Ride On – layout for Sketchabilities sketch #103

15 Nov 2013 11 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: , , , , , ,

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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):

Ride On

The fabulous sketch I got to work with:

sketch 103

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!!!***

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***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).

You Are My Sunshine – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

14 Nov 2013 8 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

***Be sure to read the giveaway info at the end***

Hi, everyone! Another Thursday means I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with another project to share. 😀  This week, I created a layout using TONS of GORGEOUS Creative Embellishments laser cut chipboard pieces. If you didn’t already know, I LOVE their fabulous, high quality products and intricate, fun designs. To create this entire layout, I only used 1 sheet of pp and 2 doilies. Other than the stamping, everything else you see is made by Creative Embellishments! 😀

The pic I selected for my page is of my youngest son when he was a few months old. Any time I would leave the room, he was search for me even to the point of arching his back and doing back bends to look into the next room! It’s hard to tell in the photo, but that’s what he’s doing. A back bend just to see me. 😀 I was also inspired by the Monday mojo sketch over at the Flying Unicorn forum. Here’s what I came up with:

You Are My Sunshine lo

Close up of the cluster to the right of the photo:

You Are My Sunshine detail 1

Close up of the title piece (sorry it’s hard to read due to shadows):

You Are My Sunshine detail 2

A close up of the bird cage piece:

You Are My Sunshine detail 3

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Time Flies Frame Set
CE Oval from the Mini Ornate Frames
CE Flourish Set 3
CE Bird cage 4 piece set
CE View Master Set of 5
CE Harlequin Lattice panel
CE Mini Ornate Title/Word Frame
CE You Are My Sunshine title piece
Webster’s Pages New Beginnings pp
2 doilies from my stash
3 Unity Stamp Co stamps
PITT Big Brush Markers
Gesso
Acrylic paint
Distress paints, stain and ink

TFL! Be sure to check out the Creative Embellishments November Challenge for your chance to win a $20 gc to the store! Also, their November Special…get FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE on all orders of $25 or more!!!

***GIVEAWAY!!! I currently serve on 3 design teams. If you visit all 3 of their blogs and become a follower (or if you already follow them), then leave me a comment on this blog post letting me know that you follow ALL 3, you will be entered for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the Creative Embellishments Store! To make it even easier to enter, I’ve linked each one here: SWAT, Sketchabilities and Creative Embellishments blogs.*** You have 1 week to enter! Comments to enter the giveaway must be left on this post by 11:59 pm EST on Thursday November 21, 2013. The winner will be randomly selected and is open to everyone worldwide.

Gotta Let Go – layout for sketchabilities sketch #102

30 Oct 2013 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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:

Gotta Let Go

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

Gotta Let Go detail 2

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:

Gotta Let Go detail 1

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

Gotta Let Go detail 3

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:

sketch 102

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

Big Bro – layout for Paper Stories June sketch

28 Jun 2013 4 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: , , , , , , , ,

So I’ve been trying out new things again and this time the Paper Stories June Sketch (created by Pagedrafts) inspired me to create a different kind of mixed media background for this page. The 2 photos I selected have a crisp image of Christian lounging in his ride-on car while Alex, who is pulling it with a string, and everything else around him is a blur. That inspired me to create a blurry, painted background. To achieve this affect, I used a Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate and used the 3rd print on a sheet of textured white cardstock. Here’s what I came up with:

This is the awesome sketch I worked with to create it:

Materials:

American Crafts white cardstock
Webster’s Pages Sweet Notes paper
WP Palm Beach paper
WP Citrus Squeeze papers
Acrylic paint
Unity Stamps
Freckled Fawn wood hearts
Freckled Fawn star and arrow clips
Prima wood gears
Dusty Attic chipboard title
Tim Holtz washi tape
Darice washi tape

Adhesives:

Scotch ATG
Helmar 450 Quick Dry

TFL! If you’d like to check out the challenges or other entries at Paper Stories, CLICK HERE.

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