Scrap Our Stash November 1 Challenge

Hello scrappy peeps.

Today is my turn over at Scrap Our Stash and the challenge was to use 6 X 6 papers on a layout.  I loved this challenge as I love paper pads but when I buy them I have intentions of using them for diecutting or cards but don't think to use them on layouts.  The only 12 X 12 sheet of paper that is allowed for this challenge is the background paper.  The other challenge is to use at least 6 premade embellishments such as 6 chipboard pieces or 6 buttons.  They don't have to be the exact same size or colour.  I chose to use red sequins and on my layout I count eleven of them.  I love this trend and how inexpensive sequins are and how they give the layout that little extra sparkle.

The layout is of my youngest nephew all dressed up for halloween as Avatar.

Boys Will Be Boys

Cardstock - American Crafts
Cork Arrows - Fancy Pants DesignsDiecuts - Silhouette America
Distress Inks - Tim Holtz (Faded Jeans, Festive Berries)
Kraft Doily - Maya Road
Liquid Glass - Close To My Heart
Metal Paper Clip - Maya Road
Patterned Papers - Teresa Collins
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Rotating Stamp - American Crafts
Sequins - Unknown
Stencil - The Crafter's Workshop
Twine - Unknown

I chose some very different papers to create this layout and didn't use typical halloween colours at all.  Sometimes it's fun to try something different so I took the blue from Dylan's outfit and used that as my inspiration for the color palette of blue, grey, red and white.

I hope you enjoyed your visit and I would love to see what you create so be sure and upload your creation to the Scrap Our Stash Blog for November for a great prize.  Thanks for stopping by.

Thanksgiving Plastic Canvas Display

Hello scrappy friends!  Today is my individual feature over at Practical Scrappers and I wanted to share something a little different than what I usually blog about and that is plastic canvas.  Before I discovered the world of papercrafts, I created many cross stitching projects and plastic canvas.  It was a great way to keep my hands busy while watching television.

For this Thanksgiving display, I used several pieces of plastic canvas, a wool needle, several colors of acrylic yarn some google eyes, embroidery floss for the mouths and a plastic canvas pattern that I bought from a craft store.  The above display took me quite a while to create, but I was happy with the result and it will be displayed in my home at Thanksgiving every year.

Do you have other creative hobbies that you enjoy?  I would love to hear about them.  Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a creative day!

Let's Get Sketchy Sketch Inspired Magazine

Happy Saturday everyone!  In my area we are under a heavy snowfall warning so I am going to hunker down and stay at home.

Today I am sharing a great new digital magazine with lots of great sketch inspiration and I am honored to be included and have a layout published in this new venture.  My layout is on Page 72.

It's great to see so many of my online scrapbooking friends layouts gathered in one place.  This online magazine can be downloaded, printed or viewed on a computer.  Here is the link.  Enjoy!

http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/2013/11/its-time-lgss-first-magazine-publication.html

I hope you get a chance to check this out.  At the moment, there is a submission call for the winter publication so make sure to check it all out.

Have a great day!

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!

Practical Scrappers Thanksgiving Card

Hello!  Can you believe it's the month of November?  Today at Practical Scrappers there is a reveal of the November 1 Card Sketch, created by design team member Patty Selah.  

November 1 Card Sketch

The design team was asked to create a card with a Thanksgiving theme so I happily took out some seasonal papers from the We R Memories "Country Livin" Collection and created this simple card.

I cut some ribbon that was maple leaves and applied some Beacon 3-In-1 Glue and adhered some sequins to the maple leaves.  I then found a wood button and tied a bow with twine and misted a wood leaf embellishment with October Afternoon Sprinklers (Rotary Phone) to make it a green shade.  Next, I added my title in some woodgrain mini letter stickers by October Afternoon.  Voila!  A simple Thanksgiving card!  

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out what some of the other design team members at Practical Scrappers created with the card sketch here.