SNS Layout Sketch 186

I will let you in on a little secret, I have not been doing any traditional scrapbooking lately. I have been focusing on organizing my supplies and on getting my 2018 Happy Planner Scrapbook done. It uses little 2 x 2 and 2 x 3 photos and I do a weekly spread. I have been enjoying it. I have however missed just grabbing a set of photos and working with them to create a cute page. This is one of the reasons I LOVE sketches. I can grab and go pretty quick and come up with an adorable page featuring two of my little grands 

Here is my take on Sketch #186

I used up some super old papers from a PersonalScrapper Kit, I sure do miss that club. The papers are mainly just cardstock but there is also some JillyBean Soup in there as well.

I used some stickers and some chipboard to indicate the fun things they did at the apple orchard.

I also mixed some fonts to make the title. 

We would love to see what you come up with using the sketch below!

SNS Card 131 - Hello

Have you been crafting? I have been doing a lot of organizing and a squeezing in crafting here and there. I did manage to make several cards and a project for my grand-daughters 1st birthday coming up real soon.

I decided that I have had this paper from Jillybean Soup  for long enough. I got it in a kit in 2011 and have always loved it cause it is just so cute and playful.

I used this fun sketch from SNS Card Sketch #131

Hop on over to our blog and see what the other designers came up with.

Link up your projects by October 31st at 9:55 CST

Fall

Oh how I adore fall. I really love each and every season. The change from one to another makes me just look forward to different things all year round. There is just something special though about a perfect fall day.  I wanted to capture that in this card that I made for the last WCMD sketch over at Sketch N Scrap. There has been so much going on over there I hope you have been able to participate in the regular challenges, the crop, or the World Card-making Day challenges.

Here is what I came up with. I decided to pick out a stamp set that I wanted to play around with and then I grabbed some papers and matched up my ink.

I did the Rock and Roll technique, which is one of my favorites. You stamp your image in the main color and then you roll the image in a second color so that you end up with a few different colors instead of just one solid image.

I also crinkled the leaves a little and then added some pop dots strategically under them.

I kept the inside pretty simple.

Here is the sketch It is super cute I love playing around with banners. I feel like I went way out side the box this time around. Normally I follow a sketch fairly close but I left off the circle and mimicked it with the leaves and I also extended the back strip into a ribbon.

Back to my roots

So earlier this month it was World Cardmaking Day. Did you make any cards? I did! I made a few cards and a Christmas present. I am not quite ready to share that yet but I will share the cards. Once I was done I realized I did not use any pattern paper...what? I guess I just went back to my roots for the day. Once upon a time I was a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, that seems like a million years ago. Anyway when I was with them I never ever used pattern paper it almost seemed like I was cheating on the rubber. Haha, now these days you see Stampin' Up! Demos using pattern paper in their designs but that just shows you how the crafting world has changed.

Anyway the cards...

As I was playing with the marvelous hostess only stamp set Thanksgiving Wreath I was just itching to do some random stamping and create my own back ground...so I did.

Oooooohhhhh....ahhhhh random stamping super fun!

The secret to random stamping - stamp in triangles and turn the image a 1/4" every time. I learned that from my friend Patti (Stamping Yoda) who used to be my SU Demo. We are still great friends 10 years later...just another reason I LOVE papercrafting.

 

What do you think? I also did a nifty little paper sanding trick since our paper is white core. I scored those lines at a 1/2" and then sanded over them. Perdy!

Ok now onto card #2 I just really love this tree in Artbooking and so I made several and then I had a lot of tree's and a lot of leaves. (gift hint: I used a bunch there too) Anyway I wanted to try the tree without the outline and here is what I came up with.

I actually glued those into each spot using the outline of the tree and then I just removed it. I pieced the background together first, the grass, sky, and clouds.

Finally I added this little thanks I think it looks a little like it is hanging on the tree, if it were a little bigger it might look like it was carved on there.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed my little trip down memory lane and if you stamped on World Cardmaking Day I would love to see what you came up with.

Supplies*:

Cardstock - Campaign (X5931), Cocoa (X5642), White Daisy (1385), Olive (1245), Autumn Terracotta (1270) Barn Red (X5637), Lagoon (X5762), Goldrush (1243)
Ink - Olive (Z2137), Barn Red (Z2104), Autumn Terracotta (Z2101), Goldrush (Z2123)Stamp Sets - Thanksgiving Wreath (B1454)Embellishments - Sparkles Brown & Tan Assortment (Z1753), Olive BradOther - Artiste (Z1790), Artbooking (Z1906)
*All supplies are from Close to my Heart unless otherwise noted.

You can find these Close to my Heart products at Jessica's CTMH store. Don't forget to check out the rest of the design teams blogs throughout the week. You can find a link in the sidebar.

Flashback Friday

Hi everyone I was challenged to do something fun with my blog on Fridays. Each Friday I am going to try and share some of my favorite projects from the past...we will have a little flashback.

I loved this next card SO much I actually just gave it away last month. It was hard to let go...let me know what you think.

Swiping a H2H Sketch

Hi everyone, has fall happened in your neck of the woods yet? Here in Illinois we are having some fall like weather and it is making me want to make some fall cards. Today over at Heart 2 Heart they have a great sketch to try. I turned the sketch and here is what I came up with!

 

I also wanted to give the swiping technique a try. You just ink up your stamp and then put it down on the ink pad and swipe it, you can also learn more about that by watching this video.

 

 

I hope you like todays project...let me know if you try the sketch or the swiping I would love to see what you came up with!

 

 

 

Supplies:
Cardstock - Cocoa, Colonial White
Paper Pack - Flirty
Stamp - Harvest Happiness
Ink - New England Ivy, Cocoa, Goldrush
Other - Goldrush Brads, Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

A new beginning....for Fall

As you may or may not know I am finishing up the Artiste in August blog hop...wow was that ever fun! If you were following me each day you may also be wondering where do I go from here...whatever will I do with myself every single day now that I am not sharing a project a day. Well I am super excited to tell you I have rejoined the SOTM Blog Hop. It is one of the things I really missed when I was not a consultant. I know that is only once a month but believe me I will have plenty of other things to share with you. So without furthur adu welcome, welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

This month we are featuring September's SOTM, which is Fall Favorites. This set of 11 is a perfect set for fall and I know that you are going to just love all the projects we have to share. If you have come from Erin Schulte's Blog you are on the right path. The blog hop is a big circle, so if you are just getting here you can always start here and work your way around. If you find yourself getting lost please know that you can always find the full list of participating consultants here. So settle in grab a drink and enjoy the show...this month we have over 60 consultants hopping.

I love fall so this stamp set is a must have for me!  I originally had planned on making something with the scarecrow cause he is just so darn cute. I started flipping through my photos and came across these and I knew just I had to use the pumpkins instead.

I love the new Make it from your Heart book. I used a pattern from there along with the Artiste cartridge to cut the fancy sidebars. Along the top of the photo's I used the stamp "pumpkin patch...pumpkin patch...pumpkin patch". 

Here is a close up of my title. I stamped fall and popped the A and cut FUN from Artiste.





Here you can see my pumpkins and my coloring with our new Alcohol Markers....have I mentioned yet how much I{heart} them!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Colonial White, Goldrush, Black, New England Ivy
Paper Packet: Moonlight
Ink: Black, New England Ivy
Stamps: Fall Favorites
Markers: Autumn Terracotta, Sky, Olive, Tuby,
Other: Artste, Black Brads, Make it From Your Heart, Pop dots


Now "hop" on over to Kim Schnoor's blog to see what she made with the September Stamp of the Month! Don't forget this adorable stamp set Fall Favorites is only avalable until September 30th so contact your CTMH consultant to order, or shop here.

Be sure to check in next week because I have some really exciting news to share with all of you!!!

Artiste - Day 28

Hi everyone I hope you had a great day! I cannot believe the month is almost over. It just seems to have went so fast.  If you came from Kathy's blog you are on the right path. If now feel free to start right here.

Today I have a little fall for you anyway with a pumpkin box. I found this to be a lot like the strawberries that we made a few weeks ago.

I thought the pumpkin was a little easier mainly because it was a little bit bigger than the strawberries.

Hop on over to Jen's and see what she has done.

I will see you tomorrow!!