So Handsome

Hey there.  Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.  Now that things have slowed down a bit, I'm hoping to do more scrapbooking.  This is my take on Scrap Our Stash's stash challenge for December. The challenge was to use an item from your stash that began with each letter in the word diecuts. The items I used are listed below.

D- dies
I- ink spray
E- envelope
C- chipboard, clock transparency
U- Uniball pen
T- twine, tag, token, ticket
S- stamping, stitching

The photo is of my daughter's horse, Hugo. I got some pictures of him chilling after a pony club pretest. He is such a handsome boy!! The pattern paper I used was from Kaiser Craft's 'Art of Life' collection.

The circles were stamped using plastic containers.  The little hexagons were cut from chipboard that had been covered with pattern paper.

 

The cute little envelope and ticket stub were cut from paper using Sizzix dies. The clock transparency was from Maya Road and the kraft tag from Jillibean Soup. The twine used was from American Crafts.  All of the metal goodies were from Tim Holtz's Ideology collection. Be sure to have a look at Scrap Our Stash's blog. Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!!

Michelle

You Are My Sunshine

Hey everyone. Here is my take on My Creative Sketches' October sketch. The picture is of my daughter and her dog Guinny enjoying the sunshine last summer. The pattern paper and diecuts used were from Jillibean Soup's Saffron Yellow Pepper Soup collection. For the background I sprayed and then splattered some Ranger ink spray. I also added some enamel dots and hemp bows. Below are some close ups and the sketch. Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

Meet Beau

Hey everyone. Meet Beau! Beau is one of our new black lab puppies. A layout of his sister Ruby will follow soon. Beau's page is based on the second October sketch at Stuck?!Sketches. I used Simple Stories' 'So Rad' pattern paper and letter/word sticker sheet. For the background I used a star stencil from The Crafters Workshop. Using a couple of different sized plastic containers, I stamped the circles and then added some splatters. The wood veneer stars are from Studio Calico. When the page was first completed it was on white cardstock. I wasn't completely happy with it, so I carefully covered the pattern paper and picture, and sprayed some ink on the background. Much happier with the yellow.

Below is the sketch. Don't forget to check out Stuck?!Sketches blog. A great place to get some inspiration. Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

Twenty Six

Hey everyone. Here's my take on the first October sketch at Stuck?!Sketches. For the last number of years instead of doing a "birthday" layout of my daughter, I decided to scrapbook a photo taken close to her birthday and title it with her age. This is a selfie she took before heading off to her part time job. The paper collection I used was My Mind's Eye 'My Story'. The flair button and gold butterfly button were also from this collection. For this layout I rotated the sketch to the left. For the background I sprayed some Art Anthology ink on my cardstock and then added two different colored splatters. The wood veneer pieces are from Teresa Collins. The flower pieces were cut from pattern paper.

Below is the sketch. Make sure to check out the blog at Stuck?!Sketches. There is a ton of inspiration there. Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

First Day

Hey everyone. Here's my take on the October sketch challenge at Scrap Our Stash. The photo is of my niece and nephew on the first day of school. For this layout I rotated the sketch to the right. The pattern paper was from Echo Park Paper's 'Teacher's Pet' collection. For the background, I used as a mask, some maple leaves cut out from a die from Memory Box. Once the leaves were positioned I sprayed some distress stain over them, and added some splatters. I then added some more leaves that were cut out from pattern paper, and stitched them down. Very pleased with how this turned out!!

The other part of this challenge was to use metal on the layout. The metal I used was a large gold paper clip that I placed over my photo. I also cut out some of the little circles from the pattern paper and layered them to the left of my photo. I added some wood veneer pieces from Studio Calico and Teresa Collins.

Below is the sketch. Take a second to head over to Scrap Our Stash and see all the great inspiration. Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

Summer Sunset

Hey everyone. It has been awhile but I am back and am hoping to post more regularly. This layout is based on My Creative Sketches September sketch. The photo was taken by a friend of my daughter's and is of her horse grazing after having a lesson. Love it!! I used Simple Stories' 'Summer Vibes' pattern paper. For the background I sprayed some ink around the upper edges and used a Tim Holtz stencil on the bottom. Using distress ink, I inked the edges and then added some splatters.

The wood veneer shapes and sequins are from Studio Calico. The hemp is from Lawn Fawn and the buttons came from a bottle of odd buttons on my shelf.

Thanks for stopping by!!        ~Michelle

Thankful

 Hey everyone.  Here's a layout I created of some ladies, I am very thankful to have met, through this wonderful hobby. A group of us attended a crop, and decided to get some shirts made. We had a blast!! Lots of laughs, and we even got some work done.  For this layout, I incorporated 3 different challenges. Scrap Our Stash's July stash challenge was to include an item from your stash for each letter in the word PHOTOS. I used the following:

P: Picked Raspberry Distress Spray, Paste (modelling)
H: Hemp, 'hello'
O: Orange
T: Ticket, 'Thankful'
O: October (when we attended the crop)
S: Stencil, Stitching, Splatters

For 123 Get Scrappy's July challenge I used, the word:hello, butterfly and lots of black. The Studio Challenges challenge was to make your own embellishment. I made the pink flower.

The pattern paper, flair button and ticket were all from Fancy Pants' 'Meology' collection.  The wood veneer butterfly and arrows were from Studio Calico.

For the background, I first covered the cardstock with a layer of gesso. Once dry I applied some modelling paste through a Prima stencil. I then brushed on some watered down distress stain and spray. Last but not least, I added some splatters and stitching.

Be sure to check out the challenge blogs. Lots of inspiration to be found.  Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle