Sketch~N~Scrap

The last day of May, and I'm still trying to squeeze in some layouts for the month. This page is using the May 1st sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap.

And I came up with this...

I've really started to migrate away from the shabby chic style, which I think is incredibly beautiful, but after experimenting with it for a few years I don't really feel it's "me". However, I had already started Paolina's newborn photo shoot album scrapping this way with mostly Webster's Pages and Prima product, so I am trying to remain consistent as I finish it up.

Thanks for looking! Enjoy your weekend.

My Scraps & More Sketch #83

Wow! Is it seriously the second to last day of May? This weekend we're getting our family pool pass and signing the kids up for swim lessons. And next week is Santiago's last week of school. I guess summer is here! Hmmm...not sure if my body is actually ready for bikini season. May we please have a few extra weeks so I can get to the gym a bit more?! I guess I should have spent a little less time scrapping and a little bit more time working out. But who can resist a great sketch...like the following from My Scraps & More Sketches.

And here's what I did with it...

I'm starting to get a little sad that I've gone through almost all of my kids' infant photos. I love reminiscing over them. Paolina was just 9 days old here. Fortunately I still have a lot of photos from each of their first years that need to be scrapped, so I will have to make due with that!

For this page the background paper is Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm and the rest is lots of miscellaneous scraps. I always feel so accomplished when I can put dent into my stash of scraps!

Thanks for looking...now please head over to the My Scraps & More Sketches blog for lots more inspiration!

S.W.A.T. Drill #31

It's been awhile since I participated in a S.W.A.T. challenge...I do believe it might have been over a year ago when I was still on their design team! There are just too many great sketch & challenge blogs out there for me to play along with every one of them each month. However I was really drawn to the S.W.A.T. Drill #31, as the color palette was dead-on for some scraps sitting on my craft desk after doing a few layouts. 

With my color inspiration I created cards for both my mom and mother-in-law for Mother's Day.

Thanks for looking!

Stuck?! Sketches

The three-day holiday weekend really threw me for a loop. I keep thinking it's the day before it actually is. This is bad when there are deadlines lol!  So it looks like I'll be cramming in several posts the next couple of days to showcase some layouts I did for various challenge blogs. The below sketch I created using the following sketch from Stuck?! Sketches

The May challenge at ScrapStuffz "Inspired By" Challenges inspired me to choose my color palette. The diecut paper and fussycut hearts are Basic Grey Sugar Rush...one of my all time favorite lines of theirs.

Thanks for looking!

Let's Get Sketchy May Week 4

Happy Memorial Day to my fellow Americans! May has really flown by...can you believe it's the last Monday of the month? For some of you this might be the last week of school. In our district the kids will go next week as well, but with only two full days and two half days. Summer is truly upon us! Now for some that might mean that you will have more scrappy time, but for others who have kids home from school and/or will be traveling more then it means less time to scrap. In which case this sketch from Let's Get Sketchy just might be one of the last you will be able to get done before summer craziness ensues....

Hope you are able to take the time to head over to the Let's Get Sketchy blog to check out what the rest of Team B did with the sketch. And of course we hope you will link up your own creation as well!