Ready for school

I wanted to share this layout.  The pictures show my grandson's first day of school experience from last year.  These two pages were published in Northridge Publishing's Sketch book.  The sketch I used was actually for just the first page but I went ahead and created a two page layout so I could use more pictures.

 Most of the elements were from a digital kit at Design House Digital.  I thought this kit was so fun with some great papers in it.  The different patterns made it easy to use one of the sketches in the book. The black chevron patterned accents are a stamp from Hero Arts.

 He was so excited and so proud of his new uniform and his adorable backpack. Same for this year with more pictures to scrap.

Here is the book the layout is published in. I love sketches so books like this are always so fun to have on hand for inspiration.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

How about a layout!!

I do seem to create far more cards then I do layouts, but I love the process involved with that too and wanted to share this new one.

 

 I am having so much fun finding ways to use my Cricut with my projects so when I saw this cute tree with a swing I knew I wanted to use it.  I have numbers of photos of my grandsons on swings so it was pretty easy to find some photos to go with it.

 The two red, stamped accent pieces were actually from me experimenting with a couple Hero Arts background stamps. They were sitting on my desk and what do you know, I thought they would work here.

 The sentiment phrase is also cut with the Cricut.

The finish my layout, I stamped some lines of butterflies in the corners and sprayed the spaces with some red spray. Love that woodgrain background paper from BasicGrey.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Snowflakes and Puppy Dogs!

Those two things don't really go together except in my post today!

 First up, I wanted to use the sketch at Paper Smooches SPARKS and the color combination at Dynamic Duos so those two things are the inspiration for this card.

 One of my favorite stamp sets is this one from Paper Smooches.  I just love the big and long sentiments. This particular one can fit a few different occasions but I wanted it to go along with a winter theme so I added that adorable little birdie and some red snowflakes.

 This is the Paper Smooches SPARKS sketch.  The sketch shows a scallop edge but I used the wonderful, hexagon border stamp instead.

 This is the great color combination from Dynamic Duos

 And, here is a card I created to go along with the Saturday sketch at 2 peas.  At the stamp convention I went to this last weekend, I picked up this adorable and playful snowflake stamp and some great paper tapes from Queen & Co. 

 I took this photo from a side angle to try to show the Glossy Accents that I added to the yellow star on each snowflake. I used a Distress marker to color the snowflakes and then used a waterbrush on that. The star is colored with a Copic marker.

 Here is the Saturday sketch.

 I also want to share a fun little layout I put together. We have two puppy dogs that we love so much.  Bringing the new one home was so much fun although we sure weren't sure how it was going to go.

 I picked up a roll of leopard print Duck Tape at Michaels and thought it fit with a dog theme.  I just cut little strips and put them together in a zig zag design. 

I also cut some in these triangle shapes for more accents.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Boy stuff - Girl stuff

I have managed to complete a few layouts recently and I wanted to share one of them with you.

 I created a collage of my favorite photos from this park visit, Picassa makes that so easy.

 Notice my Target Paper Tapes as my decoration? They look great against white cardstock.

 I picked up some chipboard pieces by October Afternoon as accents.

 This little sentiment is from a sticker set by Echo Park.

 Gotta share a girly card too. LOVE these products from My Little Shoebox.

The cloud, the little girl and the flowers are all cut from patterned papers.

And for a few photos...

I was walking in my backyard this week with my camera.  Have you ever seen the blossom on a Passion Fruit plant? They have to be one of the weirdest creations. One of those wonders of God's creation that just amaze me as they all turn out identical and very strange!

More of my fushias too.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

A card and a layout

A couple projects to share...

First off is the newest Unscripted sketch.

This would be a sketch I would want to use over and over and I'm sure it would look pretty different each time. I picked one of my newest stamps from Paper Smooches.  Since Easter is on it's way, I thought that would be a fun theme.

The white shapes are cut with the Cricut and the patterned paper is new by Teresa Collins.

And I want to share a layout since I don't do a whole lot of those.  I used Simple Stories papers.  Where there was the look of machine sewing, I did actually add sewing and I added real buttons.

Come on people....join in the movement to BAN word verification!!!! There is a new system on some blogs that make verification almost impossible. I turned mine to moderate a post that is posted after 14 days and I have not had any problems at all. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Black and White photo challenge

Each month the Nikki Sivils blog issues a challenge and there are chances to win prizes. 

 For the next month, the challenge is to use black and white photos.  I found the perfect photos of our youngest grandson to turn into b/w.  Can I say I love this piece of red patterned paper! This is a print I would want to use over and over since I am madly in love with anything red.

 I cut this design from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge by Close to My Heart. It is designed to use to create a flower but to me it was the perfect accent for a "boy" layout.  I placed it over a piece of Core'dinations embossed cardstock.  I love the letters and numbers in the paper.

 I created a little collage of elements to finish off the layout.  The half circle is a banner cut from the same cartridge as is the little tag with the cut out heart. The other patterned papers and the alphabet sticker letters are by Nikki Sivils too. 

And, to share a few photos...

 We visited the San Diego Safari Park recently and one of the highlights was viewing the baby elephants. There were several and this one was only three weeks old. 

 What was especially fun was the group that was carrying for the baby.  Not only was mom close at all times but there were two other elephants in various sizes who were just as concerned. 

 See these guys?

They are waiting for this big guy to finish drinking water!  He is big and they seemed to understand that.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Something old and something new

I came across a few some layouts I had finished some time ago and thought it would be fun to share them.  You can see the older products used so that kind of dates the work, but they are still fun. 

They both got gift certificates as gifts so you know what that means, SHOPPING!

 I should have used this technique for every year, getting down likes or traits or important information, etc. 

 See the tiny, index prints inside of the little bookplate?

And for a couple photos...

 It is soccer time for two of our grandsons.  This one is in the maroon shirt, in the front.

This one is number 6 in the blue shirt.  They both do so well because they really seem to love the sport.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Flowers and Rain Drops

For my first card, I wanted to play along with the Lawnscaping Challenge since it was being sponsored by Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooking, because I love Lawn Fawn stamps and I love to use sketches. Do I need anymore reasons!!!

Here is the sketch.

Oh yes, it also let me use my 903 Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch that I love, my new Cricut and my brand new Cindy Loo cartridge!!!

Notice this close up of the punched border on the glitter, green cardstock.  I love these punches because of the different kinds of punched looks you can get out of one punch just by using different plates. 

This view gives you a close up of my flower and stem that was cut with the Cricut Expression and the Cindy Loo cartridge. I cut it three times so I could create the different layers. 

Now for my project using the Unscripted sketch for this week.  I just knew I needed to create a layout with this great sketch.

I took advantage of the space and used three photos. Notice how cute this It's Raining, It's Pouring collection of papers by Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker is with these rain related photos.

This big flourish design is cut with the Cricut Expression (Storybook 5"). I find it amazing at how easy it is to cut any of the designs about any size you want. 

The title letters were also cut with the Cricut Expression  (Stamping 2") and after I had them glued to my page, I coated them with Aleene's Paper Glaze.  

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

 

FRIENDS…FLOWERS card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Max and Mollie collection/Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker
Punch – Kreaxions/Just Imagine Crafts Sentiment stamp set – Lawn Fawn
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Cricut cartridge – Cindy Loo (2”, cut three times)
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Foam tape – 3M
Machine sewing

SKETCH 112 – GOOD TIMES layout
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned papers – It’s Raining/Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker
Cut sentiment – Cricut cartridge/Stamping (2”) and Storybook (5”)
Corner punch – Fiskars
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®

Foam tape – 3M