My Scraps and More Sketches Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the My Scraps & More Sketch Blog Hop!! Today, each design team member has created a CARD sketch to celebrate World Card Making Day. That’s TEN different sketches!!!

You should have come here from Tracy F's blog, in which case you are in the right place. If not then please start from the beginning at My Scraps & More Sketches and to get the full details of the hop and the prizes.

There will be TWO prizes given out for the blog hop: 

1. One person will win a $10 gift certificate to the store just for commenting on one of the designers blog posts. So make sure that you that you complete the hop by visiting EACH blog and commenting and following EACH blog!

2. Another winner will be chosen from all the card sketch entries uploaded to the In Linkz on the My Scraps & More Sketch Blog. For each card sketch, create a DIFFERENT link up. So if you complete all 11 sketches, you will need to do 11 link-ups! (On your card link please be sure to mention whose sketch you used and link back to the My Scraps & More Sketch blog. If you’d like you can also leave the DT member a comment with a link to your card so they can see what you did with their sketch.)


Here is the prize for the card sketch blog hop:



All comments and card sketches for the Blog Hop must be linked up by Monday, October 6th at 12 pm EST.

BUT, if you don’t complete all the card sketches by Monday, that’s OK….you can still upload them through the end of the month for the monthly prize drawing on the sketch blog! The more sketches you do, the more chances you have to win!

Here is the monthly blog prize:




Here is my sketch and the card I created with it...

*****Next up on the blog hop is Missy W*****


Thanks for hopping along with us!!

Final Layouts for September

I'm not sure why I do this to myself every single month, but I get a few layouts done each week and then always end up procrastinating in photographing them and getting them uploaded here.  I promise that one of these days I will learn my lesson, but until then I have three layouts to share today...

For the first layout I used the September 15th sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.

Quite often I find that I need to change a sketch up a bit to accommodate a different number and/or size of photos, but not this time! I just got these photos developed a few weeks ago and couldn't believe it when I saw the sketch. Perfect! I was inspired by Drill #39 over at S.W.A.T. which is to use primary colors, so for product I used mostly Fancy Pants Nautical. The black alphas are Prima and Scenic Route, and the "crazy" chipboard arrow is Pink Paislee Hey Kid. I was also inspired by the September challenge at Scrap It Girl which is to use masks or stencils, so I used some modeling paste with the Crafters Workshop Bricks template to add some texture to my background.

For this next layout I used the September 15th sketch from Scrap Our Stash.

For this layout I was torn...I absolutely fell in love with the sketch and knew immediately that I wanted to use the above as my background paper because the design resembled the sketch. However I had already planned to use the above photograph with the paper, and part of the challenge at Scrap Our Stash is to use (2) photos. In the end I decided to follow the rule that I have set forth for myself for competing in scrapbooking challenges, which is to never let a sketch or guidelines for a challenge hijack my pages. I compete in challenges because they are fun and a great way to spark my creativity, but they are not the driving force as to why I scrapbook. Having said that lol, I was inspired by the Classic Craft Challenge over at Child's Play to use sequins. I have  ton of them that I just don't use often enough, so it was good to have a "gentle nudge" to do so,

My final layout was inspired by the Scrappy Friends' September challenge. Brenda's sketch is below.

And Rochelle had a Tic Tac Toe board for her challenge.

In keeping with my above-mentioned rule I did not participate in Kelly's Color Challenge, as I really wanted to use this particular photo and these papers for my page. As far as the Tic Tac Toe challenge, I completed the vertical, middle row: Stitching, Numbers (in the tape measure patterned paper) and Jewels.

Thanks so much for looking...see you back in October!

Let's Get Sketchy Hello Fall Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the LGS Hello Fall blog hop! If you have arrived here from Melinda F.'s blog welcome to the hop!! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the Let's Get Sketchy site to start at the beginning.  

The girls here at LGS are excited about the change in the season, and thus we are celebrating with a “Hello Fall” blog hop and giving away lots of daily prizes and a grand prize of a $25.00 gift voucher to Creative Embellishments. To be eligible win any of our hop prizes you will need to visit each designer’s blog, leave some love on each of our design team’s blog’s and follow their blogs. Each member of the DT will be sharing a Fall themed project for your inspiration.  To find out how to win our Grand Prize as well as lots of other giveaways, make sure you visit the LGS blog!

For your Fall inspiration I have created a layout using pictures of my son at the Pumpkin Patch in October of 2010.

Next up on the hop is Lynn G.

Line up is:

Brenshevia

Nadine

Melinda G.

Mayoori

Lisa

Shirley

Devra

Joefil

Melinda F.

Jenessa

Lynn G.

Michelle

Connie

Melissa

Wendi

Tone-Lill

Valerie

Danie

Lets Get Sketchy Blog

Here's the grand prize that you could win...

I am also giving away a RAK to one random person (U.S. only) who is following me and leaves a comment on this post.

Happy hopping!

Let's Get Sketchy Fall Blog Hop

Let's Get Sketchy September Week 4

I seriously cannot believe it's the last full week of September. And tomorrow is the official first day of autumn. Too bad it doesn't feel even the least bit like fall where we live. I mean, I'm not antsy to be bundling up in sweaters and bulky outerwear or anything...but I sure wouldn't mind a relief from temps being in the upper 90s. I'm pretty much over sweating profusely as soon as I walk out my front door, and I'm definitely ready to be able to go for walks and to take the kids to the park after school. So for now I guess I need to remain content with hiding out in the air conditioning and doing a little scrapbooking. I did just that with the latest sketch that's up at Let's Get Sketchy...

And I came up with this...

It's pretty apparent that I'm longing for cooler weather since I decided to get out some old Christmas pictures to scrap. The cooler colors that I decided to pull from the photos and card I made for Noé that year, as well as the snowflakes and silver sequins definitely fit the bill.

I hope you will take the time to head over to the Let's Get Sketchy blog and see what the rest of Team B did with this week's sketch. And you have until September 30th to link up your own layout for not only this week's sketch, but all of this month's sketches.