Spotlighted Today At Paper Issues!

Happy Wednesday friends!  It's going to be a scorcher here today but I'll take it without complaining as the winters where I live are so long.

Today I got a very nice surprise as I was reading blogs. My layout Anchors Away was spotlighted at Paper Issues!

I linked up this layout for the "In The Navy Challenge" that Paper Issues has going on. I love anything nautical or about the ocean.  In fact, I have a lot of home decor in the nautical/beach theme.  I find it calming…

Well that's my news for the day.  I hope you have a great one.  Thanks for stopping by!

Stuck?! Sketches July 1 Sketch And Reveal

Happy Tuesday!  Wow! It's already July and it's also Canada Day.  So proud of my country and feel so blessed to live in a beautiful, free country.

Today at Stuck?! Sketches we have the new sketch for July 1 and also the design team reveals their interpretation of the sketch.  Triangles are on trend at the moment and I gave my Silhouette Cameo a workout.  Here is what I came up with.

This was on summer vacation two years ago when my husband, son and I travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.  It is one of the most beautiful places I have been to.  The flowers are beautiful, the weather is mild and the ocean views are spectacular.  Here are some more closeups.

Here is the July 1 Sketch that Laura Whitaker designed  

I hope you are inspired to play along and link up your creation here at Stuck?! Sketches for a chance to win a prize.  While your there, check out all the design team's amazing creations with this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and I really hope you have a wonderful day!

Three Or More July Challenge - Frames

Hello scrappy friends!  Today at Three Or More we are revealing our first challenge. The challenge is to create a layout with three or more photos and to add an extra twist to this challenge by adding frames to your layout.

For my layout I created more of a mixed media layout of my summer vacation two years ago.  I love the ocean and wanted to create a beachy feel to this page.  For the frames, I edited my photos on my iPhone in an app named Photoshop Express.  I love this app and it has lots of cool frames.  I thought the frame "bleached matte" would make it look like the ocean.

I began my layout with a white piece of card stock and added some clear gesso to it and let it dry.  I then added some Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Gathered Twigs and four different stencils and also some splatters and distress stains.  I added more texture to look like "foamy water" with cheesecloth and also added some packing paper.  I love the Fancy Pants Designs Park Bench Collection and have been hoarding some of the leftovers of this collection since last year so I layered some of the patterned papers and stickers from the collection.  

For the chipboard lighthouse, I wanted it to have a brick effect so I adhered drywall tape and then cut around the windows.  I then added some stamps, sprays, distress paint and splatters.  If you are looking to create lots of texture, drywall tape is inexpensive and it works perfectly.

I matted my photos with some corrugated paper in black and turquoise

I hope you enjoyed your visit and come join in the fun of July's challenge.  Link up your creation at Three Or More blog here and also see what the other design team members created for this challenge.

Have a nice day!

Supply List

Cardstock - American Crafts

Cheesecloth

Chipboard - Fab Scraps

Corrugated Paper - Fancy Pants Designs

Digital Frames - Photoshop Express (iphone app)

Doily - Bo Bunny

Drywall Tape

Flair - A Flair For Buttons

Gesso (Clear) - Liquitex

Ink - Tim Holtz

Lace - Kaisercraft

Mists - Tattered Angels

Packing Paper

Paint - Tim Holtz

Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants Designs (Park Bench Collection)

Pen - Marvy Uchida

Stains - Tim Holtz

Stamps - Kaisercraft, Unity

Stencils - The Crafter's Workshop

Stickers - Fancy Pants Designs (Park Bench Collection)

Black With 2 July Moodboard And Layout

Hello friends!  Today is reveal day at Black With 2 and I would like to share my layout that I created with the Black With 2 Moodboard for July.  In November 2012, I was very fortunate to go on a scrapbooking/photography cruise to Hawaii.  It was my first time travelling to Hawaii and the first time on a cruise.  I captured this sunset on a black sand beach on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Here are a few closeups of my layout….

Here is the mood board that I used to create my layout.  For the photo, I cut the photo into thirds and matted it onto some black corrugated paper.  I used black, grey and orange papers and embellishments and also some orange sequins to embellish the sun that I stencilled with some orange paint as well as strung some sequins on a black string to create a border below the photo.

I hope you are inspired to create from the Black With 2 July Moodboard.  Come see what the design team came up with for the mood board and link up your entry for a chance to win a prize here.  Thanks for stopping by.

Practical Scrappers June Blog Hop - Use Your Stash

Hello everyone!  Welcome to the June Blog Hop at Practical Scrappers.  For this month and every month we are scrapping our stash.  I don't know about you, but I know as a scrapbooker I have lots of stash so it's great to use it up.

Here is a list of the hoppers for June.  

Practical Scrappers http://practicalscrappers.blogspot.com

Audrey http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/

Wendy C www.stampingrules.com 

Erin http://girlpaperscissors.blogspot.com

Majken  http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Ruth  http://paperandmusings.wordpress.com/

Lee-Anne http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com  YOU ARE HERE

Bobbi http://vintagemusedesigns.blogspot.com/

Kerri http://kerrikr8tions.blogspot.com

Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Lisa http://www.snappinandscrappin.blogspot.com/

Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com

Laura http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/

Deborah http://scrappinthelittlethings.blogspot.com/

Suzanna  http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

You should have arrived here from Ruth's blog but if not you can begin at the Practical Scrappers website.  This is the monthly blog hop where the design team members and anyone else that wanted to join the hop can use our scrapbooking stash.  The rule is that the scrappy items have to be in your stash pre CHA.  That means that any scrappy items that came out before January 2014, which was the last CHA (Craft And Hobby Association Show) qualifies for this blog hop.  This is a great way to use up old paper collections and embellishments as I don't know about you, but I have enough stash for two lifetimes. LOL.

For my layout, I have several mists in my stash that I used to make the watercolour effect on my background of white card stock. I then took out some leftover patterned papers from the Carta Bella Cool Summer Collection and matted my photos and also cut an accordion flower and the word "beautiful" on my Silhouette Cameo.  The pink chipboard letter stickers and pearls have been in my stash forever.

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Now hop on over to the talented Bobbi to see what she has created.  Thanks for stopping by!