Skissedilla #153 and a few deets from #152

Hi there and happy Friday to you.  Its a gorgeously sunny day here but freezing!  We totally got spoiled by a couple warm days and this morning it was back in the teens.  Just crazy weather this winter! 

Here to share another LO I created using a Skissedilla sketch.  I'm so glad I finally stopped stalking the blog and started playing along!

Here's this week's sketch:

Honestly I wasn't sure what to do with it at first.  I played around with picking out photos, papers, even some larger embellishments to get something going on.  Then I decided to embrace the fact I wasn't going to use 4 photos and it started coming together better.

My final outcome:

Real Good Times

I used 2 photos instead of 4 smaller ones and created a bed of papers, a bag, tags, and a doily for them to sit on.  The wagon serves as the hat from the sketch and the flags are in place of the wheat.  Using the acrylic block over the 2x2 picture really helps it stand out on the page and magnifies the image in a way - or maybe its just me LOL.  Used lots of mists, texture paste, and texture spray (yes I said spray!  More on that soon), and inks to alter up all the chipboard.

I think this birdie washi is my fav - I use it on a ton of projects.  I glittered each letter of the chipboard word and then outlined it with some black paint on a fine point brush.

See what I mean about the acrylic over the picture? Check out those spots on the chipboard piece too!  That's some of the texture spray I was talking about.  From the picture its hard to tell the splatters are raised and a bit bumpy with the slightest shimmer.  This is a new love people.  Seriously. 

My last post shared my take on Skissedilla #152 but I didn't share the sketch so you all could have a go with it yourself.   Here's that for you:

Almost everything I used on this page is from my mondo Sassafras stash.  The chipboard letters were roughed up with an emery board (seriously the best way to distress using sandpaper in my opinion - cheap too!) and then lots and lots of fussy cutting to create a layered little jungle.  Oh!  see that stamped border??  Its my own design!!  I've got lots of designs to show you over the coming days/weeks.

I'm typically not a big fan of crowns, but this page totally called for them to be used.  To alter up the chipboard pieces I heat embossed them with black UTEE and let it get kinda bubbly.  Then I pounced some gold paint over.

 To see the entire LO you can go here. 

Alright, well I think that's about it for today.  I've got exciting news to share in the coming weeks and am working on figuring out how to incorporate a few more tutorials here for all of you.  What would you like to see?

 

Skissedilla #152

Hey sweet peeps. Quick post today - I have helpers doing this for me from a written message, LOL.  Here's my take on Skissedilla sketch #152:

I'll be back to share deets and close-ups soon.  Thanks for stopping by today.

My Take

Hey there.  Hope your weekends are going fabulously.  I spent yesterday at an indoor softball tourney my DD had.  My DS came along to keep me company and we all had a really wonderful day.....long and tiring, but wonderful.  Another wonderful thing in my world is when I find new sketch sites to check out.  Lately I've been stalking the Skissedilla blog and this week I finally got a LO done using one of their sketches.  

I made this:

 Using this sketch:

 My take is essentially much busier than the sketch, but the basis of its still there.  That's what I adore about sketches.... they can be used a jump off point to get things started and the rest goes wherever the page leads you.

Here are a couple quick deet shots for you:

I used a peeling paint technique to reveal the patterned paper used as my base and then went over it with lots of mists, gesso, and ink to grunge up the background.

I added some trim to the bottoms of the clouds and layered up lots of Sassafras papers that had been cut apart.  I love how the twine turned out for the girl to be holding on to.  Twine seems to be my latest obsession.  I'm constantly looking for ways to include it on what I make.

 I'm hoping I make it back here today because that would mean I actually got some things done for the Sketch-A-Thon going on over at My Sketch World.  Lucy's celebrating her 6th Anniversary of having MSW and our gifts are sketches everyday!!  WaHoo.  Hope you pop by and join in the fun.  There are a TON of great prizes and things up for grabs!

Out With the Old......

...... is the motto around my house these days.  I've been a cleaning lunatic and much to my body's dismay - mentally I'm a happy camper.  So imagine my delight when looking for a scrappy break I happened upon my friend Lisa's card challenge at MSW - out with the old; in with the new.  The concept: use old and new product.

stenciled molding paste colored with mist and embossing powder; bumpy textured created with watermark ink and embossing powder; mist splatters made with mica powder mixture

For my old contribution on this card I used my beloved Sassafras.... sigh..... the new stuff: mica powder, colored mesh, stencil.

1. misted molding paste, custom created embossing powder using mica powder for cloud stamp 2. bumpy embossing powder texture in upper left corner of notebook paper, mist splotches made with mica powder mixture 3. additional splatters, mesh, shimmery goodness

 

 

 Short and sweet tonight folks, I'm pooped but have so much more to do tomorrow and need to scoot to bed.  Until next time......

Friday Haps

What's shakin' blog friends? Not much here. We survived the first week back to school, have had quite a few football games to attend at the high school, and DD is at her first official dance tonight. It's amazing she actually got out the door with all the clothes changing that was going on, LOL! Oh I remember the days well.

So let's see, I just posted my second Donna Salazar class over at Scrapbook News and Review on the front page. Here's a snibble of what's in store for you:



Sorry for the blur, but I had to crop close. You can check out the entire workshop by heading here.

In other scrappy news, the ABC crop is in full swing over at My Sketch World. The first week deadline is the Sunday night at midnight Eastern time. I haven't even started yet, but that's okay because this weekend is free of new challenges. Perfect time to catch up or join on in if you haven't yet.

Finally some projects to share. These are from last year toward the beginning of the school year. I don't think I've shared them here so now seemed like a good time. =)

Favorite Teacher



Lots of October Afternoon goodness on this LO. I mixed some Cherry Hill with Report card and threw in some Jillibean Bean as a background. I had a blast digging through my stash to find all sorts of school related embellies to include on this page and then I layered away.

10 Cool Things About You



This Lo is a mix of Sassafras Lass and Jillibean Soup, along with some Cosmo Cricket rub-ons and Sass chipboard. I was thrilled with how this page came together and since 2 years have passed since I did a page like this about my son, I guess I better get at it again, huh?

And since our county fair just wrapped up over Labor Day weekend, how about a set of county fair inchies to end the day with.



Very simple, but will certainly be a cute accent to a project with our fair pictures or maybe an art journal page with these on it and some journaling about the tradition we've started since moving to our town.

All of the above projects were previously published in past issues of SNR.

Hope you have a fabulous start to your weekend, thanks for stopping by.
~Scarlett

Hodge Podge

Hey there! It was one of those days today where when it's all said and done, you just need a way to decompress. I thought and thought about what I could do and it struck me....I haven't blogged on way to long......again....so I'll do that and then hit the hay.

I have a hodge podge of projects I have created for Scrapbook News and Review Magazine. Let's roll!

ATC

Change



This ATC is among the first few I did where I really got messy and explored with a variety of mediums. I used gesso for the background to get a bit of texture going. Then I painted over it and adding some molding paste through a stencil. I sprayed the molding paste with some mists to give them color and to alter the color of the background some. The last step was adding a quote and some bling.

Layout

Isn't All That



This LO was created for a call about your little secrets. While it's no secret I'm a skinny minnie, the reason why isn't all that glamorous at all. I mixed and matched manufcaturers to my heart's content on this page. October Afternoon Thrift Shop, Crate Paper Restoration, Sassafras Lass Indie Girl, Maya Road goodies galore, a few Prima flowers, and a few other things from my stash.

Inchies

What's not love about these fun little creations?!


The background for these is some dictionary paper covered with PearlEx paint I mixed up. The bird stamp is from Unity on October Afternoon Fly a Kite scraps...love this line and am still using scraps of it here and there. The little button brads re Making Memories.

A Card

I must say this is one of my favorite cards I have created lately!

It's Owl Good


For this card I used some October Afternoon Campfire papers along with Crate paper's woodgrain from restoration. I used my Sissix Tim Holtz embossing folders to get texture for the tree. The chipboard is is October Afternoon and Basic Grey. My favorite part is the stamped owl and sentiment. They are Studio G.....you know from the dollar bin at Ms?! The owl is stamped on some sticky back canvas and then I used paints to highlight it.

Finally an art journal page

Right Now


A few posts back I posted the base for this page. To see all the knitty gritty details, you can head on over to the SNR front page, look under Mixed Media tags, and it'll be there.

Alrighty, this was a long post so thanks for hanging in there with me. I so appreciate each time you come to visit and love reading your comments.

God Bless you and yours.

Friday Inspiration

Hey, Hey, Hey! Hope your Friday is going well! Over at A Walk Down Memory Lane, it was my turn to post some Friday inspiration. I had a challenge up for the end of January to use paint in some way on a LO or card, so I decided to inspire by sharing a couple projects I created using a bit of paint.

Celebratin'

This LO was published in Scrapbook News and Review Magazine a couple months ago. I used a lot of Sassafras Lass paper and embellishments. I just love their felties! My background paper is from the Basic Grey Basics collection and worked out wonderfully for adding a bit of paint. I used my Ranger dabbers and just sporadically dotted paint here and there. Nothing major, just enough to give a little punch of color.

Be You

This is another project pubbed in SNR and I must say this is a favorite card of mine. I used October Afternoon papers and a recycled glue dot center to paint the circles. To do this, squirt some paint onto your craft mat or a plate, dunk your recycled tape center into it, and then stamp it onto your cardstock. Easy peasy. I like how the circles didn't turn out exactly perfect. I think it gives the background a unique look.

So, I hope these projects inspire you to get a little messy with your next project. Not only does it add a little somethin', somethin'; it's fun too!

Be sure you scroll down and check out my last post where I talk about Paying It Forward. I would love to do this and hope maybe you are inclined to do so as well.

Blessings ~ Scarlett

Some Haps and Some Crafts

Hi Friends! I have been busy, busy. There are a lot of new things happening at Scrapbook News and Review Magazine and I am proud to be a big part of it. Along with my title of Mixed Media Director, I will be taking on the task of coordinating the new and fabulous front page!! Have you seen it? It has a more blog like feel to it and there are soo many sneak peeks of CHA stuff all on one site for your drooling pleasure, LOL!! So far I would have to say I am going to go broke thanks to Sassafras Lass and Crate Paper. I adore every little bit of Sassafras and NEED it all and I am a sucker for Crate chipboard pieces. I would love for you to stop over at SNR and let me know what you think of all that's changed.

Speaking of SNR, the latest calls for publication are posted and you can find them HERE. Be sure to check them out and submit, submit, submit! I LOVE seeing my friends pubbed in the magazine.

So on to some crafts. There are soo many times I create a monsterous amount of projects for the magazine and I never get back here to post them all, so until I can share with you some of my latest scrappy ventures, I thought I would share some creations that have been pubbed in SNR over the last few months.

My baby girl's birthday is coming right on up so I thought I'd share this funny LO about her antics at last year's celebration.

This Lil' Piggy


Yep that's my ever so dainty and lady like little girl....OY!... her and her friends thought it would be fun to eat their cake like they were a bride being given the cake by their groom. Not her most shining moment, but it made for a fun LO anyways, LOL!!

I used mostly Sassafras Lass papers and bellies for this LO. They worked out so perfectly! For the hat, I used some crepe paper paper made by Martha Stewart. The bottle cap is from Maya Road and I anchored the numbers in it by using some Diamond Glaze. the banner is chipboard from Maya Road. I love how the beads look on this! Am I the only one who loves dressing up banners?

And how about a birthday card to round out tonight's post, sound good? Sounds good.

Happy Birthday

This card was created with some of my old school Sassafras Lass papers in my stash. I just love the paper whimsies they make and it was a fabulous base for my sentiment.

Well, I will be back at some point tomorrow to post my reveal for A Walk Down Memory Lane. I also plan on visiting some of you and seeing what's been up in your scrappy world!!

Blessings to you and yours!
Scarlett

Some More Announcements and a Couple Projects

Hi there friends! Lots going on in the scrappy world. What better way to beat the winter blahs than to get your scrap on! So why not join me this weekend for the Baby It's Cold Outside crop at A Walk Down Memory Lane?



Jan 21st to Jan 23rd

We will be starting on Jan 21st posting challenges and all weekend the DT will be posting games. You have till the 23rd to upload your creations.

We will have RAK's to give a way and one person will win a prize from AWDML by random drawing.

So the more you do , the more entries you get for the prize

While you're there be sure to check out the store where you can take 25% off this month's featured stamp manufacturer, Lawn Fawn. Here's a card I made using the January 17th sketch from My Sketch World and some Lawn Fawn stamps:



Isn't that sewing machine cute? This stamp, along with the sentiment, and row of flowers all came from the Sew Lovely Set.

Speaking of My Skecth World there is a fun crop coming right on up there too! It's MSW 5th Anniversary Sketch-A-Thon crop. Woot! Woot! Miss Lucy will be giving us a new fantabulous sketch each day throughout. You won't want to miss it!



I also wanted to let you know the 1st issue of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine of the New Year is available!! It is loaded and I mean loaded with a ton of fabulous projects, articles, tutorials, and more. You surely won't want to miss out, so be sure to head to the site to subscribe if you don't already.



Here's a little sneaky peek of a card I have in the magazine:



Well, that's it for now. Thanks for bearing with me I had a lot to share! Hope to see you at some of the events coming up!

God Bless!
Scarlett

Gettin' Down with Some Fussy Cuttin'!!!!

Happy Monday! I have been doing lots of thinking lately about what brings me joy. There are so many things: a wonderful husband who adores me and would do anything in the world to make me happy, two great kids who are doing great in school and learning how to be more and more responsible everyday, fantabulous friends both IRL and online, and oh so much more! As far as scrappy joy goes, well I don't even know where to begin with all that, but off the top of my head I would have to say fussy cutting brings me lots of joy. I love being able to take a piece of paper, cut it all up, and then use it to create whatever my lil' heart desires. So I was elated when one of the assignments I signed up for at Scrapbook News and Review Magazine was for fussy cutting! This LO debuted in the June 2010 issue and I am finally getting around to sharing it.

Playin' House



I absolutely adore Sassafras Lass papers for fussy cutting! The possibilities are always endless and really make this whimsy at times scrapper happy! I used papers from the Apple Jack and Nerdy Bird collections, along with some other Sass scraps.


I had a lot of fun dressing up certain fussy cut items to give them a unique look and to add a bit of additional dimension.


I am so thankful my daughter went to preschool #1 where I worked and #2 where people loved her soo much and took so many pictures of her throughout the years we were there. It means so much to have these moments captured.


A peek at the dimension the LO has.

So there you have it a great example showing my love for fussy cutting. If you like this LO, you should see all the other ones that were published for this call in Scrapbook News and Review Magazine! Awesome for shiggity!! If you don't have a subscription yet, I'm not sure what you are waiting for. You can access all the way back to a year's worth of information and projects. The new Holiday Sampler mini issue will debut on the 12th and you surely won't want to miss out on all the great projects there are in store! Be sure you get yours today.

Hope you have had a beautiful Monday! Please scroll down to see the address and post I have about Making a Difference. It's an easy peasy way to brighten up someone's day.

Some Cards with Inkadinkado

Hi there! Happy Wednesday, going on Thursday quickly! Inkadinkado is the featured stamp manufacturer this month at A Walk Down Memory Lane; I had a blast using some really adorable quote from kids stamps on some cards. I couldn't help but smile each time I stamped one. Kids just say the cutest things and the idea of turning their thoughts into stamps?? Brilliant!

Here are the cards I created for my DT reveal:

Happy Birthday

Isn't that just the cutest saying?? My DD loved this one! I used Echo Park Summertime patterned papers which are available in the AWDML store.

You Make Me Smile

This saying sure does make me smile all over my face!! How could you not?! Again I used Echo Park patterned papers and a journal tag from October Afternoon Fly a Kite collection.

Count Your Rainbows

So true. I used some Sassafras Lass patterned papers on this card along with clouds from Echo Park, which I embossed and hen inked a bit.

Be sure to head on over to A Walk Down Memory Lane so you can take advantage of 25% Inkadinkado stamps, as well as Karen Foster scrappy products!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope your evening is lovely!!
~Scarlett~

Gettin' Sassy with a New Sketch

My Sketch World has the November sketches up. With the hustle and bustle of the holidays fast approaching there will only be one sketch this month along with all the great challenges posted by the DT. Be sure you pop on over there to check them out!!

Here is the card sketch:

Isn't it wonderful? Lucy always does such a rockin' job with her sketches.

And here's my take:

So Thankful

So I got sassy with this one by one using some of the new Mix and Mend by Sassafras! This line is full of fussy cutting possibilities and I am lovin' it! I also tried something new with my stamp and used 2 colors of ink to create my sentiment. We had been talking about this on the forum at Scrapbook News and Review Magazine and I had to try it out. It took me a couple tries to get it all lined up the way I wanted but now I think I have the hang of it.

CloseUp:


Thanks for visiting me today! I'll be back tomorrow with some more to share.
Scarlett

Wanna Be Published??

Then what are you waiting for? Head on over to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine and click on the Calls section to find out all the details needed to submit for the upcoming Holiday Sampler. The deadline is Nov.1st so don't delay!! While you're there you may just want to subscribe to the magazine as well. Did you know it is THE largest online scrapbooking magazine in the world and is chock full of 100s of projects, articles, and other scrappy yumminess each and every month? Well, it is and I adore being able to read it every month. The next issue is set to debut tomorrow night and it is going to be a doozie!! It's a double issue.

Here's a LO I did of my DD celebrating her 10th birthday in, ahem, style that was published a few months back.

This Lil' Piggy

Yep, there she is in all her piggy glory! Oy, her and her friends decided it would be a cute way to eat their cake...me not soo much, but it did lead to a fun Lo using one of my favorite manufacturers, Sassafras Lass.

Crop Projects

Well, the Totally Tubular crop at A Walk Down Memory Lane wrapped up and I am kind of bummed because I just couldn't squeeze in any of the challenges. That's what life as a sports mama does, I guess, and I am happy to sit and watch my kiddos play sports they love! The announcement of the Queen of the Crop will come today!

I did post 2 challenges for the crop based on a couple of my favorite TV shows for others to participate in.

First up was my Sesame Street challenge. I don't think I'll ever outgrow watching an occasional Sesame Street episode here and there, LOL! I was so amazed the last time DD decided she would watch it that the theme song had changed a bit. Very hip, I must say.

So my challenge was to create a LO with numbers, letters, and at least 1 monster.... bonus kudos if you could make it fuzzy.

He Calls Him Melmo

I just love this picture of my DS when he was just a toddler. He adored everything Elmo, but couldn't quite say Elmo and always called him Melmo! I adored how he would say it and don't ever want to forget this sweet memory.

I made my red monster fuzzy by adding some flock to it with glittering glue and of course what's a monster without some googly eyes, so that was a must as well!

I used up lots of scraps and bits of this and that for this project including stuff from Basic Grey, Sassfras Lass, Studio Calico, bella Boulevard, and October Afternoon.

Next up was my Extreme Home Make Over Challenge. This is the only show I make sure to watch on a weekly basis and we do it as a family. My challenge was to include something you would buy at a Hardware store on your LO.

Geared Up

This was DH getting ready to head into the batting cages one day this summer. I thought it was a perfect photo for grunging up a bit and playing with some Hardware Store finds.


The gray mesh like stuff is some sort of tape and the black strip with holes is too. That became black after I actually used it as a stencil with some paint for a different project. I grunged up the photo just a bit by using some distressing ink and the papers are We R Memory Keepers.

Thanks for stopping by today and remember to head on over to A Walk Down Memory Lane to take advantage of 25% off this month's featured manufacturers: Studio calico and Woodware Stamps!

God Bless and Happy Scrappin' ~ Scarlett