Laughs! Creative Memories Black & White Power Palette for Sketch in Thyme

Welcome to my blog, I have scrapped my nephew and niece today. The photo is not mine, it was a professional shoot.  However, I loved creating a beautiful layout to enhance it. Using this week's sketch from Sketches in Thyme and beginning with a simple black background piece of card stock, I enhanced with inks, pearls, paper elements and fiber.  I splattered white pearlescent paint on one corner of the black card stock.  I used a white gel pen to frame the other corner.  I added my photo matting it on a couple of printed papers.

Here's the sketch for this week:

I used Creative Memories Black & White Power Palette elements:  circle frames, paper flowers, sentiment sticker and paper ribbon.  I used the sticker ribbon from another power palette, I think Enchanted, to create the border under the photo. I added the flowers to the center of the circle frames.

For the bottom banner, I started with embroidery floss gluing it in strategic places.  I used the Stampin Up banner punch and Creative Memories Black & White Power Palette scraps to create the flags.  I finished them off with pearls in the center.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Black & White Power Palette including papers, paper flowers, paper frames and title sticker

Creative Memories Vintage Chic sticker ribbon

Stampin Up Banner punch

The Robin's Nest Dew Drops

white embroidery floss

Thanks for stopping by and play along until the end of the month at Sketches in Thyme 

Alicia

Kindred Stamps Metal Friends Party Onwith Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog today.  I am showing off my latest cards for Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  I used some of my Kindred Stamps stash.  I had stamped these little guys a while ago but didn't have occasion to color them until I needed a birthday card recently. First time using this stamp set.

Here is this week's sketch.

I free handed the wording on the host's hat. I added Diamond Glaze to the co-host eye glasses. I popped both the guys up with dots.

I stamped and die cut the sentiment.  I used a metallic silver pen to create the off center frames.

Ingredients:

Kindred Stamps Metal Friends

Kindred Stamps Sentiment Strip die

Copic markers E00, E02 and E021

Spectrum Noir markers Denim, True Blue and Black

Prismacolor markers:  Deco Yellow, Dark Brown, Natural Brown and Crimson Red

Creative Memories metallic silver pen

Cricut cut "record"

misc papers and card stock

Judikins Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2023/01/nbus-challenge-46.html until 1.31.23 (stamps/cricut cut)x

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge-1.html until 2.13

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge until Sunday.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Alicia

"Happiness Can Be Found in the Darkest Times" Gina Marie stamps with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog today.  I am showing off my latest cards for Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  I used some of my favorite papers and new stamp and die sets.  I acquired the Gina Marie stamp set back in the fall but have yet to use it.  I got the Tim Holtz Funky Foliage die set more recently, it had been on my wish list for a long time.  

Here is the sketch for this week.

I used the reverse of the the lavender paper banner for the sentiment.  It was the perfect compliment!  I had a lot of fun experimenting with the funky foliage dies and various papers.

Ingredients:

Gina Marie Designs Wizard potter stamp

Divinity Designs pierced circle die

Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Foliage dies

Colorbox Black pigment ink

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge-12.html until 1.13x

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2023/01/nbus-challenge-46.html until 1.31x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-anything-goes.html until 1.31x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html until 1.31x

You can play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge until Sunday.

Thank you for reading today's post.

Alicia

Sketch N Scrap Throwback sketch

Hi again, still scrapping my niece and nephew.  This sketch is from Sketch N Scrap's Facebook challenge using a Throwback sketch.  I did not take the photo it is from a professional photo session.

Here is the sketch.

Here is a close up.

Ingredients:

Bazzill and misc card stock

Creative Memories sticker letters

I am entering this in the challenge on the Sketch N Scrap Facebook page.

Thank you for visiting today.

Alicia

 

Creative Memories Cakes & Candles with Sketch N Scrap

I'm back with more layouts for my niece, I found it went pretty fast to begin with a sketch.  I scoured my favorite blogs for their current sketches and found photos and paper that worked with each sketch. That said if you are a regular reader, you are in for a few post of scrapbook pages packed in to these last few days of the year.

Here's the sketch I used for this one.  I found this perfect printed piece of card stock.  However, it didn't work with the full panel on the left, so the scallop circle will have to serve for that piece.

I found these die cuts in my stash. I have no idea of the brand.  I added some polka dotted washi behind this one.  I had some Creative Memories dotted stickers that worked perfect with the other elements.

The sticker sentiments came from the Creative Memories Cakes & Candles collection.

Ingredients:

Craft Smith Hip Tots Card stock stack

Creative Memories Cakes & Candles stickers

misc birthday die cuts from my stash

washi tape

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2022/12/sketch-n-scrap-262.html until 12.31

Thanks for reading today.

Alicia

Hapbee Birthday Scrapbook pages with Stick it Down Double Page Sketch

Good morning and welcome to another layout of my niece. This is her first birthday party.  I took these photos.  I loved this sketch because it called for so many photos and I took so many of this event.

Here's the sketch from Stick it Down. 

Here's a close up of page one.  I purchased this paper stack second hand at a crafty yard sale. I had the giant doilies in my stash.  I also had these Classic Pooh embellishments in my stash for a while.  I had three or four packs, I have used them many times and just love them.

I used my Cricut to cut the title.  I added a Pooh embellishment to the center.  There is a bee as part of the cut underneath.

Here's page two.

Ingredients:

Park Lane Paperie Prairie Primrose stack

K & Co Classic Pooh layered die cut accents

Cricut Title

doily

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://stickitdown.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-double-page-sketch.html until 12.31

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/292-anything-goes.html until 1.12

Have a great day.

Alicia

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

Brother & Sister Layout with Stick it Down single page sketch

Hello and welcome to today's post.  Every year I scrap pages to add to my in-laws' scrapbook I gifted them.  This time around they need a new album as well.  I created more than a dozen new pages and here is one.  I took these photos from a professional photo session they had of their children. I have no idea where the photos were taken but there were just a few with this old brick house background.  This sketch from Stick it Down was perfect to highlight the one large photo.

Here is the sketch.

The heart flourish was one piece from Zva Creative.

I cut a larger pearl flourish into a few pieces and strategically places it among the EZ Laser die cut.  I added the Recollections pearl bling in the swirls of the die cut.

Ingredients:

Momenta card stock

Park Lane Paperie Prairie Primrose stack 

EZ Laser Design die cut flourish frame

Zva Creative self adhesive pearl

Recollections Bling stickers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://stickitdown.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-sketch-reveals.html until 12.31

Thank you for stopping by today

Alicia

Stampin Up Wreath Builder card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog today.  I am showing off my latest cards for Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  I went wild with this sketch.  I recently acquired this used Stampin Up wreath set. I thought it worked great with this sketch.

Here's the sketch.

I used the same Stampin Up paper stack and cut several pieces the size I needed.  It was doubled sided and coordinating. 

Essentially the cards are all the same, I stamped 6-7 partridges and dozens of pears.  They are all the same colors, then I added the die cut wreaths.  I did cut these out of several different greens and gold.

Here's a close up of one of the wreaths.  I found these wood embellishments at Indigo Hippo my favorite creative reuse store.  They were the perfect sentiment for the card.  I tried using a stamp pad to color them but in the end markers were the best option for complete coverage. I am pretty sure I found the paper stack there within the last year as well.

More and more, I can't really decide which one I liked the best.

Lots of dimension in this set. These cards cost .99 cents to mail.  I hope my friends appreciate the work and the cost going into this set.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Arrange a Wreath stamp set, Wreath Builder die set, Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper mat stack, Pistachio Pudding and Wild Wasabi card stock

Stampin Up Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Cinnamon Cider inks, Ruby Red and Real Red markers

Kaiser Craft Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Pack:  Jolly Christmas

American Craft metallic green marker

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/challenge-267-christmas-projects.html until 12.28x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-2022-anything-goes-woptional.html until 12.30

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2022/12/473-anything-goes-christmas-edition.html until 12.30

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2022/12/nbus-challenge-45.html until 12.31x

(stamps, dies, wood embellishments, and papers-all new to me)

http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/challenge-130-anything-christmas-goes.html until 1.8

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/292-anything-goes.html until 1.12

Don't forget to play along with  Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge until Sunday.

Thanks for sticking with me and all my photos today.

Alicia

Spellbinders Perfect Pie Collection and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge inspiration card.  This time around I am using a new acquisition.  I invested in the Spellbinders Perfect Pie collection.  I believe I was turned onto it by previous Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge entries, I found them to be so cute, I saved the product.  I finally pulled the trigger recently and wanted to create with them as soon as possible.  The scalloped circle in the middle of the sketch just screamed PIE!  

Here's the sketch.

Here's a close up of my die cuts.

Ingredients:

Spellbinders Perfect Pie Sentiments & Fillings stamps

Spellbinders Sky View Pies and Delicious Decorations dies

Kindred Stamps Sentiment Strip die

Creative Memories Bountiful 8x8 papers

Versamark embossing ink

The Stamper's Edge Antique Terra Cotta embossing powder

Versamagic Jumbo Java ink

kraft and misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/291-use-dies-and-or-punches-15th.html until 12.11.22x

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge-11.html until 12.12.22x

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/158-dies-and-or-punches.html until 12.13.22x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html until 12.26.22

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/classic-design-challenge-december-12.html until 12.26.22x

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-2022-crafts-galore-encore.html until 12.30x

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/12/anything-goes-post-december-6th-2022.html until 1.5.22 blog closed-everybody wins!

You can play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge until Sunday evening.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia