" 'Tis The Season To Be Jolly" card

Supplies - Patterned papers, title and flower: Authentique; Embroidery Thread: DMC; Colorbox Chalk: Chestnut Roan; Jewels: Kaiser Craft; Scallop punch: Fiskar's; Sketch: Sketch Support, Allison Davis and Scrapbook Generation

Additional credits - Editing software: Photoshop; Christmas tree and lights: Hobby Lobby; Ornaments and handmade ribbon garland: myself;

Happy Monday!!!!

Today, I am going to start off by sharing some wonderful news about two of my previous postings/projects.  My "Falling for You" card and my "First Day of Kindergarten" layout were both featured on Nikki Sivils-Showcase on You.  You can find that posting here: http://nikkisdoghouse.blogspot.com/2011/11/showcase-on-you.html

Also, while you are there be sure to check out the amazing work from not only Nikki's design team, but the guest designers and the other talented ladies spotlighted along with me on the "Showcase on You" feature.  Thank you Julie and Nikki for featuring my work on your blog. 

"My Little Chatterbox" layout

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye; Alphabet: Cosmo Cricket (My Little), My Mind's Eye (Chatterbox); Embroidery Floss: DMC; Button and toothpick: unknown; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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"Falling for You" card

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Alphabets, Tree, Hearts, Arrow and Journaling Tag: Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker; Embroidery Thread: DMC; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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"Landon's First Birthday" layout

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterend paper, alphabets, stickers: Simple Stories; Embroidery thread: DMC; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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"You Complete Me" layout

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: American Crafts; Alphabets: Doodlebug Designs (You); American Crafts (Complete, Me); Embroidery thread: DMC; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L; Tools: Cricut Machine (Hearts, Circles); Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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Variation #1: I replaced the 2 x 2 photos with a 4 x 6 photo.

Variation #2: I cut circles in half to create the scallop border under my photos.

As always, you can head over to Sketch Support to get your own copy of this sketch for free. 

"Let's Party" card

Our product challenge over at Sketch Support this month is Simple Stories.  I love this company! If you haven't heard of them be sure to check them out.  They have some gorgeous products.



Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper, Balloons and Present: Simple Stories; Embroidery Thread: DMC; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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Don't forget that you can always get your own copy of this sketch by visiting Sketch Support and to see what the other DT members have created with it. 

"You're Doing Great" card

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker; Stickers and Alphabets: Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker; Embroidery Thread: DMC; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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Variations between the two cards are as follows:

Variation #1: In place of the 3/4 inch striped strip I used a 1/4 inch die cut strip.

Variation #2: I used a journaling die cut behind my message.

Variation #3: I changed the position of my embellishments from the middle of the right side of the card to the top left corner.

If you would like to get a free copy of this card sketch, please visit Sketch Support.   Be sure to check out what the other design team members have created.

Sunshine & Summertime and Cupcake Decoration

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: Fancy Pants Designs; Alphabets: Doodlebug Designs

(Sunshine) and Thickers (& and Summertime); Fish: Fancy Pants Designs; Craft wire: Unknown; Jewels: Kaisercraft; Floss: DMC; Glitter: Stickles; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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Supplies - Cardstock: My Mind's Eye; Buttons: unknown; Memory Wire and Embroidery floss: DMC; Cupcake Sketch: Add-on Sketch #3, Sketch Support; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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Don't forget to head over to Sketch Support to get your own copy of the above sketches for free. 

3 Weeks

Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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If you would like a copy of this sketch, please visit Sketch Support.  You will also be able to see what the other team members have created with this same sketch. 

"Wild & Crazy Boys" and "Meeting The Monsters"

Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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What I Love About You

This week is two page week over at Sketch Support and I must say this months sketch has been my favorite by far.  I had so many ideas running through my head when I saw the sketch.  The possibilities are endless.

Here is the sketch:



Here is my take on it:

Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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If you would like your own copy of this sketch, please visit Sketch Support.

CHERISH THESE MOMENTS

I'm sorry I've been missing in action lately.  We've been busy with Landon's tball and of course my camera had to die after only 2 1/2 years.  Thankfully, my husband let me get a new one in a timely matter and as a special treat he let me upgrade to the camera of my dreams.  Now that I'm back in action I will share with you one of my layouts based off of this sketch from Sketch Support.

****The layout below was created using products that I received from Fancy Pants Designs after they featured one of my layouts on their blog. 

I honestly would never have purchased this paper line because of the girlie colors, but once I came across this picture I knew the paper and the picture were going to look great together.

****The picture is of my husband and son sleeping on the couch at my sister's baby shower.  Obviously, they were either bored out of their minds or just really tired.  LOL.

Here is my take on the above sketch.

Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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Fancy Pants Designs-Pocket Chick Pick

One of my layouts was chosen by Allison Landy, design team member with Fancy Pants Designs to be spotlighted on their blog as their Pocket Chick Pick for Friday, June 10th, 2011.  What a wonderful opportunity it was! 

Here is the full article.

Or you can follow this link to view it directly from their blog.  Pocket Chick Pick-Christina Hoffman (June 10, 2011)

Pocket Chick Pick: Christina Hoffman

The Pocket Chick Pick is one of my favorite assignments we do here on the Fancy Pants blog! I love searching for inspiration among other people's work, and this month I was lucky enough to come across Christina Hoffman's fun 2 page spread using the To the Moon line.


Up To No Good by Christina Hoffman

I don't typically scrap 2 pagers myself, but I was intrigued by how Christina had combined a shaped pattern paper with a different pattern layered underneath it. I decided to see if I could create a similar look on a single, 8.5x11 page. Using the BRAND NEW Baby Mine line (which by the way also inspired the title of my layout) die cut paper and patterns, here's what I came up with.


Baby Mine by Allison Landy

I also loved the way Christina clustered the die cut embellishments in the corners. So, I grabbed some of the new Baby Mine line of printed filter paper embellishments and added them as an element off the side of the layout.



In the end, I love how the layouts have similar features, but that they each maintain their own character. Thank you Christina for sharing your work with us!

"The Beauty of Spring"

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: Jillibean Soup; Alphabet: Cosmo Cricket; The Paper Studio and American Crafts; Embroidery Thread: DMC; Sketch: Allison Davis (Two-page Sketch #2); Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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"1st Time At The Fair" layout and "Picking The Perfect One" layout

"Picking The Perfect One"



Supplies - Cardstock: The Paper Loft; Patterned paper: The Paper Loft; Alphabet: The Paper Studio; Kaiser Craft; Embroidery Floss: DMC; Memory Thread: DMC; Tools: Fiskar's Border Punch, Cricut Machine; Buttons: The Paper Studio; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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"1st Time At The Fair"

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: Echo Park; Alphabet: American Crafts; Doodlebug Designs and The Paper Studio; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop Winner and a bonus layout

First of all I would like to thank everyone for stopping by and leaving such wonderful comments on my layout and for hopping along throughout the whole blog hop.   I hope you had a great time and received lots of inspiration from my fellow creative team members.  They're all very talented!

Now I would like to share with you the original layout that I created for the blog hop but decided at the last minute it didn't have that "wow" look that I was going for. 

"You Bring Me So Much Joy"

Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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And now for the winner of their very own copy of any volume of Sketches for Scrapbooking goes to......

Dawn said...

I am a follower :)
Your layout is simply adorable! I love the robots!!! I so need this paper!!
I love to scrap to keep our family memories alive. Some of the day to day things get forgotten unless I scrap them and then they can be brought to mind whenever looking at my albums.

May 7, 2011 11:46 AM

Congratulations Dawn!!!  Please send me an email with your name, address and your choice of volume from 1-7 and I will get that in the mail to you.  You may contact me at christinascreativekeepsakes@hotmail.com

Thank you again for supporting Sketch Support and taking the time to visit each blog on the hop and leaving the wonderful comments.  We all appreciate it!

Sketch Support's National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop

Yes, Sketch Support is back again with another fantastic blog hop.  This time we are celebrating National Scrapbook Day.  Can you believe they have a day just for scrapbookers?!  Woohoo!!!!

If you are are just now joining in on the fun and did not start the blog hop from Sketch Support I would recommend you hop back over to the Sketch Support blog to start from the beginning.  And if you are accessing my blog from the amazingly talented, Carolyn Wolff, you are right on track.  We have some amazing projects to share with you so please visit each blog for some inspiration and your chance to win some awesome prizes.   We also have a fun scavenger hunt going on. 

Are you ready to get things started??  Here we go......

The first thing I'm going to share with you is the sketch that Allison asked each of to create a project out of.  Well most of you know that I am a two-page girl all the way so that is what I will be sharing with you on my page today. 

Here is the sketch: 

Love it!  How about you?

And here is my take on it.......

"Up to no good" by Christina Hoffman

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Designs; Embroidery Thread: DMC; Title and Robot: Fancy Pants Designs; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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Variation #1: I flipped the sketch. 
Variation #2: I moved my title to the bottom of the left side of the page.
Variation #3: I added embellishments in place of the original place of the title.
Variation #4: I moved my journaling over just a little bit so I could add some embellishments.

Here's a closer look at the title and gears that I traced, cut out, then hand stitched.

Here is another look at the gears and the robot.

Now it's give away time.  Who doesn't love a giveaway??  There are two requirements for you to be eligible to win your choice of any volume sketch book.  First, I will need you to follow my blog and second, you will need to answer the following question. 

Why do you Scrapbook?

The drawing for the sketch book and the grand prize through Sketch Support ends Monday, May 9th at 12:00 a.m.

If you have been following the blog hop and leaving comments on each blog like the directions stated on Sketch Support then you're on your way to winning the grand prize giveway. 

Your next stop on the hop is my local creative team gal, Christy Arthur.  Your gonna love what she has to share with you.  That's it for me, thanks for visiting and good luck to everyone!

Have a good weekend!

"You Brighten My Day" Card

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Jewels: Kaiser Craft; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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"So Happy To Have You" Canvas Art

Happy (rainy) Sunday everyone!  Today I am going to share with you a layout that I made using a piece of artist canvas.  This was my first time creating a layout with canvas and not a piece of cardstock as my background.  I must say, it was a lot of fun!  I also like that I get to enjoy seeing it on display in my house rather than just having it stored away in an album.  Who knows I might just have to create a few more pieces of work for my house. 



Here is a close up of one of the flowers I created by using ribbon and twisting it around in a circle to create the look of a flower.

Here is another close up of the ribbon flowers I created as well as the hand stitched I did on the canvas. 

 And last but not least, here is a picture of the completed project on display on a shelf on my living room wall. 

Supplies - Artist Canvas: purchased at Hobby Lobby; Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye; Spray stain: Design Master Home Decor Stain in Pecan; Title: My Mind's Eye; Flowers: Created with My Mind's Eye tulle, lace, and ribbon; Brads: Making Memories; Embroidery floss: DMC; Tools: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch and Fiskar's Scallop Punch; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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If you would like to get a copy of this sketch, please visit Sketch Support.

"SCRAP-A-PALOOZA"

Photo's on the layout courtesy of Scrapbook Generation Blog

"Scrap-a-Palooza" by Christina Hoffman
Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye; Alphabets: Doodlebug Design and American Crafts; Jewels: Prima and KI Memories: Embroidery Thread: DMC; Tools: Fiskar's Border Punch; Journaling Tag (Ticket): My Mind's Eye; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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"SPRING"

This card just says it all for me!  I have been ready for Spring for several months now, so I knew this weeks card needed to be something pretty with flowers and of course something pink. 

Supplies - Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye; Flowers and Metal Accents: Unknown; Butterfly punch: Martha Stewart; Embroidery floss: DMC; Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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I've also been so busy lately that I forgot to share some wonderful news with all of you.  I was presented with a wonderful offer from Bo Bunny to be featured on their blog for part of their "Bo Bunny Fan Spotlight" article.  What an honor it was to be featured on one of my favorite manufactures blog. 

You can view the full article here:  "Bo Bunny Fan Spotlight". 

Thank you Bo Bunny for the wonderful opportunity! 

Sketches for All Ages

This week over at Sketch Support, we had a special feature called "Sketches for All Ages" with some easy steps on how to scrapbook with your kids.  I was on vacation with my family and forgot to send my layout in.  Oops!

So, today I am going to share with you the layout that my son, Landon, age 4, has put together.  I went ahead and cut all of the strips and the background piece of paper out for him and with a little direction (I used a pencil to mark where the paper should be placed) this is what he came up with.  He did a great job!!!

"ELMO LOVES TO PLAY" by Landon Hoffman, age 4

Sketch: Allison Davis, Sketch Support and Scrapbook Generation

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What do you like about scrapbooking? 

Helping put the stickers on (adhesive)

How much does your Mom scrapbook?

Too much!

What is your favorite color? 

Red

What is your favorite scrapbooking supply? 
The cutter (trimmer)

What is your favorite thing about this sketch? 
It showed me where to put my stickers

If you could have your mom make a page about anything what would it be? 
All of my Monster Trucks

What is your best tip for other scrapbookers? 
It's a secret! Only mommy can know.

This was the first time I had ever let Landon actually scrapbook a page with pictures and a sketch.  Usually, I just give him some paper and cut a few things out with my Cricut and let him create his own project. 

Below are a few pictures of him creating his layout. 

This picture (below) cracks me up because Landon was repositioning the strip because it wasn't straight.  I think maybe he has watched me scrapbook one too many times.