Canadian Scrapbooker April Sketchy Challenge

Hello everyone!  Today I am sharing a layout I created for the April Sketchy Challenge at Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine.  Since tomorrow is Easter Sunday, I thought I would create a layout with these cuties.

Here is the lovely sketch that Sue Sykes designed for the challenge:

I hope you enjoyed your visit and are inspired to try the sketch and upload it to Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's April Sketchy Challenge. You don't have to be Canadian to participate in this challenge. Have a creative day!

Supplies:

Acrylic Paint - Ranger
Adhesive - 3L and Beacon
Cardstock - American Crafts
Diecuts - Silhouette America
Letter Stickers - Teresa Collins
Metal Embellishment - Maya Road
Patterned Papers - Springtime Collection by Doodlebug Design Inc.
Sprays - Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists
Stickers - Doodlebug Design Inc.
Wood Embellishments - Studio Calico
Machine Stitching

Black With 2 April Challenge

Hello scrappy friends!  Today I thought I would play along with a cool challenge over at Black With 2.   I came across this challenge blog and love it.  The April challenge was to use black card stock for the background, use the colours as shown as well as the sketch and word "inspiration" in the journaling.

Here is what I came up with for the challenge.

Now if the truth be known, I have always found purple to be a difficult colour to scrap and I didn't want my layout to look like halloween as these colours I tend to think make a good halloween layout.  I had a photo of an Iris that I photographed of my mom's garden and used that for my layout inspiration.

I cut the title, the scalloped circle, the little banner, a tag,  and the flower die cuts with my Silhouette Cameo and added some flowers that I have had in my stash for probably seven years or so.  I also added some twine and a sheer piece of navy blue ribbon to the tag and finished off the layout with some journaling with a white pen and some enamel dots and pearls.

It was a fun challenge and it definitely went outside my comfort zone.  I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!