Anchors Away Layout

Hello friends!  I hope you are having a great day so far.  Today I wanted to share a layout that I created for the June Challenge at Creative Embellishments as well as the "In The Navy" Challenge going on at Paper Issues.   That song is so catchy! The challenge is to create something nautical and I had the perfect photos and papers for both challenges.  Also, I have been hoarding some nautical chipboard pieces for quite a while so it was a no brainer to use them.

Here are some more detailed closeups of my page.  I dabbed a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Paint,  in Picket Fence, over the corrugated background paper to give it more of a weathered look.  The chipboard pieces were first covered with embossing powder and then I brushed some distress paint to give them more of a weathered look as well.  The title was cut on my Silhouette Cameo.  My husband and I love the ocean and this was such a fun day at the Comox Marina looking at all the sailboats and boats.

This layout was created from a sketch designed by Sue Sykes for the Canadian Scrapbooker Sketchy Challenge for June.  I flipped the sketch to the right.

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Thanks for visiting my blog.  Have a great day!

Supplies Used For This Layout:

Chipboard Embellishments - Creative Embellishments
Diecuts - Silhouette America
Corrugated Paper - Fancy Pants Designs
Embossing Powder - Tim Holtz
Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants Designs (Down By The Shore)
Stickers - Fancy Pants Designs
Twine - Recollections

New Design Team And New Design Team Member!

Hello everyone!  I hope you are having a fantastic day so far.

Today I wanted to share some exciting news.  I was asked to join a new design team at Three Or More!

It would be great if you could follow this new scrapbooking challenge blog. There will be challenges and prizes every month and I really hope you join me on this new journey.  The challenge every month is to use at least three (3) photos on a layout and there is also an additional challenge to make it even more fun and interesting. Scrapbookers always have lots of photos and this is a great opportunity to create layouts with three or more photos.

Hop on over to the Three Or More blog to read all about the new design team.  The first challenge will be announced on July 1!

Have a great day!

My First Publication In Scrapbook Generation's Create Magazine!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Today I am very honoured and excited to share that I have a layout published in Create Magazine!  This is a new free monthly digital paper crafting magazine that began publishing in January 2014.  My layout in the June 2014 issue is on page 212.  Check out this jam packed magazine that focuses on sketches but has so much more.  It's their biggest issue yet.  Check it all out here.

I love everything about Fancy Pants Designs and this layout was created from the As You Wish Collection.  I cut out the title on the gold foil paper with my Silhouette Cameo and also the gold tag behind the photo and the little gold hearts.  The flowers are fussy cut and I also cut strips of patterned paper from the collection and added some sewing mating stitching to the strips.  The photos were created with Turbo Collage, which is photo collage software, and the coloured text was added with the software as well.  This is the first layout that I have published in this particular magazine.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.  I hope you all have a wonderful day.

My Creative Sketches June Sketch

Hello scrappy friends!  I am happy to share the June Sketch for My Creative Sketches.  It was a fun sketch to scrap with and Liz Chidester always designs a fabulous one.

Here is the layout I created

Triangles are a challenge for me but it was nice to work out of my comfort zone.  I decided to create a stencil from a digital cut file and cut it out with my Silhouette Cameo.  I used several distress inks and some stamps for texture.  I had a chipboard embellishment that I added for some more depth and interest as well as some wood shapes,  pearls, stickers and a flair button.

The ocean brings me peace.  I love going to Vancouver Island.  It reminds me so much of Hawaii in beauty.  Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a chance to play and link up your layout for a chance and an amazing prize from My Creative Scrapbook.  The kits are outstanding and there are at least four every month to choose from.  One for every scrapbooker's style as well as Project Life.  

Stuck?! Sketches June 15 Sketch And Reveal And June Mood Board At Scrap Around The World

Hello friends!  Today is the Stuck?! Sketches reveal and sketch for June 15.  Once again, Laura Whitaker designed this awesome sketch...

and I was also inspired by the colours, bicycle and flowers of the  June Mood Board over at Scrap Around The World so I played along with their  June Mood Board designed by Di Garling.

I chose some photos of some flowers that I photographed two summers ago while vacationing at my brother's home.  He has the most amazing backyard.

This layout has lots of different mediums on it.  It was great messy play!  I love creating a mixed media layout occasionally.

Thanks for stopping by and I encourage you to play along with Stuck?! Sketches and Scrap Around The World for some great prizes.  Happy scrapping!

Supply List

Acrylic Paint - Claudine Helmuth
Cardstock - American Crafts
Chipboard - Creative Embellishments
Flowers - Prima
Gesso - Claudine Helmuth
Ink - Tim Holtz
Mists - Heidi Swapp, October Afternoon, Ranger
Patterned Paper -  Bo Bunny
Pearls - Kaisercraft, Prima
Resin Flowers - Prima
Ribbon - American Crafts
Stencil - Prima, The Crafter's Workshop
Washi Tape - Bella Blvd.
Wood Embellishments - Recollections, Studio Calico