Birthday Card

I used this sketch for a birthday card challenge at Sketches4all
and I used the color scheme of Blue/Green/Cream at Design Dollies
The paper is My Minds Eye.

Guest Design spot

On Sunday August 29th I will have a guest design spot at
My Little Sketch Blook. Liz Qualman is an amazing sketch artist
and you will definitely want to check out her blog, see my design,
make a layout, and enter her monthly contest.

Brand New Friends - update - woo hoo! Winner of the August 18 Sketch Challenge at BoBunny!

This layout is about a wonderful little boy named Andrii who spent four weeks with my brother's family this summer. He lives in an orphanage in the Ukraine and came here through a mission group. He is such a sweet boy and we all fell in love with him. My brother and his wife hope to be able to keep contact with him and to help him, and maybe even bring him here again, when he is released from the orphanage at age 16. 

I entered the layout in a sketch challenge at BoBunny.
Sketch is by Rita Shimniok.
I used BoBunny's "Flower Child" line.
Floss is DMC #743; Brads are Paper Wishes;
letters are Cosmo Cricket tiny type
and BoBunny "Calypso"

You can click on the image to make it larger then click again to zoom in.

Design Dollies sketch

I just loved this weeks sketch on Design Dollies. It is by Kristy Dalman.
I used Patterned paper by Basic Grey from the Boxer line and the Granola line as well as from Crate Paper's zoom line. All of the elements are Basic Grey Boxer.

Design Dollies double

This week Design Dollies has an element challenge of "wave"
and a color challenge.

This Fancy Pants paper and transparency and the pictures of Zachary were perfect! I could have been more true to the color challenge by matting my photos in orange but I liked the red better with his towel and suit!

Beautiful Love

Look at these precious pictures of Robin and Jacob!

This layout entered in the sketch challenge at Imaginisce
The paper is Imaginisce "All Kinds of Happy" line.
The sketch is by the amazing Sarah de Guzman.
The base is DCWV cardstock sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pink Bubblegum and Waterslide.
Other product used: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; KaiserCraft Bling; Jenni Bowlin letter stickers; American Crafts Thickers and Making Memories paint.
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Sweet Jake

This layout entered in a sketch challenge at Kaiser Craft
Sketch by Alison Hannah
Kaiser Craft items include:
Patterned paper, Pearls, and White rub-on
Other elements: Cardstock, DCWV; Distress Ink, Tim Holtz
Punches used: EK Success and Stampin' Up

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Bad cat being bad! (Quinn photo shoot)

Silly Goliath (aka bad cat) was playing behind the drape
that Sandy put up to take pictures of Quinn!

This layout is entered in
sketch challenge #115 at Creative Scrappers

Sketch is by Aphra Bolyer
Patterned Paper is Pink Paislee 365 degrees Daydream
Journal spots are Pink Paislee Flip Notes
Border is Basic Grey Ambrosia
Transparencies are Fancy Pants Label Flourish
Distress Ink is Tim Holtz Fired Brick
Letters are Basic Grey


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Close ups of bad cat ! (click on pic to zoom in)

Yankee Doodle Sweethearts!

This awesome picture is of my parents with their three great-grandchildren. The oldest is my great-niece Adah. My dad is holding my grand-daughter Quinn and my mom is holding my grandson Jacob.

This layout is based on a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays for their September Guest Design Team Challenge. I'll let you know if I'm one of the finalists!

You can click on any of the pictures to enlarge them, then click again to zoom in

Here are some close-ups, there is a lot of detail work with rub-ons

Patterned papers are by Pink Paislee and Basic Grey. Cardstock is DCWV. Rub-Ons are Basic Grey Boxer. Element Stickers are Pink Paislee Starlight and Basic Grey Boxer. Tiny Type is Cosmo Cricket. Distress Ink is Tim Holtz "Faded Jeans", "Fired Brick", and "Tea Dye". Corner punch is by Paper Shapers.

Thanks for looking!

Jacob's birth announcement

This is Jacob's birth announcement.

All product is Fancy Pants "Little Sprout" line except the pearls which are Recollections.

Sketch is by Becky Fleck for Page Maps challenge.

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How awesome that my girls are best friends!

I did the "trifecta" at Design Dollies this week.
The element challenge is "friends".
The color challenge is "olive green, cream, and purple"
And to the left is the sketch.

It felt wonderful to get my scrap on after being off for vacation and I'm super happy with how this layout came out! You can click on it to zoom in and view it bigger but here is a close-up of the ribbon detail. I am entering this in The Scrap Room's challenge #31 which is to have "literal pop" on your page (i.e. big dimension)






Supply list: Tan paper: Bazzil Dot; Patterned paper, ribbon, letter stickers: Basic Grey "Green at Heart"; Journalling card: Fancy Pants; Felt bird and branch: Maya Road; Ink: Tim Holtz "Milled Lavender", Staz-On black; Pearls: Kaiser Craft (purple), Recollections (white); punches used: Martha Stewart butterflies, Fiskar's border (did you see all the pearls on the border?)

Sketches 4 You August Card

I bought this beautiful new paper by Paper Loft at CKC Valley Forge the stamp is by Close to my Heart. I am starting my pile of holiday cards for Operation Write Home and this card sketch challenge at Sketches 4 You is perfect! Sketch is by Cherie Averill

No scrappin' this week :(

I'm on vacation with my husband this week, so no scrappin' for me :(
Oh well, time with him is important too!
Thanks for checking in on me!

Happy Day

Quinn swinging at Uncle Paul and Aunt Cathy's on July 4th.
Sketch challenge at Design Dollies.
All product is Echo Park "A Walk in the Park"

Pansy picture and punch!

Robin gave me the Martha Stewart Pansy punch set.
There are two punches, one that does the straight edge and one that does the corners.
They line up beautifully.
I took a picture of a pansy in my yard and made this little picture to hang in my room.

Happy July

The Gordon's annual picnic 
to celebrate Juliana and Zachary's birthdays 
and the 4th of July.

This sketch is by Lucy Chesna.
Challenge at My Sketch World to use this sketch and make a Red, White, and Blue layout.

Paper is Close To My Heart and Basic Grey.
"JULY" circle stickers and flags are Jenni Bowlin.
Letters and numbers are Basic Grey.
Chipboard Stars are Lil' Davis Designs.
Pearls are Recollections.

 You can click on the image to enlarge it and zoom in.

New Cousin

Quinn was not too sure what she was supposed to think of her new cousin when Jacob arrived. The pictures were so adorable, I just had to scrap them.

Liz at The Scrappiest had the perfect sketch this week.

All paper is Crate Paper from the Sweet Branch Collection. Letters are from the Fancy Pants Father & Son line. Circle is hand stitched with DMC embroidery floss.

Pictures were taken on May 7th. Jacob was 3 days old and had just come home from the hospital.

You can click on the picture to enlarge it and zoom in.

Jacob

Here is beautiful Jacob on his one month birthday.

Sketch and color challenge at Page Maps.
All paper is from the sweet "Baby Bee Paper Kit" by Crate Paper.
Felt ribbon is Making Memories.
Yellow Gingham ribbon is Offray.
Brads are Basic Grey.
Letters are American Crafts Thickers.
Distress Ink is Tim Holtz.

She Like Beans!

The challenge this week at The Inspired Crafter is a scraplift
and the prompt this week at Scrap That Baby is "good eats".

Here is Quinn enjoying green beans!

Paper is Little Yellow Bicycle "Fresh Print Clothesline", American Crafts "Dear Lizzy", and Making Memories "Spring Fling" - cool how they all match!

You can click on the layout to enlarge it and zoom in.

This is the inspiration piece for the scraplift. It is by Kathy Martin.
I turned the layout to the right to accommodate my pictures.

Baby Love

This is Jacob with his two living Great Grandmothers.
Robin's maternal grandmother (my mom) and Bryan's paternal grandmother.

The sketch is by Liz Qualman and I am the featured artist on her blog today:
"My Little Sketch Blook"

If you click on the layout, you can view it close up and zoom in on it.

 

The base paper is My Minds Eye Notebook Doodles.
The rest of the papers and the elements are Basic Grey from the Urban Prairie line. Here are some close ups: