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Simple Man – Layout for Helmar and Punky Scraps

16 Jul 2011 6 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12×12 layout, 7 Gypsies, Butterfly Garden, envelope, father and son, flower, G45, Graphic 45, layering, metal, misting, pink paislee, Prima, single page, single photo, tissue paper, trims

At the beginning of July, Helmar posted their gorgeous challenge sketch by Lydell Quinn. I knew right away that I just HAD to work this sketch! Now that I’ve completed my dt work for the month, I’ve had a chance to play around on some other challenge sites this week and have been cruising through some of my faves to see what they have posted.

Punky Scraps is a very unique challenge site and they post 3 challenges a month. This month, one is to use tissue paper on your layout. As luck would have it, I just received some fab 7 gypsies tissue paper that I was planning to use on a project this month! So, I figured this would be perfect to combine w/the Helmar sketch challenge!

A couple of weeks ago, Larry’s Aunt gave me a few photos of Larry’s father that I’ve been dying to scrap, but really wanted to make sure I created something Larry would love. Larry’s father passed away a year before he and I met, so I never got to meet the man who was, by far, the greatest influence in Larry’s life. From the stories I’ve heard, Larry is very much like his father and this particular photo is very special to me because, not only is it the only photo I have of the two of them together, but it also shows them doing something together that they both love. His father taught him to play the guitar, fish, hunt…not to be afraid of hard work. He taught Larry to enjoy the little things in life and what really matters. There’s a particular song that always comes to mind whenever I imagine the two of them playing their guitars together, so I used it as the title of my page. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Pink Paislee (Helmar Preferred partner) Butterfly Garden Cardstock
7 Gypsies Birdsong tissue paper
Pink Paislee wood alphas
Prima decorative border
Graphic 45 staples envelope
G45 staples trims
G45 Staples flower
G45 Staples metal flower
G45 Staples metal buttons
Distress Inks

Adhesives: Helmar Acid Free
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots
Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar Zapdots

Here’s the fabulous sketch I got to work with:

TFL! If you’d like to play along with the Helmar challenge, CLICK HERE.

If you’d like to play along with the Punky Scraps challenge, CLICK HERE.

In case you’re not familiar with the song, I’ve embedded a youtube video below:

Camera Shy layout for LCTS Sketch#90

08 Jul 2011 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12×12 layout, blue, Bo Bunny, boy, brads, brown, butterflies, Challenge, floral cluster, flowers, layering, let’s capture these sketches, Mama-razzi, punch, single page, single photo, sketch, tim holtz film strip ribbon, transparency, trinkets

This week, on Let’s Capture These Sketches, Charlotte created a gorgeous sketch (#90) that was a blast to work with! As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly which photo I wanted to use and the theme. I had a lot of fun trying to recreate the vision I had in my mind. Here’s my take on her fabulous sketch:

Materials:

Bo Bunny Mama-razzi papers
BB Mama-razzi flowers
BB Gabrielle brad
BB Timepiece chipboard
BB Timepiece brads
BB Timepiece transparency (cover of the noteworthy pad)
Paper Doily
Tim Holtz Film Strip ribbon
BB alpha stickers
Distress Ink
Tattered Angels Shimmer Mist

Adhesives:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar V2
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots
Helmar adhesive runner

Tool:

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Here’s the sketch by Charlotte that our DT got to work with:

I’d love to see your take on the sketch, so be sure to post a link to your creation on the Let’s Capture These Sketches Blog. TFL!

Having Fun layout for Scrapbook Challenges

02 Jul 2011 18 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12×12, banner, clowns, distress ink, distressing, faux stitching, Funhouse, garland, GCD Studios, journaling, layout, rubon, single page, single photo

Scrapbook Challenges is having a Seasons of Change Hop On. If you’re wondering what a “Hop On” is, it’s a blog hop with a twist. Once you finish hopping along the trail, you can choose to create a project based on the same sketch the dt used and post it to your own blog. Then you add a link to your blog to the appropriate thread in the forum. 😀 It’s simpler than it sounds.

You begin the hop on Brynn’s Blog (http://www.bzb-designs.com/blog), her blog links to the next stop and they link the next person until the end of the hop. Then you go to the Seasons of Change Hop On Thread. Leave a comment, check out the other members posts and follow the instructions on how to Hop On too! 😀

Here’s my take on Brynn’s sketch:

Materials:

American Crafts solid cardstock
GCD Studios Funhouse papers
GCD Studios Funhouse garland
MME Bohemia rubons
distress ink

Adhesives:

Helmar Liquid Scrapdots
Helmar adhesive runner
Helmar Zapdots

Here’s the sketch my layout is based on (the hop sketch):

As you can see, I flipped the sketch horizontally. 😀 TFL!

Life – Helmar’s June Challenge

13 Jun 2011 11 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12×12, Adhesives, alphas, artisan element, bling, buttons, Core Impressions, Core’dinations, dimension, flowers, G45, Graphic 45, hands, Helmar, journaling, layering, layout, Lily Bee, netting, paint, pink paislee, Prima, rhinestones, shimmer mists, single page, single photo, sketch, ultrasound photo, Webster’s Pages

Helmar posted their first monthly challenge on their blog and I was really excited to see it! It’s a gorgeous sketch by DT member Lydell Quin! Well, I was a bit intimidated considering I wanted to make sure my project was Helmar-worthy for one, but also because when I think of Helmar’s fabulous adhesives, I think of Tracy Weinzapfel (who I didn’t find out until later that she’s the president of Helmar?!!) and when I think of Tracy, I think artsy artsy artsy! Pretty and artsy. Not exactly my comfort zone kinda stuff? Anyway, if you know Tracy, you know she’s a high-energy, you gotta try it, very inspirational, very motivational type of positive person, so I just HAD to do something that was outside of my norm.

When I looked at the sketch, I first thought of a photo of Christian I’ve been wanting to sketch, but the idea that formed wasn’t really do-able w/o being about the resize the photo, so I scratched that idea. Then I remembered that I’ve been wanting to scrap one of the last ultrasound photos of Christian…it was from a series that came out exceptionally clear and you could see his profile perfectly. The rest came to me immediately after, but I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to make it look the way I’d like. In order to create my layout, I had to flip and rotate the sketch. I replaced some of the floral details with Larry’s and my sketched hands, but still included a few close to the central image. I combined this challenge with one hosted by Becky (fellow DT member) on Sketches4All. Her challenge is to journal around your page and add one other technique she uses in the sample posted in the thread. Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s a close up of my sketching. I haven’t sketched a thing in years and have never taken a single class, so please excuse the amateur quality to it:

This is the fabulous Helmar sketch I got to work with:

This is how I flipped it to make it work for me:

Materials:

Lily Bee (Helmar Prefered Partner) This & That patterned paper (“pretty fabric”)
Core’dinations (Helmar Prefered Partner) G45 Core Impressions cardstock
American Crafts white cardstock
Prima flowers
Webster’s Pages Vintage Inspired Netting (original version)
Webster’s Pages Sparklers
Pink Paislee Cushies foam alphas
Pink Paislee (Helmar Prefered Partner) Artisan elements circle
Queen & Co. Rhinestones
Tattered Angels Shimmer mist (used to “paint” the bg paper, circle and alphas)
Distress Inks

Adhesives:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Gemstone Glue
Helmar Craft Glue

TFL!