Colorful Creations DT Call

Colorful Creations was a fun Ning site that was around for quite a few years and I played along quite a bit with their challenges.  Then they closed and somehow I lost track of them.  Then I saw on one of the DT member's blogs that  Colorful Creations has a blog now. I was thrilled!! Then while checking things out I discovered they have a DT Call.  I LOVE to use sketches when I create so I thought it would be fun to give it a try.

Here is the sketch for the call and we had to use fall colors.

And here is my take on it.  This is a photo of my daughter and her friend, Jen.  Aren't they beautiful?! I used Basic Grey Persimmon line.  It's a little hard to tell but the background is actually Navy. I loved this sketch!

Be sure and stop by Colorful Creations.  I'll be posting my take on their September 15 sketch soon. Come play along! 

Throwback Thursday at 3 Scrappy Boys

Today is my turn over at 3Scrappy Boys blog and I thought it would be fun to pull out an old kit and scrap a new layout. The 3 Scrappy Boys store truly has some amazingpast kits and tons are discounted 50% off!!  Plus, the 50% off sale is still going on for the store products as well.  That's an amazing discount!  

Here is the layout I created using the Throwback September 2013 Main kit.  I have to say I just love this kit!  The colors and patterns are fabulous! This purple is the color of my daughter's friend's wedding so I knew it would be perfect for this photo of them on that special day.  

I was totally inspired by this fabulous sketch at Let's Get Sketchy. 

Be sure to go check things out in the store.  There are tons of fabulous products 50% off in the store and those past kits are on sale too.  You really can't go wrong with those prices.  It's a wonderful value! Have a happy scrappy week!

Back 2 School

It's my turn over at the 3Scrappy Boys blog.  I'm sharing my layout using this month's Add-On kit featuring the Jillibean Soup Spicy Social Soup.  Because this line is so specific it's got me working to figure out what to create with it.  As I was going through the papers, I thought there were several that worked well for a school layout so I found some older photos of my son to use.  I am still in shock that it's back 2 School time!  I'm not sure about you, but my summer has absolutely flown by!  Here is what I came up:

I was totally inspired by this fun sketch over at My Scraps and More Sketch blog.  At first I wasn't sure about it but I really had fun with it!  You should definitely try it!  

                               

And for those wondering, here is a photo of the kit I have this month to play with:
                               
Plus, there's a fabulous 50% off in the store at 3SB to make room for the new CHA items!  Be sure and check things out as there are some fun items there!  Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week.  I will as I am going to help my daughter move back in and get all set up for her senior year of college.  Can I really be that old?!

Ipod Touch - 3SB August Add-On Kit

So it's a new month and I got the chance to play with the Add-On Kit from 3 Scrappy Boys.  It features Jillibean Soup's Spicy Social Soup.  Here are photos of the kit contents:

And here is the layout I created using this fun kit:

I was totally inspired for this layout from this great sketch from Let's Get Sketchy and it comes as no surprise it's created by Laura Whitaker.  Love her style!

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure and check out the amazing 50% off sale over at 3 Scrappy Boys!  You can't go wrong with half off!  Have a wonderful week!

Enjoy the Sunshine

It's my turn again over at 3 Scrappy Boys.  In case you don't remember, I am working with the July Add-On kit which consists of papers from #Summer by American Crafts and a cute one by Heidi Swapp. Here is what I created this week:

Isn't this the cutest photo of my niece?  I had fun playing with the hot pink, lime green and the hint of black!  The only thing I added not in the kit: the hot pink paper (it was so necessary for this), the white cardstock, the hot pink washi and the sequins.  Otherwise it's all from the kit.  

The main title was created with one of the script fonts from the Simple Stories DIY stickers and one of the transparency ephemera in the kit.  For the "enjoy", I found the green by itself got a little lost on my pink paper so I remembered a trick I used years ago (think pre-thickers days) where I learned if you are needing a vowel/letter that you've used all of them up, cut around the letter, with a little bit of white showing and use the negative of the letter/word.  So that's what I chose to do.  The transparency, again was a little lost so I stapled it to some white cardstock and fussy cut around the edge of the transparency. 

I was inspired by this sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy.  I turned it upside down due to the way my niece is facing in the photo.  

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you find some time to enjoy the sunshine!

Birthday Boy

I'm really trying to be better at my blog posts.  For some reason, I always seem to forget to come post them here.  Today I'm up over at the 3SB blog sharing another layout I created using my July Add-On Kit. It features the American Crafts #Summer line which is full of fun bright papers.  Since the colors are such cheerful & happy I thought they'd be fun for this photo of my son on his birthday last year.  He chose to go to Red Robin for lunch and there was a whole girl's athletic team there who insisted on singing to him.  Carsen doesn't like to be sung to and he was quite embarrassed, hence the #embarrassed on my layout.

I loved this pre-designed background with the journaling block right on it.  I layered up several of the papers, stitched a few on, added the thickers from the kit and a few of the stickers from the DIY Simple Stories.  Since the top was a bit heavy I anchored it with the strip of dots from the bottom of one of the papers.  The only thing not in the kit on this layout was the little white alpha stickers.  Otherwise it's all in the kit!  

When I sat down to create this I was inspired by one of Laura Whitaker's sketches, as always.  Love her style!  Isn't it great?!  I might have to use it again rotated.  Love it!

That's it for today.  I keep hoping life will allow me to scrap more than just DT stuff but for now, I'm grateful I can find time for my DT stuff so maybe soon I'll have more time.  Hope you're having a great summer!  

3 Scrappy Boys July Add-On & Back Porch Memories GDT sketch

I love this month's Add-On kit from 3Scrappy Boys!  The colors are so fun and colorful!  I love the embellishments and the papers!  It's fantastic!  Here is a photo of the kit and later this week will share a video showing you everything that comes in it.


And here is a layout I created using this adorable photo of my 2 nieces that I love!

I created this by using the fun Doodlebug Washi Tape and creating a border around my cardstock, cut my papers by American Crafts #Summer line and added a few bits and pieces of the Fancy Pants Ephemera and stickers from DIY Simple Stories.  I used this amazing sketch by Page Maps created for BackPorch Memories.  Isn't it great?!

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure and check back throughout the month to see more creations using this kit.   Have a happy, scrappy week!