April S.I.D.

This was so quick to put together and the sketch was a good pairing for the photos other than a few size adjustments. Also changed the banner location do to the larger photos.  

Mixed and matched CM paper and stickers.  Glad to use open more of my stash

 

Nailed it

To document my husband shooting a nail into his fingers I’m using Rochelle’s April sketch. He is so lucky to have missed all the joints and has the smallest chip to the top of the bone on his ring finger two weeks before leaving for Switzerland.

I haven’t added any journaling yet as I want him to do it.

I used the bottom row from Stacy’s challenge 3 photos, chipboard and tag.

Also added enamel dot and might do some twine too.  I’m at a crop and didn’t bring all my supplies.

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Sketch support

I really love Allison Davis sketches and this one was so fun I created a double page layout with it.  You can download the sketch for free here

To make my layout stretch across two pages I reversed the photo placement on the second page and changed the sizes to work with my subject.

The color palette was inspired by the baby dolls in the top left photo.  I thought it was a great twist on an otherwise masculine layout.  Added some sparkle embroidery floss sprinkled with snowflakes and rhinestones.

Left side is very similar to the sketch except for the double matting of the photos.

Close up of the floss.  Has a bit more shimmer than the photo

Right side- reverse of the left and different sized photos 

The double matting made the photos really thick and not layer nicely so I cut into the photo so the all laid the same.  Hid my imperfections with the holly stickers.  Couple daps of Nuevo drops th pull in a bit more black.

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April SID

 

Welcome to April Stick it Down Sketches

  For my double page layout I used Pinkfresh "office Hours" collection as the elements go well with the event theme.  I changed the orientation of my two larger photos and mounted the square photos to hide the print on that side of the paper.  The alhpa stickers and the & are from photo play "Happy Glamper.  I love it when I can mix and match to use up product.

I'm close to finishing the scout photos for 2022 as these were from OA annual meeting in October. 

The first night of the event is always themed and this year was Law & Arrow (Order).  

Eric dress as Sherlock Holmes.

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CSM March sketch

I had some time at the high school state chess tournament that I was chaperoning and I got creative with the March sketch from Creative Scrapbook magazine.

I added a third photo to the photo mat as well as made a giant bowling pin to be my journal spot

I made a few other ones for DT assignments so I'll have a few more to show in a bit 

 

March S.I.D

Welcome to the March sketches for Stick it Down

I'm designing with the double-page sketch.  I had a couple ideas rolling around in my head as the wave could've been used for a water/ beach theme, rolling hills for hiking, or a road to showcase the car show photos, but I wanted to use a bunch of photos and of the stack of scout photos I'm working on the only one that would work was of Conclave.

and here's my take

I replaced the title with the Powerland logo that I printed and cut out.  I'm thinking about moving it up a little higher so there is less white space in the corner, but I'm going to sleep on it as I should be packing for the weekend trip to Portland

added stars, nuvo drops, and red enamel dots for my embellishment clusters.

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LM #690 - Barbie and Ken (item for every letter of their names)

 LM #690 - Be inspired by the famous couple Barbie and Ken by using an item for every letter of their names.

Welcome to my last guest Dt post for lasting memories.  I've got to say this one was a true challenge for me as I struggled to come up with items for some of the letters.  With a little creative license, I got it done with the following: Baker twine, Arrow, Ribbon, Banners, Ink, Embroidery floss, Kraft-colored items, Embossing (dry), and Nine phrase/ icon stickers.

I also was inspired by the throwback sketch at the scrap room

When I got this simple stories kit I never thought that I would use the journal card, but I think it works perfectly for the page, and can't wait for my husband and son to fill it in.

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LM #689- Stick items together using fasteners

LM #689  Stick two or more items together by using fasteners: brads, ribbons, twine, staples, etc.

Welcome to my third week as a guest designer for lasting memories.  This week's challenge is to use a fastener.   Before I chose an arrow-shaped brad I had a whole different layout in mind but wanted to enter it into the S.I.T January challenge

aside from the grey and kraft papers the rest of my layout is pieced together  Simple stories scraps.  I'm not sure which collection it was but it was perfect for this fishing layout.  All my scraps were 4x6 or smaller and I used the plaid branding stripe under the fish.  The die-cut fish and bobber were popped up on foam squares so that they would stand out against the same color background paper.

Here's a close-up of my brad that goes through/ connects all of the layers.

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