Stick It Down-Single page layout

I have to say I had a blast making this layout.   When I first saw the single page February sketch at
"STICK IT DOWN"  I really wasn't sure what I would do with it.   If I would just pick one piece of background paper I really liked that had some pattern on it or what.   Then I decided what the heck I'm going to try and duplicate the pattern in the sketch and just see what it looks like.

I started by picking out 4 different patterns for the Bo Bunny Key Lime collection 6x6 pad that I had.
I cut them all into 3" squares and started laying the out on some tan card stock as I didn't want a lot of color showing through.  But that wasn't' looking right for me.  So I cut out 3.25" squares of black card stock to mat each of the patterned papers and then laying them all out again.    I should have taken a picture of the whole piece before I cut off the edges to fit the 12x12 background.  It was huge.

I had already picked this picture of my nephew Silas to scrap, because it is so neutral in colors and that is why I also have the 3 squares of the tan patterned paper in it, just to bring everything together.
I went back and forth on adding a title, even if only his name, but I'm decided to stay as is, no title, no journaling, no embellishing.

Check out the challenges here at "STICK IT DOWN"   there is a card sketch, a single page and a double page sketch to work with.

Time with Bam Bam

When my brother Bruce, Silas's grandpa was in Sydney to visit late last year they did post a few pictures of the two of them together.     He is going to be known as Bam-Bam, hence the title.

I used the sketch from week 2 at "LET'S GET SKETCHY"  to put together this layout, it was perfect since I only had 3 pictures to us.    I'm hoping to have a lot more when he goes back the first of March.    But for now I have this layout made.

Here is the sketch I used.

Hi Everyone

I have been holding off on doing the "LASTING MEMORIES"  challenge #278 until I found just the right picture.    Since I've been working on layouts these last few days of my great nephew I came across this pictures and immediately knew it was the one for "The Blues" challenge.

So I went right to work on the challenge and pulled out shades of blue papers from the  DCWV
Deja Blue collection.  Perfect for this challenge and went so well with this picture.

It's February

I'm on the DT at  "SKETCHES IN THYME PL STYLE" but I also like to play along with some of the sketches each week.    So this 2nd week sketch for February, sketch # 14,  was one I wanted to use for my February and week 5 card.     Check out this challenge and the new one each week and join the fun.   Here is the sketch.

Love to Discover

I LOVE THIS BOY.    If you follow my blog you know that I'm working on some layouts of my great nephew.   He lives in Australia so haven't met him in person but luckily with Facebook I have been watching him grow through pictures.

For this layout I went for 3 challenges with the Scrappy Friends.

#1 from ROCHELLE SPEARS BLOG,  her This or That challenge for February was to use a polaroid frame or chipboard frame.   I chose to use a polaroid frame around my picture.

#2 the challenge at "GRAND DIVA'S CREATIVE CORNER" with this months awesome sketch by Brenda Ragsdale.   I got to mix so many fun patterns using this sketch.   Which I love doing.

#3 and then I took inspiration  from the February Mood Board at CREATING WITH PAPER & MORE.   I was inspired but the word Love and used it in my title, my journaling and with a wood
veneer piece as an embellishment.   And also by the hearts in the picture and used some patterned paper with hearts.

A HELLO CARD

I got to make two cards last night and this was one of them.   They were both for the February challenges at "SCRAP IT WITH A SONG"   This is the one for the Pop song - Hello by Adele.
Don't you just love that song.   I was singing it to myself the whole time I was making this card.

Check out all the details for both challenges here at SCRAP IT WITH A SONG.

You can make any type of project, card, layout you name it.

XO XO card

I made this Valentine for my son.   Couldn't get all pink and girly for him.      I was inspired by the
Rock Song prompt of  Elle King- Ex's and Oh's at "SCRAP IT WITH A SONG"

I usually have really hard time with song prompts but this one came to me easily as when i e-mail my kids, I always ad xo xo xo at the end.

Check out the monthly challenges for February here  SCRAP IT WITH A SONG