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March Eight Layout for Sketchy Thursdays

18 Jan 2012 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, Me Likey, Sassafras, single page, single photo, sketch, Sketchy Thursdays, Sweet Marmalade

I was so sad to hear that this is Sketchy Thursdays last sketch. 😦 When I first started scrapping online about a year and a half ago, Sketchy Thursdays was one of the first sketch sites I found. For a person who was very nervous about posting their work online, ST was a wonderful start. The owners and DT have always been so warm and encouraging and I’ve always appreciated their lovely comments. Upon hearing this, I knew I had to play along with their final sketch even though I’ve barely gotten any sleep in the last couple of days (stomach bug that started w/the baby, passed to me and now 2 of the other kids). Though it’s not my best work, I am glad I got to participate in their last challenge.

This pic is from Matthew’s 3rd birthday and was taken on a slide at Chuckie Cheese. The papers are older, Sassafras papers from Me Likey and Sweet Marmalade.

The wonderful final sketch 1.12:

TFL!

Simple Moments – dt layout for LCTS and an announcement

13 Jan 2012 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, baby, Bo Bunny, boy, Dusty Attic, Prima, single page, single photo, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Welcome Home, winter

For my take on the Let’s Capture These Sketches #115 by Natalie Roy, I went with some gorgeous Bo Bunny Welcome Home papers, sticker and chipboard. The “misletoe” is by Prima and the flowered trim is by May Arts (the blue lace w/sequins is from my stash). The fabulous corner flourish is by Dusty Attic and can be found in the STTG store HERE. I painted the DA chipboard piece with white acrylic paint and misted with Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Frost and a bit of Olive Vine. Here’s what I came up with:

This is the gorgeous sketch #115 we got to work with:

TFL! To play along with this sketch challenge, CLICK HERE.

Stay True To God, an amazing scrapbook store, is having a HUGE 20% off Dusty Attic 3-day sale in my honor and is hosting a $25 gift certificate giveaway on my blog. For details on the sale and giveaway, see my blog post HERE.

I’m also super excited to announce that I’ve accepted a position on the STTG Design Team and look forward to working with them! Be sure to check out their sale this weekend and the giveaway on my blog that is mentioned above!

My Creative Sketches – Final Phase of the Contest

12 Jan 2012 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, Challenge, contest, My Creative Sketches, single page

My Creative Sketches has been running a sketch challenge/contest that is in 4 stages. The first 3 were sketches and for the final phase all you need to do to enter is post all 3 layouts created from the sketches in a single blog post and link it to their contest post, HERE.

These were my 3 layouts for the sketches:

Fun and Games

3 Months

Cowboy at Heart

To see my original post for each layout which includes a materials list and image of the sketch I used, just click the title of the layout and it will open in a new page. TFL!

Last 2 dt projects for Paper Secrets January Challenges

02 Jan 2012 Comments Off on Last 2 dt projects for Paper Secrets January Challenges

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects, Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, baby, boy, Christmas, multi-photo layout, Simple Stories, single page, Webster's Pages, Winter card

Joyce is hosting the Paper Secrets Card Sketch Challenge this month and has provided a wonderful sketch for us! For my example, I used some Webster’s Pages Winter Fairy Tales scraps from a layout I made a couple of months ago and a bit of 6×6 pp from the same line. A touch of distress ink helps give the layers some definition and Helmar foam Zap Dots give the central image some lift. I fussy cut the butterflies and adhered them using Helmar’s Acid Free Glue and the sheer WP trim is attached with 450 Quick Dry. I topped off my bow with a WP chipboard button with twine tied to it (Jillibean Soup…left over from my Tres Chic Unique kit). Here’s what I came up with:

Visit the forum’s challenge thread HERE to see Joyce’s awesome sketch and play along!

This month, Kimmy is hosting the Scraplift Challenge and selected Michelle Hernandez as our featured artist to lift (with her permission). You can browse Michelle’s Flickr Gallery and select any piece of hers that inspires you. 😀

For my example, I actually used a Creative Scrappers sketch and paired it with one of her layouts as inspiration. I then switched the journaling placement and banner location from hers to match the sketch better. Though it was already on my blog a few posts ago, this is the layout I created for this challenge: