Sketches in Thyme Take #85

Once again it's sketch time at Sketches in Thyme!  And this week it's a double layout.  Here is sketch #85:

And here is my take on it.  I love the double layout sketches as it forces me to choose photos I've put off scrapping.  I had fun playing with this one.  I used some older October Afternoon on it.  Photos from the Oregon Coast.

Be sure and stop by and share your take on this sketch with us! 

Sketches in Thyme Take #84

Today is sketch day at Sketches in Thyme.  Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my take on it:

Be sure and stop by and share your take on this sketch or any others from the month for a chance to be a guest Maven.  I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thinking Through Design

It's time for another "Thought" at Thinking Through Design.  This week it's all about Calendars as embellishments.   When I found out this week's challenge I remembered having several calendars to choose from in my stash. After pulling them out and looking at photos, I decided that if I was going to put a focus on the actual date by using a calendar, then I wanted it to be a special day I wanted to remember always. With that in mind, it made looking through my photos much easier and I finally decided on this photo of our family on the day our daughter graduated from High School. I used this fun scalloped calendar page as my base and since the rest of the month did not really matter. I mounted my photo on the left side, along with some patterned paper to add some visual and textural interest. Along with using color and to help ground my photo. I chose to use stitching to circle the date of her graduation, highlighting the importance of the date. I loved finding a fun way of journaling. This was a special day in our daughter's life and I will definitely consider using a calendar as an embellishment for future special days and events.

So with that said, here is my take on this challenge:

Be sure and stop by and read all of the wonderful thoughts on calendars as well as some very fun layouts using calendars.  Plus...take this challenge on and share your take on this challenge.  I'd love see how you interpret using calendars. 

Thinking Through Design Fussy Cutting

Today is a new challenge or "thought" as we like to call it at Thinking Through Design.  This week is about fussy cutting.  When I saw this thought I was excited as I do a lot of fussy cutting!  My scrappy friends tease me about how much I cut out and are always commenting on how patient I am to do it.  But there's something about cutting those fun designs out that I love.  So here is my take on this thought:

So for this I used Simple Stories Fabulous line.  I just loved the colors of this line and knew I must have it.  I fussy cut the journaling block with the flowers, the pink border strip, the little pennants and the little bird in my title.  I'd love to your take on this thought.  Be sure and share it with us TTD!

Sketches in Thyme Take #81

It's sketch time again!  Here is this week's sketch at Sketches in Thyme:

And here is my take using Simple Stories Awesome line:

Be sure and stop by and share your take on any of our June sketches by June 30th and your name will be entered into a drawing for a prize  for your chance to win a fabulous prize from our sponsor, Peace Love and Scrapbooking! 

My Creative Sketches & Memorable Seasons LSS Week 2

I finally found some time to play a little.  I created this layout using this fun sketch from My Creative Sketches. 

Here is my take on it:

At Memorable Seasons they are on their 2nd week of Last Scrapper Standing.  Though I found out I wasn't eligible for the grand prize I wanted to play along anyway.  The challenge was to use borders or a banner.  Here is my take:

Thanks for stopping by to check things out.  More to come in a day or so.

Memorable Seasons Last Scrapper Standing

Well it's that time again.  Memorable Seasons has started their Last Scrapper Standing competition.  I love this contest and have found in the past that some of my favorite layouts have come from this contest. 

So this week's challenge is to create a layout using Red/Yellow and Blue.  Here is my take. 

Hopefully I'll make it to the next round.  Be sure and come on over and check things out.  Be sure and mention that I sent you as our names will go in twice for the weekly draw.  Oh...and I combined this challenge with one at Paper Secrets to use eyelets.  They were perfect to add a pop of yellow on my blue paper.