precious treasure ~SOUS sketch~

Helloooo! Its reveal Friday at Stuck on U Sketches! YAY!!!!!! My favorite Friday! We have another lovely sketch by Sandi Clarkson to share with you and we each have our own interpretation of it! Today I would like to share mine with you! My 2 great nieces, Cassidy and Lucia, are the feature of my layout this week.  You see, they share a birthday with in a short period of time, and Mom did a photo shoot with them in the bathtub full of bubbles! How darling!

I used the Bo Bunny paper collection "Isabella", and they worked perfectly as the photos were already black and white.I haphazardly punched around three sides of the background paper with a MS punch. Doing it this way gives it a distressed ragged look.  I also took my Prima distress tool and with the side that has the rasp I distressed the paper to the point of breaking thru and making holes. I also used some Dusty Attic words and a large Dusty Attic swirly Flourish!

 Here is the lovely sketch designed by our beautiful and talented Sandi Clarkson! Please check out her blog for her gorgeous work!

 A close up of the I am Roses flowers, and the Prima resin Fairy, and the new wooden Prima bird I painted white with gesso.  I also added touches of gesso to the flowers.

 here is a close up of the title, which I painted white with gesso.  I used a Prima chicken wire stencil with moulding paste in random areas of the background paper.

 in this close up you can see more how I treated the Dusty Attic flourish. I first painted it with gesso, adding layers at a time, making them thicker in areas and hitting it with my heat gun to get some bubbling. I then used a grey Shimmers and a Pink Glimmer mist and spritzed in various areas, drying with the heat gun.

 Just a few close ups of the photos at different angles so you can see more details of the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look! Please go to the Stuck on U Sketches blog and see what amazing designs the other designers came up with and please try out this sketch and link it back to the blog and you may be in the top 3! 

Be blessed and have a Blessed Easter!  He is Risen!

Even Angels ~My Creative Sketches-March/13 sketch~

Hello my scrappy buddies! Today I have the awesome March/13  sketch to reveal from My Creative Sketches! I am using Bo Bunny 's Isabella collection and a photo of my great niece Lucia! A perfect match if you ask me!

Lucia's Mom did a photo shoot of  Lucia and her sister Cassidy in the tub having a bubble bath! They both have a birthday around the same time and this was for their birthday photos. Lucia has just turned 2!

Here is the awesome sketch designed by Kim Keane!

Here is a close up of the flowers from I am Roses that I used, with some touches of gesso added and threads of cheese cloth tucked all around. I couldn't believe how the pinks matched up so closely to the papers!

Here is a close up of the title I chose. I think you will understand why I chose it!

More I am Roses flowers and little banner tags sticking out from the bottom.

In this photo you can see the machine stitching I did and the ruffling of the paper strips I added under the pinky/cream background paper. Lots of little touches of gesso here and there.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Make sure you go to My Creative Sketches and see what the other designers cooked up with this beauty of a sketch, and see what kind of prize Pam has in store for you if you complete the sketch and link it up to the blog! She is always very generous and has beautiful goodies to give! 

beautiful ~SOUS~ Mar 15/13 sketch

Wow! Its been a while since I posted on my blog! I miss one sketch and then BOOM! a month has gone by! Well, I am here now, and excited to share this super duper gorgeous sketch we have for you this reveal Friday at Stuck on U Sketches! I loved everything about it, and knew I would definitely do my best to do it justice! 

I been wanting to try ripping for a while so I really wanted to do it on this layout...and I love the layered tattered edges that were produced with this technique! I gave the whole background a white wash, and I wanted to keep it very monochromatic.  I used a new Bo Bunny stamp to make what to me looks like coffee cup rings, which I used gesso for.

Here is the sketch that our wonderfully talented Sandi Clarkson created,inspired by  an equally amazing layout designed by Julie Winks.

I used a Kaiserkraft rubon for the title. It gave me a bit of trouble, but I think it adds to the shabbiness of the layout!

I used a Dusty Attic chippie frame and a doily to highlight the photo of my daughter and her then fiancee, now husband over looking the river.  I painted the DA piece a lighter pink and then did a crackle treatment on it, finishing off with a cream paint.

I used a bit of Prima, the large cream flower and the resin heart. The rest of the flowers are from I am Roses and I colorized them to suit the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by, your visits and comments mean so much to me! Please go to the SOUS blog and check out what the other designers came up with! I have a sneaky suspicion that you will be super inspired and will want to create your own take of this sketch! 

Smallest Things ~ My Creative Sketches~ Feb Sketch

Wow! Is it just me, or did January go by fast for you too? And we've just had Valentine's Day! Well, I'm excited to share with you the Feb/13 sketch from My Creative Sketches, and my take on it!  I was rummaging through my small stash of photos and came across this trio of photos of my great niece Cassidy as a baby. I couldn't resist! She is such a doll!

My LSS had a sale a couple of weeks ago and I got these papers from Pink Paislee called Spring Jubilee, and being as hopeful as I am that spring is around the corner.....way up there..... can you see it? lol Well, I can! ;) I thought these papers were perfect for this sweet little girl! I printed them in b/w because the colors clashed, and you just can't go wrong with b/w, can you?

 Here is the gorgeous sketch by Kim Keane.... I love her sketches!

This big pink flower was handmade by me, using the Tattered Floral die from Tim Holtz. The center is a rose from I am Roses that I inked up to match. I used my new sewing machine to do the decorative stitch around the outside-boy did that use a lot of thread! But was so worth it! I love the look.

I took my title from this quote I got from a Kaisercraft rub on. I thought it was so fitting since my photos are about babies. I also did some stenciling using a stencil from Prima and some Molding Paste. I used a bit of Prima's Vintage Pink ink to colorize them a bit.

More Prima goodies and some I am Roses roses!

The white floral die cut you see is from Memory Box and I love how intricate they are!  Got a Prima resin fairy overlooking baby Cassidy, and I used some Dusty Attic small vine to finish it off.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, I hope it inspired you in some small way! Don't forget to go to My Creative Sketches blog and see how all the other amazing designer were inspired, PLUS, check out the amazing prize Pam is always so generous to give away! If you don't try the sketch, then there is no chance for you to win it! Don't forget to link your layout back to the blog to get your name entered, and so we can leave you some love!

Be Blessed!

Memories ~ Stuck on U Sketches~

Oh My! It's reveal Friday once again at Stuck on U Sketches! That means a new layout for a new sketch! To me, this sketch was all about love, so I had to do a layout featuring my husband and I!

I just had to use Prima's Romance Novel for this layout.

Here is the sketch by the amazing Leah Schaeffer!

Here is a close up of the flower cluster.

I used a real zipper and zipper pull by Prima.

I won this scroll that I painted white from Blue Fern Studios

I made these paper ruffles that I saw on a recent layout by Gabrielle Polloco, and I had to try it out! They were so gorgeous! Check out her blog and try them for yourself!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired, and keep coming back! Please go to SOUS Blog and see what the other amazing designers created, and be inspired by them! Please give this awesome sketch a try and link it back to the SOUS blog and you could have your layout chosen for the top 3!

Be Blessed!

SOUS Blog Hop Winner

Its time to announce the winner of this bunch of goodies for the Blog Hop at SOUS!

And the winner is....................

LESLIE!!

 You have  10 days to claim your prize! Contact me at gdfblf AT mts DOT net with your mailing address so I can get these goodies sent out to you!

Also please go to the SOUS blog to see if you might be a winner of one of the 3 lovely prizes there!

Thank you to all who hopped on by and left all the lovely comments on my blog and to all of my new followers. I will try to keep the inspiration coming! I hope you were inspired enough to keep coming back to SOUS for our challenges and for a visit to my blog!

Be Blessed!

Stuck on U Sketches 100th Sketch BLOG HOP!!!

Welcome to Stuck on U Sketches 100th Sketch Blog Hop!

If you got here by hopping over from Caroleanne's blog then your in the right spot! If not go back to SOUS blog and start the hop over. Can you believe its our 100th sketch? Definitely reason to celebrate! There are so many amazing projects to share with you from layouts to cards, all based on this sketch!  Alot of the designers have some blog candy for you, so make sure you hop all the blogs and leave a comment, and SOUS's blog you will find some goodies that our sponsors have given. Just make sure you are a follower and leave some lovin'! Remember, you have from now til Feb7th to do the hop!

I want to share with you my take on this awesome sketch! We went to Las Vegas during the Christmas holidays and saw some pretty interesting sites!  My favorite were these "walking Poinsettia sticks", that were in front of the Venetian Casino. They have a sort of outside festival called "Winter in Venice", with these ladies walking around as well as others, a skating rink, a Gondola on the Canal and tons of fun things to see. I had to scrap these girls! 

I used Prima's Tea Thyme collection, Tim Holtz Poinsettia die and inks, Dusty Attic chippie, a new Memorybox die and of course the brick mask from Prima and moulding paste.

Here is the blog candy I have that is waiting for the winner of my part of the hop! In order to have your name added to the draw you must first be a follower of my blog, and leave me some love in the comment section! The draw will be taking place for all blog candy on Friday, Feb 8/13.  If you are a winner you must claim your prize in order to receive it! So I will be waiting to hear from my winner!

Here is the 100th sketch designed by our very talented Leah Schaeffer!

Now to start the hop!

SOUS leaders!

Nanne

Sandi

Leah

And Design Team:

Wanda
Tracey K.
Tracey G.
Sylvie
Shona
Shilo
Patricia
Misty
Margie
Lizzy
Lisa
Leslie
Laura
Kim
Jane
Holly
Fern
Eric
Charlotte
Caroleanne
BONNIE
Becky
Annette
and Andrea

When you are done here please hop on to Becky's blog! Thanks for stopping by and joining our hop and may you have found lots of inspiration, and don't forget to try out the sketch and link it up the the SOUS blog!