materials:

Jenni Bowlin 12×12 papers
Jenni Bowlin 4×4 papers
bows from my stash
Creative elements flowers

Based on the the sketch and twist from Shemaine’s Blog:

Materials:

My Mind’s Eye Stella and Rose 6×6 papers
Stella and Rose buttons
Stella and Rose diecut sticker
Stella and Rose dimensional sticker

Based on the sketch and twist on Krisit’s blog:

Materials:

MME Stella and Rose 6×6 papers
Stella and Rose diecut sticker
Stella and Rose charm
Stella and Rose brad

Based on the sketch and twist posted on Rochelle’s blog:

Materials:

MME Stella and Rose 6×6 papers
Stella and Rose diecut title
Queen and Co rhinestones
twine from stash

Adhesives used on all the cards:

Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Zap Dots

Again, to play along with the twisted card hop, see the Paper Secrets blog HERE.

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: