I Wish I Were A Fish

     My granddaughter had her first visit to the aquarium. She sure seems to be concentrating in these pictures. I think she has made some new friends. 
     

Sketch #70

     This sketch is from the Be Merry December Crop on Facebook this month. I started this sketch with out turning it, but then realized I needed some seaweed. I used my Cameo Silhouette to create the title and the fish. I had the celery border on the back as a mat, but then brought it to the front to hide the bottoms of the seaweed. Except for the sheets of Black Iris and Celery, this page was made from my scrap pile. 

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Pebbles - Home Grown (Family Tree, Flower Garden, Home Sweet Home)

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Celery

                       Coredinations - Black Iris

                       White

     Dies: Spellbinders - Open Book

             Our Daily Bread - Double Stitched Circles

     Edge Punches: Martha Stewart - Vine Trim

                           ek - Dotted Wave Small

     Silhouette: Miss Kate's Cuttables - Cute Fish

                                                       Happy Fish

                      Font -

     Embellies: Googley Eyes

    

Get Well Roses

     My sister has been suffering with bronchitis. I thought I would make her a card using this sketch from Sketch N Scrap. She loves roses so I started there. You should try out this sketch as well. You have all month to try it out, post it to the Sketch N Scrap blog, and then be entered for a prize.

Sketch #111

     For this card, I used an edge punch to make a double layer of the same border. Under the roses there are two 1/8 inch strips (light blue and silver) to ground them. 

     On the inside of the card, I stamped a cluster of roses and placed a die cut one for the largest on in the corner.

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Authentique - Alpine 6

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Coastal

                                   Mystique

                       Coordinates - Black Iris  

     Stamps: Gina K - Rose Bouquet

     Ink: Gina K - In the Navy

     Die: Elizabeth Craft Designs - Rose

            Burniston & Riley - Katherine Label Pop-Up

     Punch: Martha Stewart

     

   

Family

     Here is the beginning of my very first attempt at making a mini album all by myself. This Sketch N Scrap Sketch is just perfect for this book. 

Sketch #92

     I turned the sketch, then flipped it. I changed the two photos to one larger photo. A tag is added behind the photo as well as a 4 inch flap. It was easy to take a sketch intended for a 12 x 12" layout to 8 x 8". 
     The photo frame is actually a 4 x 6" foiled vellum piece. I used a circle die to remove the center, which is a wooden wheel. I added a wooden button and silver glitter enamel to the middle.  

     This sketch was just right. I'm hoping the December sketch will give me more inspiration for another page in the book.

Tag

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: BoBunny - Bella Rosa (Whisper, Reflection)

                                               Double Dot (Wine, Shadow, Island Mist)

     Ink: Gina K - Cherry Red

            Distress - Frayed Burlap

     Dies: ECD - Tags & More (Lace)

             Spellbinders - Standard Lg Circles

                                  Orchard Harvest

             Sizzix - Tattered Flower Garland 

     Punch: ek - 1" Corner

                       1/4 " Circle

                Fiskars - 1/8" hole punch

     Embellies: Wooden Button

                     Silver Enamel Dots

                     Bo Bunny Brads

                     Bella Rosa Foil Vellum

                     Wire Word - Family

    

Challenges

CAS-ual Fridays - Anything But A Card - #39 - Contender!

Peeking Sunflowers

    This November sketch from Sketch N Scrap is a fun framework to make a card. You have ALL month to try out this sketch and enter it for a prize. This card is posted on the Sketch N Scrap Facebook page as well. 

Sketch #109

     This card is made using some Graphic 45 Time and Place paper I had sitting around. I die cut the corner of the card using a circle die, then used that same die plus the next larger nesting die to make a border.

    For the tag I used a craft knife to slice along the lower right corner of the border, then peeled it back. This made a peek-a-boo for the sunflower on the inside of the card.

     The envelope is made using the Envelope Punch Board. The corner design was strategically placed so that it shows when you open the envelope.

Materials List:

    Patterned Paper: Graphic 45 - Place in Time (August)

     Card Stock: Bazzill - black  

     Dies: Our Daily Bread - Stitched Circles

     Ink: Distress - Vintage Photo

     Embellies - Metal Sunflower

    

Challenges

Thankful for You

     Karrie, from Scrappn Savvy gave me a stack of Moxie: Autumn Glory patterned paper. She asked me to design and kit a fall card for the Subs and a 6-Pack Class (Subway sandwich and 6 card projects). This is the card I came up with.

This paper had a distressed look with a collage of flowers and swirls in the corner. This isn't the sheet of paper a card maker usually grabs. I stamped and die-cut the leaves and sunflower from this paper. I also traced the lines on the leaves and sunflower with my Sakura gold gel pen to add a bit of sparkle.

     For the inside of the card, I used the corner of the patterned paper.

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Moxie - Autumn Glory

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Malt Ball

                       WeR - Bewitched Goblin  

     Stamps: Gina K - Give Thanks

                               Pressed Flowers 2 (coordinating dies)

                               Year of Flowers 2

     Dies: Stamps of Life - Pumpkin Fold It

             Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large

     Ink: Momento - Rich Cocoa

           Gina K - Dark Chocolate

     Embellies - 7 green gems

                     Gold Sakura Gel Pen

    

Challenges

Vellum Spider Web

     I chose this sketch for my last bit of Mind's Eye "Spooked" patterned paper. I never saw the entire collection, but the 3 pieces that I did see were amazing. This paper is old; and Mind's Eye is no longer creating paper collections. So much for hoping for a re-release of this fun paper.

Sketch #4

     The sentiment on the card front and the spider on the envelope are heat embossed with shiny black powder. Originally, I die cut the web in black, but alas the spider didn't show up. I recut the die using vellum and attached the vellum to the black by running it through the Xyron. The banners are made using an edge punch, then trimming at equal intervals.

Card and Envelope

     The patterned paper you are looking at is from the scrap pile of "Boo Crew", an earlier project. If you look at the previous project, you will notice that I die cut stars from it. Well . . . . . . . . this is the scrap of paper with the stars cut from it.

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - Spooked Stars, Spooked Stripes

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Papaya Puree

                                   Sugar Wafer

                                   Black   

     Stamps: Burniston - Halloween

                  Stampabilities - Halloween

     Dies: Burniston - Halloween Scene #1014

             Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large

                                 Petite Scalloped Circles Large

     Punch: Martha Stewart - Diamond Star

     Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black

     Embossing Powder - Black

     Vellum

    

Challenges

Pumpkin Shape Card

     I decided to try something a little different with this sketch. How would it look if all of the sketch elements were placed on a shape card? Here is the sketch from Sketch N Scrap for the World Card Making event. 

WCMD 2017 Sketch #3

      As you can see, I did twist the rectangle a bit and added some bling. I used one sheet of Moxie: Autumn Glory paper. It had a distress look with a collage of flower and swirls in the corner. I don't think this is the sheet of paper a card maker usually grabs. Not only did I use this paper for the pumpkin, but I also stamped the sunflower and "Happy Fall" onto it as well. The mat behind the sentiment is a quasi-solid that was the reverse side of the paper. The strip of leaves - well that was the border at the bottom of the sheet. (BTW: I haven't used the prefix quasi- for quite some time. I double checked the meaning and spelling to make sure I was using it correctly. It means almost.)

     For the inside of the card, I used the corner of the patterned paper. I feel like I used this sheet of paper to the max. There was barely any left.

 

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Moxie - Autumn Glory

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Malt Ball

                       WeR - Bewitched Goblin  

     Stamps: Gina K - Give Thanks

                               Pressed Flowers 2 (coordinating dies)

                               Year of Flowers 2

     Dies: Stamps of Life - Pumpkin Fold It

             Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large

     Ink: Momento - Rich Cocoa

           Gina K - Dark Chocolate

     Embellies - 7 green gems

                     Gold Sakura Gel Pen

    

Challenges

Owl in the Oak

     Here is a fun fall birthday card using a Sketch N Scrap Fall Fun Crop sketch. Make your own card and enter it by downloading a picture of your card under this sketch. Click here to find just the right place to put it.

Sketch #2

     I used my Copics to color this wise owl and then mounted him on a circle mat. I dug out the Die-namics Blueprint #18 again (You'd think I would have had enough of that die when I made 6 cards using it last month.) to make a background with a diagonal cut.

Card and Envelope

     I love coloring these acorns using E27 on the top and W5 on the bottom. I then take the colorless blender (0) to make a plaid-like pattern on the top of the acorn.

Inside of Card

     I colored two owls in case one wasn't good enough to put on the card. The second one turned out OK. I hated to waste him, so I put him on the back of the card.

Back of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Gina K - The Simple Things

     Card Stock: Gina K - Ivory

                                    Dark Chocolate  

     Stamps: Gina K - Give Thanks w/ coordinating dies

                               Wise Old Owl w/ coordinating dies

                               Stitched Leaves w/ coordinating dies

                               Genevieve Giraffe

     Ink: Gina K - Grass Green, Fresh Asparagus

                               Honey Mustard, Tomato Soup

                               Dark Chocolate

                  Momento - Rich Cocoa

     Die: Die-namics - Blueprint #18

     Punch: ek - Fall Leaf

     Embellies: Green Twine

                    Gold Sakura Gel Pen

                    Wooden Dot

     Copics: Owl E31, 33, 35, YR27. E47, 49. C0, 1, 3. 

                Acorn E27, Blender Pen. W5

    

Challenges

Crafty Addicts - Autumn Colors - #46 - *

Creative Friday - Dies & Punches - #38 - *
Gem of a Challenge - Birthday Card - #61 - *

Christmas Magic

     I made this card using the scraps from Dreaming of Snow. It is basically a card on top of a card. When you untie the bow a gift card holder is revealed. 

 

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay - Festive

                                               Frosty

     Card Stock: My Colors - Dark Molasses

                                        Snowbound

                                        Dare Devil                                    

     Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs - Hardware I - Hinges

             Burniston & Riley - Word Set 3 - Holiday #1022

                                         Snowman #1017

                                         Gift Card Label #1019

     Embellies: White Ribbon

                    2 Red Brads

  

    

The Boo Crew

     I love this sketch. You have all month to try it out, post it to the Sketch N Scrap blog, and then be entered for a prize.

Sketch #138

     I had a stack of Halloween pictures of my grandchildren in their costumes. I decided to use Karen Burniston's new Halloween dies and some treasured patterned paper to document them. Midnight the Bat - which includes the small bat - is one of Karen's older dies. The rest of the elements in the Halloween scene are from her new release.

    
     Some of the fun tidbits are:

• Title - I used my Cameo Silhouette to make this. The neat thing is that the "Boo!" is the die cut directly from the Big Shot. With the Silhouette PixScan Mat, I was able to make it fit onto the mats perfectly.
• Stars - The stars are die cut from the "Spooky Stars" patterned paper. 
• House - The die has a stencil feature. I was able to sponge over the die to get the bricks on the house. I elected to tear the shutters to give a haunted look.
• Patterned Paper - My fave part about this entire layout is the paper. There used to be a scrapbook outlet store in Destin, Florida. We vacation there every year and I looked forward to visiting this store. As of 2 years ago, it is no longer there. I got 5 sheets of this collection several years back and every time I pulled it out, I didn't want to cut into it to make one card. For this layout I used almost all of it. I used the scraps to create a Halloween card that I will be posting October 28.

The Tag

     I know that I warned my Sketch N Scrap friends that I would be boring them with pics of my grandchildren. I was definitely right about that!!!

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - Spooked Circles, Spooked Stars, Spooked Stripes

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Papaya Puree

                                  Sugar Wafer

                                  Honeycomb

                                  Black   

     Dies: Burniston & Riley - House & Fence Pop Up #1015

                                         Halloween Scene  #1014

                                         Halloween Elements #1013

                                         Snowman Twist Circle #1012

             Elizabeth Craft Designs (Burniston) - Midnight the Bat #1203

             Die-namics - Blueprint #18

     Punch: Martha Stewart - Ooze

     Silhouette Font: Bubble and Brew

     Embellies: Gray Twine

                    Silver Eyelet

    

Challenges

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Halloween Scary/Cute - #6 - *
Pixie's Crafty Workshop Challenge - #301-2 - Snippets - #15 - *
Scrap From Your Heart - Halloween - #1 - *

Dreaming of Snow

     For this layout, I used a sketch from Let's Scrap Sketches. I've had it finished for a while, but I forgot to enter it and the deadline was yesterday. I'll just blog about it anyway.

     I was planning to put a huge snowman head in the lower left corner with the snowman tipping his hat, but he just didn't look that great without his hat on. I ended up making my own Silhouette cutout of a snowman for this layout. 

The snow globe is a a combination of two purchased Silhouette files. I used Karen Burniston's new snowman die inside the globe.

The hat and scarf on the title are from an old Elizabeth Craft Designs die. 

 
The mittens are from Stamps of Life. 

Left Page

Right Page

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay - Festive

                                               Frosty

     Card Stock: My Colors - Snowbound

                                        Dare Devil

                                        Stonehenge

                                        Dark Molasses

                                        Black   

     Dies: Burniston & Riley - Snowman #1017

             Cheery Lynn - Snowflake Set

             Elizabeth Craft Designs - Snowman #929

             Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large

                                 Petite Scalloped Circles Large

             Stamps of Life - Mittens2Stamp                                      

     Punch: Ek - Snowflake Edge Punch

     Silhouette Files: - Lori Whitlock - Dancing is Like Dancing

                              Sarah Hurley - Dreaming of a White Christmas

                              Samantha Walker - Card Snowman Snow Globe

                              Miss Kates Cuttables - Snowman Snow Globe

                              Sandi Idleman - Polka Dot Alphabet

     Embellies: Clear Rhinestones

                    Screw Brad

    

Challenges

The Cat's Pajamas Challenge - Fall or Winter - # - October 2