Communicate

I made this layout yesterday for the Frosted Designs sketch challenge (click here to go to challenge). I haven't participated in a challenge over there in a while and I really liked the sketch, so I thought " Why not?!" In case you haven't noticed, I love trying out all sorts of different styles of scrapbooking. When I see a sketch like this one, I automatically think of lots of layering and clustering. I actually didn't use too much clustering on this page, but I made lots of different 'levels' by using pop dots.

I used Jillibean Soup's Neapolitan Bisque Soup line. I received this in a prize kit from The Paper Bakery, so this layout was almost FREE to me. I was really happy to get this line because its one of my favorites from JBS!! I love the little phone icons in this line. :)

Something I did a little differently on this layout is for the Kraft background, I used the back of a piece of Jillibean Soup patterned paper (of course it was printed on Kraft, not white paper) that I didn't really like. But, I love the color of Kraft on the back of the pattern so that was handy!!

A Card... Made from a Layout Sketch

I have a card I made from the Pretty Little Studio sketch over at the PLS Blog. I like to create cards from layout sketches, and this one is no exception! I actually used PLS products on this card-- the Sand Castle line (which you can find here). I love the awesome pastel-y colors in this line. The hexagons and butterflies are gorgeous! I interpreted this sketch kinda different since I was making a card out of the layout sketch. I interpreted the photos as patterned paper pennants and I actually extended the paper at the top so it didn't look so spacious. Then I put the sentiment where the title would be if it were a layout. The stamp is from Pebbles.

A Trendy Card

Here's another card I made for a CHA-S challenge over at 2peas! :) This challenge was to create a project with 3 trends combined. So, I used hexagons, misting, and polaroids on my card. The Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line has a page of nothing by polaroids. So I cut out a couple of them and then die-cut my scraps that I had from this particular line with my Cricut. I would have HATED to cut out every single one of these hexagons by hand, and so I'm glad I have my Cricut for times like these! 

Have a wonderful day! Stay tuned for some of my scrappy excitement I was talking about in my last post! :)

A Favorite Card of Mine

I have had lots of excitement going on recently! :) Both in regular life and in my little scrapbook world. When I have found actual time to scrapbook, I've been doing it for some challenges. I made this card last week for the 2Peas color challenge. And I have to say, this is one of my FAVORITE cards ever in my history of cardmaking. One of my favorite techniques I used on this card is very simple-- I recolored my gray Amy Tan chipboard Thickers with a Sharpie that was the color of my patterned paper. I love how the blue popped on my white circle! And I think I am falling in love with doilies. I just LOVE the elegance they give to, well, EVERYTHING! This is definitely one my favorite cards. Ever. 

Have a fabulous Hump Day! :)

Fun Stuff!!

Just wanted to share the happy mail I received from The Paper Bakery today for winning one (or two... I'm not sure) of the challenges over at the PBK blog!! Pebbles and Jillibean Soup... 2 of my favorite brands!! SUPER excited to use this stuff. :) Thanks Sarah and The Paper Bakery!

And what's cool is I'm on a spending freeze till Labor Day so it's nice to still get scrappy stuff!!! :)



Psst....

Katie is doing a 1,000 post giveaway!! It's a gift certificate to 2Peas... who wouldn't want that?! Go and visit her blog here. :)

Frosted Designs' Last Card Sketch Challenge

Sad news...
Frosted Designs is stopping the card sketch challenges. This is the last challenge. :( Boo hoo! I totally understand the reason they have to quit. More work goes into these challenges than probably anyone realizes (including me).

With that, let me bring you to my card for this week!! I had the privilege of designing this sketch, so of course it was totally my styl. I am very proud of this card because of one simple reason: I used up some scraps on this card! Yaaay! The brown and red patterns are from Crate Paper and the white/ blue is from Lily Bee, I believe. The ladybug sticker has been in my scrap supplies for a lonnnng time, and I was glad to finally have it used up (even though I still have one ladybug left in the pack).

Thanks for visiting, and be sure to play along in Frosted Designs' LAST CARD CHALLENGE!