Skech'n Tuesday - 7/31

It's reveal time! MSW has 2 new sketches out along with several challenges on their message board! I love the use of hexagons on here. They remind me of creative beehives. Well everyone has their own take on them as well.

Card Sketch:

Materials:

$1 bin @ Michael's paper

Creative Memories Hexagon punch

Layout Sketch: 

Hope y'all come over and join us at MSW! There is also a special Olympic crop starting at well!

Up{lift}ing Monday - 7/30

So I was playing over at MyScraps & More on their daily challenges. I just love new inspiration to help get my mojo going. Well this was a scraplift challenge.

Here is my take:

This is such a beautiful page. It inspired me to do a page with Lizzie's Kindergarten graduation pic. She looked so grown up in her cap and gown.

Materials:

MME Miss Caroline paper & stamps

TH Distress Tea Dye & Frayed Burlap ink

Zing Butter Embossing powder

Close-ups:

Hope y'all enjoy the inspiration!

Techinique Thursday - Alcohol Flowers

So I have been having fun playing with my Adirondack Alcohol Inks! They are so much fun to put on my white Prima flowers. Here is an easy way to use these fun colorful inks.

First and foremost... To keep from having a huge mess, place a napkin or paper towel over your work area. Add a few drops of alcohol blending solution to your flower. Don't coat the flower just a few here and there. This will give you lighter and darker shades throughout your flower.

Second..... pick your color and just add a drops onto your flower. The ink will spread especially with the blending solution already on parts of it. When finished just dab a napkin on top to make sure all the excess ink is removed.

Here is what your finished flower should look like. See the different shades in the petals... This is caused by the blending solution.

Here is the finished product. I added another flower using a darker green and black brad. I also added some Glossy Accents on the tips to give it a shine.

Here is my layout using my flower and a sketch from sketchers:

Here is the sketch:

Hope y'all enjoy your new and improved flowers!

Sketchers!!!

Thanks to a good friend, I have now found another wonderful sketch site. It is not a challenge site, but simply an inspirational blog. So far I have seen 3 wonderful sketches. I can't wait to get to work using them. I have needed a little extra boost the past few months. I hope this works and for you as well. So hop on and follow this cool new sketch blog!

Hope y'all enjoy this cool new site!

Hotdog Kisses

Well my good friend Bev has been on the DT for the Let's Sketchy blog. So I decided to play along in this week's challenge. Here is the awesome sketch......

Here is my take:

I used my Creative Memories Cutting System 2 smallest circles. I cut the pics first then cut a slightly bigger cardstock circle. Of course, I cut up my bling so I could get more use out of it! Added some of my new flowers from Hobby Lobby. Then added my title using Thickers!

Materials:

LYB Saturdays paper

LYB 6x6 decorative edge cardstock

Spare Parts flowers

Prima bling

Amy Tangerine Lovely Thickers

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoy playing along as well!