Scrap Our Stash and Clique Kits Unite!

Hey everyone!! It's such a gorgeous Saturday here I can't even believe I'm inside blogging! 

I just wanted to pop in very quickly (so I can head out into this gorgeous weather!) to share with you a layout that I made with my fabulous amazing gorgeous March Clique Kits kit "J'Adore"! It's my Favourite Favourite Favourite kit so far! I have absolutely LOVED working with it, and it SOLD OUT! Yup! So now, the only way you can get your hands on this kit is to play along with Scrap Our Stash's S.T.E.N.C.I.L challenge for a chance to WIN one!!  

All you have to do to play along is create a layout with an  item from your stash for every letter in the word STENCIL and link it up to win!

I used:  

 Stitching

Tape 

Envelope

Numbers

Circles 

Ink 

Letters

I had some fun channeling my inner Missy Whidden on this layout! I just LOVE her style!! I used a stencil that I had in my stash (I believe it was a crafter's companion one), and some matte medium to create a resist with gelatos! I absolutely adore my gelatos and I don't use them enough! I am about to change that! lol

I love the look of stitching on layouts. It adds such a whimsical touch! I also just placed some little balled up bits of thread here and there to give the layout more texture :)

These word stickers that are in the kit are amazing!! They're even embossed just like the old label makers!

One of the add ons from the kit is this clear enamel word "love" which I coloured with some alcohol inks and layered it over the love on that journaling card :)

I've renewed my love for my manual die cutter, so I cut out these gears with vellum and placed them here and there too :) 

I had a tiny bit of a black doily left and I wasn't about to let any of it go to waste, so I placed bits of it around my photo to frame it :)

There you have it! I'm off to enjoy this weather!!

Don't forget to play along with Scrap Our Stash to win one of these awesome kits!!

Blessings

SOS Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone! I've got one more post as a GDT for Scrap Our Stash and this time our challenge is a sketchy one! 

I promise my inspiration for this layout came from this sketch! I know it doesn't resemble it much, but I flipped it and rather than using the big stitched hearts I added a negative die cut heart design. That's what I love about sketches though! They're kind of just a starting off spot and they're great to use however they inspire you!

Some close ups:

Well, that's all for my Guest DT spot at Scrap Our Stash! I had a lot of fun joining these ladies this month! I really hope you play along with us!

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Blessings

Scrap our Stash Guest DT!

Good Morning! This month I was asked to be a Guest Designer for Scrap Our Stash!! They've got some great challenges this month, so I really hope you play along!

Their first challenge is the S.W.A.K challenge!

S.W.A.K - Create a layout with 50% of your layout being RED and/or PINK and include the following stash items:

S. - Stitching (machine, hand or faux)

W. - Washi Tape

A.  - Arrow

K. - Kraft paper/embellishment

Here's what I made: 

As soon as I knew about this challenge I knew I wanted to use this paper from Crate Paper's Bundled up Collection! I also knew I wanted to use this adorable picture of my son Kieran wearing one of his boots and one of his brother Caleb's boots! They went through a bit of a phase were they shared a boot each! They're so close in size that they can get away with it for now ;)

 For my Kraft paper I used my Cameo to cut the arrow background and tucked it in behind the photo. I used a little washi as a layer in there too, and also some on the top right hand corner.

  

I stitched a few messy circles around my layers before I added my photo.

 and I did double duty on my arrows. I used the die cut arrow background and there's a little vellum arrow by the title too...it's hard to see...but it's there ;)

 

Now it's your turn! Head on over to Scrap Our Stash to check out the rest of the DT's fabulous inspirational designs and then get crafting and link it up for a chance at the prize!!

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Blessings,

Simple Joys

Hi Everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the holiday season! I am really having fun this year with my boys! Tonight we're having a Christmas movie night and I'm going to make snowman pizzas and Grinch Floats :) Our little elf Buddy has been up to some fiascoes too! He has made snow angels in our kitchen, become an amateur photographer and last night he sat on top of my clip it up. I think he was trying to protect my scrapbooking supplies from the boys! lol They were wrapping presents with my washi tape today...when I mean wrapping, they were using my washi tape to cover an entire toy! They seem to think lately that they don't have to ask to use my stuff either...I guess Buddy was trying to make sure they behaved around my desk! lol

Here's a few pictures of what he's been up to since he came to our house.

I also wanted to show you a layout I made to play along with the Artful Delight sketch this month and also the ladies over at Scrap Our Stash. 

Here's the sketch:

Scrap Our Stash wanted us to scrap about our family or someone in our family and use a phrase from this word art: 

They also wanted us to use 4 photo corners from our stash. Now believe it or not I don't actually have any photo corners in my stash, so I cut 4 out of some patterned paper! there are four there, but one kind of  ended up getting covered with embellishments so it's not so easy to see! Anyway, here's my layout of my son Caleb and a Christmas cracker. He just loves these things! That's why I thought the title "simple joys" would be perfect for this layout.

Here's some close ups:

Well I'm off to go work on some of my December Daily album!

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Blessings!!

Sarah