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Here is my latest offering over at Lets Get Sketchy. The challenge was to use a long title.
This was my baby boy who is now 19! Wow where have all those years gone?

I bought a new doilly die cut which l just had to use!
The papers are Echo Park and the lettering is Basic Grey

 

Here is the sketch to follow

 

Come on over and check out what the girls on the DT have done this week :)

Super Quick Post

This month My Creative Sketches have a new sketch to play along with.
I have used papers from Fab Scraps and Basic Grey, embellishments from Prima and Manor House.

Here is my take

 

Some close ups

 

 

This is the sketch

 

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day :)

Sharing Today

Hi there, l thought l would share a couple of layouts l made for the American Crafts DT call.

I used products from their Strawberry Lemonade range which are bright and summery.

I have kept the colour choice to blue, white and a dash of yellow.
I have done some masking and added blue ink over parts. I added a hand stitched frame as if l was outlining the main elements.

To this layout l firstly misted the cardstock with pink and blue.
I've used a border punch on two pattern papers and distressed the other edges of all my papers.
Then l've run several rows of machine stitching around the dark blue acting as a border. The watermelon elements are sitting on a Spellbinders die cut.
I used a die cut as my title and outlined it with blue liquid pearls.
I love this photo of my daughter!

I also made this card
I cut a circle, folded it in half and then embellished.

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day :)

Anything Goes

This week at Lets Get Sketchy, anything goes!!
Check out what the design team have come up with, grab some inspiration and play along.
This is my layout

 

Here are some close ups

 

Have a great day :)

Out Walking

This week l used some pictures l took last winter for the latest sketch over at
Lets Get Sketchy. Follow my link to see this weeks fantastic reveal by the design team.

 

The papers are from Authentique. These papers have a really nice texture

and this time l followed the sketch pretty closely!

Under my strips on the left side l added some sheer ribbon, l've inked everything and used a combination of flowers from Prima. The small chipboard swirl was inked and then l added liquid pearls over the top. I used two different border punches as well.

 

Here are some close ups

 

 

 Here is the sketch to follow

 

 

So come on over to LGS, join in with us and have some FUN :)

July Sketch at Turtle Soup

It's my turn this week at Turtle Soup and it's a sketch challenge!
This sketch was created by Bev and she has come up with a brilliant one this time around!
My photos were taken last Halloween of my son who dressed up for his work Halloween party.

Here is my layout

I used a few different elements on this layout.
Firstly l inked over a mask in three different areas, then stamped some images over the top and stamped the zig zag onto some of the outside edges.
I found this great Spellbinders lattice die cut and cut out some PP with it. One piece l cut into a rectangle and placed under one photo. The second lattice piece l recut with a scallop die cut and placed under the edge of the other photo.

I distressed the edges of the red PP and inked them. To create the top edge l used a border punch and then ripped out a few bits, this was also inked. I repeated this look on the bottom right hand side.

 

I found a Basic Grey corner rub on, you know those ones with a bit of bling! I put it on both corners on the left hand side.

Here is the sketch




You have all month to play along.. make 1 Layout or 2 cards, or 2 tags or 2 ATC's using the sketch.
Thanks for looking and l hope you can come and play along with us this week :)

LGS July week 2

Do you ever do a layout and after a while decide that you are not really happy with it?
Well that's what happened to me this week.
I changed some of this layout from my original design.

Another week and another great sketch to play along with at Lets Get Sketchy. Follow the link to see the great reveal from the design team.
(Sorry about the puffy look, l just couldn't seem to get the paper to co operate)

Here is my take

 

Here are some close ups

 

 

 

I used  texture paste with a mask and then inked a combination of yellow, aqua and gold over the top of the masking. I stamped using the same colours as well. Once my masking was dry the layout came together quickly. I finished with some hand stitching.

Here is the sketch



Come on over to LGS and join in this weeks fun!