Little Lady {Nuts About Sketches}

Each week - I find time on Sunday to work on sketches and this week's Nuts About Sketches #288 was a relaxing walk through the photo stash.  My girl had gone on a class camping trip and this was just the cutest sketch to work with for a few circle photos of her.

Here's the sketch:

Here's the layout:

Leave a comment with a link to your take on this sketch - I would love to see what you come up with.

Have a scrap-happy day!

Deborah

Creepy {PGCG}

Challenge #42 at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog is to add bugs to a project.  I've been anxiously awaiting a CREEPY bug from Creative Embellishments and woo-hoo - it arrived in time to add to this layout:

Totally CREEPY huh???  Anyway ... don't forget to join us for this challenge.  Here's how:

1. Start by following our blog. To do so, click on the "Join this site" button on the right hand side of our blog. Please also feel free to follow by email too!

2. We will post new challenges the first and third Monday of every month. It will be up to you to create a project that has been inspired by our challenge!

3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We will not say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!

4. Create a blog post about your entry and make sure to include a link back to The Paper Girls Challenge Blog. If you do not have a blog, you may post on our Facebook page or to an online gallery and then link that photo to our linky. However, please only do this if you do not have a blog.

5. Add a link to your blog post (or Facebook /gallery photo) on our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts. Please make sure you link the actual post with your entry and not your blog's address.

6. Please make sure you describe how you interpreted our challenge if it isn't clear. If we can't see it, we can't count it.

7. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Saturday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 6 days to complete your projects.

8. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.

9. We use Random.org to pick the winner. Prizes will be sent directly from the hostess of the challenge. At this time, we can only ship to US and Canadian addresses, due to postage rates. We hope this will change in the future. In the meantime, we love to see creations from all over the world!

10. The most important thing is to have fun!

Fall Decor - Juice Bottle Pumpkin {Practical Scrappers}

Happy Monday!!!

Today, I'm featured at Practical Scrappers with a cute quick project that even the kids can create for Fall Decorations and/or Holloween.

All you need for this project is:
1.  empty and clean juice container
2. paint - orange and black
3. rafia ribbon
4. burlap ribbon
5.  glue or hot glue

To start with, I cleaned out the empty juice container and then painted the entire surface orange.  I gave it two coats of paint to be sure that the container was covered.

Once dry, then I had my girlie paint on the face.  I personally think that she did a great job and this pumpkin is well on his way to being my favorite decoration so far this crafty season.

After the face paint dried, I curled a piece of burlap ribbon, glued it in place on top and then tied rafia to be sure everything was secure.

Then over to the table with the other cute decorations and we are done!

Have a terrific day and be sure to come back again tomorrow to see what else is happening on the blog!

Drill #18 S.W.A.T. {Family Together Time}

S.W.A.T Drill #18 - Sketch with Wood Embellishments

I really had a great time with this sketch!  A bit of spritzing, some sewing, and a large handful of circles in all sizes.  Even when photos don't come out perfect, they are still worthy of being scrapped.  This is one of those photos - I didn't care for the deep shadows toward the bottom of the photo - but it still works and I love the memories I have from this year's vacation.

Here's the sketch:

Here's the layout:

Have a scrap-happy day!

Deborah

Hump Day!

Good morning Scrappy-Happy Friends!!

Wanted to share with you all how I the flowers that you may have seen on several of my layouts lately.  They are super easy and take less than 10 minutes to create.

Supplies that I used:

2 3/8" scalloped circle punch from Stampin' Up!

scissors

brads

colorful scrapbook paper

Punch a scalloped circle (or two!)

Cut "petals" into the circle...

all the way around ...

Begin bending the petal edges back.

This is what it looks like when the are all bent.

Turn the flower over like this:

Press a brad through the center and "pinch" the flower to conform to your desired look.

Ta-dah!

On a project:

Thank you for stopping by and have a scrappy-happy day!

Trick or Treat {Practical Scrappers October Layout}

This month’s layout sketch is all about Halloween or Fall.  I have wanted to use this cute monster paper from Jillibean Soup Monster Stew - and last year my girlie wanted to make her own costume - a Tutu Monster!  Yahoo!!!!  We bought yards and yards of tulle just so that she could create the best monster tutu ever.  My boy wanted to create a Steampunk costume and he did a fantastic job putting this together.

Here’s the sketch:

Here’s the layout:

Material's used:

Explore {Nuts About Sketches}

Nuts About Sketches #286

This was a terrific sketch for multiple photos - I have literally hundreds of photos from our family vacation and this was the perfect sketch to capture three photos on one page.  We took a rather lengthy hike {12 miles} that took us 6 hours to complete.  We were rained upon and saw very few other hikers - but its one of those events that we will all think about for years to come.

The sketch:

The layout:

Materials used:  Flair from a friend! Simple Stories Take a Hike

Have a scrap-happy day!

Deborah

Get Your Sewing On

Challenge #41 Sew it On

Time for another challenge at The Paper Girls Challenge Blog - sew on a layout, card, project, etc.  I've been busy making Thank You cards for a variety of reasons and this was the perfect challenge.  I adore sewing onto my layouts - I typically use my sewing machine - but from time to time you can spot a bit of hand sewing with floss.  For this card, I used a sweet stash of my Stampin' Up! Designer Series papers.  Love the color combo and the fact that their papers are double sided.

Be sure to join us at The Paper Girls Challenge blog - we have PRIZES!!!

You have until 11:59 MDT on October 19th to link up your project to be entered into this drawing.

The winner of Challenge #38 is entry #18 - Leeann!  Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.comwith your info and we will get your prize sent out.

How to Join the Fun at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog:

1. Start by following our blog. To do so, click on the "Join this site" button on the right hand side of our blog. Please also feel free to follow by email too!

2. We will post new challenges the first and third Monday of every month. It will be up to you to create a project that has been inspired by our challenge!

3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We will not say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!

4. Create a blog post about your entry and make sure to include a link back to The Paper Girls Challenge Blog. If you do not have a blog, you may post on our Facebook page or to an online gallery and then link that photo to our linky. However, please only do this if you do not have a blog.

5. Add a link to your blog post (or Facebook /gallery photo) on our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts. Please make sure you link the actual post with your entry and not your blog's address.

6. Please make sure you describe how you interpreted our challenge if it isn't clear. If we can't see it, we can't count it.

7. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Saturday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 6 days to complete your projects.

8. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.

9. We use Random.org to pick the winner. Prizes will be sent directly from the hostess of the challenge. At this time, we can only ship to US and Canadian addresses, due to postage rates. We hope this will change in the future. In the meantime, we love to see creations from all over the world!

10. The most important thing is to have fun!

That's it for me - have a scrap-happy day!

Deborah

First Dance {Drill #17}

Today's Drill #17 at S.W.AT. is to do a bit of "fussy" cutting.  Fussy cutting is where you hand-cut around typically an intricate design.  I did several pieces of fussy cutting on this layout:  purple stamped image on gray card stock, clock and flowers (Webster's Pages), and view master slides (Echo Park Note To Self).  I was inspired by a sketch from Sketchabilities.

I find fussy cutting to be a bit theraputic and enjoy working on these types of projects - I also love the slightly messy look of the background with my very clean cut son in the photo.

To sweeten things up a bit we have a new sponsor for this Drill:

Creative Embellishments is a new family owned company that was created by Michael and Nicolle Kramer. We are a husband and wife team who design and manufacture unique, high quality chipboard and wood products. It is our mission is to offer fun and inspiring products to bring out your inner creativity that you can add to any project. In the near future we will be expanding into other mediums such as rubber/acrylic stamps and acrylic embellishments. Please stop over to the Creative Embellishments store and have a look around.

Store - http://creativeembellishments.com/

Blog - http://creativeembellishments.com/blog

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CreativeEmbellishment

This is what they are giving away as a prize:

Please share your creations with us at S.W.A.T. - have a scrap-happy day!

Deborah

October Card for Practical Scrappers

October is probably one of my most favorite months besides December.  I just love all of the Halloween creations and fall decorations that are out in full force now.  When my kids were younger, I made their Halloween costumes for them - an as they have gotten older, they have taken on that task themselves.  Pure JOY!

This month's card challenge at Practical Scrappers is a very fun card!

I cannot wait to see your creations!