Creative Embellishments March 1 Challenge

Hello friends! Happy March to all of you! Today at Creative Embellishments, the team is sharing our projects on the March Moodboard.  The twist is to add a flourish.

March Moodboard - Twist:  Add A Flourish

I was inspired by a few things such as the flowers, butterflies, and the color green so I made a cutesy layout of these two cuties at their Easter photo shoot with an adorable little bunny.

I used the chipboard Ivy Wreath, the Spring Love title, the Grass Border and the wood veneer Butterflies. I painted the frame, title, and border in paints and I inked the butterflies and then added dots of paint with the tip of a paintbrush.

 I used some circle punches and a scalloped circle punch and punched several circles of patterned papers some of which I machine stitched.

 Flair always adds a bit of whimsy and goes with my circle theme.

I hope you are inspired to create something with chipboard and wood veneer embellishments.  All these and hundreds more are available in the Creative Embellishments Store.  As always, if you link up to the monthly challenge, there is a chance of winning a fabulous prize of goodies from the store!

Thanks for stopping by!

Found: Lucky Calf Layout

Hello friends! Today I wanted to share a layout I created for Creative Embellishments using five different items from the store.  I created a layout for my friend that lives on a ranch and is in the midst of calving season.  This little calf was in deep snow and needed to be rescued.  I just love calves, or any baby animal for that matter, don't you?

I added some white gesso to the background paper (the papers are from the We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer Collection) so it would tone the chevron print down so the photo would be more visible. I used the chipboard Rustic Shed Door,  Barbed Wire Border,  Social Hash Tags word #cute and also the Chicken Wire Panel.  I painted the chipboard in white gesso and let it dry and then added some Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and Distress Stain to give it the weathered look.

Before I added the photo, I stamped with the Distressed Chicken Wire Stamp around the photo to give it some more texture.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure and stop by the Creative Embellishments store and blog to see lots more goodies and inspiration from the entire team.

Stuck?! Sketches January 1, 2014 Sketch And Layout

Happy New Year everyone!  Today is my first post for this year and I have a sketch created by Laura Whitaker

and here is my layout I created from the sketch.  For this layout the creative team was asked to use paints, inks/mists.  I was able to incorporate them all into this layout.

Come play along with us and create your own layout from the above sketch and upload it to Stuck?! Sketches by the end of January to be eligible to win a prize from Scrapmatts and Frosted Designs.

Enjoy your day!

Supplies Used:

Acrylic Paint - Ranger Industries (Adirondack Lights Acrylic Paint Dabber - Juniper)
Acrylic Stamps - Bo Bunny (Item #10105756 Distressed Textures Stamp)
Adhesive - 3L (Dimensional Squares) , Beacon Adhesives (3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue)
Cardstock - American Crafts - White
Light Molding Paste - Golden Artist Colors, Inc.
Mist - Heidi Swapp Colorshine (Gold), Tattered Angels (Cranberry Zing)
Patterned Paper - Carta Bella (So This Is Christmas)
Pen - Marvy Uchida (Reminisce - Black)
Stencil - Studio Calico
Stickers - Carta Bella (So This is Christmas)
Tags - Core Tags by Coredinations
Twine - Lawn Fawn (Mistletoe)

My First Project For Stuck?! Sketches Creative Team!

Happy Friday!  I am so excited to be on this creative team where there are two sketches a month to play along with and enter for two prizes a month.  Today is my first layout with the team using the November 1 sketch that the amazingly talented (and sweet) Laura Whitaker created.

Stuck?! Sketches November 1 Sketch

I created a halloween layout of some cutie patooties that I personally know.  They always make me smile and their mommy is a fabulous mamarazzi (mommy photographer).  All the photos are courtesy of Stephanie Kuzio of Rockwood Photography.

I used different colours for this halloween layout than what is typically the norm for Halloween (black, purple, green, orange) so that the photos wouldn't clash. I  chose the colours grey, black, white and red to compliment the photos and make them pop.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the spiders and spider web die cuts and then added some red pearls to make the eyes on the spiders. I used several texture stamps and inked them with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in  Black Soot and Barn Door.  The patterned papers are from Bella Blvd.'s Trick Or Treat Collection.  I also used a Crafter's Workshop chevron stencil and some Black Soot ink and also my Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists in Tinsel and Black to make some splatters for more interest.

Linnie Blooms is offering a brand new Layout Kit as a prize for one lucky winner this month! So it's your turn to play along for an awesome prize!

Please link up your entries over in the sidebar by November 29th at Midnight to be in the running for this prize!   All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.  When linking your entries, please make sure it is linked to the specific post your layout is in, not your blog as a whole as it can be hard later in the month to find your layout, especially if you blog often. You can also link from any gallery including Facebook and Flickr.

Feel free to combine this sketch challenge with no more than one other non-sketch challenge, such as a colour challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out what the entire team created with this sketch at Stuck?! Sketches here.  Whew this was a long post but thanks for staying with me.  Have a wonderful Friday!