Sketch Support February One Page Sketch

Happy Monday everyone! It's a holiday here in Canada (Family Day) so I'm enjoying a nice long weekend with my two favourite guys.

It's a new week and that means a new sketch at Sketch Support. I knew as soon as I saw this sketch from Allison, that I had the perfect photo from our recent trip to Alberta. The funny thing is now that I'm thinking about it, I got the years wrong. We were together 10 years at the time of that photo! Ooops! Guess I'll have to try and fix that!

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Pen: American Crafts; Die Cuts: Silhouette

Elmo Love

I'm not sure where this sudden love of Elmo came because he doesn't really watch Elmo on tv but it seems Mason has found a new best friend. In total, he has around 5 Elmos now. The one in the pictures is a Hokey Pokey Elmo but at Christmas, Grandma gave him an Elmo that he carries with him everywhere. He's never been one to have an attachment to any item but suddenly he can't sleep without this new Elmo. I think it's adorable the way he hugs him, kisses him and talks to him. It only seemed fitting to make sure a page about this new found love made it into his scrapbook.

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc and My Mind's Eye; Letter Stickers: Jillibean Soup and American Crafts; Stickers: 7 Gypsies and Creative Cafe

Sketch Support February Two Pager

Last week was the February two page sketch on the Sketch Support Blog. My take on the sketch was up on Friday and it was great to see all the different takes on the sketch.

Here's the two page sketch from Sketch Support:

Since I rarely do two page layouts, I converted the above sketch to a single page and made a few variations. For a complete list of variations, visit the Sketch Support site.

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd; Letter Stickers: Basic Grey; Die Cut Letters: Cricut; Stamps: Kaiser Craft and Papertrey Ink; Flower: Sassafras Lass; Tag Sticker: Jillibean Soup; Punch: Fiskars

Sketch Support Add-On Sketch

So how cute is this snowman?!?!?! I love him! He is January's add on sketch at Sketch Support. It seems intimidating to make your own embellishment but it was really so easy! Check out Sketch Support for the other designer's creations with this little guy!

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: October Afternoon and Jillibean Soup; Snowflake: Unknown; Glitter Candy: Pebbles Inc.; Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts

Sketch Support Two Page Sketch

This post is a little late as my layout went up on the Sketch Support blog last week but it seems good intentions go by the wayside as life has been extremely busy.

I'm usually not a two page scrapper so I struggled with whether or not to just create a single page or do both pages. I couldn't decide which side of the page I liked more so I ended up doing both! Be sure to pop on by the Sketch Support Blog to download this and other great sketches.

Supply List - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Jewels: Kaiser Craft; Punch: Fiskars; Stickers: Echo Park; Digital Journal Card: Creativity Prompt; Letter Stickers: Sassafras Lass and American Crafts

Christmas Morning

Oh Jillibean...how I love thee! It seems every time I create a page with Jillibean Soup, I end up loving it. I just adore their paper lines....keep doing what you do Jill!

I still haven't scrapped my Christmas photos from last year but couldn't wait to scrap some photos from this year with these papers and since there are no rules when it comes to scrapbooking....tada! Other than the die cut "Christmas" in my title, all products are Jillibean.

Supplies - Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup; Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup and Quickutz Silhouette; Stickers: Jillibean Soup; Cardstock: Papertrey Ink and Stampin' Up!

Sketch Support Card Sketch

Happy New Year!! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. I had so much fun celebrating this year because Mason was so much more aware of what was going on than last year. He was completely spoiled which is not surprising considering he's the only grandchild on Aaron's side.

My first design for Sketch Support went up on the blog Thursday. It was a fun card sketch in a size I normally don't do but helped me work outside the box. Check out the blog for my variations from the sketch and to download this and many more sketch designs.

Supply List - Cardstock: Stampin' Up; Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Stamp: La La Land Crafts and Stampin' Up; Markers: Copic; Ink: Stampin' Up; Jewels: Kaiser Craft; Punch:Fiskars; Pen: American Crafts

All Smiles with Bella Blvd

I can't believe how quickly December is going. I shouldn't be all that surprised since it seems to go that way every year. It's so hard to believe my little baby is going to be 2 on the 18th of this month.

Feeling a little reminiscent, I created this layout of my little guy when he was 9 months old. He was always so smiley and would make others around him smile. Now he does that with his goofy antics!

I love using these ticket stamps and dies from Papertrey. Just by switching the ink and stamps up, you have a different embellishment every time.

Here I mixed Doodlebug and Jillibean Soup letters to make a fun title on a custom title banner.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd; Punch: Fiskars; Letter Stickers: Jillibean Soup and Doodlebug Designs; Star Diecuts: Silhouette; Stamps & Dies: Papertrey Ink; Ink: Stampin' Up!

Exciting News

OMG! I've been having a hard time the last few days keeping it in but Allison Davis from Sketch Support has asked me to join her 2012 Creative Team! I love sketches and have had my eye on this inspiring sketch site for some time so I'm beyond thrilled to be designing for them in 2012. The talent on this team is incredible and I'm so honoured to be among such creative girls. Be sure to stop on by the Sketch Support website and check out the rest of the 2012 Creative Team!

Here are the three layouts I sent as part of my application!

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny; Stickers: Bo Bunny, Sassafras Lass, Doodlebug and LilyBee Design; Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup; Rub-Ons: Scenic Route

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Stickers: Jillibean Soup; DieCuts: Jillibean Soup and Elle Studio; Letters: Jillibean Soup and Doodlebug

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup; Letter Stickers: American Crafts and LilyBee Design; Stamp: Kaiser Craft and Hero Arts; Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup

Best Buddies

I've been so busy with Christmas related projects (cards and gifts) that I haven't had much to post lately. I did create this layout a week ago and I'm so happy with how it turned out. Mason and his best friend Liem love hanging out and sharing a plate of food together. These pictures are from way back in May and they make me miss my little guy's mohawk so much! Should I cut it like that again? I'm trying to let it grow out a bit for him but dang...I love that mohawk!

Oh and keep checking in because I have some exciting news to share....I just can't share it yet!





Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd Paper
Stickers: My Mind's Eye & Lily Bee
Die Cuts: Silhoutte & Jillibean Soup
Chipboard: Crate Paper
Punch: Stampin' Up & Cutterbee Border Blade

Jillibean Soup Sketch

I love Jillibean Soup and I love sketches so a Jillibean Soup Sketch is right up my alley! Here's Jillibean Soup's latest sketch challenge posted on their blog:

...and here's my take on the sketch!

I've really been loving the look of clustered and layered embellishments lately so I thought I would add one to my layout.

Instead of three tags, I overlapped three journaling diecuts to create the top piece on my layout.

Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup
Cardstock: Core'dinations Jillibean

Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup

Stickers: Jillibean Soup

Home is Where the Heart Is

A friend of mine at work today (Michael) gave me a gentle reminder...more like a nudge, that I hadn't updated my blog since the middle of October. What can I say? Life has been busy. So hopefully me sharing this altered frame will put a smile on his face (and yours!).

My sister bought me this frame which was a natural wood colour and I had so much fun painting, sanding and decorating it to display in my home.

Frame: Kaiser Craft

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup & Silhouette
Stickers: My Mind's Eye & Stampin' Up!

Rub-On: Scenic Route