Twistback Thursday

Gosh, I can't believe I have not posted as I intended this month (blush)!  I have been super busy enjoying life I guess, I have done a lot of Spring cleaning and reorganizing as well a few DIY home projects that I have been putting off and of course, they took longer then I thought they would (I know gasp!!! lol!)  So without further ado let me share one fun challenge with you for our third Twistback Thursday feature where we share an oldie but a goodie sketch from Sketch N Scrap and add a little twist to spice it up!  Up this month was Heather and she not only added a twist she added a BIG twist, but first the sketch.  The sketch she choose was one from September 2013 by me:

Now for the TWIST: use ONLY WHITE cardstock to complete your layout using the above sketch!!! Wow!  What a challenge!  Time to dig out your inks, chalks, mist etc and get creative! Here is my layout:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Stampin Up, Inks: Stampin Up- real red, green galore & 

tempting turquoise,  Stamps: Stampin Up- Fabulous Four, Gorgeous Grunge, &

Flower Shop, punch: Stampin Up; Embossing folder: Sizzix.

I used a sponge dauber to create the circles on my dotted cardstock on top and then under that I embossed the paper and sponged green galore ink onto it.  The flowers were stamped and punched out.  The scallop circles were punched out then inked red.  The splats and splatters are a stamp set.  I made a faux "hello badge" using a hello stamp and then handwrote the rest of my title!   I love the way this turned out, I surprised even myself, see you don't need to always use fancy embellishments, you can do a lot with white cardstock!  I hope you will find some time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap this month, you have just a bit over a day to play along but hey, even after our deadline closes you can play along we would love to see your creations so if the link up is closed make sure and share on our Facebook page!  Be creative & enjoy the process friends!

Card sketch #46

Wow, has this month flown by?  Do I say that every month? I think I do and every month I vow to keep up but hey, sometimes you gotta just sit back and enjoy the ride right?  Time for the last sketch of the month at Sketch N Scrap!  Here is the sketch by me:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Stampin Up; Patterned Paper: American Crafts;

enamel dots: Queen & Co; ink: Stampin Up; Stamps: Technique Tuesdasy &

Stampin Up; flower: unknown (from my bff Kelly)

This card is simple and so easy to create, but has endless possibilities!  This is a great way to use up some of your scraps and get a few cards quickly built up for your stash like I did here (never know when you will need a get well card!).   Make sure and hop on over the check out what the DT did with this sketch, some really creative ideas can be found at the Sketch N Scrap blog!!! Make sure and link up to share you card with us for a chance to win our wonderful prize this month!

Card sketch #44

My final sketch of the month is up at Sketch N Scrap today!  I hope you will be inspired to create a fun card for that special someone in your life!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Supplies Used: Hello tag- We R Memory Keepers; card stock- Vanilla by Stampin Up; Patterned

Paper- DCWV.

I can always use a generic card in my stash, so when I saw this tag on clearance for 10 cents I knew it would make a perfect card!  I hope you will find time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap this month, you have until February 28th at 7 pm CST to upload projects from any of our sketches for a chance to win our fabulous prize!  One entry per project!  Check out the details HERE!

Scrap Our Stash Guest Sketch Artist!

I am so excited to share that I am the February Guest Sketch Artist at Scrap our Stash!! 

Here is the sketch I made for this month's mid month sketch challenge:

The added twist to this challenge is to use at least 3 colors from this color palette: 

And here is my layout based on the sketch & this lovely color palette:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, Echo Park, & MME; letter stickers: Echo

Park; stickers: Echo Park; enamel dots: MME; wood veneer heart: Studio Calico

I had so much fun with this challenge and creating such a girly layout of my friend's sweet daughter who absolutely adores horses!  I hope you will find time to play along with us at Scrap Our Stash, make sure and check back frequently to see what their awesome DT has done with this fun challenge! You have until February 27th to link up your layout HERE! 

Together Life is Good!

Happy Hump Day!!  I had a little extra time this afternoon that was unexpected so I ended up doing a quick layout and playing along with one of my favorite challenge sites Scrappy Friends!!!  I always drool over their challenges, the sketches are so easy to use and the other challenges are just plain fun!  Here is what I made:

 Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd & We R Memory Keepers; clear sticker: SRM;

die cuts- word together, thankful quote & flower- Simple Stories; die cut leaf- Basic Grey, die cut

postage stamp- Fancy Pants; wood veneer- Studio Calico; enamel dots- Teresa Collins & MME

And here is the sketch I used which was Brenda's challenge:

And here is the color challenge my friend Kelly had for us:

  

I also did Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe challenge.  I used the third row straight down: the color gold, 3+ patterned papers and die cut (flower, leaf, live laugh love piece & word together).  Using this fun sketch my layout came together very quickly!  I had a great time with this challenge, there is still a bit of time left to play along, but if you don't have time at least check out their great examples.  Thanks Brenda, Rochelle & Kelly for such a fun challenge!!!

Card sketch #42

January seems to be flying by!  I have actually been pretty productive so far this month, created a lot of cards, a few scrapbook layouts and re-organized all my paper and embellishments which gave me a better grip on what I want to use up in the upcoming year....it was fun to see things I forgot I had, felt like Christmas all over again!  We have our last sketch up at Sketch N Scrap today for January. It is a fun but easy sketch to help you make a few cards you might need for birthdays or even the upcoming Valentine's holiday!  Here it is:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Supplies Used: Patterned paper: Echo Park Head over Heels; ink: Stampin Up- Strawberry

 Slush, Basic Grey & Soft Sky; stamps: Stampin Up Hearts a Flutter & All Holidays;

 Brad: Stampin Up; Cardstock: Stampin Up Very Vanilla & Basic Grey.

I made this card a birthday card for my SIL whose birthday is in February kind of a good theme for a February birthday don't you think?  I hope she likes it!  Make sure and hop on over to Sketch N Scrap's blog to see what the talented DT has done with the sketch, you will be pleased to see this heart sketch used for MUCH more then just love themed or Valentine's Day themed cards! You have until January 31st to play along with us and link up your card based on this sketch for a chance to win TWO fabulous rolls of GOLD washi tape (swoon!!)

Twistback Thursday~ new challenge at Sketch N Scrap!

We have a brand new challenge for 2015 at Sketch N Scrap up today.  Twistback Thursdays will be the second Thursday of each month throughout 2015.  We will feature an oldie but a goodie sketch from our archives but add on a "twist" to make it more interesting.  This is a great way to play along with older sketches you may have missed!  This month's challenge features this sketch from May 2012 by me: 

And now for the TWIST: Out with the old and in with the new in 2015: use something old that is a year or more old on your layout as well as something that is new. 

Here is my take on the sketch:

For my something old I used patterned papers by Bella Blvd from their MR BOY line.  This is a line from 2011 that I have been "hoarding" for some time now! I also used a journaling card from the Scoot line by Echo Park that I have had in my stash for a long time as well as one from Basic Grey (under the two pics).  The alphabet is from Doodlebug is very old as well, I'm down to just a few letters on this one (hate trying to figure out words to use them all, it's so hard!) and my final "old" items is the "smile" sticker at the top of the pictures from the That's My Boy line by Echo Park.  For the new things I used a few newer embellishments I got in my September Scraptastic kit called We Will Rock You! The little doggie with the glasses is by Jillibean Soup and is from the Cool Cucumber Soup line. The numbers cut out is a kit exclusive by Kaitlin Sheaffer and the little circle in the bottom right is by Heidi Swapp and is from the kit as well!  I also used a new pack of My Mind's Eye enamel dots and a pack of clear words (the word smile at the top left) by Heidi Swapp!  It was fun mixing up some older papers with some of my newer embellishments!   I think this challenge is a great example of how you can use the same sketch over and over again and no one will be the wiser...you can easily change up the look of it depending on the papers and embellishments you use OR you can flip or rotate it to give it another look.  Here is a great example, my take on this same sketch from way back in May of 2012:

Fun huh?  I don't think they really look that much alike and I bet if I had just posted them both without mention of the sketch you wouldn't have known it either!  Ahhhh...the beauty of sketches!  Please hop over to the Sketch N Scrap blog and check out all the wonderful layouts the DT has created with this sketch I know you will be inspired!