Twisted Sketches #95

The other day I posted a layout for Creative Scrappers #150 and this is the 2nd page of the two page layout I did, but used the sketch from Twisted Sketches#95 and used all the same papers and embellishments and it turned out very nice for my daughter's scrapbook ( the one in the lavendar dress) You will be seeing alot of the same photos- because I have 5 books that I will be doing layouts for- but love all the sketch challenges out there- so they will be all different.

 I will be also applying this layout too Scrapbookers Anonymous for using more than 23 eyelets which there is 31 on this page and Practical Scrappers for using a decorative pin which I have 2 here that I made with some decorative purple and teal beads that I had to go with the color scheme.

 Materials used were: Papers by Paper Pizazz, Autumn Aubergine, Memory Box, Mmably Screen print. K&Company border strips, eyelets, twine, variety of silk flowers, Stickles in 4 colors, brads, chalks, distressing tool by TH, Staz-On ink, stamps, Karen Foster's scrappers floss in lime green ,decorative edger scissors.  and 2 decorative pins.

Practical Scrappers October Sketches

Here are two layouts I did this past week for Practical Scrappers sketch challenge for the month of October. They have 3 really great sketches to choose from and so far I 've done two of them and plan on doing the third one this week if I get the chance.

 I used DCWV-Once upon a Time designer papers(several cuts), silk flowers, embossed swirls in gold powder, pink gemstones and lilac ink. This is my daughters Freshman year school photo. I had to use this paper with the golden locks of hair-it matches my daughters strawberry blonde hair so well.

       This next sketch is my step-daughter in law's bridal shower opening some of the gifts that I gave her. I used K&Company designer paper and pink patterned paper from DCWV for my journaling strips. I drew swirls and topped them with pink stickles, stamped 2 different butterflies and colored them with markers/colored pencils and Sticklesand used pop dots for dimension.

Home Sweet Home-SOLD

This is my old home we sold back in 2002-this is for my daughter's book and again I have not journaled on this page because I want to get the words or thoughts from my children when I write on there pages about the day we moved. I have 4 children and  they all had different feelings about this day.
               So this is the layout for this weeks challenge at Sketch Friday at Practical Scrappers.
I used K&Company paper, LePlume markers, chalks in pink,red and blue, white gel pen, Fiskars border punch and cut out the embellishments(flowers) from the K&Company paper pack.

I used all K&Company papers and cut out all the embellishments and used pop dots for a 3-Dimensional look. I drew my own birds and chalked them and then doodled with markers on the birds and around the flowers. Also used Fiskars border punch and made a journaling spot also covered in chalks.

Step-Sister in law for (Cheryls book)

Yes kinda the same pictures but a different layout for my other daughter's scrapbook. This is a sketch from Practical Scrappers Sketch Friday this week. I used Me&My Big Ideas papers (3)pink carstock torn the edges, cut out some embellishments from the papers, celadon blue ink for edges,a pink and brown fiber (yarn) silk flowers, brads, stickles, rubber stamp letter set-black ink, and white curling ribbon.

So Excited!

This is my daughter in law at her bridal shower back in 2002-she was trying on her dress and showing us because they were getting married in Hawaii and most of us were not attending it was just the 2 of them. The picture is not the greatest, but it tells the story that day. This sketch is for Sketchy Fridays at Practical Scrappers

.Materials used: Me and My Big Ideas paper stack, embellishments cut from designed papers, stickles in several colors, brown ink and Gypsy Font and Tie the Knot Cricut cartridges on the letters and umbrella.

Silly Siblings

I had fun whipping this layout up tonight-I completed it in just over an hour-unbelievable I never get pages done that quick. This is a sketch from Sketchy Fridays at Practical Scrappers this week.  I used We R Memory Keepers papers from  the "Nonsense" paper stack, Fiskar circle cutter, chipboard letters and stickers from the same paper stack, brown ink for the edges, teal cardstock for mat, and black fine marker to outline letters.

4 crazy - Kidz

I had some fun with this bright and colorful page and this sketch worked out great from Practical Scrappers Sketch Friday- but I kinda turned the photos around a bit. I added the arrows to this cute page, which also qualifies for the challenge over at Frosted Designs this week-to use 1 or more arrows on a project. Just a few products were used on this layout. American Crafts paper (doubled-sided), robin cardstock, chipboard covered with papers, chipboard lettters and sayings, stickles in 4 colors, brads and brown ink on a pre-made journal tag.

Live , Love and Laugh

Here is my take on this weeks sketch over at Practical Scrappers Sketch Fridays, titled Live, Love and Laugh. I used papers from SandyLion on black cardstock, cut flowers from paper and crumbled them, sprayed with frost glimmer mist and used thin glue dots to attach them. Some of my chipboard covered with paper to journal on in black 3-D writer gel pen and white gel pen for hand srawn stitching around the edge.

Welcome to the Beach

This is a layout done for Practical Scrappers Sketch Friday. I used all papers from DCWV Fun in the sun Summer stack, my own chipboard with cut out designs from paper adhered to chipboard and then I put glossy accents on top and then cut out and used yes paste. I also flipped the sketch on its side to accommodate my photos better.

Beach Bums

Here is another summer beachy layout for the Practical Scrappers Sketch challenge and their monthly challenge themed "Just Beachy"  I used We R Memory Keepers sun shape( half of it) and some teal background paper and some photo paper that I sprayed with 3 colors of glimmer mists and then cut out some water spouts, drew some highlights in with a white gelly roll marker and used pop dots to make them really pop.I doodled with black marker some frames for the photos and added a Fun in the Sun vellum and a chipboard letter for the Title Beach Bums. I then journaled in the middle of the sun and added some more doodling to that also. This layout is for my son Eric's scrapbook.

Fireworks-4th of July

This is my take of the sketch over at Practical Scrappers- Sketch Friday. I used several scraps of holiday red, white and blue papers for this layout and inked all the edges in a "latte" brown  with red and blue cardstock for mats on photos and dry brushed the light blue mat in blue paint. Used 2 vellums and painted stripes on them also, along with 2 hand cut tags with journaling and a red star brad on each . I used rub-on letters for the "fourth of" and chipboard letters painted in "regency blue" acrylic paint for July, with some doodling  to make them stand out a bit more. I also journal on the red paper the events of the day at the Ishpeming Parade in Michigan. This is my DD pages from 2001 and she played with this new little black lab puppy all day at camp (which is hard to see) in the photo.

Cheryl looks like a young bride.

This is my DD in her beautiful dress for her 8th grade Red & White Banquet in 2001. She looks like a young bride in her white dress. I'm entering this layout in Sketchy Friday at Practical Scrappers and also the Practical Scrappers weekly challenge to use punches and decorative scissors. I used My Minds Eye papers , cream cardstock, and a green avacado cardstock with inked edges in brown. Used a Martha Stewart border floral punch in several areas on layout. One big white flower with glimmer mist with a large light green rhinestone brad in center and several small white silk with glitter flowers and leaves, added  pearl beaded swirls and white rhinestone embellishments. And journaled a saying in brown Zig writer pen. If you like new challenges weekly go over to Practical Scrappers and check them out great inspiration for you layouts weekly.

Oh Christmas Tree

We decided to get a real Christmas tree this past year (for the first time)so we went to a local tree farm and picked a special tree out and cut it down--of course our two girls Jenna and Izzy helped us out. I am doing this layout from a sketch at Practical Scrappers -Sketch Friday. I used misc Christmas patterned papers, some cut outs from pre patterned papers, a  rub-on gold holly leaf, brown ink for edges, scalloped punch, glitter glue on all the letters in "diamond" and of course my Gypsy to weld the title together using Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and Christmas Cheer for the samll trees on the bottom with 3 different colors of cardstock and glitter glues.

2 Girls and 2 Boys = 4 My Kids

This is my take of this week's sketch at Practical Scrappers Sketch Friday, but I turned the layout vertically which fit my pictures better. I used K&Company designer paper "once upon a time" paper pack, deep purple cardstock, black stickles,cut out letters from a letter blooklet and attached with pop dots,4 misc solid color papers and some cut trim pieces from same paper pack by K&Company, used fiskar edger scissors and torn the corner of the paper, attached another circle medallion in middle with pop dots also.

Cousins...Wedding layout

This is my take of the sketch over at Practical Scrappers , Sketch Friday this week. Another layout for my wedding album of my cousins. Used Studio Paper co papers, scraps papers in blue for the torn strips, cream background matts for photos. EK Success floral stickers, Rhinestones in blues- purples- pinks,big blue button with lavendar ribbon tied on, letters cut out of a letter book attached with pop dots, purple glitter gel pen for writing names.

I do-wish this ring-kiss

This is my layout titled" I Do-with this Ring-you may Kiss the bride" I  love working with the sketches over at Practical Scrappers every Friday. I have so many photos of our wedding put don't want to scrap all of them so these 3 kinda tell the story of the ceremony on one page of our vows. Materials used in layout include: Misc papres in stock in my colors teal and purple,heart punch, fiskars embossing template"hearts" black & teal ink, stamps from a valentine set, 3-d emboss glaze gel pen in blackand pink,

Practical Scrappers Sketch by 5/28

Here is my layout this week for the Practical Scrappers Sketch challenge. I used a dark purple cardstock and DCWV designer paper from Far East stack and sanded the edges. Other items used were a scalloped punch , 2 sizes in a circle punch,buttons, cream embroidery floss,3-D black glaze pen, lilac & black ink,and some scrap paper for the 2 strips in the middle of layout and the 5 flags, and scrap cardstock to mat the pictures.

Practical Scrappers Sketch by 5/14

This is my Layout for Practical Scrappers this week of my favorite girls Izzy and Jenna (our 1 year Eskies) taken at Christmas time 2009. I used 2 snowflake black and white papers  for background and curled the torn edges of the the white paper, used a red vellum and green glitter cardstock for the matted photo,gold cardstock for the 2 strips under photo, and a cut out of a tree from some patterned paper.The holly and ribbon is also cut from some patterned paper with my exacto knife. I used Gypsy Font for the word Joy in the gold cardstock backed with green gliiter cardstock. I put some holly rub-ons on the corner brackets of the picture and used circle punch for the journaling tags.

Practical Scrappers Sketch due 5/7

I am entering this layout over at Practical Scrappers. I used Bo Bunny paper in green, the scalloped striped red and white edge paper is October Afternoon, and the tree paper in strip on top is Teresa Collins.I inked all edges of paper and pictures in coffee bean by Paper Salon, Fiskar paper edgers "victorain",used slick writer on vellum stockings attached with jeweled brads, and paper punches for the Title  "All The-----Were Hung". I like to take a picture of out very decorated Christmas tree every year, showing all the gits under the tree on Christmas Eve...brings back some great memories.

Practical Scrappers Sketch by 5/1

These are  some pictures of our summer volleyball team years ago(2001) and we took first place...pretty good for a bunch of "Old Timers". I used two patterned papers and solid cardstock for all the cuts and chalked most of them. The carts I used for this layout are P.S.- Were #1, FMK-pizza, SM-volleyball,Spike it, AE-for the teal swirls, GBS- for the triangles in banner.I'm using this sketch for the Practical Scrappers challenge due by May 1st.