Studio Calico Crop and a few sketchy challenges

This weekend I actually managed to get quite a bit of scrappy time in! I even made 2 layouts in one day!! I know right?! I was excited to play along with Studio Calico's crop challenges and I managed to get three of them done! 

The first one was a layering challenge and I used a sketch from Elle's Studio. I used a ton of different layers on this layout. I started off by stamping and then I added some die cut leaves and added some gesso on top of them for some texture. Then I misted the gesso, then flicked paint and added paint circles that I stamped on with a toilet paper roll. Then I layered some paper, a glassine bag from my old Studio Calico Kits, then a layer of washi with some stamps on top. Oh, and I forgot to mention that I added all of those paper layers on top of some tags! I even added a stitched layer too! 

The next challenge was a photo inspiration challenge:

Here's the photo:

I just LOVE the flowy texture and colours and patterns of this picture!

I also used a sketch for this one too. This time it came from Let's Get Sketchy:

The last one was a sketch challenge:

here's the sketch:

Well that's all for today! I hope to get some time to play tomorrow on my birthday too!! 

Don't forget to

Blessings

Kiss Me!!

Good Morning! It's time for another Song and Sketch from Scrap & Music!  This time the song is "Kiss Me" by Ed Sheeran. I've actually never heard this song before, but I love the lyrics. (You can see them on the Scrap & Music blog)

I wasn't sure what lyrics I was going to use until I found this adorable picture of Caleb giving his new baby brother a big kiss, then I knew it had to be "kiss me" lol 

I hope you join us with this fabulous sketch! I'm off to go play with my Birthday present! (hubs got me Photoshop Elements!!)

Blessings!

*heart* Me

Yesterday I saw that CSI had their new case file up, and when I went to check it out I fell in love with the colours!!  I knew I wanted to make a layout and play along!

I've also been really wanting to get messy and break out my gelatos! I love working with gelatos with double thick white cardstock because it can really stand up to a lot of water. To make this background I used 4 different colours, and just scribbled them in a line all the way down my paper, then I sprayed my paper with a lot of water and used my fingers to blend it so it looks like watercolour. I really love the look that gives my paper. Once I was happy with the colour, I dried it with my heat gun then applied modeling paste to the frames mask then let that dry before I added the rest of my goodies.

 I added some pink lace from Webster's Pages to the back layer with Mod Podge, then added the rest of the layers over top of it once it dried. I used my hot glue gun to attach the layers because between the glassine bag and the mod podged lace, it just didn't want to stick any other way...and I was too lazy to make my stapler reach that far!! lol

I just won this flair badge from the Paper Bakery last month and I've been dying to use it! I just LOVE this set!

I used another Rhonda Palazari mask for the blue mist too, but I mixed the navy Color Shine with Mod Podge and dabbed it onto my stencil rather than spraying it. I find I have more control that way, plus it gives it a whole different look too!

Well, I'm off to hopefully take down the Christmas tree! Yikes!! Wish me luck!!

Oh, and don't forget to stop by Scrapbook Nerd this month! We're hosting an online crop at the end of January, and there's going to be plenty of inspiration and prizes to be won!! It's going to be awwweesomme!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by my little corner of the web!! 

Thanks for taking the time to leave me some love, and don't forget to

Blessings

Happy 2014!!

Happy New Year all my wonderful crafty peeps!! I hope you have all enjoyed 2013! I know I have! Our family has had quite the journey this year with the birth of our fourth son, and it feels amazing to know that our family is complete! I'm really excited to see what 2014 has in store for us! 

This year I have made some scrappy goals and I am very happy to say that one of them has already come into fruition with my new Design Team position with the Paper Bakery! I'm so excited to start the year off as part of their team!

I've also been really lucky to be on the Design Team of the fabulous ladies over at Scrapbook Nerd for the last 6 months and I am happy to say that I will be continuing to be a part of their team in the New Year as well!

I am starting a couple new projects for the year that I am super stoked about! The first one is Project Life. I tried it last year and failed miserably, but I am coming at it this year with a very relaxed attitude towards it and I think it's going to be great! I also found this awesome app for my iPhone called Heyday that I think is going to make my PL project even easier when I fall behind, because let's face it, we all fall behind at some point! Anyway, Heyday is a photo journal app that organizes your photos into dates and times and lets you write notes to your pics! How cool is that?! I highly recommend it for any Project Lifers! 

My second project for the year is "One Little Word". It's a year long course put on by Ali Edwards and every month she gives us prompts and projects to do based on our word that we've chosen for the year. I had my word picked out, but I am saving it for when I do my first post about OLW, so you'll have to come back to see what it is!! Haha I'm evil like that I know ;)

Well, it's getting late (or early depending on how you look at it!), so I should go to bed, but I will leave you with these sneaks for my January reveal for Scrapbook Nerd. You're going to have to wait three weeks to see the entire projects, but for now, sneaky sneaky!

I'm so happy that you have chosen to join me on this blogging journey and that you take the time to stop by here and leave me some love! I really do appreciate it!

I hope that 2014 is full of health and happiness for all of you!

Blessings!

EEEEEKKK!!! Soooo excited!

Hey all you crafty peeps! I've been DYING to tell you my exciting news! Do you see who's cropped little 'do is in this picture?!?! That's right!! I'm on the new design team for the Paper Bakery!!! I have LOVED the kits from the Paper Bakery for a long time now and I am very honored to be a part of their team! I can't wait to get started!

If you haven't heard of the Paper Bakery, I very strongly urge you to go check out their shop! They have fabulous kits and fun goodies too!

Stop by soon to check out my kit creations!! 

Blessings 

Nothing Else Matters

Good Morning! I hope you're enjoying your Sunday morning! It's time again for another fabulous sketch from the girls at Scrap & Music!! 

And this time, the song to play along is....

Metalica, Nothing Else Matters 

(click on the song to see the lyrics)

I found this picture of Kieran at Christmas a couple years ago (I realized after I used my date stamp that I had the wrong year! ooops! Funny thing was I made 3 Christmas layouts from the same year and got it wrong on each one! My husband says "well at least you're consistent" lol)

Anyway, this was his second Christmas and it was the first time that he really got to have chocolate and he was in love! He didn't really care too much about anything else, but his chocolate. That's why I thought this picture would be perfect for the title "Nothing Else Matters" because honestly, nothing else did! lol

I am loving all things stars lately, and these wood veneer stars from Studio Calico are no exception! 

How awesome is that adorable camera stamp from Evalicious?! Did I mention I have a *tiny* addiction to camera stamps?! 

Well, there you have it! I really hope you play along with us this time! Don't forget to pop by the Scrap & Music blog to check out all the other fabulous DT member's layouts! There is a serious amount of inspiration there!!

Blessings,

Sarah

Clip Board Advent Calendar

Hi Everyone! I hope the holiday season finds you well! I'm crazy busy right now, as it's my oldest son's 8th birthday today!! Yup! A Christmas baby! He loves having it so close to Christmas because he gets a lot of birthday parties that way!! lol 

I wanted to pop in and show you a project I just finished. I had originally planned on making two of these and giving them to the boy's teacher's as gifts, but I kinda decided I would make these about 4 days ago!! lol So, needless to say, they didn't get done in time, and I only got one done, so I decided to keep it for myself! I actually don't have any of the projects that I make (I'm always giving them away!), so I'm happy about this one! 

I found one on Pinterest and it gave me this idea:

I used my Cameo to die cut all the tags, title, circles and tree and the stamp set is a Christmas Countdown one from Unity. I used the Crate Paper Bundled Up paper pack too.

I'm going to play along with Life. Paper. Scrapbook's December Colour Challenge.

I'm really happy with how this turned out!! Do you have an advent at your house that you take out at Christmas?

Well, I'm off to celebrate with my son!!

Have a very Merry Christmas Everyone! 

Blessings!!

Sarah