SWAT Drill #8

Hi everyone!

Just sharing a layout I created for being the May Girl at SWAT (Scrapbook Warriors Advanced Training).  This is for drill #8.  Here is the sketch:

and here if my layout that I created on my teenage son who loves ice cream but doesn't like getting his photo taken, as you can see in the small left photo.  I have a lot of photos of hands now. LOL.

I used the new Carta Bella Cool Summer Collection.  I just love all the colors to this collection.  For this layout I cut the ice cream cart, the tags, and the title "ice cream" with my Silhouette Cameo.  Did I mention that I love my Cameo.  It's the best things since sliced bread.

Thanks for stopping by and check out what the design team members of SWAT came up with for this sketch.

Thanks again SWAT for having me.  I really enjoyed it.

Have a great day!

Practical Scrappers - 10 Things Watercolours

Hello friends!

Today at Practical Scrappers we are sharing a few ideas on using watercolour techniques on your projects.

I chose to create a layout honouring my mom.

  I created a watercolour effect with my Faber Castell Gelatos and an acrylic stamp for the flowers at the bottom of the layout.  The stamp is coloured with various colours of gelatos and then lightly misted with water and then stamped on the card stock.

 The other watercolour technique is the diecut flowers that I cut out with my Silhouette Cameo and then used  a variety of Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Mists.  With this technique first I sprayed some mist onto a splat mat and then took a water brush and painted the flowers, leaves and stems.

 Here are some other photos of my layout.  I misted the "you & me tag" and the "mother" diecut title.  I love Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists.  They are such pretty colours and I love the pretty shine they have.

I hope I have inspired you to try some stamping with Gelatos and painting with your mists to create watercolour effects on your projects.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day!

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #344

Hello scrappy friends!  I hope you had some time to scrapbook this last weekend.

Today is Sketch #344 revealed.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #344

I was totally smitten with this sketch and had some photos of my daughter and my mom to scrap from Easter.  My daughter called my mom "Bama" when she was a baby and she has named her Bama ever since.  Not too often I get a photo of Shannon and Mom together.

Families Bloom With Love

Adhesive (Scotch)
Cardstock - American Crafts (White)
Diecut Title - Silhouette Cameo
Letter Stickers - Simple Stories (Vintage Bliss)
Patterned Papers - Simple Stories (Vintage Bliss)
Stickers - Simple Stories (Vintage Bliss)

And here are some more closeups of the layout:

Thanks for stopping by and come play along with us at Scrapbook Challenges.  Come see here what the other designers created.

Have a lovely day!

Art Journal Page For May

Every month this year I meet with a group of ladies and we create an art journal page from the pages of the book Happier At Home.  Lynn Thune teaches  the class and I love her unique shabby chic style.  Everyone in the class uses the same products, but they all look a little different.  Turquoise is one of my favorite colours so I went a little heavier on the misting.  Here is the page for May:

I love the brown and teal and all the little details.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Scrap It With A Song - Soak Up The Sun By Sheryl Crow

Happy Thursday!  Today the Rock Chicks are singing to the song "Soak Up The Sun" by Sheryl Crow.

I thought it would be great to scrapbook a layout of my son and husband enjoying some quality time at the beach.

 I loved these photos and these were taken almost 5 years ago and I can't believe how my son has grown.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are inspired to play along and link up for May.

Have a good day!

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #343

Good day everyone!  Today at Scrapbook Challenges there is another sketch reveal to get your mojo going.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #343

This sketch made me want to try a handmade chevron and this is what I came up with.  It's a layout of my Mom.

Adhesive - 3L Adhesive, Scotch
Cardstock - American Crafts
Diecuts - Rosette, Frame, Title -  Silhouette Cameo
Flair Button - The Paper Bakery
Mists - Heidi Swapp
Patterned Papers - The Paper Bakery
Twine - Doodlebug Designs

I used the Echo Park Dots and Stripes Collection, made the chevron by hand and cut the rosette and title with my Silhouette Cameo and spritzed the layout with Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Come see what the Sketch Crew at Scrapbook Challenges came up with here.

SWAT Girl For May - Tic Tac Toe

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Today at S.W.A.T. I am featured as the SWAT Girl for May.  I was very honoured to take part and had fun creating this layout for my good friend Anna who has the cutest little grandson.  This layout was the tic tac toe challenge and I created a layout based on the middle column which is stitching, chipboard and paint.  The outside edge of the black cardstock is machine stitched, the letters for the title are chipboard and I painted them with acrylic paint and also did the paint splats.  There is also a star background that I cut out of vellum with my Silhouette Cameo and used some of the stars to place around the layout.  Finally I added some enamel dots to the center of the vellum stars for more interest.

Adhesive - (Scotch, 3L Adhesive)
Cardstock - DCWV
Chipboard Letters - Maya Road
Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye
Flair Button - The Paper Bakery
Labels -Dymo LetraTag
Paints - AdirondackAcrylic Paint Dabbers (Red Pepper, Pool, Sunshine Yellow)
Patterned Papers and Diecut Stickers - My Mind's Eye (Boy Crazy)
Vellum - Recollections

I hope you enjoyed my layout and are inspired to create.  Thank you SWAT for this lovely opportunity.   Come play along and link up to the challenge here.

Have a great day!