Pretty Little Studio Fun

Just a quick post to share a layout and I card I have made this week for a couple of challenges.

First, here's my take on Frosted Designs' Sketch Along Tuesday Layout Sketch. I used Pretty Little Studio's "Monsieur" collection.


And here's my take on the sketch over at Pretty Little Studio. I used the "Antique Store" collection from PLS.

Sorry for the quick post, but I have to go soon! :)

Thinking Through Design- Calendars

Ok- I AM going to post my DT project on time this time! :) Today there's a new thought up at thinking*through*design. This thought is on using calendars on your layouts. I have a couple of packs of Jillibean Soup calendar spots and some Jenni Bowlin calendars I was thinking about using. It turned out that the brown Jenni Bowlin calendars matched my layout better than the green or black Jillibean Soup spots.

I started out my layout from scratch. I had NO idea how the layout was going to turn out. I used some Jillibean Soup Neapolitan Bisque paper that I LOVE. It helps to start out with products that you love. And it's always fun diggin' out the new goodies. This layout is totally ME!

The title was a bit of a... um... story. They were originally white corrugated letters from Pebbles Inc. and I thought they blended in too much with the patterns in the background. So, I outlined each letter with a Stampin' Up! marker ("Not Quite Navy") and I accidentally marked on one of the letters. SO, I just colored all the letters in with the brush end of the marker. And that was hard because the letters were already glued to the page and I had to *very carefully* color each letter in while they were still on the layout. It ended up okay though because I really like how the navy pops with the background. It's interesting how things turn out totally different than you anticipated! 


SUPPLIES:
Patterned Paper: Echo Park, Jillibean Soup, Cosmo Cricket
White and Green Mists: Studio Calico
Letter Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Glitz Design, Sassafras
Chipboard Accents: American Crafts, $ Tree, Pebbles Inc.
Gemstones: The Paper Studio, K&Company
Washi Tape: Walmart, American Crafts
Buttons: American Crafts, my stash
Pens: Stampin' Up!
Other: Printed Popsicle Stick

3 Projects on a Saturday!

I have gotten quite a bit of "challenge scrapping" in today, meaning that the projects I have made are mostly for challenges.

This layout I made from the Pretty Little Studio sketch this week. I loved the grid of photos on the sketch! I would have left the title like it is used on the sketch- on the top of the photos- but my letters covered up the tops of the patterned papers, and that's the part I wanted showing! So, I changed it up. :) And as you can see, I'm still lovin' my white Mister Huey! It wasn't quite dry when I took this picture... I had misted on the page before I started and let it dry, but I covered up most of the splotches so I added some more after I finished the layout. So a few sprinkles weren't dry yet! :P

Supplies:
Patterned Paper, Kraft: Jillibean Soup
Letter Stickers: American Crafts, Jillibean Soup
Stickers, Diecuts: Jillibean Soup
Ribbon: American Crafts
Pens: American Crafts, Stampin' Up!
Mist: Studio Calico

This next card I made for the Pretty Little Studio Inspiration Challenge. The inspiration photo just screamed "Sand Castle" paper from PLS, so I got out my 8x8 paper pack and set to work! I actually lifted this card idea from the July/ August Paper Crafts magazine, but it was a card from the preview of next month's magazine, so technically, it's from the September/ October Paper Crafts. 

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Pretty Little Studio
Kraft Paper: Michael's
Buttons: American Crafts, stash
White Pen: UniBall
Letter Stickers: Lily Bee

And one last project- a card for the Frosted Designs "Fabulous Friday" challenge! This week the challenge was to use washi tape! And who doesn't love washi tape?! I sure love it! :) 

Supplies:
White Cardstock: Canvas Corp.
Washi Tape: American Crafts, Wal-Mart, other
Journaling Spot: Jillibean Soup
Tag Sticker: Imaginisce
Scalloped Circle Die: Spellbinders

A CARd

I'm back with a manly card this time! :) I used the Paper Bakery Kits Sketch here for this card. I wanted to make a card to send to my brother that just moved out this week. So I used my Crate Paper Story Teller paper and my Kaisercraft stamps, which are some of my only manly supplies. :P This stamp set is my favorite for guy cards. Thanks for visiting!!

A 2-pager!

I just finished up a 2-pager for the Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays! I was so happy when I saw that the sketch this time was a 2-pager! I don't think they have ever done a 2-page sketch! I LOVED the sketch. I dug out some of my BoBunny Barefoot & Bliss paper (I had a lot of scraps left so I thought I'd use them up!) and some pictures from our swimming trip last week. It's been a while since I've done a 2-pager! 

The left photo opens out into a little book and shows 2 more photos. I glued 2 envelopes together to make the book. I've never done this before on a page, and I kinda like it! :)

Happy July 4th!

Wanna See a Project I Did?

I have been wanting to sew me a purse for a while, and last week I actually went through with it! I bought this fabric from Miss Kate's, a little shop in Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO (Who knew SDC had a fabric store?? I stumbled upon it when we were there last month!). 

My mom helped me make a pattern from an Aeropostale purse I love the size of and then I proceeded to add the ruffles to it! I looooove how it turned out! It turned out JUST how I had imagined it! The fabric strips are from Riley Blake and the gray and yellow base pieces are from Moda, I believe. I bought the gray and yellow pieces from our local fabric store.

One thing I like about this purse is that I used fusible fleece on the yellow part of the purse so that the purse its actually very stiff, as opposed to having that "floppy" feel of a handmade purse. I used the fusible fleece on the straps as well, so that helps with the stability of the purse too.  

Thanks for visiting and looking at one of my sewing projects! :) 

Frosted Designs Tuesday!

Well, it's Tuesday, so that means another card challenge from Frosted Designs. And the sketch for this week was designed by me! :) It was super fun to design this sketch, and we got to use some digital stamps from our sponsor! Please check out this week's challenge and I would LOVE it if you participated!