Music LO

Happy Sunday! Ahhhh it was so nice to craft again, it has been over 2 weeks since I have been able to make anything. It has been almost as long since I have been able to really blog hop. Since I didn't have much going on this morning I decided to check some of my favorite sketch challenge blogs.

And to my delight when of them is having a Design Team call. Over at Twisted Sisters they are looking for 8 new designers. I have only submitted to one other design team call with another site and well I didn't make it but some very talented ladies did. Anywho, I decided to give it a try. So here is my LO for the sketch and "twist".

The Twist to this sketch is "Music" - whichever way that word moves you to create.

And here is my layout:

The pattern paper is all from Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers collection. The 12x12 Kraft cardstock is from Stampin' UP! The images of the Treble Clef and the Treble Clef flourish are printed off my computer on to some cardstock, it's from Stampin' UP! but not sure the name. The sticker alphas are also from Basic Grey, I used the white is from the Basics collection, the brown and red is from Max and Whiskers collection. All the Basic Grey products are available for purchase at my store, Artfuldelight. On Tuesday I will have 2 of their new collections on sale, Oliver and Olivia. I will have their collection pack for sale for $9.75.

Alright well there you have it, we will see what happens with my submission to their design team, fingers crossed.

Supplies:

Paper: Max and Whiskers (Basic Grey), Kraft (SU)

Misc: Max and Whiskers chip stickers (Basic Grey)

Happy Crafting!!

So Precious - Twisted Sketches #52

I created my layout yesterday but my computer was acting up so I didn't get a chance to post about it or upload it. All seems to be well now so cross your fingers it doesn't break again since I certainly cannot afford another laptop right now. :-(

I really am super excited I found Twisted Sketches blog. It seems that all their challenges come together so great and their scrapbook layout sketches are so perfect for the supplies I have to use. So here is the sketch:

And here is my layout:



So I used a 12x12 PP from Me and My BIG Ideas. After I chose the paper I realized that the Origins collections from Basic Grey color coordinated so well. I used my chip sticker shapes and just embellished the PP. I used some chipboard alphas from the Nook and Pantry collection as well and the glitter letters are Thickers from American Crafts. I layered the large picture of a Chocolate Chip scallop I cut with my Cricut.

Supplies:

Stamp: none

Ink: none:

Paper: Chocolate Chip cardstock (SU), Pattern Paper (Me and My BIG Ideas)

Misc: chip sticker shapes from Origins collection and chip alphas from Nook and Pantry collection (Basic Grey), glitter Thickers (American Crafts)

Scroll down to see Day 1-4 of my 7 Days of Giveaways!!

Happy Crafting!!

Twisted Sketch #051

Wow, I have been a slacker. I always have a hard time getting to craft when Tony has the day off and he had Tuesday and Wednesday off. Yesterday we ended up in the kitchen cooking for most of the day. We always make bulk food when he has off and hope it lasts a week or two. We made 51 tortillas, 35 breakfast burritos, 25 pancakes, 16 french toast, a loaf of bread, granola, 14 biscuits and then dinner.....with a family of 6 we need to cook a lot of our food from scratch. It saves a lot of money and keeps us from eating out. We have only eaten out twice in the last 10 months or so and we only did because it was one of our birthdays.

Ok so on with today's challenge. It was over at Twisted Sketches. I am so glad I came upon this blog, not only do that have such a sweet DT but awesome sketches that totally help me get in the craft groove. I have at least 4 scrapbooks to make and if it wasn't for their weekly scrapbook layout sketch I may never get them done. I have only participated in 2 of those challenges but if I continue, before I know it I will be all caught up with my books. LOL!


Here is the sketch:

And here is my layout:

I don't know why but this layout came together so smooth. My mojo the last week has been a little hazy. I sit down and try to create something and immediately my head starts to hurt. I am not sure what is wrong with me but this layout turned out just the way I had hoped. So I started with a 12x12 piece of pattern paper from Pebbles Inc. It is called Bundle from the Lil Buddy collection. Super cute pattern paper. All of the letters and the top note was cut with my Cricut. I am not sure if you can see it but the band above the date is my wrist band, worn when I was in the hospital. With each of my kids I kept one or both of those and put them on their first page of their book with the birth picture. I try to keep as much as I can from that time. All the cardstock is from Stampin' UP! I used Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Brocade Blue and a light blue of some color. You can't really see it but I used 3 brads that are above "bundle". One of them is from Pebbles Inc Twitterpated collection - Tree House Epoxy brads and the other 2 are from SU, the silver hodgepodge hardware kit.

Supplies:

Stamp: none

Ink: Black Micron pen #05

Paper: Lil Buddy collection - Bundle (Pebbles Inc), Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Brocade Blue and a light blue (SU)

Misc: silver brads from hodgepodge hardware kit (SU), Twitterpated - Tree House epoxy brad (Pebbles Inc)

Happy Crafting!!

Twisted Cards #007

Happy Sunday! It is the end of another weekend. My son starts speech therapy at the elementary school tomorrow. Most of you don't know me yet so I will give you a quick tid bit about that. My son is going to be 3 in July and he still doesn't talk. He certainly doesn't have a disability keeping him from doing so he is just delayed in that area, he is very independent and has never really "needed" to talk. Someone has always gotten things for him. I am a SAHM so I know his "language" and always seem to know what he wants. He throws BIG fits if he doesn't get what he wants, I guess that's the terrible two's. Anyways, he was getting in home speech therapy since about Nov but it was not consistant by any means. With the winter storms and me having a new baby (in Dec) and just life seemed to get in the way for both me and the therapist. So now he will go to the school, 2 days a week for 30 minutes. I am really excited about it. He will also go next year and may be upgraded to preschool. If we decide that he needs more socialization then maybe he will. Anyways, on to this week's Twisted Cards Sketch #007 -

This week's twist is "Black & White" - any how, any way!

So I started with a Basic Black cardstock from Stampin' UP!. I used my rays from Practicing Creativity Designs stamp set, You're Dandy. I white embossed it on the black cardstock. I then cut that in to 4 - 1.25" sections. I cut a top note with my Cricut (love that thing) and inked a Penguin with Black Stazon. The Penguin comes from my new stamp set from Memory Box called Summer Penguin which is now available at Artfuldelight. I paper pieced the polka dot dress, another stamp from that set. The Ribbon Doilie is from Basic Grey's Green at Heart collection. I love their Ribbon Doilies, they are self adhesive and come in 4 different designs. I used the pink scribble looking one. Super cute!
The umbrella is also from the Summer Penguin set and the "hello" is from Basic Grey called Tweet. All stamp sets are available at Artfuldelight.



Supplies:

Stamp: You're Dandy (Practicing Creativity Designs), Tweet (Basic Grey), Summer Penguin (Memory Box)

Ink: Black Stazon, Pink Passion (Stampin' UP!)

Paper: Basic Black and Whisper White (Stampin' UP!)

Misc: Ribbon Doilie (Basic Grey's Green at Heart collection)

Happy Crafting!!

Twisted Sketch #049

It has been FOREVER since I created a scapbook layout. The worst part about that is I have 4 kids worth of scrapbooking to do. I decided when I had my daughter 13 yrs ago that for each of my kids I may have I will journal their first year in a book, just of them or mainly focused on them. Then after that I would just make "random" books. Well I made one for my daughter but my oh my has paper crafting come a long way since I was in to it 13 yrs ago. The book I made my daughter was kinda crappy compared to what I have access to now. Plus it was falling apart. I used a Creative Memories Scrapbook Album and from adding and removing pages so many times, the binding broke. Well I decided to make her a new one. I would use the same pictures but try to salvage what I could from the book. So on top of redoing hers I have 3 other kids books to do, only one have I started and I think I am half way done (he will be 3 in July, can you say I'm a bit behind). Ok so enough rambling!!! :-)

This week's twist is "Colour" - any how, any way!

YES, I went a bit circle happy. Yes it might be overkill. Yes I know this, but I kinda like the way it turned out. LOL! First of all it so worked well with the picture I chose. My sweet baby Isabel is wearing polka dot pj's. She is only about 5 months in this picture and oh so cute. So I used my For the Love of Dots stamp set from Practicing Creativity Designs to make the background on my 12x12 layout. I inked it with Canary Colorbox Pigment, Pumpkin Pie, Pastel Olive and Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink.

With my Cricut I cut various sized circles out of Basic Grey's Green at Heart PP. "Sweet Isabel" is spelled out in chipboard letters. Both from Basic Grey, one from Nook and Pantry collection and one from Green at Heart collection. I usually don't use chipboard only because I don't seem to have enough room on my cards to spell something out. My sentiments are usually stamped. But on a large 12x12 layout I have plenty of room. I finished off the layout with some ribbon from Cosmo Cricket - Honey Pie.

Most of the products used today can be found at Artfuldelight. Check it out!

Supplies:

Stamp: For the Love of Dots (Practicing Creativity Designs)

Ink: Pumpkin Pie (SU), Pastel Olive and Chestnut Roan (Colorbox Chalk Ink) and Canary (Colorbox Pigment Ink)

Paper: Green at Heart (Basic Grey)

Misc: Nook and Pantry and Green at Heart chipboard stickers (Basic Grey), Honey Pie ribbon (Cosmo Cricket)

Happy Crafting!!

Twisted Cards #006

Pretty simple card today. This week's twist at Twisted Sketches is "Word" any way, any how. I decided to use my glitter chipboard Thickers from American Crafts. I am not a HUGE fan of using chipboard for my sentiment but when you see the sketch you will see why I decided that it was best.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

I used a Kraft card base. I used Versamark and my For the Love of Dots stamp set from Practicing Creativity Designs. If you can see it behind the PP it is 2 seperate stamps. The large dots and small dots. I just love how you can combine the different stamps in that set to create an awesome background. So then I used Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry collection PP for the rest of the card. Since I don't have a square punch I used my Cricut to cut two 2.5x2.5 inch squares. The sentiment "congrats" was put together with glitter chipboard Thickers - Bliss from American Crafts. I was originally going to make the card completely coordinate and use Nook and Pantry chip stickers but I quickly realized the word "congrats" would have been way huge with those. I finished that card with 4 small buttons also from the Nook and Pantry collection.

Supplies:

Stamp: For the Love of Dots (Practicing Creativity Designs)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Kraft cardstock (SU) and Nook and Pantry collection (Basic Grey)

Misc: Glitter Letter Thickers (American Crafts), Nook and Pantry collection buttons (Basic Grey)

Happy Crafting!!

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