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Sister Sketch | Hit or Miss?

I can't believe that it is May and time for another Sister Sketch already.  This year is flying by.  The sketch we used this month is from Jeana over at the Silhouette Blog. 

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And here is my take on it!

Notice that I used strips of washi tape and a paper border in place of the chevron design.  I also replaced the mini photos with embellishments.  That's what I love about sketches, they can be so versatile and they are also great for when you have to do a layout in a hurry and have no idea where to start.

So do you think I hit the ball or missed it?

Now go check out Francine's take of this sketch here

Sister Sketch | Spring

I am taking a break today from baby shower fever to share the latest sister sketch.  For this month's sketch we switched it up a bit and tried a sketch by Jenna from the Silhouette America blog.

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I loved the simplicity and placement  of the elements on this sketch.  I used a photo that was landscape oriented and it works just great.

What I love about doing these sketches is that I am using up my scrapbooking kits that have been sitting here gathering dust.

Here are some close ups.

Thanks for coming back for another month. Go here to see Francine's take on this sketch.  And if this is your first time visiting my blog you can see the previous month's layouts here and here.

Sister Sketch | On The Boardwalk

Hello again with the second month of our Sister Scrap series.  We are using another Becky Fleck sketch, this time from the March 2011 archives on Page Maps.

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This month I used the sketch more for the placement of the items and ignored the use of such things like pattern paper for the background.  Here's my layout!

Initially when I selected these photos the song "Under the Boardwalk" came to mind but as it all came together I decided that On the Boardwalk seemed more appropriate but I wanted to show where the original idea for the title came from.

Thanks for joining us for another month of our journey.  You can see Francine's take on this sketch on her blog here.

 

Sister Sketch

Welcome to a new feature that Francine and I are starting on our blogs - Sister Sketch.  This is a modified version of our blog Sister Scrap that we started a few years ago.  Unfortunately due to other life commitments Sister Scrap fell by the wayside.  However, we are back with a new joint project.  Once a month we will be picking a sketch and posting our individual interpretations of it.

This month's sketch is by Becky Fleck and is from the February 2011 archives on Page Maps.

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 And here is my layout.  I used the basic placement of things from the sketch but used fewer embeliishments than the sketch seems to have.

 Everything but the letters and rhinestones are from my stash of Sassafras Lass that I got during their awesome grab box sale that they had last year.  Here are some close ups.

 

 Now head on over to Francine's blog to see her take of the sketch!

 

 

Spray Washes & Mists

My sister Francine did a class a couple of weekends ago as part of True Scrap II showing the many ways in which you could use spray inks and spray inks and it inspired this layout that I did for my Ranger Inklink Yahoo group this month.   I used clear stamps as a mask with spray washes and mists.  This is just one of the many techniques that Francine demonstrated in her class.

Stripes and Dots...Oh My!

Here's the last of my apple picking layouts (at least for now) using stripes and polka dot paper together.  I am amazing myself how quickly I am getting these done.  Thanks for a great class Shimelle.

I am on a roll

It seems that with the cold weather my mojo has come back full force. 

Concentrated layouts with no trapped white space...another for Pretty Paper Party

Playing with Pretty Paper

I am doing Shimelle's new class Pretty Paper Party and finally got a couple layouts done for it.  This is what I love about her classes...you can do them at your own pace so it takes the pressure off.

Mixing and matching paper strips

  Patterned paper background

I was so pleased with myself as I was able to knock these out in no time I think in part from the great inspiration I got from taking part in True Scrap this weekend plus Shimelle's awesome prompts with great inspirational layouts.

Wow! I Scrapped!

Although I have been doing a lot of crafty stuff it has been ages since I did a layout.  Tonight the inspiration hit.

Sheldon and I at Rose Alley Ale House celebrating with Chris for his birthday.

Photos from my Fuji Instax Mini.  I have a ton of these mini photos that I really need to turn into layouts.  This one came together so easily.

Sunday Silhouettes

This week I tired cutting fabric with the Silhouette.

I was not sure if it would work as the fabric interfacing that I used was some that I had in my stash and not the one from the Silhouette store but it worked pretty well.  The title is fabric and the leaf branch is also a silhouette shape cut from cardstock.

I do eventually want to get some of the Silhouette interfacing and try my hand at making a stuff toy from one of their shapes.