Vintage Dress Page for Sketches in Thyme

Hello and welcome to my blog on this happy holiday. I am posting my take on this weeks Sketches in Thyme sketch. I have so much to say about this layout. First of all my niece is just adorable and I love scrapping her photographs. Second, the subject matter. This baby is the 12th or 13th girl to wear this dress. It is over 50 years old.  It was my first Easter dress purchased prior to my birth.  

Third, here's the sketch.  You can play along on the Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group.

I found this paper at a crafty yard sale.  It no longer had the cover page, so I can't be sure of the brand.  There were four or five designs from this stack included.  They were perfect for this layout and a couple of more I did of her, which will be revealed later.  I just happened to have a 6x6 stack of rose gold papers which perfectly matched the rose gold foil in that stack. Maybe the stack is DCWV as well?

I added some Jolee's little hands and Martha Stewart textured hearts along the gingham vellum circle.  I cut the circle using the large Creative Memories circle in the custom cutting system. On a few of the embellishments I layered some scrap ribbon.  I cut the large foil heart and background with a Stampin Up punch set.  

Ingredients:

unknown paper collection

DCWV Solid Rose Golds 6x6

Martha Stewart White Dimensional Heart stickers

Jolee's By You hand die cuts

Stampin Up ribbon

vellum and white card stock

Creative Memories Custom Cutting System large circle red blade

Prima Lyric collection butterfly

misc embellishments

Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking ink Feather Gray

Crafter's Square Metallic Marker Rose Gold? Copper?  

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/292-anything-goes.html unitl 1.12 2/5

Don't forget to play along on the Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Stampin Up Something just for you card

Hello, I created Something just for you...and it's sweet!  I used a sketch and grabbed a stack of 6x6 papers to make this vibrant card.  I topped it off with a Jolee's 3D sticker cupcake.

Here's the Sketch N Scrap sketch from 3.5.19:

Ingredients:
Jolee's cupcakes
Stampin Up Label Something stamp (at least 6 years old if not older)
Creative Memories hex punch
Stitched hex nesting dies
Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalking inks

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2020/06/shopping-our-stash-423-youre-so-sweet.html until 7/6

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2020/06/challenge-138-anything-goes.html until 7/10x

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/07/challenge-56-food-andor-drink.html until 7/31

Thanks so much for visiting

Alicia

DCWV Glam Rock Concert Buddies Layout with Sketch N Scrap sketch

Here's another layout using DCWV Glam Rock stack.  The photos are not as recent as I have been scrapping lately.  These are from an outdoor festival a couple of years ago.  It was David Shaw's Big River Get Down in Hamilton, OH.  David Shaw is the lead singer in The Revivalist.  The band behind us is the Marcus King Band.

Here is the sketch I used from Sketch N Scrap:

Here's a close up.  The Jolee's Summer Concert pack was perfect for this layout!

It's hard to see but the sticer of the hands and flames were perfect for this photo.

Ingredients:

DCWV Glam Rock stack

Jolee's Summer Concert 3-D stickers

Creative Memories sticker letters

glitter stickers

shimmer paper

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2019/05/sketch-n-scrap-176.html until 5/31x

Thanks for stopping by today, I really appreciate it!

Alicia

Creative Memories Vintage Chic in Nashville

I have another page of my recent trip to Nashville.  This layout is outside the Ryman Auditorium.  Here are the husbands posing with a statue of Little Jimmy Dickens.

Here's the sketch I used from Sketch N Scrap.  I rotated the sketch to suit the orientation of my photos.

I have tons of music themed papers but the photos are primarily of downtown Nashville.  I wanted to used papers that would let the charm of Nashville shine.  I chose Creative Memories Vintage Chic Power Palette.  I liked the subtle colors.

I accented the CM product with some beautifully detailed musical layered die cuts from Jolee's.

Even though the letter tiles were distressed I added more with Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalking ink and on all the papers and edges to soften and bring a cohesiveness to the page.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Vintage Chic Power palette:  embossed card stock, papers, letters, and tags

Jolee's Steampunk Music Flourish die cut stickers

Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking ink Mocha Moma

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2019/04/sketch-n-scrap-174.html until 4/30

Thank you for stopping by today.

Alicia

Creative Memories Vintage Chic layout: Happily Ever After

I found this sketch on the The Scraproom Facebook Group.  They have several different monthly challenges.  I am fond of the Freaky Fast Formula challenge, you will have to request membership, but its a fun group and worth it.

Here's the sketch.   

 Close up of some of my elements.  

I cut the tags with a punch and found this snippet of green satin ribbon on my desk.  The gold paper for the tags and banner is the same I used on my wedding invitations and decor.

I generously inked with gold the background paper to enhance the embossed details.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Vintage Chic Power palette

Jolee's title

Little B's resin claddaugh

K & Co bling flourish

vellum, ribbon and artic gold shimmer paper

Galaxy Gold Brillance ink

I am entering this in the following challenges:

The Scraproom Facebook Group until 8/30

https://biminimoose.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-scrapbook-layouts-challenge.html until 8/30x

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

It's a guy thing...Creative Memories with Sketches in Thyme #332

I do hope my regular readers are not getting bored with my continuous post of wedding layouts.  This one...well, I must say I am in love with it.  I had so much fun creating this using the great sketch.  I began with the mat which was just lying next to the picture...a perfect fit.  I decided to continue with the black, white and shades of grey and silver.  A perfect combo for this masculine layout with a black and white photo.

Here is the sketch from Sketch in Thyme:

At first I thought the clusters were going to be difficult, but in the end I had to stop myself.  Clusters are so much fun.  I started with the Jolee's tuxedo embellishments.  I didn't want to add too many flowers but I did find some black and grey which worked great with my monochromatic scheme.  Not sure if you notice the gear behind the black flower?  It is metallic silver and hard to see in the photo.

The shoes are Creative Memories stickers.  I tucked lots of grey bling around and dotted with Spectrum Noir metallic pens around all the edges.

This is the first opportunity I have had to use these Tim Holtz plastic letters that I purchased on discount at Tuesday Morning.  Very masculine indeed.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Black and White power palette 

More Creative Memories papers and stickers

Tim Holtz letters and gear dies

Magic Mesh, buttons, flowers, bling, mosaic glass, brads, and other embellishments

Spectrum Noir metallic pens

Jolee's embellishments

Hot off the Press silver frame stickers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/2018/07/maven-angelas-take-on-sketch-332.html until 7/31

https://biminimoose.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-challenge-optional-twist.html until 7/31x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2018/07/dies-r-us-sponsors-anything-but-card.html until 7/31x

Thanks so much for stopping by today

Alicia

Quick Quotes Dragonfly Gatefold card

Good morning, Quick Quotes readers, Alicia with you today.  I have created a lovely die cut gate fold card.  I recently purchased this SVG file, I love die cutting Quick Quotes papers in manual or electronic die cutters.  The sturdy double sided papers work wonderfully in both styles of machines.

I added some fancy gems to the front to bring out the art nouveau look to the card.  The gem colors match the Jade Powderpuff chalking ink I used for coloring.

One of the reasons I chose this card because of the vellum elements.  I thought what a neat idea to add color to the dragonfly on the vellum.  I inked my Powderpuff chalk directly onto the vellum for a deeper color.  I inked several layers to get the coverage I desired.  I only inked the area behind the dragonfly and not the entire vellum panel.

You can see the partial inking on the inside.  I also used a small piece of vellum to cover up the half of the adhesive on the center gem so it doesn't stick to both halves of the gate fold.  The cut file provided a frame to cover the edges of the vellum inside in addition to an area to write.  

Here's one final view partially open.  I just love dragonflies and this card was pretty easy and yet turned out gorgeous.

Quick Quotes Products:

Powderpuff Chalking inks:  Purple Rain and Jade

Papers:  Serenade 101, 103, and 104

other products:

SVG files from Dreaming Tree Dragonfly gatefold

Jolee's gems

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

Life is Better when you are laughing...Quick Quotes and Canon

Hello, Quick Quotes readers.   Alicia with you today and I am still scrapping my wedding album.  I used several Quick Quotes paper packs to create the two layouts I am sharing today.  I used elegant and richly colored pieces to accentuate the stained glass window in the venue.  I also relied on my Cricut for the various shapes cut from the paper.

I used my Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to print the vibrant 5x7 photos.

Details of the layers of paper, ribbon and pearls.

On my second layout I used some manual cutting tools to cut several of the layers but still included Cricut cuts.  Since both of these layouts featured the stain glass window I wanted to keep some embellishments the same.  Layering the pearls and other embellishments on top of the die cuts really make the layers of Quick Quotes paper pop!

I thought I would share some helpful hints on printing the best photographs with your Canon printer.  Find your Printer properties or Printer preferences and adjust your settings to fit your print job.  My print program defaults to a standard 8.5x11 paper print.  I often use that setting so I don't want to permanently change that setting.  However, I have adjusted the setting for my photography printing and saved those settings which makes it so easy to get great photos every time.  You can see from my collage below that the 5x7 photo print is saved with high quality settings.

Quick Quotes Products:

Earth Wind Fire collection:  106 and 108

Urban Oasis collection: 101 and 102

49 Shades of Grey collection: 104 paper, Die Cut Stickers and 500 word sheet

Whistlin Dixie 107 paper

Midnight Confessions PowderPuff Chalking Ink

Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer

Canon 5x7 glossy photo paper

other products:

Cricut Close to My Heart Artiste cart

Pearls, flowers and misc brad

Tim Holtz/Sizzix dies

DL Art crinkle ribbon Christmas Wish

Jolee's embellishments

Creative Memories Custom Cutting system

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

By the Sea Nautical layout

Here is one of the last pages of my honeymoon album.  Here's the sketch:

 I was really excited with how I knotted the twine like the knots on the paper.  I used several tiny glue dots strategically to keep the knots in place. 

I found the title in my stash.  I believe it is from a die cut swap but I could not find this cut in Cricut Design Space.  It could be from a specialty cart I don't own or a cut from another company.  I did remove the shadow layer as it was a blue that clashed with my layout.  Otherwise, the twine was just a perfect match for my knotted twine above.

Ingredients:

DCWV Hey Sailor stack

twine

Jolee's 3-D embellishments

misc embellishments

Creative Memories sticker

Quick Quotes Navy chalking ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://mycreativesketches.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-sketch.html until 6/14

Thank you for stopping by!

Alicia

Stuck?! sketch

I feel like I have been in a funk but I managed to churn out a couple of layouts recently.  Still...almost finished with my honeymoon album.

Here's the sketch:

Here are some close ups:

Ingredients:

Basic Grey 25th and Pine Snow flake Road and flags

My Minds Eye Adventure 6x6 paper pack

Martha Stewart metal filigree corners and frames

Jolee's 3-D embellishments
Prima wood button

misc wood embellishments

Art-C ephemera 

kraft card stock

Creative Memories border maker hearts

Creative Memories travel stickers old

Pebbles brown candy

Quick Quotes chalking inks:  Seafoam, Barn board and Clay

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://stucksketches.blogspot.com/2017/04/april-15th-challenge.html until 4/30x

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

What a Witch Blog Hop

Welcome to the What a Witch! Blog Hop

Hocus Pocus and Eye of Newt

We've got a Hop for you that is spooky yet cute!

Add a few whiskers of  Cat

and stir together in my big pointed Hat ....POOF!!!

You should have arrived from Witch Christina

Connie Can Crop is creating the spells in this Witch of a Blog Hop.

This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these witchy women who are here casting spells with their creations. 

I have a fantastic sponsor this month, Miss Kate Cuttables.

One lucky winner will get to choose two Bundles or files of their choice ($6.00 value)

Please visit Miss Kate Cuttables HERE

Follow their blog HERE

you can find them on facebook HERE

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 12:00 am Monday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on Wednesday here at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Grab your broomsticks and join us for some wicked fun!

Here's my project for you!

I created a series of cards with some images I recently won from Lunagirl!

Ingredients:

Lunagirl image

Tim Holtz Kraft Resist Holiday papers

Graphic 45 Steampunk spells 6x6

Momenta metal embellishments

Recollections bling and doily

Mark Richards flower

Quick Quotes Latte and Midnight Obsession chalk ink

Michael's black card base

Ingredients:
Tim Holtz spider web embossing folder
The Paper Studio spider web embossing folder
Bazzill Prince Charming card stock
Lunagirl image
Prima fancy trims
Quick Quotes Latte chalking ink
Wink of Stella clear (on the moon)
Recollections pearls
misc pieces and parts from stash



Ingredients:
embossing folder
Jolee's embellishment
Momenta metal flourish
velvet ribbon
Recollections paper
7 Gypsies Paddington stack
Lunagirl image

 Up next is witchy-poo Sarah!!

Here is our complete line up in case you get lost along the way:

Connie- http://www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Angela - www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com

Holli - http://www.sunflowerholli.blogspot.com

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com

Christina - http://cema1cema.blogspot.com

Alicia - http://www.goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

Tricia - http://mysticalcardcreations.blogspot.com/

Audrey- http://kricutkreations.blogspot.com

Veronica- http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com

Michelle- http://www.michellekinder.blogspot.com

Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com 

Rhonda - http://craftingwithblue.blogspot.com

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.ca/2015/10/rrr-challenge-127-halloween-with-ribbon.html until 10/13x

http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-16.html until 10/22x

http://naughtyornicechallenge.blogspot.com/2015/10/naughty-or-nice-20-feeling-witchy.html until 10/25

http://houseofcardschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/10/october-challenge-add-texture-color.html until 10/31x

http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-2.html until 10/31x

http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/october-challenge.html until 10/31x

http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/halloween-magical-with-east-wind.html until 10/31 (C10)x

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia