My Creative Sketches July Challenge

  This is my take on the MCS July Sketch Challenge.

The sketch:

And the layout:

Brother & Sister

   I used Simple Stories Homespun Collection - papers, stickers, chipboard etc. and other products as well.

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July 2014 Sketch Challenge at Blue Fern Studios

   Another month and another great sketch challenge by the Blue Fern Studios. I love their sketches and whenever I find enough time to create a project I take part in their challenges. This is my take on their sketch this month. I used two older collections from Webster's Pages that I've had in my stash for a few years but all the same with very beautiful papers. They are Garden Gala and Hollywood Vogue. The BFS chipboard pieces I used are from 'The Optimist Set' and the 'Brigitte Butterfly Set'. I only used one half of the biggest butterfly in the set which was cut in two. I put some Diamond Stickles on the chipboard pieces and then brushed over with white acrylic paint.

Here is the sketch:

and the layout:

'Delightful'

    As you can see there are a lot of gorgeous Prima flowers, the pink heart trim from Webster's Pages, some laces from my stash, wooden embellishments, fussycut elements from different papers, black Prima pearls in different sizes, some doilies, word stickers from WP, the Snow Cap Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber from Ranger, etc. I used the white acrylic paint for the chipboard pieces, the flowers and I painted the edges of the layout with it. I made my own texture/modelling paste from a recipe I found on Gabrielle Pollacco's blog together with the Crafters Workshop mini bricks template which I used to create the background of the layout.
 
   Here are some close ups:

And the chipboard pieces from Blue Fern Studios used on the layout:

The Optimist Set

Brigitte Butterfly Set

   Hope you like it! Thanks for visiting my blog!

My Layout for the Blue Fern Studios June Sketch Challenge

   This is my layout for the June sketch challenge at BFS. I didn't follow the sketch exactly as it is - I mirrored the sketch and made some changes.

   Here's the sketch:

and the layout:

You Are My Sunshine

   I used papers from the Sun Kiss collection from Prima, some Prima flowers, wooden embelishments, other scrapbooking products and of course the Blue Fern Studios piece of chipboard Sunshine from 'The Optimist word set'. 

and some close-ups:

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Featured Layouts and a prize from Sarah's Cards Ltd

   I felt the need to brag a little so I decided to write this post about some of my projects that were more successful than the others. Since I don't have much time for scrapbooking I only enter challenges from time to time but not all of my projects are very successful.

   I have two of my layouts featured on the Blue Fern Studios Blog. The first one was made for the June Sketch Challenge and the second for the July Sketch Challenge; I love the sketches at BFS and their chipboard products are amazing.

   I won the first prize at Sarah's Cards Ltd for their October Sketch Challenge. Thank you ladies for choosing me as the winner. Your sketches are always a pleasure to work with.

   My layout: 

hello fall

November Sketch Challenge at Blue Fern Studios

 
   This is my layout for the November sketch challenge at BFS. I decided to make a Christmas layout because the sketch and the piece of chipboard featured in the sketch (the branch) were just perfect for the page that I had in mind for a while. I didn't follow the sketch exactly as it is. I had to make some changes.

   Here's the sketch:

   The layout:

Magical Moments

  I used papers from several Webster's Pages Christmas collections, some Prima flowers, WP perfect accents, a Prima shabby chic resin, other scrapbooking products and of course the Blue Fern Studios piece of chipboard - 'Twiggy Branch':

Twiggy branch

   I put some texture paste and white acrylic paint on the chipboard to make it look like there's snow on the branch. Then I added stickles to make it sparkle and glued the little white pieces that look like flower buds (I don't know what they are called). I used the white paint on the flowers and the fussycut elements, too. The red flower is handmade.
   The photo is of my son when he was one and a half years old. I like it a lot because he looks so sweet and as if he's holding a little bird in his hands.

   Some close-ups:

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October Sketch Challenge at Sarah's Cards Ltd

   This is my take on the October Sketch Challenge at Sarah's Cards Ltd. I used the Harvest Lane collection from Simple Stories. I love the rich colours in this collection. I didn't follow the sketch exactly as it is but made some changes. I used only one photo, and replaced the other photo with a journalling card. I also used the stickers from the same collection.

'Hello Fall'

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My layout for the Blue Fern Studios July Sketch Challenge

   Hello, everyone! Today I'm posting the layout I made for the BFS July Sketch Challenge. It's made with the New Beginnings collection from Webster's Pages. It's a beautiful collection and also versatile. I had to make some small changes to the sketch. I also used different chipboard pieces than the ones featured on the sketch. I used the two smaller butterflies from the "Brigitte Butterfly Set" because they went so well with the rest of the page.

   Here's the sketch:

   And here's the layout:

Live, Laugh, Love

   I did some fussy cutting (the small butterflies, the leaves and some flowers). I used flowers from Prima Marketing, some small wooden flowers and some rhinestones and Prima pearls. I added some lace that I had in my scrapbook stash.  

   The chipboard pieces I used are from the "Brigitte Butterfly Set". I just sprayed them with some glimmer mist and glued down one single pearl in the center because I thought they were beautiful just the way they were.

"Brigitte Butterfly Set" from Blue Fern Studios

   Some close-ups:

   Hope you like it! Bye for now!

   Products I used:
   Webster's Pages New Beginnings Paper
   Webster's Pages New Beginnings Stickers
   Prima Flowers - Charlotte - Nectar
   Prima Flowers - Love Letter Roses Lilac
   Diamond Stickles from Ranger
   Paper Doilies
   Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels
   Kars Wooden Ornaments - Floral Fine
 

My take on the My Creative Sketches June Sketch Contest

   This is the page I made for the MCS June Sketch Challenge. I used the Girl Land paper. I've had this collection paper from Webster's Pages in my stash for a while and I wanted to use it. I had to make changes in the sketch a little bit because of the photo (I mirrored the sketch so everything is on the opposite side). I also put one of the flower clusters at the top of the photo instead at the bottom. Here's the sketch:

    I did a lot of fussy cutting and layering. I also used the mini messages stickers from the Girl Land collection. The pink and the purple flower are the Princess Petals from the same collection.

'Always my girl'

   Here are some close-ups:

   I added some sparkle to my project with Stickles glitter glue from Ranger. 

   Thanks for your visit! 

   Bye for now!

My layout for the Blue Fern Studios June Sketch Challenge

   This is my take on the BFS June sketch challenge. I used the 'Seasonal Wildflowers' piece of chipboard which I painted with acrylic paints and decorated with rhinestones. I used the Websters Pages 'Sunday Picnic' collection of paper. I had to alter the sketch a little bit because I didn't have the exact piece of chipboard featured on the sketch. Here's the sketch:

Here's the layout:

It's a happy kind of day!

   And the piece of chipboard by Blue Fern Studios I used on the layout:

Seasonal Wildflowers

Some close-ups of the layout:

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Sweet Spring layout

   I created this layout for the June sketch challenge at Sarah's Cards Ltd. I used Echo Park Springtime collection. Here's the sketch:

   And here's my layout:

Sweet Spring

   Hope you like it! Thanks for your visit!

Harvest Lane layout - PageMaps On the border challenge

   This is my take on the sketch for the PageMaps challenge "On the border". I used Simple Stories "Harvest Lane" collection, which I love very much because of the rich colors. I used one photo instead of two and a flash card for journaling. I did my journaling with a pencil because I don't like my handwriting very much so I can make corrections later if there is a need for that. I cut the border pieces from different papers that are in the same collection. The photo is of my nine-year-old daughter, taken in November 2012.
   Here's the sketch:

and here is my take on the sketch:

"I love fall"

Hope you like it! Bye for now!