Sassy Lil Skethes Switch It Up Saturday / Cousin Layout

Today is Switch It Up Saturday over at Sassy Lil Sketches, be sure you stop by for some inspiration and to see what the Switch It Up Designer's did with this week's sketch! Create and upload your own for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor!

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I also wanted to share with you a layout I created for some much needed therapy! I used this week's GORGEOUS color palette from The Color Room

This is a layout of my Cousin Jadyn, she and my youngest daughter are only 12 weeks apart. We don't get to see her much, but her closness in age has created a bond between her and my youngest daughter. My Aunt and Grandma love to get on the phone and compare the 2 girls with me. What is so special about this layout is the dress she is wearing. Yep the dress, it was given to my Grandmaother by a friend and Jadyn used it first as se is slightly bigger than my daughter and then it was passed down to Emilee. However both girls had photos taken of them in the dress, per my Grandma's request. It's neat to see how alike and yet how different both are. I dearly wish I could be closer to her as well as my whole family, but I keep them all in my heart, thoughts and prayers.....and scrapping of course!!

Here is a close up of the flower cluster's and doily. I LOVE this style of doily and cant remember for the life of me where I purchased them......

The paper is GCD Studios and the Family title is Teresa Collins.

I mixed and matched handmade flowers along with a few Prima's and I love the look it created! A lil bling and PRESTO!

This is a close up of the upper left hand corner, I used a piece of doily to accentuate the flowers cluster, and it turned out absolutely devine!

Here is a side by side close up of my Cousin Jadyn (left) and my Daughter Emilee (right) each wearing the dress. Jadyn had her's proffesionally made and I took snaps of Emilee in her room....hence the shocking green background.

I wanted to share one more of my lil sweetie in the dress!

Hope you enjoyed my layout and the wonderful story behind it!

Happy Scrapping

XOXOX

Sketchabilities Reveal Day / Friday Finds

Yesterday was REVEAL DAY for Sketchabilities I am pretty excited about my layout and cannot wait to share with you! But before I do I wanna give a quick CONGRATS to the new Oct-Dec Sketchabilities Design Team, you will absolutely LOVE working with Karen, she is really sweet and super talented! I cannot wait to see your upcoming work!

Without further adieu here is this week's reveal

Sketch #55


Here is my take on this lovely sketch:

I had a great time playing with this sketch! I used some G45 background patterned paper from the Once Upon A Springtime collection, paired with some Bazzil cardstock scraps as well as some Bo Bunny and Websters Pages!

 The photo is of my oldest son, years ago, I cannot believe how much he has grown! He is now in his last year of Elementary and growing like a weed!

I just used Tim Holtz distress ink around the edges of the backgrouns paper with a make up sponge to geth the dark distressed dirty look. I used an old pair of school scissors to rough up the edges of the papers for that grungy look and feel. I love the deminsion this creates!

You can see the rough edges better in this close up, as well as the clocks from Webster's Pages Ladies and Gents collection mixed with some gears from Bo Bunny's Timepiece collection. The title is K&Co

More clock and gears close up's!

Check out that silly face, what a clown!

FRIDAY FINDS

I choose an apple theme for this weeks finds, because nothing screams Fall more than apples. Although it's not officially Fall.....it's almost that time, and I must admit I'm getting excited!

    

 

  





I hope you enjoyed my layout and gorgeous and yummy  finds and look forward to your sweet comments!

Happy Scrapping
XOXOX

ScrapFIT - Sketchy Thursday BLOG HOP

'Welcome to the ScrapFIT & Sketchy Thursday   Blog Hop!  

We have joined up with Sketch Thursday this week to offer you a really tough workout!  You will need to use the sketch below from Sketchy Thursday combined with Workout #52! 

WORKOUT #52

 F is for Friendship -Friends are the family members we pick out by hand. Lets dedicated this weeks layout to a special friend(s).  

Here is my take on the sketch and workout combined:

Since this is a special joint workout there are a few prizes up for grabs!  

You an win this Halloween kit from our ScrapFIT sponsor Paper Issues by linking your layout to the Mr Linky on the ScrapFIT blog

Be sure to visit all of the FITgirls blog's and comment on their Workout because one lucky random winner that leaves a comment on every FITgirls blog will be get this prize kit! You can get to each girls blog by clicking on their photo at ScrapFIT.  

Once you do that be sure to head on over to SKETCHY THURSDAYS  for a chance at winning a prize from their sponsor and another chance at a prize from commenting on the Design Team blogs!

 

This workout will end on Wednesday 9/21 an the winners will be announced on Thursday 9/22.  We hope you will play along and remember you still have until the end of the month to play along with Workout #51.  

Happy Scrapping

XOXOX

Sassy LIl' Sketches Reveal Day

Sorry this is posted late, I've had sick kiddos at home.

 I just love working with Cherie and Katie and all the other talented DT members and the members are so wonderful they make it so worth while! I just love this site, everyone is so wonderful and welcoming, if you have never checked out Sassy Lil Sketches, I HIGHLY RECCOMEND you do, the sketches are amazing and the community is so great and the site has so much more to offer other than just sketches! Wonderful finds are posted daily!

CHECK IT OUT!

Here is the sketch for this week, I had a ton of fun playing with it, it allows for alot of creativity and options!

Keep in mind Sassy Lil Sketches just released their brand new EBook last mont chaulk full of 70 brand new sketches and some designer samples to go along with it, so if you love this sketch and want more you can find more info. here!

Without further adieu here is my take on this weeks sketch:

First off sorry for the shadows......the lighting just stunk the last few days....

The background paper is GCD Studios paired with some black Bazzil carstock and K&CO as well as a touch of My MInds Eye! I love different brands and collections work well together! The photo is of my gorgeous SIL!

I used my scissor edges to score all the dges of the paper to give it that torn distressed look which is new FAV of mine right now! This simple technique, but you have to go slow til you get the hang of it so as not to tear the paper, you also may want to choose to use scissors that are less aharp to avoid slicing your fingers....I prefer to use plain ol' school scissors. I just use one side of the scissors and use a scrapping motion and have found if I move toward the inside of the paper instead of going in a downward motion with the scissors, I tear the paper less and get a more grungy effect. Tim Holtz has a tool that will give this look as well, I just haven't gotten around to purchasing it yet!

 I used some Prima journaling spots on each side of the photos with the black buttons placed on either side that I was lucky enough to find at a local thrift store! Thrift stores can be amazing places to find hidden scrappy treasures! Next time your out and about pop your head in your own thrift store and see what you can find! I bet you don't walk out empty handed!

The flowers are actually silk, mixed with some leaves I created using a Marvy Uchida punch and Tim Holtz Distress Ink! Silk flowers work well on scrappy pages if you try to use ones that are not as bulky....these are a little bulky however when pressed flat like they will in an album they look just fine. Another trick to keep your flowers from flattening is to store your albums upright rather than lying down flat.

Last but not least the title was cut using my Cricut, I believe it was the Home Decor cartridge and the butterflies were made with a generic punch! I used a small punch paired with a mini punch to give the butterflies a little bit of dimension.

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I hope you have enjoyed my layout and thank you for stopping by, I love your comments!!

BELLA BLVD LAYOUTS!!!!

I am soooooo excited about the layouts below I'm sharing with you all today,I haven't had as much scrappy time as I would have liked to have had this summer.....but isn't that how it goes, lol! Creating these pages REALLY got my mojo going, I am seriously proud of them! And definately ready to rock some more great pages!

I created these pages using some of my amazing Bella Blvd. stash

AFTER SHOWING MY LAYOUTS BELOW TO MY LSS OWNER, SHE HAS AGREED TO BEGIN CARRYING  

BELLA BLVD PRODUCTS      

  

The papers were amazing to work with, and I will definately be working with them again in the future! If you have not had the pleasure of crafting with this amazing line I highly reccomend you do so! They have some amazing collections to choose from all double sided, in wonderful bright arrays of different colors all with wonderful cordinating peices to pair your layouts with for the picture perfect page!

Here are a pages I've created using their products:

100% BOY

Ok I think this is definately my favorite! This is my youngest son a few years ago, I love this photo!

Ceck out the crisp clarity shown here in the Cute Cuts! How cute are these by the way!

Paired with pop dots you can't go wrong!

More Cute Cuts shown here, that helicopter is just so stinking cute, I think I want another!

Clouds are so hot right now, and these clouds from Bella Blvd's Mr Boy collection are just adorable and sure to add a finishing touch to any layout or card!

PRODUCT LIST:

Traffic Jam - Mr Boy Collection

Cute Cuts - Mr Boy Collection

Short Stories - Sophisticates Collection

McIntosh - Sophisticates Collection

Follow Me - Mr Boy Collection

Mother's Day - Family Dynamix Collection

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FAMILY

This is a photo of my kiddos from this last summer....from a forced photo shoot at the park.....you can sense the joy on their faces right?!?! Lol kidding, I have 2 that like the camera and 3 that would rather eat dirt than have their photo taken haha!

Again another layout using Bella Blvd papers! The rich yummy colors just jump off the page right?!?!?  This was such a fun page and I ended up loving the Chorine paper from the Sophisticates Collection so much I ordered more!

I fussy cut these adorable flowers out of the Mother's Day paper from Family Dynamix collection, they are absolutely stunning and I have a ton left over that I plan to use in the future!

The 'Family' title was fussy cut from more Cute Cuts / Family Dynamix Collection

paper close ups and details!

Check out the beautiful patterns shown, SO MUCH FUN!

                                                                   PRODUCTS LIST

Chlorine - Sophisticates Collection

McInTosh - Sophisticates Collection

Bananna - Sophisticates Collection

Short Stories - Sophisticates Collection

Mother's Day - Family Dynamix

Cute Cuts - Family Dynamix Collection

NEVER WANTED NOTHING MORE

This is a photo of my Husband and I, Haha He was looking a lil on the scruffy side, but thats when we love em most.....haha ok you caught me...shhhhh!

This layout was created using the Bella Blvd Sophisticates Collection, again more bright colors that just jump off the page at you!

PRODUCTS LIST:

McIntosh - Sophisticates Collection

Ice- Sophisticates Collection

Bananna - Sophisticates Collection

Short Stories - Sophisticates Collection

GARDEN GIRL

This is a photo is my youngest, posing in front of a gorgeous flower bush at the local zoo!

How pretty are these papers paired together, are they not great?!?!?! I am in love with the color combo here! Like I said above the papers are all so cordinating, the pages just so easily come together!

PRODUCTS LIST:

Linens -Estate Collection

Chrorine - Sophisticates Collection

Peep - Sophisticates Collection

Short Stories - Sophisticates Collection

I hope you enjoyed my layouts

Happy Scrapping!