Little Yellow Bicycle Layout Challenge

I am so excited to share that I am one of the prize pack winners of the Little Yellow Bicycle Layout Challenge at 2 Peas.  I am floating right now, because there was some really stiff talent and it is an honor to be chosen for this layout of my little girl.  This is my little blondie dressed up as a wicked witch with a big black wig. She had to have all of the accessories, so the straw broom front and center is the perfect embellishment. I just love the Little Yellow Bicycle Boo-ville paper and embellishments - perfect for this photo.

I used my Cricut Blackletter cartridge to cut the title to mirror the font LYB chose for the journal cards.  I also like to use the shadow feature to outline the letters and then pop dot them to make the jump off the page.  The little green letters are Fabric Delight Thickers. 

I also used my Imaginisce iRock to add the orange gems on my border at the bottom of the purple paper.  This tool is so easy and so much fun to use.  I find myself including a little bling on just about every project.

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Sunday Sketch and Guest Designers

This week's sketch is an attempt to utilize different elements. I have to say that I am lucky to have such creative guest designers, because sometimes I struggle to put together a sketch and they always take what I send them and work magic with it. This week is no exception...

Lisa Watson joins us this week as the primary designer. Here is a little bit about her, "I've been scrapping for 8 years thanks to my husband who literally drove me to the first scrapbook store and made me start this hobby. It wasn't til the last 2 years that I have become completely OBSESSED with our fabulous hobby, thanks to the world of online forums and blogs. I now scrap just about everyday and LOVE it! I have 3 kids which comprise the majority of my scrapping. I love creating layouts and capturing my families memories for years to come. I am on the DT over at Scrapdango and My Sketch World and a contributing writer for a paper magazine, Michigan Scrapbooker Magazine."

This is what Lisa had to say about working with the sketch, "I started off using these great papers from Echo Park's A Walk in the Park Collection. The colors felt like school colors. The journaling spot was perfect for this school layout. I cut the green stars from the Cricut and then made them 3d by taking my stylus on the back from each point to the center and then lightly ink the lines to make them stand out a little more, added 3d tape underneath and its an easy 3d embellishment. The Jenni Bowlin Chalkboard Alpha stickers are fantastic for every school layout. The pencil was the final touch because it needed something else, who knows how long I've had that pencil but it was a very long time. "

Close Ups of Lisa's Work

Please visit Lisa's blog My Pictures 2 Pages for more information about her and details about her work.

Metal Minish is back for another week with his inspiring work. I love how he blends his passion for gaming with Webster's Pages. Brandin needs to see this :) Here is what he had to say about working with the sketch, "I looked at the sketch and wondered what would look good with it... Is it best for a less-is-more type of LO? A playful and colorful one perhaps? As I looked through my bunches of photos, and found this one of me cosplaying Link from The Legend of Zelda, it hit me... This is perfect for a nature/fantasy type LO! Or well, that is how I saw it, hehe~ So here I used lots of Webster's, which suited my wanted theme perfectly. To further make things match, and to fake an aged look, I stained the papers with some coffee using an old toothbrush."

Please visit his blog Nerd Scrap for more information about him and details about his work.

Lisa Jamerson is also back this week with her inspiring work. She said this about working with the sketch, "I loved, loved, loved this sketch! It was perfect so I didn't change much of anything. For the flourishes in the sketch I just used remnants of the paper from my trimmer and glued them by the flowers. That is probably my favorite component."

Please visit her blog Cut, Create and Care for more information about him and details about his work.

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August Sketch Challenge Winner

Wendy Rasbach created this amazing layout based on this sketch...

Gorgeous work Wendy!  I love how you used a large journal card instead of a 2nd photo.  Please email me and I will get a RAK out to you soon :)  lizqualman@gmail.com

 

Please visit Wendy's blog Scrapping with a Type A Personality for more information about her and details about her work.

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Collaborating with Adornit

Does this layout not crack you up??? My son is such a little stinker :) I'm very excited to share that this project is part of a collaboration with the very talented Georgana Hall from Adornit. She wrote an article for Ella Publishing called Make it Masculine and sent me a formula to create this layout as an example. Click {HERE} to read the article and learn more about how to make awesome "boy" pages. My wonderful friend Suzanne Sergi is also part of this collaboration and her page is absolutely marvelous. Georgana also has a few amazing pages of her own to share, full of masculine ideas.

One of Georgana's suggestions is to use over-sized letters, which is what I did with my Cricut and the Feeling Groovy cartridge. I also shadowed and pop dotted a few of the letters to make them stand out more.

In keeping with the over-sized theme, I also used my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge to cut the very large ric rac for some movement and interest. I love the gorgeous blues, greens and oranges in the many of the Adornit collections and how they all complement each other. I think I have four different collections represented in this layout.

I love to create journal strips and find myself reaching for my Dymo label maker, mostly because it is convenient. I should probably get off my butt and use my computer, but it is at the opposite end of my house from my scrap space, so label maker = efficient.

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