I thought I wouldn’t have time to do layouts after starting Project Life, but I’m glad that hasn’t been the case!

Here are layouts from Sketch Wednesdays over at the Green Frog Studio a couple weeks ago…

Project #22: Ade was here

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Studio Calico Take Note collection, chipboard shapes; American Craft Amy Tangerine thickers; washi tape; Tattered Angels mustard seed glimmer mist, decadence chalk mist

This layout has all my favorite things: Studio Calico patterned papers, washi tape, glimmer mist, and my little sister <3

I love those Studio Calico chipboard butterflies!

Project #23: 25 Dec

Supplies: Bazzill basics cardstock; Tattered Angels sea kelp glimmer glam; Basic Grey Picadilly collection; Studio Calico wood veneers; American Craft thickers; Maya Road kraft doilies; Kaiser Craft clear stamp journalling spots

I scaled the photos down and used 3x4s instead of 4x6s. Love how it turned out!

I didn’t want to use the typical red and green for this Christmas Day layout, so I just went with green and the neutrals (brown/kraft/with a hint of blue); the Basic Grey Picadilly papers fitted in nicely with this page!

Thanks for looking!

I hope your Wednesday’s been fabulous. We’re half-way through the week alreadyyy (:

I had this layout all ready to go before I left for the diving trip, but I didn’t have time to put it up.

So here we are, one week later (:

I had so much fun with this sketch because I don’t usually work with something like this. And I decided to do a two-in-one for this sketch and used all Picadilly papers to fulfill the criteria of this challenge.

Project #19: Sisters

Supplies: Basic Grey Picadilly collection; Kaisercraft acrylic paint; American Craft thickers; DMC thread

I finally (after like forever) used paint on my layouts again. I used a foam brush and smeared paint for the background. I should do this more.

The flower stickers in this corner are probably pretty random, but I think they’re cute anyway (:

I hand-stitched down the middle of the hearts so they still have some dimension.

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I am officially a certified scuba diver (:
Pictures and sorts soon!

It’s time for my take on last week’s Sketch Wednesday!

I didn’t follow this sketch to a tee, but I used it as the starting point for this layout!

Project #18: JUMP

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; American Crafts Amy Tangerine collection, lovestruck clear stamps; Maya Road mini kraft jotter tags, mini ticket strip transparencies, fresh chipboard brackets; We R Memory Keepers lollipop baker’s twine; Versamagic cloud white chalk ink; Versafine white ink

I used the Amy Tangerine camera stamp to create the background. And I covered the chipboard quotation marks with patterned paper, inspired by this challenge (albeit overdue).

I journalled on the white space of the photo with a permanent marker.

And I love how the baker’s twine adds such a touch of whimsy to this layout.

Happy Thursday! (:

Project #15: Good Times

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Glitz Afternoon Muse patterned papers; American Crafts rub-ons; Amy Tangerine thickers, lovestruck clear stamps; Tattered Angels mustard seed glimmer mist, decadence chalk mist; Sizzix butterfly die; buttons

I know, this week’s Sketch Wednesday layout looks a lot like the last one I just did, doesn’t it? That’s probably because I was thinking about this sketch when I made that last layout. I guess you could say that I was subconsciously inspired (: But good things are worth repeating,  yes? (: haha.

The American Crafts rub-ons are from forever ago when I first started scrapping. The rub-ons didn’t come off perfectly but I like the faded-ish look (:

Isn’t that Amy Tangerine stamp so cute?

I love the pop of turquoise on this.

As you can tell, I deviated from the sketch a bit. I put the journaling on the left instead of on the right, excluded the smaller photo at the bottom, and added more butterflies. But of course (:

I’m still loving these sketches.

Happy Wednesday!
Only three more days until the weekendddd (:

I’ve been so busy this week that I just got done with last week’s Sketch Wednesday. Ugh, my bad. But better late than never, yes? (:

So on to the sketch!

Project #13: Love you girls

Supplies: Bazzill Basics Cardstock; Studio Calico State Fair, Autumn Press and Memorandum collections, Jillibean Soup; Maya Road sheers; Tattered Angels decadence chalk mist; Versamagic jumbo java; Kaisercraft bling; American Crafts premium ribbon

I like the big empty space in the sketch for the title.

I wrote the title in pencil, then handstitched the words. It’s far from perfect-looking, but I guess that’s part of the handmade touch (:

I added the bling for an extra girly touch.

I love that I got to use mostly Studio Calico papers in this layout. They were so much fun to use!

I’m headed out for the rest of today.
Have a smashing weekend! (:

I was slightly at a loss as to what to do for a moment when I saw this week’s sketch because it had more photos than I would normally include in a layout.

I guess my style has evolved since I first started scrapping because I used to do multi-photo layouts more often. Nowadays, I tend to just have a couple of photos (maybe 4 smaller ones at most) and tuck everything else in a pocket or mini-album.

So this week’s layout was slightly reminiscent of the multi-photo layouts I used to do “back in the day”when I first started scrapping.

But I liked the result and I hope you like it as much as I did (:

Project #11: Universal Studios (Singapore)

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Amy Tangerine collection, Lily Bee Memorandum collection; American Crafts Bones thickers; We R Memory Keepers slate baker’s twine; Maya Road large kraft tickets; Made With Love washi tape; Tattered Angels mustard seed, mallard glimmer mist, decadence chalk mist; brad; white pen

I stretched the grid to fill the entire length of the page. And I cropped my photos into circles instead of keeping the lines.

My circle photo mats were hand drawn and were anything but perfect. I just went with it anyhow because scrapping’s good like that. Then I decided to crease the mats just to add a little more dimension.

Of course, we couldn’t forget the baker’s twine and pinwheels, could we? (:

I love how pretty the mist looks on the tag (: And I didn’t even plan on it, haha.

I’m really pleased with how these sketches have pushed me to create beyond my comfort zone so far.

I hope your week’s been smashing! (:

I don’t usually do much for Valentine’s Day.

Instead, I spent my day creating a layout for last week’s Sketch Wednesday at the Green Frog Studio (:

Project #9: 2010

Supplies: Lily Bee Memorandum collection, Love Elsie patterned paper; Tattered Angels Decadence chalkboard mist; Basic Grey dark chocolate chip alpha stickers; Maya Road black transparency, die cut kraft doilies; washi tape; date stamp

Because I didn’t have a sewing machine and wanted the look, I hand-stitched across the circle cut outs.

I hadn’t done it yet here, but I later added white glue over the Christmas tree and turned it into an epoxy-ish tree.

These photos from Christmas 2010 had been lying around and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. And actually, this layout didn’t quite come together as easily as layouts usually do. But I was pretty inspired by what Melissa did here and I quite like the feel of how my layout turned out (:

Happy Valentine’s Day! <3

My weekend was pretty busy, but I managed to sneak some time in to scrap a layout for this sketch challenge!

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Studio Calico Countryside, State Fair, Memoir collections; Sizzix butterfly die cut; American Craft thickers, Ruban premium ribbon, foam dots; Maya Road A year to remember sheers; Dymo embossing label maker; Keng paper tape; Versamagic Jumbo Java ink

And a couple of close-ups…

I popped up the butterflies to add dimension and hand-stitched the zig-zag along the edge of my patterned paper to add some texture.

Although the border in between the photos stumped me for awhile, it all came together really nicely in the end and it turned out being my favorite part of this sketch (:

I hope your week is starting out really superly. See you soon!