One Fine Day **Sketchabilities**

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Wow this month has just flown by. I have a tonne of company right now and have been trying to keep up on my posting and visiting of my usual sites. I think I have to go back to work to get a vacation from my vacation LOL. Ok onto the layout…today is reveal day for sketch 52 at Sketchabilities and I just adored this sketch. I used some Basic Grey papers from my stash and lots of goodies. I did lots of masking, stamping and distressing on this layout. The photo is my grand daughter looking at my flowers.

In these close ups you can see the masking that I did in the background. I added some stamping on top of the masked fence. I used a Dusty Attic piece behind the photo. I just painted it and then used some distress inks on it. I finished it off with some liquid pearls.

I used a deep edge MS punch on the layer behind the flowers clusters, and I tucked in a Prima doily.

Well that is it for today. Do not forget to stop by Sketchabilities and look at all the gorgeous layouts from the Design Team. They are sure to inspire you..and if you play along you have a chance at being a guest designer next month.  Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

WELCOME to the Scrap That! Blog Hop and August Kit Reveal!!

Hi everyone! WELCOME to the Scrap That! Blog Hop and August Kit Reveal!! If you have just arrived here from Robin, you are in the correct place! If not, head back to the Scrap That! Blog and join us. Today I will be sharing 3 layouts I created using the Scrap That! August Kit "Somewhere in Time" This is my first reveal on the team and I am so excited!

For my first layout “precious” I used the gorgeous kit sketch by LG. Yes that is BoBunny paper in the background, but I have used some gesso and did some masking on it. The photo is my grand kids.

Here are some close-ups of the gorgeous flowers and gems that came in the kit and the masking that I did. The title piece is from Dusty Attic.

Tip: to make your paper curl and stay in place (as under my title piece) just mist the paper a bit and fold up or crease the paper. You can let it air dry or use a heat tool on it, once dried, the paper stays in place perfectly.

For my “Parker” layout I also used the BoBunny papers from the kit. The brick wall is built from Dusty Attic brick chippys. Scrap That! is now a Dusty Attic distributor so you can pre order or buy directly from the Scrap That! store.

In these close ups you can see the burlap, flowers and goodies that came with the kit. The card stock back ground is from my stash.

I wanted to go a bit more feminine with one layout so I used the IOD papers on my “US” layout. I framed the photo of my daughter and grandson with the DA ornate corners that come in the kit. I first painted them with some peach acrylic paint and then I used some glimmer mist on it, and added some liquid pearls to it.

I used lots of chalk inks on my layers to make them pop and also on the punched out butterflies. The peach flowers I made using a tutorial by fellow DT member, Vicky Alberto. You should check out the tutorial section when you are hopping by the Scrap That! Ning Community.

Just a few more close ups.

Now head over to Tina’s blog for more amazing creations using the Scrap That! "Somewhere in Time” Kit.

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We hope you all had good fun hopping with us today. Thank you so much for playing along!  Watch for the Scrap That! newsletter posted on our NING community on August 22nd to see if you are one of the  lucky winners!

Have a great weekend J

Scrap That! Blog hop details and August kit sneak!!!

Our next exciting reveal and blog hop for the August Scrap That! kit starts this Friday, July 29th at 10am MST! Look at what our outstanding DT has been working on...

This is my first reveal with Scrap That! as one of the new Designers…as well I will be taking over some duties from Vicky Alberto and will be the DT Coordinator. I am so excited for this reveal, my first blog hop. I am also thrilled that recent guest designers Tina Rutledge and Robin Shakoor have also been added to the full-time DT. We have an amazing team!

Stay tuned for some more exciting news for Scrap That! See you Friday!

Playful Pals **TCR-DA**

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog. Yippee…finally some decent summer weather here! I went camping on the weekend and it was so relaxing and just a great get away. For this layout I used this week’s palette at TCR and the yummy sketch from Dusty Attic. I had a few problems when I started the layout but then it just fell together. I did lots of stamping, in fact under the big white flower is a huge stamping BOOBOO eeeeek, and I was not about to start over again so TIP: when you booboo… EMBELLISH !! LOL. Ok so lots of stamping, distressing, inking and I made my own pink flowers from a tutorial from Vicky Alberto. The photo is my grand daughter and her Pal Quilla.

For the DA hinges I painted them with Distress paints and added some liquid pearls and gems to them. The amazing stick pin is from Angelica’s etsy. YUMMY! Here you can also see the flowers that I made and the butterflies that I just punched out, inked, and added some liquid pearls to.

I used some Tim Holtz acrylic pieces and some Tattered Angels transparent chips in various areas.

Another close up of the DA hinge and the stitching and stamping that I did.

Here is a couple more close-ups of all the layers and goodies that I used.

Ok well that is it for today. I had a great time making this layout. Friday is reveal day at Scrap That! and I will be blogging some sneak peeks in a couple of day.  Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Memories **SOUS**

Well Happy Friday everyone!!! TGIF weeeeee J It is reveal day at Stuck on U Sketches. So here is my layout and the sketch that I got to work with…it is by Designer/co-creator Nanné Harry. What a great sketch to work with, it is fabulous!!! I used all kinds of papers and goodies from my stash. I did lots of masking, distressing and some punching. The photo is my grandkids and daughter in law..and of course the dogs J

Here is a close ups of the masking and a Dusty Attic title. You can also see all the layers behind the photo here.

In these close-ups you can see I tucked some DA chicken wire in the flower cluster and all the layers of goodies.

Ok well that is it for today. Yippee I am camping this weekend and get to see some family that I have not seen in a long time. FUN!!!! Don’t forget to head on over to SOUS for tonnes of inspiration. We would all love to see your interpretation of this sketch. They are also doing a Summer Mini Album Blog Hop later this month, I have a link on my sidebar. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

The Color Room Feature

Oh I am so excited, they just released TCR newsletter for this week, and my last LO for last weeks palette was amongst the featured ones. YIPPEE !!! I just had to share because I love playing there and there are so many gorgeous layouts in the gallery each week.

OK that is it for today, come on back tomorrow it is reveal day at Stuck on U Sketches and the sketch this week is amazing!!!!!

Hugggs J

Yippee!!! DT News!!!

I am so excited to announce that I have been asked to join the amazing DT at Scrap That!! You can see the announcement here. As well as myself, there are 2 more new additions to the DT.

Scrap That is an amazing kit club. They have all the latest and greatest products in the industry included in their monthly kits. They also have an online store where you can get everything for your scrapping needs.

My first kit reveal will be August 26^th and I have to say that kit is so gorgeous!!! We also have some very exciting guest designers for that reveal. In the meantime Vicky Alberto is showing me the ropes as I will also be the DT Coordinator.

So that is my huge news..please join us over at Scrap That!..we would love to meet you!!! Come browse the gallery and forums for lots of inspiration. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Take care and happy scrapping.

Getting My Glitz On!!! July

I am getting my Glitz on today again. This layout is a lift done for a challenge. Of course I added in lots of my own details to make it suit my style. This is also for this months challenge at Glitz. You have to use some stamping on the background….well I only have one Glitz stamp so far, so I did masking on the background and stamped the bird cage on cardstock and cut it out and tucked it into the flower cluster. The gorgeous papers are all from Glitz. The photo is my DH and grand daughter out on a walk.

In this close up you can see all the layers of goodies and the cute little big cage stamp that I used. You can also see all the distressing and the masking that I did.

I did some masking in the top corner under the Dusty Attic scroll pieces and added some flowers to it.

Here you can see the punch work and the title pieces. I altered them with glimmer glam and glimmer glaze and added some liquid pearls to the letters. I love my new butterfly punch and used it again on the layout.

Well that is it for today….I have some very special news to tell this week, and I am so excited to share.  Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J