I'm so excited!

My Bloom layout was picked as Layout of the Week over at My Creative Scrapbook!  This is such an honor !  Thank you so very much!

Bloom Reveal Friday at SOUS!

 YAY! It's Friday! I can't believe how fast the weeks fly by and summer is half over!  I can't believe my daughter is getting married in 2 weeks!  Today I want to share with you my take on the sketch that  our own Nanne Harry created for us on the Stuck on U Sketches  blog! Its a beauty!  My layout features my great niece Nila, sitting amongst the flowers. Her mom is the photographer of this sweet photo!

I used Pink Paislee's  Butterfly Garden pattern paper and did lots of inking, masking and distressing.

Here is the sketch created by Nanne.  Isn't it gorgeous?

I used some Prima flowers,  made the little ones with the blue center with my small retro flower punch, and the pink one is from Dollarama that I inked. Check out the metal butterfly I got from Wal-Mart nestled in the leaves!

I used some of my decorative scissors that hadn't been touched in a while to cut out the matting around the photo, and used some liquid pearls on it, and of course, inked the edges.  To make the bird cage on the paper stand out I used turquoise Stickles and outlined it.  I got some new Thickers the other day and used them on the main part of my title.

Here is a close up view of the flower cluster.  If you look closely at the pink flower you can see that I made a flower from and vintage book and placed it under the inked flower .  I had made these quite some time ago and am happy to finally put them to use! I'm loving all the dimension and layers! 

How do you like the fairy peeking out from behind the photo mat?  I fussy cut her out of the paper and inked the edges and put a bit of Stickles on her wings.  I stamped the floral image  above her head.  The stamp is part of the Butterfly Garden collection.

This is a close up look at the rose/pearl strand circle I made.  The roses are from I am Roses, that were white to start with, and I inked them with Worn Lipstick distress ink.  I used my MS leaf punch and glued the roses and leaves around the machine stitched circle I had made prior.  Now I knew it need one more thing, so I got my stash of pearl string that I got at my local thrift store and  wove it in and out of the roses.  Love it!


  I want to remind you of the blog candy that is being given away this month.   Plus, the mini album blog hop is just around the corner!  Its going to be so exciting!  My first blog hop!  Thank you all for coming to look at my work.  You will never know how much your words of encouragement mean to me!  I just love sharing the things I learn with everyone!   I can't wait to see what you girls do with the sketch!

Cherished is a daughter - Stuck on U Sketches!

Is it really Friday already?  I love reveal Friday at Stuck on U Sketches!  I can't wait to share with you the sketch we got to work with this week!  It is an original by Nanne herself!  This one came really easy for me, and everything just seemed to flow right.  Gotta love that when that happens! I finally got my hands on Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden Paper Collection and I am in love!  These papers are so gorgeous, and the paper collection contained 4 sheets of each design!  Yes! 4!

This gorgeous girl is my daughter who is getting married on August 6/11.  This photo was taken during a engagement photo shoot with Cheryl Wolfe Photography., who happens to be my sister!  There will be more layouts from the engagements photos to follow.

Here is the sketch that Nanne did, and I kept pretty true to the design. Why mess with a good thing?

I did a whole lot of fussy cutting, and the 2 butterflies are part of that.  I covered them with Rock Candy Distress Stickles and layered them once they were dry.  I used pop dots under the wings to help them stay in the position I wanted them to be in.  I used a strand of pearls for the butterfly trail.

For the title I used white Thickers and slightly overlapped them, and I also used MM mini alphas.  I used my sewing machine to add the gorgeous detail of the stitching. Through out the layout you will see areas where I have used touches of white Puffy Paint.  Love that touch!

I used a Dusty Attic piece that I painted with Gesso, then Rock Candy Distress Paint, and finally a touch of Tea Dye Distress ink.  I hand made the flower, adding many touches to add character.  The leaves were made with a stamp from Heartfelt Creations.  I inked it, cut it out, shaped it and glued it in place.

Here you can see the dimension of the little roses tucked under the fussy cut flower, and the touches of stickles I used. 

I cut the brown flourish on my Cricut/Gypsy, inked it and then embossed it with Walnut Stain Distress Embossing powder.  Don't forget to rub it once its cool to get rid of the release crystals and discard them!  More touches of Stickles on the butterfly and to highlight the roses in the pattern paper. 

In this photo I wanted to show you the dimension of the butterfly and its pearl trail as it loops around the flowers. 


Please head on over to Stuck on U Sketches to see what the rest of the design team has come up with, and take a look at the goodies you could win if you participate in the 2 sketch challenges!

Looped Flower Tutorial!

Good Morning! I'm here today to share with you all what I call the looped flower that I made on my last layout for SOUS!

Supply list

Mother's Day Bouquet Cartridge

2 - 2 " loop flower

2 - 1 3/4" loop flower

2 - 1 1/2" loop flower

button or center of your choice

embroidery floss

adhesive

Glimmermist

distress ink

blending tool

foam pad

stylus or paint brush

scissor

 I used Aged Mahogany to ink the edges of my flowers.

Take each flower individually and press the stylus into the flower following the shape of the flower on the top side[ on your foam mat] This will give it a cupped look.

Take your Glimmermist and lightly mist the flowers, I used a clear pearl color just for some glimmer.

Start gluing your flower together starting with the largest to smallest, staggering the petals.

Take your embroidery floss of thread and tie it to the button.  I  used embroidery floss, not separating the threads until after I tied it.  I gives it a fun look.

Take your adhesive and glue the button onto the top of your flower.  You can leave it like this, as I did on my latest layout "Shh..." OR

You can take a squire and roll the edges of each petal down for a more polished look. Ta DA!  You are now done!  Pretty easy, eh?  The flower is limited only to your imagination.  Thanks for joining me today!  I hope you all give this flower a try and use it on your next layouts!  

Shhh...! Its Friday Reveal Time!

Hello all you lovely followers!  Today I want to introduce  my great niece, Lucia Tate, all on her own!  Last time you met her with her big sister Cassidy. I'm sure the two of them will be best of friends when Lucia gets a little older.  The sketch this week at Stuck on U Sketches is brought to us by the lovely Liz Qualman!  I always enjoy working with her sketches.  I decided to use the Graphic 45 kit I got from ScrapThat!, I believe it was their March kit.  I just love this kit, and the papers are soo gorgeous!  

I did some machine stitching, and used my Zutter Distrezz It All. I love the white paper doily I used to represent the circle!  I've been having great success in buying them at my local thrift store! If you don't already, you should check out yours and see what goodies you can find!

Here is the sketch by Liz.

Look at these flowers I made using my Cricut!  I bought the Motherday Bouquet cartridge to make some flowers for my daughters wedding, and I just love that cart!  There are so many different flowers you can make with it! I made 2 of these flowers with that cart, and the larger on with Plantin  School book.

The letters I used came with the kit and I believe are Thickers.

I will be making a tutorial on this flower and be presenting it on July 1 at Stuck on U Sketches, as well as here on my blog.

I purchased some new stamps by Pink Paislee from their Butterfly Garden Collection.  I used a few of the stamps on my layout.  You can see here I used "le jardin".

I did some paper tearing and stamped some flora stamp inside and a dragon fly using Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee.

You can see on the corners of the photo, I used my corner loopy punch by Martha Stewart, used some Webster bloomers that came with the kit, as well as some pink half pearls along the top of the picture matting.

I did a bunch of fussy cutting of the flowered pattern paper, and made a double banner with the garden fairies. I raised them up with pop dots.

Here are some close ups of the banners.  I used some bakers twine as the string.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you can join along and try this sweet sketch!  We'd love to see your take on it, and there is candy to be had!!

Hugs!

She's Got the Look at SOUS!!

Another Friday reveal over at Stuck On U Sketches and we have a beautiful 

sketch  by Beggahuna.  I love her sketches, as they usually always challenge me from my normal scrapping style, and this sketch was no different!  As soon as I saw this sketch I knew exactly which photos I was going to use!  This is my great niece Cassidy, and she instinctively knows what to do in front of a camera! 

I had so much fun making this layout!  First I want to tell you about the flowers I made!  They are peonies, and I got the Peony tutorial from Tammy [simply me] at Swirlydoo's.  The great part is that you get to use your Cricut!  I used my Cricut to cut out the letters for my title [the look] I used Pink Paislee's resist paper and various distress inks to highlight the areas where I was placing my photos and embellishments.

Here is the sketch from Beggahuna .

Here is a close up of the  peony flowers.  I made them from white cardstock and then inked them with my distress inks.  I used 3 of my Martha Stewart punches for the borders and ran a strip of daisy ribbon down the center.

Another close up of one of the flowers.

In these close ups of Cassidy you can she her impish grin and her pouty lips.  For a 3 yr old she knows how to work it!  The black scroll flourish I got from Nicklin Designs 1225, and cut it up to suit my needs.

I used some more Dusty Attic's Foliage  that I inked and used Crackle Distress paint in Rock Candy.   Love the way it looks!

Just another angle.  Over all I was quite impressed with myself with all the white space I left and think I did a pretty darn good job with this sketch!  Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look!  Please leave a comment, as they surely brighten my day!  Don't forget to check out the other design team members work over at SOUS , and leave them some loving too!  Hope you all have a blessed weekend!

Summer Kick off Blog Hop!

Featuring the blogs of Practical Scrappers, Stuck on U Sketches, Getting Cricky, Frosted Designs, Papercraft Star, and Pile it On! The hop runs until  June 11!

 Practical Scrappers (starting point)

Papercraft Star (go here next)

Pile It On

Stuck on U Sketches

Getting Cricky

Frosted Designs








Our give away[StuckonUSketches] has been donated by Floren at www.GenerationsCrafting.com  and includes some yummy Bo Bunny Cambridge, including a mini album and assorted Cambridge papers as well as 3 dimensional stickers and matching brads. 




Sandy will choose a winner from those leaving a comment on our June 5th post and will announce the winner on June 12th. The winner will have one week to claim their prize by contacting her  at slclarkson at sbcglobal dot net.