Published In Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired Magazine!

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I am super excited to tell you that the Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired Magazine Issue #3 is live and I have two layouts published in this issue.  The first layout is on Page 72

and the second layout is on Page 83

The entire magazine can be viewed at the link below.

http://www.joomag.com/magazine/lets-get-inspired-may-issue-3/0458203001398802899

This is a great magazine full of lots of scrapbooking inspiration so be sure and check it out.

Have a lovely day!

Stuck?! Sketches May 1 Sketch Reveal

Happy first day of May!  Today is the May 1 Sketch Reveal over at Stuck?! Sketches and my hubby is going to be celebrating his 50th birthday this month and to celebrate, he got a new car.  No this isn't a mid life crisis.  He truly is a car lover and especially loves Camaros and this is his sixth Camaro that he has owned.  He is happy to have a convertible and I am looking so forward to lots of drives this spring and summer.

I tried to add lots of grunge and texture to this layout by adding burlap, a stencil, and some chipboard and wanted to give it an ultra masculine feel.  Here is the wonderful sketch that I used created by Laura Whitaker.  I flipped the sketch.

Thanks for dropping by. To see the full design team reveal and to upload your take on the sketch for a fabulous prize, check it all out here.

Supplies

Burlap
Chipboard - Creative Embellishments
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Diamond Plate
Embossing Powder - Ranger, Sugar Loaf Products
Patterned Papers - Kaisercraft Garage Days Collection
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Ranger Metal-pressions Adhesive Metal Sheet
Stamp Ink - Color Box
Stencil - Tim Holtz Burlap Layering Stencil
Wood Embellishment - Studio Calico

Design Team Announcement At Black With 2 and May 1 Reveal!

Hello friends!  Today I finally get to share some exciting news and to tell my secret that I have been keeping to myself for about two months.  I am now a design team member at Black With 2! 

If you are not familiar with this scrapbook challenge blog, the challenge is to create a layout from the monthly mood board provided and always have black cardstock as the background, the monthly sketch, only the two colours stated, the image for inspiration and the monthly word in your title or journaling.  Please note that only 5% of the layout can have the colour white.  Below is the mood board for May.  The colours for May are soft grey and dark slate.

Here is the layout I created for the May Mood Board.  I used a black card stock background, the word living in the title or journaling, as well as several shades of grey and black.  

First I matted the photo of my son with corrugated paper and then I painted some chipboard from Creative Embellishments a light grey,

used some black and grey acrylic paint to make some splatters, 

added a flair button by A Flair For Buttons

and cut some borders and tabs with my Silhouette Cameo.  Finally I added a strip of Prima washi tape.

Thanks for stopping by and I really hope you are inspired and join the challenge.  To see the design team announcement and the other design team member's layouts, and the sponsors for May's prize, please check it all out here.  

 Have a creative day!

Country Living Layout

Hello friends! Happy Sunday!  Today I would like to share a layout I created using the We R Memory Keepers Country Livin' Collection.  I love the mountains nearby and I love to go to the country every chance I get.  It just gives me peace.  It must be all the fresh air and the open space and sky and of course the beautiful landscapes and  animals.

I created this using Sketch #267 over at Creative Scrappers.  I rotated the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies

Burlap - Canvas Corp.
Flare Button - Paper Bakery
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs
Patterned Paper - We R Memory Keepers (Country Livin' Collection)
Letter Stickers - October Afternoon
Twine - Karen Foster Designs
Wood Embellishments - Recollections, Studio Calico

Today I Am Loving Life Layout

Please go here if you are looking for the Practical Scrappers Scrap Our Stash April Blog Hop.

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing yet another layout that I created with one of my favorite Fancy Pants Collections ever.  This is my third layout with the As You Wish Collection.   I love all of Fancy Pants collections and I'm pretty sure I have just about every collection that they have come out with.  Out of all the collections so far, Park Bench, Trend Setter and As You Wish are my favorites.

This layout was fun to do.  I used a lot of my leftover strips from the As You Wish Collection and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the title out of the gold foil paper,  the little tag and the tiny hearts.  There is a lot of sewing machine stitching on this particular and I also fussy cut the flowers.  I thought it would pop more if I used a black background.  To add text to the photos, I created it with an app named  Turbo Collage and I added the text as well.  I used a sketch designed by the amazing Allison Davis.

I love this collection!  Thanks for stopping by! Have a creative day!