Sketches In Thyme Sketch #101

Today at Sketches In Thyme we have a great sketch for you to play with.

Sketches In Thyme Sketch #101

                           

and here was my take on this three photo sketch

I had a lot of fun with this sketch of my son and his new iPod Touch that he got for Christmas.

I used the versatile "Little Sport" Collection from Fancy Pants Designs.  I love this collection and although we aren't an athletic family, I still liked all the chevrons and other designs in it and tried to make some of the sportsy embellishments work with this layout such as the little flags and stars.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the sketch and create your own masterpiece.  If you go over to the Sketches In Thyme website here, you can see what the other ladies created with the sketch and also join in and add your layout for February and play along.

Have a wonderful day!

Scrap It With A Song - "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson

Today the Rock Chicks are scrapping to the tune of "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson and it is a perfect song for Valentine's Day that is coming up in a week.

A Moment Like This

 by Kelly Clarkson

I created a layout of my daughter and her grandpa.  These two are so funny when they are together. 

I was inspired by a layout of Lisa Dickinson's over at Two Peas In A Bucket.  Lisa suggested a new starburst punch by Jenni Bowlin, but since I  don't have a starburst punch, I created lots of starbursts with my Silhouette Cameo. 

 I layered some and others I put vellum over them to give it  some softness.  I also spritzed the background with some mists and machine stitched around the cut border and through the sunbursts.   The patterned papers are from Echo Park's Be Mine Collection.

                             

I love starbursts and vellum and it was fun to create.  I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog.  It's a new month and you can take part in the fun and upload your layout to Scrap It With A Song.

Have a great day!

Practical Scrappers Ten Things - Hearts

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and the challenge today is to use a heart punch in different ways.  I don't have a heart punch so I got my trusted Silhouette Cameo ready and created a heart stencil.  I then used my distress inks and mists and created the background on the white card stock.

I also stamped on some of the cut out hearts, placed some feathers and twine and did a little machine stitching.

I used the Devoted Collection from Carta Bella.  I love grey, pink and aqua together.  It is a refreshing change from the typical colours that are usually associated with Valentine's Day.

Come see what my Practical Scrappers Ten Things teammates came up with using a heart punch here.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will look at heart punches in a totally new way.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #330

Happy Monday.  I know it's Monday but one thing that will make your Monday a little better is a new sketch to get your creativity kickstarted.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #330

Don't you just love those tags?

For my layout I chose the Graphic 45 "Birdsong" Collection as I thought it was perfect to the capture the feel of the Japanese Garden at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada last summer.  I loved it there.  It was so perfect and calming.  My husband loved it there too.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the pagodas, the tree, the fan and the word "harmony" in Japanese.  I then heat embossed them all to give them some more colour and dimension.

Japanese Garden

Come see what the entire Sketch Crew created with the sketch at Scrapbook Challenges.

Thanks for visiting my blog.  I really appreciate it and always love to hear from you so don't be afraid to comment.  Yes I know, those darn codes that you have to put in to write a comment, but I have disabled that so you can just leave a comment without all that.  It's so nice to hear from you. Happy Monday and I hope I helped you to get scrappy.

Scrapbook Challenges Blog Hop February 1-3, 2013

So glad you could join us at Scrapbook Challenges for our first blog hop of 2013!  We have lots of fun in store for you this weekend.

You should have arrived on my blog from Mandi's blog but if you got lost along the way, you can start back here at the Scrapbook Challenges blog.

Today I wanted to share with you the Scrapbook Challenges exclusive sketch for this hop:

and here was my layout based on the sketch:

There Are Many Paths But Only One Journey

But wait... that's not all, there are many fabulous prizes to be won such as these prizes:

Prizes:

Hop On Prize - This is for one person who complete a layout a based on the sketch and links up in the hop on area of the forum. 


New Member Prize - Given to one randomly selected new member who joins the site over the course of the weekend. 


Instagram Tag & Win - A small prize given out to one follower and an additional IG user they tag. 

I would love if you would follow my blog as I love blogging and like to share my creations.

You have until Friday, February 8, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. EST to complete the sketch to be eligible for the draw of the Hop On prize.  Thanks for stopping  by my blog.  Your next stop along the way is the very talented Nanette.

Happy hopping!