Lets Get Sketchy WK2

Here I am on the 2nd challenge with Lets Get Sketchy. So far, I have done 2 challenges at Club CK & 2 at Lets Get Sketchy. Some people might think thats not a big deal but it is somewhat for me. I am what you call a slow scrapper. I tend to overthink things & they have to look just right. The problem there might be because I have so many scrappy supplies, its hard to choose. That sounds good to me.
Here is the 2nd challenge for Lets Get Sketchy

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Supplies:
Yellow Background Paper- Moxxie
Red & White Cardstock
Pink Chevron Paper & Twine- My Mind's Eye
Pink Say It In Pearls- Prima
Pink Flower- Prima
Pink Alpha Stickers- Prima
Canvas Resist Banners- Prima
Butterfly Button Embellishment- Recollections
Adhesive Rhinestones- Creative Imaginations
White & Pink flower- Swap at Club CK
Weatherwood, Black Soot, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, Pine Needles, Tattered Rose & Barn Door Distress Inks- Ranger
Edge Punch- Martha Stewart


These photos are from Scrapfest 2011 at the Mall of America. Margie Romney-Aslett came back to Bazzill & she was doing make n takes. When I went to Scrapfest 2012, I took her Christmas Mini Album class.
Hope everyone has a Great Weekend!

Happy Scrappin!

Club CK Issue Challenge #2(Jan/Feb)

Well, here goes the 2nd week with the Issue Challenge at Club CK. We were suppose to use filmstrips. I had 2 of these filmstrips for a couple years now. I liked them but didnt know what I was going to use them for. See, if you hold onto scrappy supplies long enough, they will get used. LOL. Here is my take on the challenge.

                                           And here is a closeup of the banners

Supplies:
Echo Park Musical Notes paper
Pink Cardstock
White Banners & Title Mat- Wedding Album Kit
Orange & Pink flower paper-Swap at Club CK
Adhesive Rhinestones- Recollections
Pink Rhinestone Stickers- Recollections
Black Say it in Pearls- Prima
Title Fonts- Prima & Basic Grey
White Lace- Offray
Pink Ribbon- Oriental Trading
Film Strip- The Happy Scrapper Cherry Collection
Embossing Folders- Sizzix
Picked Raspberry, Black Soot & Tattered Rose Distress Inks- Ranger

I handmade the banners except the white one with black pearls. I cut my paper to the width size that I wanted. I cut the length to what size I thought I would want. Afterwards, I trimmed the length to the right size. I took 2 bottom corners & lined them up. Trying not to make a crease. More or less bent the paper & not folding it. I then cut from the 2 corners at a diagonal angle.
I took the pink ribbon & weaved it through the holes in the white lace. I adhered the ribbon to the banner & then cut the shape of the banner at the bottom.
I alternated the letters in my title. I knew I wouldnt have all the same letters in one font for the whole title so I decided to mix them. There was  another weekly challenge for mixing your fonts so I entered in that challenge also.

Be on the lookout for another post either tomorrow or Saturday. I am working on another layout for Lets Get Sketchy.

Happy Scrappin!

Trying more sketches

I have decided I want to try more challenges this year. I try to do challenges at Club CK. Sometimes it just has to tickle my fancy for me to do it. I have been trying more sketches lately though. I really like checking out Lets Get Sketchy. I am going to try to stick with it & do their challenges each week along with some from Club CK.
Last month was just to hard for me to try to keep up with making Christmas cards & doing my December Daily, which I have to finish yet.LOL. So, here is the first sketch of the year from Lets Get Sketchy.

Here is my take on the sketch

With some close ups

Supplies:
Bazzill cardstock
MME 6x6 Designer Paper Pad
Prima Firefly Journaling Notecard
Prima Rosarian Decorative Wood Embellishment
Prima Gillian White flowers
Prima Sherwood Rose Larkspur flower
Prima Meadowlark flowers
Prima Vermont Ivory Leaves
                                     Prima Canvas Resist Butterflie
                                     Websters Pages Butterfly Push Pin
                                     Recollections Adhesive Rhinestones
                                     Recollections Button Embellishment
                                     Tattered Angels Tuscan Sun Glimmer Mist
                                     Ranger Tattered Rose Distress Ink
                                     Ranger Walnut Stain Distress Ink
                                     We R Memory Keepers Flourish Mini 8 Punch

I must say that this is a Great sketch for me. Flowers, butterflies & flourishes are some of my favorites. The top canvas resist butterfly I sprayed with Glimmer Mist & inked the edges with Distress Ink. The other canvas resist butterfly is inked with a blending tool. The flourish hanging down from the big pink flower is a scrap piece that came from the decorative paper that I punched out with the Mini 8 punch.

Hope you have a Great weekend & Happy Scrappin!
                                          

Happy New Years

I cant believe it has been a year since I decided to start a blog. Time has just flown by.
I have seen people doing a Year in Review and I thought I would try it. I am going to share my Top 12 favorite layouts and cards of 2012.

Hope everyone has a Safe & Happy New Year!

Happy Scrappin!

December Daily

Happy Wednesday! We have less than a week left before Christmas is here. It always comes too fast. Hopefully the snowstorm we are suppose to get will leave fast. I am hoping it wont be too bad.

I decided, with the help of some peeps at Club Ck, that I would try a December Daily book this year. So far, I have taken photos every day. Yesterday, I even printed off the photos. I thought I wouldnt get time to put it together until the end of the month. I have the photos cropped & sitting on the pages where they are going to be. They arent glued down yet.

Here are some of my DD photos. I was making Christmas cards at a friends house & her cat decided to help.

I am helping mom decorate Christmas cookies. She also taught me how to make candy cane cookies, which are my favorite.

                                        This is part of the Holiday Train that stopped in our town.

This is a shelf in my scraproom that I decided to decorate for Christmas.I made the 2 cards on the ends & those are a couple of the snowglobes that I have collected. The rest are out in the living room with other decorations.

When I get my DD together, I will share some of it.

Happy Scrappin!

Secret Santa

Happy Saturday everyone! It has been over a month since I have blogged. Too much going on with Christmas sneaking up on us.
Today, I thought I would share about my Secret Santa at Club CK. At Club CK you can sign up to be a Secret Santa & then someone is chosen to be your Secret Santa. I want to Thank the person(Lead Elf) for organizing this event. I had so much fun picking out scrappy stuff for someone else. Lead Elf set up a spreadsheet for us to fill out. It includes our name, address, scrappy information that we wanted our Secret Santa to know about us. Our likes & dislikes, favorite colors etc. Then there is a place on Club Ck where we can chat with our Secret Santa. The first thing we send in the mail is a card. Here is a photo of my card & scrappy goodies that I received from my Secret Santa.

I cant wait to see what will be in my package. I will also share that with you when I receive it.
Hope everyone has a Great Weekend!
Happy Scrappin!

Holidays

Hello everyone! It has been a couple of weeks since my last post. Last week, I was busy taking care of my mom. She had another knee replacement surgery. I brought her home last Friday & stayed with her. My cousin also came down for the weekend to visit. So, we had some good quality family time.

Its nice to have those moments together even if its not the Holidays. Speaking of. November is already here? In just a couple weeks it will be Thanksgiving. I think October just flew by. I am hoping the rest of winter will too. I am already wishing it was getting warmer. I dont like the cold but dont mind the snow too much.

I havent been scrappin too much lately. Not much time when I was running errands for mom. I will have to get my desk cleaned off & get going. I have not even started Christmas cards yet. Yes, I do have to get going. There even was a challenge at Club CK for Christmas cards but I did not get around to it.

My son did not want me to take a picture of him & his friends dressed up for Halloween so here is a photo of me. I colored my hair & wore garfield Halloween PJ bottoms to work. I also put a pink jewel on my nose but I had did that after the photo. You can see the pink & purple in my hair. This gets a little messy but turned out neat. I think I will wear the purple for the football games.

Hope everyone has a Great weekend!
Happy Scrappin!