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My Girl Layout – Once Upon a Sketch Challenge Entry

24 Sep 2011 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, bling, border punch, daughter, dimension, Prima, single photo, Webster's Pages

I’ve had this photo of Madison for quite a while and have been waiting for just the right sketch and papers to use for it. Getting a good picture of her is a challenge (she plasters on a fake looking smile whenever she sees the camera), so pretty pics of her are few and far between! I’ve been further challenged by the fact that it’s a Christmas pic, but doesn’t really look like Christmas? I wanted to use non-traditional Christmas colors and figured I’d just have to pick a line that’s actually meant for Spring. Well, Webster’s Pages recently released their Winter Fairy Tales collection for the Summer CHA and I found this wonderful sketch on Once Upon a Sketch and knew I’d finally found the perfect combination for my daughter’s photo. 😀 Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Webster’s Pages Winter Fairy Tales 12×12 papers
WP Dazzle Me Gems
WP Bloomers
WP Storytellers Alphas
WP heart Whimsey
Prima Flowers
Crocheted flower received in my prize pack by Marivic last month (berry71bleu.com)

Adhesives:

Helmar Acid Free Glue
Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Tools:

Martha Stewart Doily Lace border punch

TFL!

Family Layout – Sketchy Thursdays

07 Sep 2011 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, Beacon Hill, border punch, Daisy D, family, Maya Road, paint, single page, single photo, trim

This photo was given to me by Larry’s Aunt. It was taken at Aunt Beth’s Retirement party. Though she’s in the photo, you can’t see her…she’s the one hidden behind the baby. 😀 Larry’s father is playing the guitar and his dear Aunt Hazel who passed away May of 2010 is on the far right. I tried my best to take a clear photo of this layout because the photo itself is blurry. For this page, I used Sketchy Thursdays’ sketch 9.1. Here’s my take on it:

Materials:

Bazzil cardstock
Daisy D’s Beacon Hill papers
Maya Road trim
Webster’s Pages storytellers alphas
Eyelet Outlet Button shaped brads
Acrylic paint
Distress Ink

Adhesives:

Helmar Adhesive runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Zap Dots

Tools:

EK Success label punch
Fiskars border punch

Here’s Sketch 9.1 by Sketchy Thursdays:

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Sketch #98 – Let’s Capture These Sketches Now Live

03 Sep 2011 Comments Off on Sketch #98 – Let’s Capture These Sketches Now Live

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, baby, Christmas, dimension, ribbon, single page, single photo, trim, Waiting for Santa, Webster's Pages

The latest sketch created by Charlotte for Let’s Capture These Sketches has been posted. Entries need to be linked through the inlinkz widget by the end of the month to be entered to win a prize. Sketch #98 was so much fun to work with. I hope you stop by to check out the other dt member’s creations and play along! Here’s my take on the sketch:

Materials:
Webster’s Pages Waiting for Santa pp
WP Waiting for Santa 6×6 papers
WP Waiting for Santa Journaling Spot
WP Waiting for Santa Fabric Ribbon
WP trims
WP Waiting for Santa Floral Bouquet
WP diecut stickers
Prima Say it Crystals (one flourish that I cut apart)

Adhesives:

Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Scrap Dots
Helmar Zap Dots

Here’s the fabulous sketch 98:

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Love Everlasting – Let’s Capture These Sketches

24 Aug 2011 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, chipboard, Prima, single page, single photo, stickers, wood

Earlier in the summer a relative gave me this photo of Larry’s parents sitting together. It’s hard to find a photo with just the two of them since Bruce was so active in the community, did a lot of volunteer work and they had such a large extended family. When I saw sketch #96 for our dt work at Let’s Capture These Sketches, I knew this was the photo I wanted to use. Picking out the right product proved to be a bit harder. At the time, I had just finished a layout working with the Cosmo Cricket Fleuriste line and the colors seemed to work for this photo as well, but things were not clicking for me an I think it had a lot to do with not have the right embellishments to go with the papers for this page, so I switched gears and went with Prima’s fabulous Botanical Collection and things fell into place for me then.

I chose the title Love Everlasting for this piece because it’s just the two of them and I can’t help but think of love and devotion when I see it. Bruce passed away a year before Larry and I met, so it’s been over 8 years and Grace has never once taken off her wedding ring and has no intentions of doing so. For her, it’s not “’til death do us part”…it’s “until we meet again.” Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Prima Botanical Collection papers
Prima Botanical Collection stickers
Prima Botanical Collection diecut stickers
Prima trim
Prima flowers
Kaisercraft pearls
October Afternoon mini market alpha stickers
Pink Paislee Wood Shop Alphas
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists
Distress Ink

Adhesives:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots
Helmar Zap Dots
Helmar adhesive runner

Here’s the fab sketch #96 by Guest Sketch Designer, Sue Sykes: