Simply Beautiful

I was inspired to make this LO from the Artful Delight October sketch. When I saw this sketch I knew exactly the paper and the picture I wanted to use. I still find it amazing that a simple sketch can inspire so much! I am totally in love with sketches!

This is the sketch:

and this is my LO based on the above sketch:

The paper is from my stash (some of it is from a previous Club Ruby Designers kit). I used my i-rock to make swoopy designs with rhinestones in place of the circles on the sketch. The stamp that I used is from My Creative Time (I love all of Emma’s stamps!!). I took the picture in such a way to show that everything is just a little off… not perfectly straight. I am going to put a picture of my DH and I on it and while we are perfect for each other, we are not perfect. And I wanted that reflected in the LO. Not many people will even notice… but with my DH being an Engineer (and me a perfectionist) I know that he will notice and get “it”

Thanks again for stopping by! Be sure to check out the blogs that I mentioned… these are some super talented ladies!

Stacey

It’s a spooky time….

Ah, October is here! I love this month…change of season, birthday’s (mine included) Halloween parties at the schools for the boys, My parents Wedding Anniversary, and of course Halloween itself! A night that kids (and kids at heart) can be whatever/whoever they want to be! And a night that will ensure that your kiddos will not sleep… because of all the candy they have eaten…even though you told them they could only have one piece and had to save the rest!
Usually I have been out and about taking pictures of the trees changing colors. Unfortunately with the drought we had through the summer the leaves are just turning the dirty yellow color and falling off the trees with the slightest of breezes I am still holding out to find at least ONE tree that will turn that super deep almost glowing rust color. And if I can find that ONE tree, I will make a entire layout devoted to just that one tree!! I already have the sketch in mind…now I just have to drive all the back roads in Ellsworth County to find that tree
So for now I am still working on Halloween LO’s and I have two more for you today! When my CE was up and running I would rarely do a single page LO. I love doing the double page LO’s  because I can make a whole scene on the page and use the pictures as embellishments (of sorts!!)! So with my CE down I have gone back to the basics and have also found that making a single page LO (even with a sketch) can be a challenge! Did the CE actually make me lazy??? Well… hmmm!
Okay enough rambling! Here are my pages! This first one is based on a sketch from Shimelle. I love her sketches and her take on scrapbooking!


This next page if for the first October challenge at Scraptastic Club. The challenge is to use a pattern on our LO. I went with a checker board type pattern. And then of course added the embellishments (actually the boys helped me added the embellishments!). Every thing that I used on the following LO is from Scraptastic Club Witching Hour kit. (the above LO also uses papers and embellishments from the same kit).

Thanks for stopping by! We have another busy weekend full of football and family time! Have a wonderful weekend
Stacey

State Fair Layout (LO)

It is amazing to me what a person can create when inspired!

This happened to me this afternoon while I was hopping through some of the other blogs that I follow. I came to Scraptastic Club Blog and found that a new LO challenge had been posted! WhooHooo!!! So this challenge has a much different twist to it than I am used to. It is a recipe LO challenge!

Here is the recipe: 3 cardstock, 4 patterned papers, 3 alphas, 2 pictures, 5 buttons, 1 banner, 1 journaling spot, and paint.

So I jot this down and decide to let it roll around in my crafty little brain while I clean up my craft space. As I started filing sketches and various scrap papers, an idea POPPED! State Fair pictures with that crazy carnival paper that I just had to have and bought over 7 months ago and have never used… shhhh, don’t tell Jon!!

So this is what I came up with:

This is the completed LO. Sorry about all the reflection in the picture…I am still trying to figure out how to take better pictures of my LO’s and cards. I am much better with pictures of people!!

I used paint to make this journaling spot.

And this is where I “cheated” a little and used patterned paper that already had a banner on it  

So here is the break down of what I used to create this LO:                

• Bazzil Cardstock – Tangelo, Artesian Pool, Lemonade
• Patterned Paper – Imaginisce Animal Cracker – Under the Big Top, Come one! Come All, Kaboom, Step Right Up
• Buttons – stash
• Paint  - Jenni Bowlin Seed Packet, Adirondack Brights Pool
• ATG (glue gun)
• Chestnut Roan fluid chalk ink
• Paper Trimmer
• Thickers (alpha stickers) - Jewelry Box

So now as I am looking at the page on the table beside me as I complete this blog, I am thinking….hmmm I think it needs some white gel pen stitching! So I may just go back and add that…or not!

Thanks for stopping by

Stacey

P.S. Did anyone notice that there are NO Cricut cuts??? That is because my poor Cricut Expression has gone and gave out on me So while I can’t use my machine to do the super cute cuts at least I have just proved to myself that I can actually make a nice LO without using my CE. Who know?!!!