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!

Pop-up Wednesday - 3/7

I love pop-ups! They are so much fun to help accent your page. I love playing over at MSW with all those wonderful ladies. There is an awesome contest going on this month from our sponsor My Scraps and More. So the challenge is to use this sketch from our wonderful Lucy.

But on top of using this sketch you have to pick from 1 of the 3 color swatches, use a quote, and implement that quote in your title and journaling. So I used my quote from the Bible Ecclesiastes 3:11.

Pop-ups can also be used on chipboard and other pieces of your layout. I placed to small squares under the chipboard bee to help maintain the flow.

But they can also be used to help emphasis your photo as well. I placed pop-ups under the photo between the mat. I learned this trick from a tablemate at a crop.

So here is the final outcome:

Materials:

BB Sun Kissed papers

Recollections flowers

EK border punch







Thanks for stopping by!

Di-stress Friday - 3/2

There are many different ways to distress on your pages and cards. Well here is a way to make your backgrounds a little more useful. So when I was making this page I realized the white shimmering paper did not go with the design. So I decided to change it up.

Take an Inkssentials blending foam tool and press the end of it into the stamp pad. Then in a circular motion add it to the paper.

I used it on the entire page, but it is totally up to you how much you want to cover. Or you could even do multiple colors. It is completely up to you.

You can also ink the edges of your papers to help keep this effect throughout the page. As seen on the building paper. I used Powder Puff Green Tea and a finger sponge dauber. 

Here is my completed page using another MSW sketch:

Materials:

SWR District papers

BG Doily paper

Prima butterflies

Amy Tangerine Thickers

TH Tea Dye Distress ink

PowderPuff Green Tea chalk

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Scrapping!





Die Cut Wednesday - 2/22

So today I want to show y'all die cuts! There are so many different tools out there now to use to make die cuts or you can still go the old fashion way and buy them. I occasionally buy them with different paper collections, but lately I have been using my Cricut Expression or my Grand Calibur. Well I used another of Lucy's sketch for my Layout.

So with this sketch I used my Soccer Cricut Cart which was a lot of fun.

Materials:

Soccer Cricut Cart

Artsy.licious black paper

Thickers Sparkle number

Fiskars Paper crimper

Here are some Close-ups:

Here is a close-up of the die cut frame I cut using my Cricut then I added a 2 for her player number.

Here is the layered soccerball and grass border that was also cut on my Cricut.

I ran the grass border thru my paper crimper to give a little more grass feel.

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy using those die cuts!



Di-stress Friday

We are getting ready for the weekend. I know I enjoy relaxing and having stress-free weekends. So with that in mind let's talk about distressing when it comes to crafting. There are many different ways and things to use when distressing a project. Today I want to share with you a card that I made using one of Lucy's MSW Sketch-A-Thon sketches.

Here is my card:

Materials:

FP Love Story paper

Prima flower

Spellbinder Circle Hearts

Distress stickles

TH Distress emboss powder

So here is what I did:

I cut the circle out using my Grand Calibur and the Heart Circles die cut. Then I used a sponge dabber to add Pink powderpuff chalk along the edges.

I also used the sponge dabber to add color to my white Prima flower. Then I outlined the flower with Spun Sugar Distress stickles. The glitter is more of a dull than a shimmer.

I also stamped Happy Birthday and embossed using TH Distress Black Soot embossing powder. When heated it gives a dull look.

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy distressing this weekend!

Technique Thursday - 16th

The MSW Sketch-A-Thon is still going on for the rest of the month. Lucy has posted some wonderful card and layout sketches. If you don't want to play along on the board at least come on over and get some wonderful inspiration.

Today I wanted to share with you ladies a fun way to spruce up a card. I know many of you have played with embossing powders and I absolutely love them! I have tons of colors! This wonderful sketch by Lucy.......

was my inspiration for this card. I moved the sentiment over cause I used pattern paper. In order for my sentiment to pop out I used Metallic Embossing Powder. When it's in the container it does not look shiny at all.

But when you add some heat to it!!!! You get a stunning card with just a pop of bling to it! 

Thanks for stopping by!!!

MSW Sketch-A-Thon!!!

The My Sketch World Sketch-A-Thon kicked off yesterday with an awesome first sketch from Lucy!!! I had so much fun using this sketch. It is very versatile and there was so many cute pages posted yesterday. There is still lots of time to participate. There will be different sketch everyday this month along with games and other challenges. Come join in on all the fun!!!

Here is the 1st sketch

Here is my take on the sketch:

Come join in on the fun at MSW!



My Christmas cards

So this year, I have decided to actually make my own Christmas cards to help save money. I used my stash of Christmas paper to make different variations of the same card. I actually used Lucy's sketch from this month to make them. It was easy to use for multiple cards.

My cards:

Supplies:

Crate Paper North Pole

Spellbinders Poseabilities Snowflake Wonder

Gold and Red Glitter Zing Embossing Powder

Scallop Circle Punch

Fiskars Scallop Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

MSW Christmas Card

So today is reveal day! It's the 15th so out comes Lucy's December Card Sketch from MSW!!! I absolutely love this month's card. It gave me a hard time, but I also had so many ideas that I could use for it.

So here is my example using Crate Paper North Pole collection!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope this sketch helps inspire you as well!

Let's play!

So this month I am hosting a card challenge over at MSW! Here is the link:

http://mysketchworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=10455

So here is my challenge to you......

Create a card using the following from your old stash.

1. get a couple of pieces of scrap paper
2. a half used package of some embellishments
3. a ribbon scrap
4. an old stamp
5. handwrite a sentiment ( dust off those old pens)