SOUS - CIRCLES

Sad to say this is my last post for Stuck On U Sketches!
boooooooooohoooooo.
What a fun great team. I am so grateful for my time there.
Our challenge this week is all about CIRCLES!!!!!!!!!!
Hop on over to SOUS to check out what our fabulous girls created.
Here's my contribution:

First you will want to start with a foundation page. Then pull out a nice contrasting piece of paper. Choose your favorite punch and work your way around the edges. You'll want to position the picture where it looks best for you. For me I was going for a circular draw. I made the arrows lead the viewer into the picture.

and now a few close ups. A simple page but full of wonderful smiles!

From here you can see a close up of the gears and arrows for a more masculine feel.

This is my son and my sister  taken several years ago! 

Here you assemble the gears and flowers to anchor the photo down and to represent masculine and feminine within the photo. Choose complimentary colors to match the photo and papers. Choose your favorite glue to adhere your papers and embellishments.

So there ya have it. Super simple but dynamic page to really focus on the photo and to satisfy both the masculine and feminine.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great summer! Thank you so much to LEAH AND NANNE! You ladies are fabulous!!
Remember to smile and Happy Scrappn!

Stuck On U Sketches - 3D

Hello crafters... the challenge this week is for Stuck On U Sketches is something 3D.
Wow the team did a fantastic job on this challenge. Make sure to go on over to the blog and see what was made. Join us and create something beautiful today. This is a flashback project.

Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge Tree

Welcome May!!

The flowers and trees are blooming and my oh my the allergies! ha ha.
The challenge this week is to use a TREE in your project.
Go on over to SOUS blog and see what our wonderful designers have cooked up. Really cute projects.
I used my Sil. Cameo to make this Tree Card. I think it can function as any type of a card. I wanted the message inside to carry the real message so I left the front simple.

SOUS: Die Cut : Spring

Hello Crafters  !

The challenge this week over at Stuck On U Sketches is to make something including Spring!

Head on over to check out all the inspiration. Join in our challenge.

Happy Scrappn! 

My Kix - SOUS Die cut and Zeus and Zoe DT

Hello Crafters!!!
How about them KIX!
My son was thrilled with the shoes that his Aunt Missy sent him from Texas. Thank you Aunt Missy! So I pulled out my Zeus and Zoe kit and paired it with the challenge this week over at Stuck On U Sketches.. : Word Art.  What a fabulous time.

Yes I had fun using my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the title and the background paper. I was racing the sun to get this photo done today.

I had fun using my Art Anthology to paint these Scrap FX chippies that came from Zeus and Zoe.

More altered glasses

painted over the flower and the button

stamps and paint and chippies

As you can see you can do so much with Word Art .. definitely head over to Stuck On U Sketches and see what the rest of the fabulous team came up with. You will love it. Also for some great supplies check out the Zeus and Zoe Etsy as well as their blog for some fun and inspiration.

Thanks for lookin and Happy Scrappn!

Stuck On U Sketches - Challenge - House

Hello world!

This week's challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches  is to use a HOUSE in their project. There were so many houses to choose from. I chose to use this picture that I took while on my first mission trip to La Esperanza, Honduras. This was a church built by our local ministry and some of the locals there.

All the papers used were from the specialty store Paper Temptress. I also used one of my fabulous 3rd Eye Stamp and brick mask. All the cuts were from MY FRIEND'S MACHINE - Cricut Explore  (yes I wish I had one). Join us over at Stuck On U Sketches and show us what you make with a house... and definitely check out what our design team has cooked up for us.   

And our March sponsor! It's time for the news...

Creative Embellishments

Play in ANY of our March challenges for a chance to win!

Winner will be announced April 11.

Thank you for stopping by and Happy Scrappn! 

SOUS "Umbrella" Challenge

Happy Almost Spring to you!
Yes I'm surely ready for warmer weather.. and more sunshine. Seeing the sun just makes me smile, how about you??
I wanted to make a happy tag especially since I've had a cold for the last few days. I hope you enjoy my happy little tag. It's called "Have a Sunny Day" from the Country Living Stamp Collection from Pink By Design.
It was so hard to choose which kind of umbrella I wanted to use for the challenge over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES!  Make sure to head over to the blog to see what all our fabulous designers came up for this challenger. We sure hope you will join us.

Here are a few closeups:

All the cuts are made us my Paper Temptress papers on the Silhouette Cameo. I inked the edges with my distress inks and of course I pulled out one of my Peachy Keen Face Stamps for my precious sun. :)  I also used various inks for the background on the tag.

The ribbon also comes from Paper Temptress.  If you stamp a lot or use Copics definitely check out Paper Temptress for all your specialty paper needs. 

Products used:

Paper Temptress Paper & Ribbons

Peachy Keen Stamp - CC-PK-4x4-005

Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean

Pink Scrapper - Country Living Stamp Collection

Silhouette Cameo

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a very sunshiny day! Happy Scrappn!

Sketch It: Cross Promo Blog Hop with SOD/SOE!

Hello my SPARKLY PEEPS! !!!

Hello everyone! Welcome to a cross promo blog hop from Stuck on U Sketches

and Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance Design Teams!

February 14-16

midnight to midnight

We've all created layouts based off our February 14th sketch

and the Scraps of Darkness teams have created theirs with the awesome kits from their shop!

Here is my take on the sketch titled : GEORGE

a little gold embossed DA rose.

The above features RENEA BOUQUETS BUTTERFLY!!

another red embossed DA rose

I was so ecstatic to use my Kit that I won from Scraps of Elegance
their DELIGHTFUL KIT!

You just can't go wrong with their kits! Wow! 

As you know Scraps of Darkness is our sponsor for this month's

blog candy and we are so appreciative of them! 

So don't forget to join any challenge here at SOUS this month

for a chance to win that candy (click for more info)!

We are offering candy for this hop!

A collection of Basic Grey paper and embellishments! 

Blog candy winner will be announced Friday, February 21.

(sorry, North America only)

Rules for the hop

-Visit and comment on each blog

-Follow Stuck on U Sketches

-Follow Scraps of Darkness

-Return to SOUS and let us know you've completed the hop!

Blog Hop Order

Charlotte Brochu Scrapsational

Karen Zueger-Brownell Lost Coast Scrapper

Mayra Duran-Hernandez Mayra's Designs

Stephanie Eaken Bits & Pieces (& Scraps)

Bente Fegerberg Paper and Glue Heaven

 Annette Gearside moment in time

 Patricia van Gelder Patricia's layout 

Laura Gilhuly AngelScraps

Tracey Gregory A lifetime of Pages

Helen Gullett Creating Joyfully 

Connie Hall Times To Cherish

Renea Harrison Renea Bouquets

Nanne Harry  Nanne's Creations

Tracey Kelly Trace-Elementz

Julie Kight Cards By Cricut

Nicolle Kramer NicolleLovesScrapbooking

Monica Lowrance  Happy Scrappn2   ------YOU ARE HERE

Neela Nalam MemorableScraps ----GO HERE NEXT

Rosie Neustaedter As Seen In My Scrapbook

Lisa Novogrodski Living In Color

Erica Ortiz Mimi's Paper Dreams

Wendi Robinson Scrappy Day in Paradise

Sarah Routledge -Scattered Pictures and Memories

Leah Schaeffer  http://leahschaeffer.blogspot.com

Sandi Smith Paper Memories

Jane Stirling  Scossie Jane

Caroleanne Wright The Pretty Paper Patisserie

Elisabetta Colavero Scrap-colors

Scraps of Darkness

Finish hop back at SOUS

We thank you all so much for taking the time

to join this hop and hope that you'll be provided with

a ton of incredible inspiration and lots of fun!

We would also just LOVE for you to create

a project using our sketch so if you do

make sure to come back and share that with us!

Happy Hopping friends!

SOUS "You are Sweet" Challenge

Hello Sketch fans!
You gotta see what the awesome Design Team came up with this challenge simply click here!
"You are sweet" is the challenge this time over at Stuck On U Sketches.
Below I made a little card. I used some Tim Holtz Distress Glitter for the topping. I cut the image on my friend's Cricut Expression 2.

 Below you can see where I used my stamp from Close to my Heart and  my giant Heart stamp from 3rd Eye.

Here you can see my Dusty Attic chippie that I put on the cupcake bottom.  All paper used is from Paper Temptress.

Be sure to head on over to Stuck On U Sketches and definitely enter. Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Scrappn!

Stuck On U Sketches -Die Cut Something To Wear Challenge

Howdy folks! Is it Spring yet???? I am sure ready, how about you???
I wanted to create something warm for this challenge. I love scrapping my nieces and nephews.
Over at Stuck On U Sketches the challenge is to create a project with "SOMETHING TO WEAR". Since Kinslee is such a Lil Princess I knew she needed her crown!  I used my Silhouette Cameo to make the cuts and the special cuts were made out of paper from PAPER TEMPTRESS. I also used a butterfly Overlay and the pink polka dot bow from Paper Temptress.

Below is the full project and then following are some close ups.

A little heat embossing.using my 3RD STAMP TES-086 BORDERS 1..

Using a butterfly overlay.

Using some Prima goodies from my stash.

Makes sure to head on over to Stuck On U Sketches to see what wonderful inspiration the DIE CUT TEAM came up with. For some wonderful specialty papers go to Paper Temptress and see what specials they have going on right now! 

I hope you will enter this week's challenge.... I know you can find "Something To Wear". :)

Come play with us at Stuck On You Sketches this month because starting this month we will have some incredible monthly sponsor sharing some delicious blog candy with you! All you need to do is join any challenge (sketch, die cut or project life) during the month to have your name enter a chance to win the blog candy. Easy as that.

January winner will be announced Feb 14.North America only for this prize, thank you.

The blog candy for this month is from Scrap Shotz. They are sharing 2 amazing Tim Hotlz stencils and 2 super huge Project Life card sets (each containing 60 cards)

Products used:

3rd eye TES-086 Borders1

Recollections Embossing Powder

Cameo.

MME: Notable: Silly Cheery Paper

Graphic 45: Bohemian Bazaar : Kaleidoscope

Prima Joulee Tropics

Prima Say it in Crystals: 554132

PAPER TEMPTRESS Hot pink paper and Pink Polka Dot bow.

Happy Scrappn! 

Stuck On U Sketches -Die Cut Snowman Challenge

Hello Crafters,

Is it still winter where you are?? It sure is here in Arkansas! So this week's challenge over at
Stuck On U Sketches  is to use a Snowman on your project.
I really love Tim Holtz's Sizzix Snowman.

Here's a cute little card I made featuring my snowman, Snowy. :)

Isn't he just a cutie pie!?

I used my Paper Temptress Papers... Blueberry Kraft Paper and the Lustre lines of paper. 

The chipboard you see is from 3rd Eye... Make sure to check out the 3rd Eye store to get your snowflakes. I first put some modeling paste on some of the snowflakes and then I used Tim Holtz Metallic Distress Stain. I like how it turned out. 

 Now of course my frosty flowers come from Renea's Bouquets Etsy store.. Which you must absolutely check out a perfect compliment to any project.

 In the above you can see one of my favorite snowflake chippies from 3rd Eye. I edged the card in Distress Ink - Broken China and then applied modeling paste to sprinkle a bit of frostiness. :)


I hope you're are withstanding the cold and making some lovely memories as the new year starts.
Go check out the design team's inspiration over at Stuck On U Sketches and definitely join us in our challenge. Snowmen are so cute!


Starting this month, SOUS will have monthly sponsors sharing blog candy prizes with you! All you need to do is join any challenge (sketch, die cut or project life) during the month to have your name put in for a chance to win! Winners will be announced the first Friday challenge of the following month. And I'm excited to announce that our first monthly sponsor is....

 

This is the kit club that I subscribe too and it's a great kit! Many of the layouts that I post here are created with supplies from the Scrap Shotz kits!

 

This month's generous prize is two amazing Tim Holtz layering stencils and two Project Life card sets (each containing 60 cards!) Thanks so much Scrap Shotz!

Supplies used:
Paper Temptress Paper
Sizzix Tim Holtz Snowman
3rd Eye Chipboard
Reneabouquets flowers
Modeling paste
Distress Ink
Teresa Collins Mega runner.

Happy Scrappn!

Stuck on U Sketches -Die Cut Team - SNOWFLAKE challenge. A Canvas

Hello and hope this finds you having a super crafty day! Below you will find my CANVAS.

Over at Stuck On U Sketches (SOUS) the challenge this time is to incorporate a SNOWFLAKE into your work.

I thought instead of a card I would use snowflakes on a canvas. I found this really cool stencil from StencilGirl. I also found my super cool snowflakes stamps and badges from 3rd Eye. I used my Cameo to cut out my Snowflake. There were so many options to choose from, it was hard to stop at one. I should have chosen a bigger canvas to go snowflake crazy on!!

Here is the final product:

I will include some close ups so you can see all the fun I had. 

Supply list:

Paper Temptress  Lustre Package 
StencilGirl Snow Storm Stencil 
3rd Eye Snowflake Badge TEBS007 and Crystal SnowflakesStamp - TES-183
Tim Holtz Distress Ink : Iced Spruce

There ya have it. I hope you will join us for these next two weeks and pop a snowflake onto one of your projects. Is it snowing where you live? Do you have any great photos involving you or your loved ones in the snow? I can't wait to have you join us in this challenge. Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's inspiration. You will love it!! 

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment.

Happy Scrappn!