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It's time to reveal the November Sketch at My Creative Sketches

 November sketch

 

 

 

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I created my layout using the November Main kit from My Creative Scrapbook.

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Spacing out!

More Cheery Lynn fun today! I’m going to start with a card I created for an upcoming wedding. I wanted tone on tone but you know me, I needed texture so I cut a doily from the same pattern paper that I used for the background. The doily really dressed up the papers, but using by using the same tone paper keeps from overpowering the rest of the card. I created the flower by cutting three layers of petals, then inked and folded the petals for dimension.

Dies used:

DL103-Italian flourish

SF-3 Stacker Flower #3

DL112 Exotic Butterfly mini

SF-1 Stacker Flower #1 Leaf

B118 Pair of Ferns

As soon as I saw the papers in the Boys Rule kit, I knew the Inverted Scallop Circles would be the perfect touch!!! The circles come in 6 different sizes offering a wide range of uses. I love that the Sliver Stacker Layers fit perfectly inside Nesting dies taking all the guess work out and leaving more room for fun!

One of the little circles even fit perfectly inside the chipboard planet! How fun and easy is that?!

Boys Rules scrapbooking kits

Dies used:

XL-6 Circle Inverted Scallop Stackers Nesting Dies

L-4 Silver Stacker Layers Circle -Classic

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Flower fun!

As spring approaches, our surrounding blossom into newly refreshed life. It is much to cold and snowy here for flowers yet so I went to work having fun creating my own little indoor blossoms!

I added a little twist to my layers. Leaving the bottom layer straight still giving a nice clean feel. I applied a coat of Ranger Distress Rock Candy to a couple of the birdhouses, and Ranger Glossy Accents to the bird. I dry brushed a dab of Ranger Distress paint to my Jillibean Soup corrugated flowers. While the paint dried, I created a paper rosette to use as one flower center.

I adheared a button tied with a burlap string for the other flower center and attached to a denim flower cut from a pieces of hubby‘s pants. I love the added texture from the Jillibean Soup Bean Seed leaves!

My favorite flowers on here are some I created by using my Jillibean stamp and some burlap!! I put the button sticker onto a chipboard circle to give it more dimension.

I hand stitched around the Jillibean Soup Sprout. Again using my Ranger Rock Candy paint, I dry brushed a bit around the edges of the numbers. I created the charm by hand cutting a heart and adhering it to silver mirror cardstock.

I cut around the heart leaving a silver edge mimicking a metal frame. Once cut, I applied a heavy coat of Ranger glossy accents to mimic a glass cover. Using a pieces of craft wire, I formed a ring and tied a piece of Jillibean Soup Bean Stalks through and tied to the number three.

Another rosette flower.

I used pop dots through out the layout for dimension and added interest!

I hope you enjoyed wandering through my garden today!

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A warm Wednesday!

Another layout today! A little something just for fun!

I love this photo of my son and his girlfriend taken a couple weeks before he left for Japan. I combined the black and white photo with softer colors to let the photo stand out and speak for itself!

I created the embossed butterfly with a Stampin'Up die. I chose white for the flourish feeing subtle would be better.

A hand cut heart and hand "grown" flowers to finish it off!

Girls Paperie, Basic Grey, Sassafrass, Bazzill, Maya Road, Kaiser Craft, Rob & Bob, Martha Stewart, Coreditantions, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders, Stampin’Up, Ranger Distress Paints, the Twinery

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a scrappy day!!

I finally took a day to just sit and create. What a glorious feeling, to be playing with paper and glue again. It so exhilarating watching bits and pieces come together to form something beautiful…tell me I’m not the only one that gets a rush as ideas collaborate constructing a masterpiece!!

My first layout and card of2011!

As always, click on the photos to enlarge.

Pink Paislee; Bazzill; Coredinations; Spellbinders; Jenni Bowli; Ranger Distress paints, inks and Stickles; My Little Shoebox; American Crafts; Prima; Maya Road; Jillibean Soup; Stampin’Up; Martha Stewart; cardboard

I used Sketchabilities sketch #38 as my inspiration to get the ole wheels turning again. I wanted to jazz up the background cardstock a bit, yet I wanted it to be very subtle so I lightly embossed the corners of Core’dinations cardstock using an embossing folder and my rolling pin; then gently sanded over some of the embossed flowers.
Naturally, I had to alter some embellishments with distress paints, and distress inks!

My first attempt at a rolled felt flower! I am excited with how it turned out. I can see how they could easily turn into another addiction! I’m sure you will see more of them soon! :-)



Changing the pace a little, I created a card to play along with Cardabilities sketch #21.

October Afternoon; Making Memories; Cricut (Create A Critter);Martha Stewart; Stampin’Up; Ranger Stickles; Making Memories

I couldn’t resist adding some texture to my squirrel. It’s those little details that add so much, don’t you think!

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