Let's Get Sketchy June Week 4

Another Monday and another challenge is up at Let's Get Sketchy. Here's the fun sketch we had to work with...

And here's my take on it...

I used photos of my brother-in-law and nephew when they first met Santiago. I can't believe how big both of these boys are now...Santiago going into kindergarten and Junior in high school (and almost driving)! Speaking of "old"...I also dug into my stash and found this old paper line from Dream Street Papers, a bingo card from Jenni Bowlin and a metal corner from Daisy D's. Love getting to use up older product that I've been hoarding!

Please stop by the Let's Get Sketchy blog and check out what the rest of Team B came up with this week. Hope you will be inspired to join in too!

Let's Get Sketchy

Two weeks into summer break and I'm having fun playing with the kids...I've even allowed myself to "let go" the need to have a perfectly clean house to make more time for it. But I can't lie...I'm missing that sweet two hours every afternoon when Santiago was at school and Paolina was napping so I could do some scrapbooking. Yesterday I finally caught a break when Santiago went to a friend's house during Paolina's naptime, and Noé took our car for an oil change. I was in scrappy heaven and managed to get TWO pages completed. Of course, one is future design team work so you won't get to see that for a while, but I also decided to play with the Let's Get Sketchy's Team A sketch from this past week. And here is what I came up with...

I used all scraps for this page and even made my own background paper with a mask from Crafter's Workshop. Between that and having such a great sketch to work with, this layout came together in a snap! Wish the picture had come out a bit better...there's obnoxious glare on the photos of Santiago (and his chubbly little baby cheeks) but today was the last day to post for this challenge so I didn't have time to try and get a better shot. You still have a few hours left to play along yourself until a new challenge goes live tomorrow, so if you haven't already maybe you will join in too!

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Happy Thursday everyone! So I heard a little rumor from one of my online scrappy friends that Google is taking away the "Followers" widget when they remove Google reader on our blogs. If you would like to keep following my blog you can now do it via Blog Lovin'. I know a lot of my fellow scrappy bloggers are also moving in this direction. Hope all of you will come along with me...I would miss you if you left! Just click the button below.

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Colorful Creations Sketch a thon

I realize we're already into the second half of June, but yesterday I had a realization that I had never posted the rest of my submissions for the Colorful Creations Sketch a thon which took place throughout the month of May.  There were sketches posted each weekday...I wish I could have found time to use all of them but all together I was only able to complete a total of five (three of which I have already posted). And here are the other two...

Thanks for looking...better late than never??

June 15th Challenges

With the 15th falling on a Saturday (just like on June 1st) I once again have three different challenges to post on one day. First up is at About a Boy, where we have been asked to create a layout using circles. For my page I used a mask with broken circles, splatters of paint to create the effect of tiny dots, and several fussy-cut doilies. The pattern of the background paper isn't circles, however it is a scallop which is pretty much lines of half-circles so I felt it kept with the "round" feel of the other circle elements.

For this page I used photos of Santiago in the hospital when he was one & two days old. Can you tell he had jaundice?? His little face was as orange as an Oompa Loompa!

The next challenge is over at S.W.A.T. This week's drill is to create a page with a summer theme.

I used photos from 4th of July fireworks at Kirkwood Park when we had our family reunion in St. Louis in 2009. I thought Santiago, who was only 14 months old, would be frightened by the loud fireworks, but he really enjoyed them! He also loved getting treated to a popsicle to cool him off from the heat that evening. My poor California babies just aren't accustomed to high heat & humidity!

Last but not least is a challenge at Sketches with Color to use the below skecth and color palette...

For my layout I used photos of Paolina when she turned 6 months old. Thanks for looking and I hope you will be inspired to try one or all of these challenges yourself.

On a sidenote, these will be my final layouts as a Design Team member for both About a Boy and S.W.A.T. I have really enjoyed my time with each of these teams...but I've had it on my heart for several months now to be spending more time with my family. I realized that the best way to achieve that was to spend less time on deadlines and the other duties that go hand in hand with serving on a design team. Hopefully I will still be able to find the time to join in the occasional challenge with these sites as I always find so much inspiration at both!