OWH - Sketch #170

Here is my card for this week's sketch from Operation Write Home. I used a pre-printed tag from Stampin' Up! as the focal point; added a brad and three small pearls.

Sketch 15

Here is the latest sketch from Shimelle. The focus of this sketch is layering scraps of paper. For my page I chose three pictures from a trip to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. If you can't tell from the photos, the views are absolutely amazing. All the papers and the ribbon are from Stampin' Up!

OWH - Sketch #169

Happy Spring! Circles are the focus of week's sketch from Operation Write Home. Fortunately I had most of the components of this card sitting around but I just wasn't happy with how they were going together until I saw this sketch. The sun was colored using markers and blender pens from Stampin' Up!

Sketch 14

Here is this week's sketch from Shimelle. The theme being circles and an oversized photo. For this page I chose one of the first photos that I processed using Radlab in PSE11. The patterned paper and ribbon are from Stampin' Up!

Tissue Paper Technique

With all the spring flowers starting to bloom I wanted to use this retired stamp set called Spring Garden from Stampin' Up! for my next card swap. I had remembered seeing a video a while back from fellow demonstrator Brandy Cox and thought this technique would work perfectly.  You basically stamp on tissue paper, crumple it up, smooth it out and then glue it down.  Simple.

89.019 Years Old

Here is a scrapbook page that I did for My Digital Studio's challenge titled "Boys Will Be Boys." All the products shown are Stampin' Up!

OWH - Sketch #168

Here is my card for this week's sketch from Operation Write Home. I changed up the layers slightly but stayed true to the overall theme.  The sentiment is a rub-on and the hanger is from the Hung Up Cute Clips set.  All products used are Stampin' Up!

OWH - Sketch #167

Hey everyone! I finally got around to last Sunday's sketch from Operation Write Home. If you've been following my blog you know that I've been doing a lot of digital scrapbooking lately...sorry. For this card, I recycled one of the flowers from a previous post and made a cute little banner with Stampin' Up's new typeset photopolymer stamp set.

Sketch 13

Here is Sketch 13 from Shimelle. The theme for this week's Sketch to Scrapbook page is "Scrapbooking with three 4x6 photos." I knew immediately when I saw Shimelle's layout that I wanted to scrap the Matchbox Twenty  (MB20) concert we went to in March. The papers and the washi tape are Stampin' Up!

Sketch 12

The theme for one of Shimelle's sketch to scrapbook pages this week is "Scrapbooking with both square and standard photos". So, I thought it would be a great opportunity to pair some instagram inspired photos with one really old photo.  The layout was created using MDS software. Happy Birthday Patrick!

Sketch 11

This weekend Shimelle released three Sketch to Scrapbook pages.   The theme for Sketch 11 is "Scrapbooking on the Diagonal".  For this page I chose two photos of Joe's dad Patrick since he will be celebrating his 89th birthday this Wednesday.  The Stampin' Up! papers and the photos for this layout were created using MDS software.  The embellishments were added in PSE11.

This and That Epic Day Journal

This month Stampin' Up! released their new "This and That Epic Day Journal". The journal is spiral bound and has a debossed chipboard cover with a hexagonal pattern. The interior has 60 beautiful scrapbook sheets.  Coordinating items such as stickers and washi tape are also available.  Here are a few closeup photos of my cover. For those of you that may be wondering...yes, it is comparable in price and size to that other chipboard journal.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2013 (April)

I was so excited when I saw this month's tag from Tim since I love dragonflies. Other than the stamp, I used all Stampin' Up! products along with an overhead transparency, my silhouette to cut the gears and the number 4, and a random blue brad to adhere the wings.

I started by applying layers of ink to distressed copper metallic cardstock. I then stamped the dragonfly with versamark ink and embossed with black embossing powder. I used two pieces of washi tape from the This and That kit to adhere the newsprint designer series paper and finished off the tag with more embossing powder randomly sprinkled over the tag. The wings were stamped with StazOn and the arrow is from the new Hung Up Cute Clips set.

OWH - Sketch #166

Happy Easter! Here is my card for Operation Write Home's sketch #166. In lieu of the three corner embellishments I used one of Stampin' Up's new "Hung Up Cute Clips". The sentiment inside the thought bubble is a rub-on and the labrador retriever was cut using my silhouette.

Sketch 10

I really liked Shimelle's sketch to scrapbook page this week. The theme was "Using Triangles" which I thought would be a great opportunity to use some bold graphics. To balance the page I used a partially black and white photo that I edited in PSE11. This page was made using Stampin' Up's MDS software.

OWH - Sketch #165

Here is this week's sketch from Operation Write Home. The background paper is a kraft card stock with a clear embossed pattern that I distressed slightly with chocolate chip ink. The scalloped border was punched from a metallic patterned paper (retired) and the natural trim ribbon, which is my all-time favorite, was distressed and tied with the magic bow maker.

Sketch 9

Here is this week's layout for Shimelle's sketch to scrapbook page titled "Scrapbooking with a Central Focus". Although I didn't have great photos of this particular leg of our trip, I knew I had to document the crazy birds that we encountered that night. It was truly something out of a movie and so unbelievable that we still laugh about it to this day.

Tattered Floral Challenge

When I saw this challenge I knew immediately that I wanted to create a floral bouquet. I used pieces of patterned fabric, canvas and cardboard as the basis for each flower. I then applied various products from sprays to glitter to create a distressed look. I used large brads to secure all the pieces and then wired each flower to twigs that I cut from lilacs growing in my front yard.

OWH - Sketch #164

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! Here is this week's sketch from Operation Write Home. All the products used are from Stampin' Up! except for the canvas in the background. The bow was made using the magic bow maker from Lee Conrey.

Sketch 8

Saturday is my niece Sydney's birthday and I thought it would be cool to put together a scrapbook page for her using one of Shimelle's sketches...Making A Banner With Photos. The background papers and many of the tags are from Stampin' Up! The font was a freebie from Persnickety Prints.

OWH - Sketch #163 and #162

Here are sketches #163 and #162 from Operation Write Home. I'm not sure how I forgot about last Sunday's sketch.   Anyway, I used what I had left from the "In Full Bloom" Simply Scrappin' Kit to make these two cards.  I had originally opened the kit for a Tim Holtz tag that I posted earlier this month and I'm really surprised at how far I've been able to stretch all the components. Hope you enjoy!

Twisted Card

My swap group is finally back up and running this year and we were tasked with doing a twisted card. I'm not sure that I really like the look and I felt like I was wasting a lot of card stock but if you're interested in making one you can follow along with Kelly Gettelfinger.

Sketch 7

This week's sketch from Shimelle is titled "Scrapbooking with a patterned paper you don't want to hide." For my page I used the Travel Journal DSP as the focal point and accented the page with other sheets from the set. Although this is a digital page, I actually have this paper and I had been saving this sheet because it was just too nice to use.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2013 (March)

The theme of this month's tag is Easter. I started by cutting the bunny and the grass with my Silhouette. I then covered the bunny with Stampin' Up's dazzling details, although you can't see the glitter coating in the photo. I placed the bunny on cardstock cut using a framelit from the Labels Collections. I distressed the seam binding ribbon and all the edges of the cardstock. I covered the background paper with a piece of vellum to mute the colors.  I  then finished off the tag by using sticker embellishments from the "In Full Bloom" Simply Scrappin' Kit and added a rub on sentiment. 

Sketch 6

This past weekend Shimelle released two new sketches...so happy! The focus of this latest sketch was adapting a page sketch for Project Life. Although I don't use Project Life, I do appreciate its simplicity so I really loved this concept.