Sketch Challenge

The final weekend of the month of March- time for another layout. I am so excited, I have done 6 pages for my album- even bought a new one to fill up!!! Yeah! Have you checked out the Design Team from Unscripted Sketches for inspiration???

Bobunny Alissa line, sketch number 48, Unscripted Sketches, misc jewels, rhinestones and pearls (all from Walmart).

Sketch #46, Unscripted Sketches

I have been totally loving the new sketch designs we have at Unscripted Sketches!!! They can certainly be adapted to a card or, in my case, a layout.

The starting point was the sketch. In trying to keep up with my goal of 2 layouts a month, this week I really wanted to scrap. Next came the photos. These were taken in 2008, and my girls had an absolute blast down at the ocean (hon). We hadn't been since DD was 3- many years have passed and little did I realize that the beach was only 1 hour away from our home. And.... we have been here almost 11 years. How sad am I?

I really wanted to capture her contemplation at the shore line. When I see the ocean, all of my problems go away. Why? Well, how big is the ocean? How many grains of sand on the beach? My problem is put into perspective, just when I hear the waves and smell the salt. Ahhh.....

I created my own background with 2 sets of stamps: Bobunny and CTMH. The circles are colored to match the sand and the water. I used CTMH cardstock: black and desert sand. BoBunny patterned paper, stickers and Anna Griffin seashell. Jolees fish stickers too.

Weekly Sketch Challenge

Here is my interpretation of the sketch this week at Unscripted Sketches. I love the new sketches that have come out! I can't wait for next weeks as well....(hint, hint to come back!LOL!)

The papers were old Bobunny stash (i think from 2006). Flowers are prima, bobunny, and mulberry flowers Kris gave me cut from silk flowers from the craft store..... Ribbon I picked up from Tuesday Morning, in the wrapping paper section (go figure) and the sentiment I just picked up from Sweet and Sassy. They are clearing out the acrylic stamps and going all digi. I got some great deals from them!!! The buttons are from Foof-ala (and I LOVE them, I am going to get some more!!)

I have a few more cards to make from this paper pack before I toss the scraps. This is probably my 5th card using these papers and I have to say, I love the color combo, but definitely sick of this paper. It is starting to affect my mojo.

Don't forget to link to Unscripted your PROJECT not just a link to your blog. It makes it really difficult to find that way!

See you soon-

Unscripted Sketches #44

Finally, using up that wonderful paper line Bobunny debuted over the spring/summer 2009, Abbey Road. Love the blues, greens, and chocolate all together. This line is so versatile, love the heavy cardstock paper that is reversible!

Unscripted Sketch #44, is the starting point for my layout. I have been bitten by the scrapbooking bug! In going back through these older photos and scrapping, I am learning that I need to refine my shots. From this outdoor art garden, I must have taken 25 shots of the statues and sculptures! Now looking back, how or why would I scrap so many of these? I have some good ones of the girls and hubby, a few of me, and those are what I should be concentrating on. I have found that over the years I have changed how many shots I take, now need to concentrate on WHAT shots I take AND not to print every one out! I think I have tossed away plenty of money on the unneccessary pics I won't use, as well as the blurry images. Life is teaching me some lessons along the way!

Unscripted Sketch #43

It's a sketch challenge with a piggy back challenge this week at Unscripted! The extra challenge, should you dare, is to use the colors light blue, green, bamboo and brown bag. I chose the Bobunny Line, Abbey Road, and substituted brown bag for chocolate. I love this paper!

Come back next week to see the layout that I have done using the same line, just a completely different look!

Sketch Challenge at Charisma Cardz

I am so doing the happy dance since I finally finished off a pile of scraps to make this card! I am in such a cleaning mood lately, purging, reorganizing my rooms, making a big pile of things to go to the thrift store. I get this way every Jan/Feb and want to declutter me and my household.

The sketch challenge at Charisma Cardz was a lovely one to try. I really jazzed this card up: using crytals, grommets, flowers with glitter, scallop scissors, 3D dots. The paper line is BoBunny Abbey Road collection. I won this a bit ago on a card challenge. Green is myFAVE color and it works so well with baby blue and chocolate. I think the last few projects I have worked on are this line and the BB popsicle line. My sister, Kristen, is on the design team there and passes on the leftover scraps she has from older collections (yes, I am lucky!)

BLOG CANDY ALERT!

US Residents Only:
In purging, I have come across some extras of Bobunny papers that would love a new home! If you are interested in receiving some 6x6 sheets of double sided paper- leave me a comment and have an accessible email account. Tell me what is your favorite color combo!

Unscripted Sketches #42

Okay, so if you haven't played on the Unscripted Sketch Blog lately, you really need to see their sketches! Wow! I have had such fun making projects- especially so since 50% of the work is already done for me. All I need to do is find a photo or 2, papers that match and bingo! Work is done.

A few weeks ago I organized my photos and labeled the tabs. They are waiting for me to pull out by month and scrap. I am far behind (I sometimes rather make cards because of time constraints), but isn't everyone? Each year the Elementary school puts on a great Field Day. The kids are outside all day playing, drinking lots of water, and competing blue against white teams. As you can see, Popsicle girl is on the enemy team of White..... Parents are invited to come and go or help all day long. We pull the wagons full of bottled water, help the nurse put on bandaids, cheer on our kids, and help the kids complete each course. It is tiring, but also exhilarating!

recipe: Bobunny popsicle line, all paper, stickers and journal spot

Sketch #41- Unscripted Sketches

What better way to catch up on scrapbooking than to use a sketch to get my mojo moving?!?! I tell you, I have 2 down and 22 more to go to fulfill my resolutions for 2010! Pics are all in order, boxed and ready to go. Now if I could just find a site that would allow me to make 2 page layouts with multiple photos.....


Unscripted Sketches has some great new designs this month and there are some added challenges attached! Come back and see them weekly-


Papers: bobunny popsicle line
misc: clear/frosted black stickers (love these, wish I know the manufacturer!)

That's it for now!

Charisma Cardz- I Love You Challenge

As I sit here writing this, the Barney song "I love you, you love me, we're a great big family" keeps playing in my head. Maybe because of watching American Idol and the "child star turned dominatrix idol wanna be" was on singing her song has something to do with the echo in my head. sigh....

Very easy peasy card this week. I started to follow the Tuesday Sketchers challenge, but never got this posted. Love love love the sketch. As I am busy prepping for a workshop, I felt that this card would fit perfectly into my theme of "waste not want not" use up those scraps! Each piece is 2" x 5.5 (descending 1/4" each cut) and the hearts were cut on the cricut (george basics cartridge). The paper line is an old BoBunny Heart Attack. The stamp is from Michaels dollar (Studio G, clear stamps) with CTMH black ink.

Simple enough? My kids will love the card- nice to be ahead of the game. Now if I could come up with something for hubby........

flourishes galore!

During a recent scrap retreat overnighter with a friend, I needed to work on my challenges for Unscripted Sketches. I took these older school photos of my daughters and lugged paper and stash around 2 state lines to work on. Kris gave me some wonderful fun products- anna griffen felt sticker flourishes and chipboard letters, as well as flourish chipboards from bobunny (BB is the paper line too.) The contrast of the brown with the paper really helps make the photo pop. I was able to punch holes in the chipboard to add the larger brads (CTMH chocolate). The trip was a success! I was able to complete 2 layouts, 3 cards as a gift, and a small present for a daughter. As well as shop for other holiday presents! Great 24 hours away from home!

How to use up leftover letters....

Unscripted Sketches tossed out a doozy of a challenge this week! I really got stumped with all of the dots...!! So, brain went into overdrive. Started out with the photo, found the papers that matched (old, old old bobunny stash!) and came across these wonderful glitter chipboard letters in my stash. Viola! The letters made the perfect "title" for my layout and solved my problem of the dots! I love it when my brain works up a great idea....! hehehe! This is a great way to use the letters of the alpha that never quite have a word that works. q's, u's, v's...? Laid out the letters, found a string of the alphabet that fit across the page and realized that the photo is a 'school' photo, the title indicates learning.... see where I went with it? So, I am challenging you to use up your stash of alpha letters in a unique way for a title! Let me see what you can do!

bobunny sketch challenge

Surfing (or blurfing) the other day, I ran across another contest sponsored at Bo Bunny. I like the sketch, found it a bit tough at times- changed my pictures twice! I used a variety of small items to make this 'pop'! All bobunny papers from the Candy line. Bobunny swirl chipboard (yummy colors to choose from here too!) Misc black stickers, misc buttons with twine, flowers from bobunny and prima, ctmh rhinestones, misc ribbon tape. Maybe someday soon I will have some NEW bobunny products to play with (hint hint DH for christmas!!)

thinking outside the box....

bobunny has a sketch challenge going on this week. All 3 of these cards use the same sketch as the foundation! this is my second entry- but...... if you read the instructions you are to make a Christmas card, use majority bobunny papers/products, and try to think outside of the box. so, going through my stash of wonderful papers last night, i came across this old, but beautiful collection called Romance. So, black goes with everything, right? and what better way to make the cards seem christmas-y than by adding red as an accent! So, bringing out my trusty cricut, christmas cheer, i cut out the holly and the ornaments in black cardstock. used red glitter glue to accent the ornaments to make them sparkly and added red gemstones to the holly berries. these small touches really made the cards much more elegant than if i had left them alone.


deets: bobunny romance dots and stripes dp paper
close to my heart sentiments: holly berries, christmas scripts
red glitter glue, black marker, misc ribbons (btw: the black ribbon is from a gift box wrapped at talbots!)
black, tan and off white cardstock.

thanks for stopping by today!

bobunny sketch challenge

I love bobunny papers. unfortunately, it is not easy finding the collections in my area and i must travel a good distance to get it. but it is well worth the drive!

The sketch on bobunny was a fun one to use. this will be my first entry into the challenge, using Jack Frost Collection. I just love blue and red together to create a wintery feel!

deets: bobunny papers, anna griffin alpha letters, cricut to cut the snowflake- glittered with MS glitter. american crafts satin ribbon, basic grey blue button, heidi grace pins, glitter glue on the letters to create a snowy feel.

thanks for stopping by!

Two for Tuesday (morning that is...!)

So, DH commented on this card. Something like this...."awww, what a nice autumn card. Browns and oranges." Huh? Guess he didn't get the memo that these colors are the new pink and black! Leave it to a man. Doesn't quite get it. But, I will say that he is VERY good at making me feel like my efforts are worth it. He is very supportive of my "habit" and hasn't complained that we no longer own a dining room since my papers and embellishments have taken over ever corner! On to the card.... The sketch was from The Fresh Batch. However I took a little creative liberty and moved my ribbon to a vertical placement on the card (looks like I rotated it 90'). I cut the flowers on my cricut in 3 sizes, curled upwards for depth and added some orange sparkle glitter. Handcut leaves and curled them upwards too. All products Bobunny.

Sketch for this one from Unscripted Sketches. Bobunny papers and the digi cupcake image from SoftPencil. The big 'sprinkles' I just cut out with a large hole punch! CTMH button and misc red ribbon. What you cannot tell in the photo is the dimension, since the middle panel is popdotted. My girls have 3 b'day parties this week and the cards are perfect! I love being ahead of the game!

Have a great day-

Sketch Challenge w/ a Cupcake!

Card created for Cupcake Craft Challenge, to celebrate their one year anniversary, design a card with a cupcake! Yup, it fits! The sketch is from BoBunny!

Isn't she cute!!?? This is a digi image from Soft Pencil. I wasn't all that into digi's, but now that I have a few, they really are so much fun to work with! I can resize them to fit any project that I am doing! Colored her in with Neo markers and used prisma glitter on the icing (just for that extra added touch!) The birthday sentiment is another digi image from over at Cuttlebug Challenges. I usedbobunny papers, CTMH buttons, and scallop scissors. The final outcome is one cute b'day card for a special little girl-

Thanks for stopping over!

Cuttlebug Be Inspired #42- Last Week!

The final Cuttlebug challenge: to create a gate fold card celebrating National Friendship Week. my card is a take on the gatefold card, by doing a tri-fold card, i can get it into an envelope and actually send it to my best friend (my Baltimore scrapping buddy!) Laura and I celebrate our 30 year friendship by getting together at least 1x year, for a night, and scrap the night away- as well as eat good food and do some sightseeing! So, as i am planning our overnighter for October, this card finally came to me. i really struggled with this challenge, but knew deep down i couldn't let it get the best of me. I finished all 5 of the challenges!

So, i used the swirls folder for the front and top insert of the card. All papers used from BoBunny Alissa line. Love the colors in this- aqua, pink, green and black! Misc prima flowers, michaels ribbon and heidi grace pins finish off the card. Thanks for looking and for stopping by!

2 card challenges

A new week of challenges, new sites to visit and be inspired, new products to put on my wish list. Yes, it is Sunday, not a new day in the sense of adding more time to my 24/7 habit, but a new day and a new week. School for us starts up in a month (I think 5 weeks) and we have a lot to do to feel like the days didn't just pass us by. I get up everyday at 5am to create, which leaves me time in the mornings and afternoons to spend QT with the kiddos (once they decide to wake up!!LOL!)

Happy Birthday! Reminds me of Frosty the Snowman everytime they put the hat on him, when he came back to life he proclaimed "Happy Birthday!" That is the way to start everyday, not exactly with that sentiment, but the joy to start fresh and with the possibility of a clean slate. Speaking of which, after Friday's card workshop, my "desk" was a clean slate and gave my mojo a fresh start! Card Patterns sketch #25 was my inspiration for this B'day Card. Since I used all BoBunny products, I wanted to add this to their challenge (card #2 to enter) but remembered..... it, too, was a sketch challenge, not a product challenge. So, card 1 is only a "one challenge kinda card." Each piece of this card was edged in black ink to make the colors really POP and the cupcake, circle and blue rectangle piece are all popdotted (love this stuff!)

Use It Challenge #20 was to use an unusual item (seed packets from the $1 store) one stamp (sunflower retired from CTMH), and one diecut (cut out a sunflower and leaves). This card is 4x4 and called a criss cross card. Love this card and the possibilities are endless for what you can do with it. Use a tea bag, hot chocolate, add gift cards, etc....

3 Cards for 4 Challenges!

bobunny sketch challenge- birthday card! Follow the sketch and see what you can create! I won this fab paper pack of Alissa from Bobunny for an ad challenge and couldn't wait to use it! LOVE LOVE LOVE this line! You can never really tell the dimensions in photos, but take it from me, there is tons! I pop dotted the flowers, added pearls and rhinestones. Popped the sentiment (CTMH b'day sentiment), fussy cut some leaves while folding in half to raise them up. These are all diecuts from the line. Love this card! This card also completes the 365 Cards You raise me up #144 for adding dimension- it is very 3d in real life...!

This card is for Kristens sketch challenge to celebrate her 1 year blogversary (can't win since we are related, but wanted to support her for the card!) Used K&Co sweet berry papers, Verve cupcake stamp, rub ons and love these pink dew drops that I got a bit ago. Really needed that last little bit of something for the white space. Finished with a yellow ribbon and heart pin. This also works for the 365 CArd Challenge You Raise me UP #144. Add dimension to the card- cupcake on 3d foam and the circles on 3d foam (2 layers makes it high!) The drops also add dimension as well as the rhinestones on the cupcake flowers.

Last but not least, todays 365 Cards is Scraplift Saturday. I love this sketch from the other day. However, I wasn't totally happy with my card. In surfing the blogs of the DT to CASE, found Tammy Wark's blog and loved how she used a huge flower on her card (found on 7/19/09 sunday). I have had these LARGE flowers from CTMH and "light bulb moment" pulled them out to use. Paper is K&Co. I took liberties and added the flowers, button and pins to add that extra something to the card. It just looked too naked without them. She also used a large scallop to edge the top paper and rounded all of her corners (which I did!). Love all of the glitter and sparkle on this card. Thanks Tammy for your inspiration!

a layout completed in under 15 minutes!

whew! I am learning that NOT all things must be layered and embellished "out the wazoo" for an effect. I combined 2 challenges for this layout. The sketch was from Unscripted Sketches #14 and the formula was from Use It! #18. I am happy that I got a layout done! So much for my 1 a week. I am working harder on the photo pile that keeps growing (not including the photos on my comp that haven't been printed since March.....hubby giving me a wrist smack for that!)

The sketch, well self explanatory. This site is great since you can create whatever project you would like to as long as you keep to the general idea of the sketch. Use It was to : add texture, use 2 punches, paper from fave manufacturer, and as a bonus to use pearls.

Manu is Bobunny. Texture was added by using text c/s in white for the border, felt flower, silk flowers, lace ribbon, gold brad. 2 punches used MS doily lace and punch out border in white from CTMH. Added the bonus pearls on the vellum saying.

Off to do some more sketches while I have the free time today! Thanks for stopping by- Kel