Creative Journey

July PHutch Sketch projects

These are the projects I created for this month at PHutch Sketches. Thanks to Patti Hutchinson for the opportunity to use her sketches! I really enjoyed them!

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Love Card

Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper, die cut flowers, chipboard, glitter swirl stickers: K & Company
Felt Flowers: Creative Imaginations
Misc: lace, thread

With You in Paradise - All digital layout

Patterned papers, heart, alphabet, brushes: Jen Wilson Designs
Digital frames: Photocluster 9 by Nancy Comelab at The Lily Pad
Journaling page: Half Cuts by Amy Wolff at The Lily Pad
Font: AL Uncle Charles

Together - All digital layout
Patterned papers, flower, ric rac: Jen Wilson Designs
Overlay: Nancie Rowe Janitz - Scrap Artist
Brushes: Rhonna Farrer - Two Peas in a Bucket and Nancie Rowe Janitz - Scrap Artist
Fonts: Porcelain, Copperplate Gothic Light

Just a Little Sneak Peek...

of my July PHutch Sketches projects. ;-D

Exciting News!

I've just been asked to be a member of the So Sketchy design team! I am so honored that Allison offered this opportunity to me as I have already enjoyed creating something with one of her sketches. I am looking forward to getting to know her and the other design team members!

Stop by the So Sketchy site and take a look at her awesome sketches...I know they've inspired me, and I hope they'll do the same for you! ;-D

Happy Birthday Card

I made a birthday card in honor of someone who really inspires me...Melissa Phillips. If you haven't seen her work, stop by her blog. She's an amazing paper crafter and I try to drop in to see her new projects almost daily.

Happy Birthday, Melissa! This is for you! :-D

Cardstock: The Paper Company
Patterned papers: Graphic 45, Creative Imaginations (cut out swirl)
Journaling notebook page: Making Memories
Flowers: Bazzill, Heidi Swapp, Prima
Alphabet rub-ons: Heidi Swapp
Misc: trim, rhinestone flower

Always Together ~ Sisters Forever

I made the following layout for a Creative Imaginations contest at A Million Memories. There were so many stunning pages submitted, and I enjoyed seeing them all. This was a great challenge for me to finally use another thing I've been hoarding...a booklet of Narratives rub ons (the "Always Together Forever" banner). LOL! ;-D 

I adhered the rub-on to the turquoise patterned paper and then hand cut it before adding it to the page. The original title said "Always Together Forever", but I cut off the "forever" portion of the banner and attached it to the end of the "sisters" title.

I outlined the letter stickers and chipboard letters with an aqua gel pen and then inked the edges of the edges. After the ink dried, I added turquoise glitter glue along the edges. I really like the sparkly look that resulted!

I added Stickles to the edge of the banner and the chipboard element at the end of the banner.

Finally, I added pink rhinestones along the edge of the patterned paper where there was a line of dots originally. It made it really simple for me to place the rhinestones onto the page (I'm so thankful for that, too!).

I think this has got to be the most "glimmery" page I've ever made! ;-D

  

On the Waiting List...

for this:

  

After considering the amount of money my dh has been spending on gas and the increasing cost of gasoline today, we've decided to purchase the Toyota Prius.

I took it for a test drive this afternoon and really want one for myself! LOL! Actually, this will be my dh's commuter car (he has a 80-mile-per-day commute), but I'll get to use it on the weekends when I go on errands and do our bulk buying at Costco twice a month. I guess it will be at least a couple of weeks before we hear back from the dealer about it being in stock, but when it comes in, I'll enjoy the limited amount of time I'll be able to use it. ;-D

More Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Cards

Here are some more cards that I submitted for the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Contest:

The one above is a gate-fold card. The band slides off easily, and the card opens on the left side at the aqua colored lace and the border punched paper (LOVE that punch by Martha Stewart, BTW! ;-D ). 

This is another gate fold card that opens in the center (the piece with the definition rub-on on top is covering the flap) when the ribbon is untied. I finally used up some of the Basic Grey paper I've been hoarding for this card. Unfortunately, this project didn't make much of a dent to my stash! LOL! :-D

I'm going through my stuff this week and will hopefully start to de-clutter my scrap room. It really needs a makeover, but I really dread having to empty it out completely so my dh can start working on it {sigh...}.  When I have everything ready, I may post a scrapbooking garage sale here on my blog. I'll post an update about it soon (I hope!).

Have a great day! :-D

So Sketchy #6 Card

I used a sketch at the So Sketchy web site as inspiration for this card:

Cardstock: The Paper Company
Patterned paper: Memory Boutique (Joann's), Creative Imaginations (die-cut border)
Overlay: Hambly
Chipboard: Autumn Leaves
Chipboard alphabet: Heidi Swapp
Flowers: Bazzill, Making Memories
Misc: button

I love using sketches for my projects! They take the time-consuming task of racking my brains for designing layouts away and let me be free to play with stuff! Hehe! :-D  Honestly, this took me less than 15 minutes to make...thanks to Allison Cope for the inspiring sketch!

Envelope Challenge Layout

Greta, at A Million Memories, posted a challenge recently for us to use an envelope in our project. Although I created this a while back, it does incorporate a regular envelope in the design and holds a journaling card.

Why not give the challenge a try? If you participate in the challenge, you'll be entered into a drawing for a Fiskars Threading Water punch and some AC Thickers. :-)

Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Cards

These are a couple of the cards that I submitted to the open call for the Gallery Idol Contest at Paper Crafts Magazine online. The theme was friendship cards: