Early Spring Fever & Flooding

   When I saw this sketch from My Creative Scrapbook I knew what photo I was going to use. 

   Here is my take on the layout. I kept the embellishments to the minimum. 

Supplies: pattern paper (American Crafts and Photo Play Paper), stickers (Fancy Pants Designs and A Beautiful Mess), sequins (SpiegelMom Scraps), journaling card (Becky Higgins and Simple Stories), stitching template ( American Crafts), typewriter (We R Memory Keepers), and embroidery floss

   I love the look of the imperfection of the typewriter has, no matter how many times I strike the wrong key I keep on typing and don't worry over the misspellings. 

   I love the sequin stars raining from the clouds. 

Be Happy A New Range

   Since cooking is a big part of my life and is something that I truly enjoy I thought it was time to document the new oven range we upgraded to two years ago. I used a Let's Get Sketchy March 15 sketch. 

   

   Here is my take on it. I used some old paper scraps on this page. I still love the first collection I ever got from Cosmo Cricket. 

 Supplies: cardstock The Paper Studi), pattern paper (Cosmo Cricket and My Mind's Eye), stickers (Basic Grey, American Crafts, MAMBI and ?), brads (eyelet company and Crate Paper), frame (?), doily (Doodlebug Designs), embroidery floss (We R Memory Keepers), tools (We R Memory Keepers)

   

   I used a bunch of different pattern paper strips to create the diagonal design. 

   I am loving the frame punch board so I can't seem to make a layout without using a frame of some sort. 

Sunday's Best

      The layout I am about to share today originally was going to be about our worst rain in Feb. of 2018 but the papers I decided to use dictated a different path so I had to change photos. I used the Stuck? Sketches Mar. 1 challenge 

   Here is my take, as you can see a rain/flooding picture wouldn't have worked that well with all the colors I chose.

Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill Basics), pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs and Crate Paper), die cuts (Heidi Swapp, Pretty Little Studio, and Chic Tags), embroidery floss (We R Memory Keepers),  foam squares, foil (Heidi Swapp), tools (Minc), stickers (Fancy Pants Designs and A Beautiful Mess), doily (DoodleBug Designs), and mist (Tattered Angels) 

   The layers here just make me my heart happy. I hand cut the circles and flowers and add some foam adhesive to give it a little dimension. I add a stitched circle to ground the design. 

   The foil butterfly was done with the Minc. I love that machine but wished it didn't draw so much energy, it also causes my lights to flicker. Now I either run during the day so that is the only thing on or a night with a flashlight, aka tablet light. 

So Stuffed

   Over the weekend, I finished scrapping my last batch of printed photos of the main 2017 events. The page I am about to share is for the Scrap Our A Stash Jan.15th-29th Blend-A-Sketch Challenge. 

   I scrapped some of the food photos of Thanksgiving. I blended the sketch by using 4 photos and the journaling area from the first sketch and the angle and title placement from the second sketch. 

 Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill Basics), pattern paper (Photo Play Paper and Fancy Pants Designs) die cuts (K&Co., Jilllibean Soup, Pretty Little Studio, My Mind's Eye, Scenic Route), stickers (Simple Stories and American Crafts), journaling spot (Making memories) , brad (My Mind's Eye), enamel embellishments (Crate Paper), rhinestones (?), embroidery floss (We R Memory Keepers), doily (DoodleBug Designs), typewriter (Typecast), stitching template (American Crafts) and washi tape (My Mind's Eye)

   I ended up using a really old journaling spot on this page, it was from Making Memories. I used a mix of stitching and Thickers for my title.

    I love the doilies peeking out from the edge and accented by the rhinestones and enamel shapes. 

    That tag is a free printable from Pretty Little Studio's collection Sweet Life. I printed it on parchment paper which gave it a softer tone. 

Best Wishes Card

   I am stopping by today to share a quick card that I created today for a challenge on a scrappy board. This card took only a couple of minutes to whip up. I love the 6.5" x 6.5" paper pads from KaiserCraft because they have cute element punchout embellishments. This will make a great guy birthday card. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Kaiser Craft), stitching template (American Crafts), wood veneer (American Crafts), embroidery floss (DMC) 

    Here is a closer look at the stitching. 

Right Now Dad Just For You

   As of now this is my last layout to share this week. I am caught up on layouts that I created this year so far. 

   Today's feature Let's Get Sketchy sketch 

   This page is page one of two (the second one is not made yet) of my Dad's birthday. If you notice the date on the page you might also realize that day was Thanksgiving in the US too. 

Supplies: pattern paper (Simple Stories), stamp (Studio Calico), flair (Pretty Little Studio), die cuts (Pretty Little Studio), foil (Heidi Swapp), mist (Tattered Angels), journaling cards(Webster's Pages and Pretty Little Studio), stamp ink (Tsukineko), stamping tool (MISTI), border punch (Fiskars) stitching template (American Crafts), pen and embroidery floss.

   The journaling card behind the cake photo is super old. I think it was like from the second collection by Allison Kreft for Webster's Pages.  

   I just added foil to half of the "Right Now" die cut. I love mixing up titles. This features a die cut, stitching, and stamping. 

Little Mister - SBC SS 15

   While, I got most of yesterday's things done but there are a couple of things left, like paint those terracotta pots. However, that might be put off still since I don't really want to paint them in the garage if it is rainy. 

   Today,s Scrapbook Challenge Sizzlin Summer sketch #15 reveal. 

   I kept is so simple on this baby page of my uncle. 

Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill Basics and American Crafts), pattern paper (DCWV), sequins (SpiegleMom Scraps), cork shapes (SpiegleMom Scraps), embroidery floss (DCM), stitching template (American Crafts), stickers (American Crafts)

   I love the hand stitching on this page. It is fitting for a baby layout, 

   If you want some of these sequins and cork shapes I used on this page head over to SpiegelMom Scraps shop. Don't forget to use coupon code mandi15 for a 15% off discount.

   Don't forget to link up your creations on the Mr. Linky at Scrapbook Challenges to have a chance at winning this month's prize.

Love That Bottle - SBC 442

    Remember me? I am the girl that shares her work on this blog, who set up a weekly routing on posting and who epicly failed at it three weeks ago.  I am happy to say that this week I am remedying that problem. To kick that off, I am posting this week's sketch reveal from Scrapbook Challenges. 

The sketch #442 is a great one to eliminate some of those odd scraps that we scrappers like to hold on to for something special. 

   Here is my take on it. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs, Studio Calico card kit paper pad and Glitz Designs), doily (Doodlebug Design), stickers (Jillibean Soup and My Mind's Eye), twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American Crafts), mists (Tattered Angels), pen (Project Life) and washi tape (Scotch Brand).

   I love to add a little extra depth to my flat alphas by just outline them with a 05 pen.

   Thanks for dropping by and I am sure there will be more posts. I am thinking about adding some food posts. 

We Made It - SBC #432

Scrapbook Challenges sketch reveal #432. This sketch might be tricky for some but please give it a try. 

   At first I was going to pass doing this sketch because I was stumped on the photo strips but decided  I was not going to back down from a good challenge that allows me to expand my design knowledge. 

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts and The Paper Studio), pattern paper (My Mind's Eye), die cuts (American Crafts), twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American Crafts), stickers (Basic Grey and American Crafts), flair (Studio G), doily (Doodlebug Design) and washi tape (My Mind's Eye)

   I know I have used this sun stitch template a lot but I still am in love with it. I think it added the perfect filler for this corner.  The flair I used on here was something I got from my parents on Valentine's Day. 

Here are just a few more detail photos.

Love 2014 - Child's Play Challenges

   Starting today I will be doing two monthly reveals for Child's Play Challenges. This week's reveal has do with a craft toy called Colorforms. I never heard of this before but I was up for the challenge of this inspiring me. 

   It inspired me with the basic shapes of the pieces. I ended up using circles, squares, rectangles and triangles and this page. 

Supplies: pattern paper (Crate Paper), journaling cards (Project Life), punch (EK Success), pen (Faber-Castell and American Crafts), twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American Crafts), sticker (My Mind;s Eye), diy enamel dots, doily, sewing machine and black thread.

 This page came out great and I love the face all the layers minus two 6x6 papers are all scraps and I didn't have to do any trimming to them.  Also, I did all the layers first, held everything in place with magnets and did the machine stitching. It came out a tad crooked but it just adds that handmade touch.
   Here are some close-ups:

 The journaling is on the back of the project life card.

Hope this inspired you and I would love to see your take on this kidkraft toy. Be sure to link up your completed page over on Child's Play Challenges.