LPS Sketch September

Hi friends!
I hope you all are enjoying a nice start to your weekend.  Today is the day to share with you the September Sketch Challenge over at Life.Paper.Scrapbook.  I love that this sketch boasts lots of layers, totally fun!

Here is what I created..


Sun and Sand Layout

 I was inspired by all the fun layers in the sketch to cut strips of pattern paper and layer it behind a sequin vellum pocket.  I  used the Pier collection by Crate paper on this layout, it has been a favorite of mine lately.

This month's sponsor is Polly! Scrap Kits..

Polly Scrap Kits is a small Australian kit club that offers monthly kits for scrapbooking and project life. We offer fun and happy kits for a really great price. We have a blog filled with inspiration for using your kit each month and with a subscription you know you will get a monthly box goodies that will bring a smile to your face when you open it and some motivation to get creating.

This year we will be offering a December Daily kit and our Design team is going to show you how to make use of it, whether you want to use it for a daily mini album, incorporated into your regular project life, or to make 12x12 layouts for your traditional scrapbook album. We will have inspiration several times a week to scrap along with you and use the kit together from late November right through to early January, so you will be motivated and inspired to get started, keep going and to finish your December projects!

Polly scrap Kits will be giving one randomly selected participant in the LPS Sketch challenge a free Project Life kit. In addition, based on the submissions to this challenge, Polly! will be inviting one person to be a guest designer for an upcoming kit, we will send you the kit for free that month and feature your work using the kit on our blog and facebook page, so please show us your best work in your challenge submissions!

You can submit ANY kind of project that you can use the sketch for: layouts, cards, PL, off the page projects 

- You can use the sketch and colour challenges together, just make sure you link it up to each so you have a chance to win in both. 

- September Sketch Challenge runs until 11.59pm 27 September. (Don't forget we are in Australia)

- The winner of the prize will be randomly drawn

- We will also feature three of the favourite layouts and the selected layouts will be asked to guest design for the next colour challenge. 

You have to be in it to win it, so link up your project up on the right over at LPS. Please make sure you link to the correct challenge, there is both a sketch and colour challenge to link up to. If you are linking to a blog, please link to the actual post the layout is featured in, not just the general address and make sure you link back to Life.Paper.Scrapbook.

I hope that you play along with the sketch this month and share your amazing creations!

Crate Paper - August Creative Challenge

Hi There!

This month I decided to take part in a fun challenge on the Crate Paper Blog which is all about Navy Blue and sequins.  I was recently given these awesome photos by good friend  taken of her sweet daughter Sierra.
They come to visit with us often and were just here to stay with us a a couple of weeks ago.  Whenever we get together we always do fun photo shoots of the kids.  Suzy recently took these photos at a train station near her house and when I saw them I knew right away I had to use them on a project (or two).

Anyways, on to my layout.  Since the challenge was all about Navy blue and sequins I thought these photos of Sierra were perfect since she was already wearing a Navy blue dress.  I built my layout around that using a mix of Crate Paper collections and embellishments. So fun!


Lovely Lady Layout

This layout came together quickly once I decided to stitch a vellum pocket with lots of sequins inside.

I love this Ephemera die-cut collection pack from the DIY shop collection.  I loved all the vintage looking pieces that went along with my layout.  Those fun doilies are a punch from Martha Stewart that I bought recently and they are quickly becoming a fun staple of mine to use on all my projects.  Anyways, that's my layout that I put together for the challenge, I love the way it turned out and I hope that Crate will like it too :)


supplies:
Crate paper: The Pier collection papers, Ephemera die -cut collection pack - DIY shop, Flashcard Thickers, Fox Glitter Foam Thickers, photo overlays - DIY shop, The Pier layered stickers - Standouts, Studio Calico - Atlantic sequin mix

Beach Fun

Hi everyone,

Wow, I just realized that it has been over a week since I have blogged.  We have been busy with the kids starting back to school and getting back into a routine, etc.  I have a fun layout to share with you today.  A couple of weeks ago I took the kids to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.  We played on the beach all day and then walked along the boardwalk and rode the rides in the evening.  Here is a quick layout that I made using one of our pictures from the beach.

Beach Fun Layout

I am loving the confetti, sequins and vellum trend.  This layout came together quickly after I decided to cut strips of vellum and sew them up as pockets.

Papers and embellishments are from Crate's "The Pier" collection.  They were perfect for my beach themed layout and made this layout come together quickly.
Thanks for stopping by today, I will be back tomorrow with a new layout for Bella Blvd using their new CHA Snapshots line (love)!

Super Fun Day

Hi there,

I hope you are having a great week.  We are still getting on the back to school schedule this week.   I have a fun layout to share with you today using the new Pier collection from Crate Paper.  I had my eye on this collection for quite some time and was ecstatic when a brand new store in our area started carrying it.

Super Fun Day Layout

I had these fun pictures of Kalee and Sierra taken with mustache props during a recent photoshoot.  I loved the expression on their faces and couldn't wait to scrap these photos.

I cut these fun mustaches out using my Silhouette cameo and backed them with some dark brown cardstock (Rocky Road by American Crafts) I loved the fun look that it gave my layout.  I added some fun 3d embellishments and sequins.

supplies:
Crate Paper: Summertime Paper, Splash Paper, Merry Go Round Paper, Heatwave Paper, Standouts layered stickers, layered embellishments - pinwheels & flags, Funkidori Thickers (Pier Collection),
flashcard brown thickers  (DIY Shop)
Cardstock: Rocky Road (American Crafts)


Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!