Winter Smiles Layout

Hello friends! I hope your week is off to a good start.  Today I wanted to share a double page layout that I created from a sketch designed by Debbie Sanders.  I don't create enough double page layouts and I love the way I can get so many photos on a double page layout.

For this layout,  I added lots of photos and painted some of the white card stock squares and background with watercolour paints and also dabbed a water pen in some Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  There are some wood veneer embellishments that I kept natural because I liked the contrast it gave the layout.  I love blues and these two collections by Bo Bunny (Powder Mountain, Noteworthy) are perfect for winter layouts.  I also did some fussy cutting and machine stitching.

Left Page

Right Page

Do you like to create double page layouts?  They can be a little intimidating for me but sometimes I like to create something out of my comfort zone.  Have a wonderful day!

Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine October Sketchy Challenge

Hello scrappy friends!  As I am writing this blog post, there is a snow storm in my area and I am enjoying the coziness with the fireplace.   One thing that I know for sure, is that it's perfect weather  for scrapbooking and that's what I  did this past weekend.  

Every month at Canadian Scrapbooker, there is a sketch challenge.  For October's Sketchy Challenge, Sue Sykes,  designed the sketch and I got busy creating a layout of this adorable pair.  Hanna likes to wink at the moment and this brother and sister team look so adorable in their Fall clothes.  Here's the sketch.

Here is what I came up with.

Wink Wink
Cardstock - American Crafts
Chipboard Letters - American Crafts
Chipboard Pumpkin - Creative Embellishments
Corrugated Shapes - Maya Road
Distress Stain and Paints - Tim Holtz
Embellishments - Elsies
Kraft Doily - Maya Road
Letter Stickers and Labels - October Afternoon
Mists - October Afternoon Sprinklers
Patterned Paper - October Afternoon
Pearls - Prima
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Sewing Machine Stitching
Twine - Unknown

Photo courtesy of Rockwood Photography

The background is misted with several October Afternoon Sprinklers and I also misted the chipboard letters for the title with mists too.

I am loving the wood embellishments at the moment and placed a few of these cute little birds on the page as well as some corrugated shapes wrapped with twine to give more texture and interest to the layout.

 Finally I used some paint and stain and tinted the chipboard pumpkin shape and added some twine

Well there you have it.  A Fall page of these two cuties that are my daughter's niece and nephew.  I love scrapping them.  They always make me smile.

There is still time to participate in the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine October Sketchy Challenge.  The deadline to upload your layout is October 31.  Here is the link.

Have an awesome day!  Thanks for stopping by!