Purrfect

Today I created a layout for a challenge for the mini crop at Creative Inspirations as well as for the new sketch at Sketches in Thyme. The Challenge at Creative Inpsiration is to have a pet in your layout and I incorporated my baby Oliver (Ollie) in the sketch, to cover both challenges.

Ollie has been sick for over a week and while he was sick he would only sleep on the floor at the end of the sofa, so when he jumped up in my lap the other day, I knew he was well on the road to recovery and I was so happy it was hard to hold back the tears. Ollie has been the most loving cat I have ever owned. He wants to be with me wherever I am and whatever I am doing, especially if I am scrapping, so when he didn't want to get up with me, it hurt to know that he was hurting that bad. He had a lot of fluid in his upper abdomen cavity, but we don't know how it got there and he didn't eat for a and didn't drink so he became dehydrated requiring IV fluids and several blood tests and X-rays over time to keep check on his abdomen to see how the fluids were doing in his abdomen. It required a lot of medication and if you have ever had a sick animal you know that these things come with a high cost. So I was very happy when every thing was cleared up, so was my bank account.

These photos show the first time after he was ill that Ollie came and jumped up for some loving, which I was very happy to give him. :)

For this layout I used Photo Play Roxie and Friends papers.

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Jackie

Mommy and me

Such a gorgeous Saturday morning here with the sun brightly shining but it is cold, very very cold.
I decided yesterday to do another one of Sketches in Thyme sketches. I really loved this sketch. I am starting to like these layouts with lots of empty space instead of the heavily loaded pages. I never used to like them, I always felt that something was missing.

I started with a sheet of pale yellow Prism cardstock, and used a TCW stencil with Simply Acrylic Mother of Pearl Stucture Gel.  Once that was dry I smudged on some Lindy's Maidhair Fern Green ink.  Then I cut a couple of strips of PhotoPlay Roxie and Friends Paper. I distressed the paper a bit and adhered it to the cardstock. I cut a couple of flourishes from a cut file from the Silhouette store with my Cameo and adhered those, then I made a couple of flowers with a cut file with my Cameo and picked some from my stash and adhered those, until I thought it looked good. Then I cut the title with my Cameo and adhered that to complete my layout.



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Disney

Well last night I decided to do the challenge from Sketches in Thyme .  Here is the sketch they gave us to work with.

I chose to use only three photos.  I used Photo Play Plaid4Fun papers. Scenic Route Chipboard stars which I first coated with Gesso, and then embossed with Stampendous sunny yellow embossing powder. I then coated them with Stickles Frosted Lace.  I cut the title with my Cameo and did a little "faux' Stitching around it with my Pitt Artist pen. I used Bazzil cardstock to back my photos. The admit one sticker is from the Photo Play package, I mounted it in some chipboard to give it some dimension, the rest of the stickers are also from the same package. I also used a Martha Stewart punch to create the edge.

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Jackie

All Done

I am very proud of myself this month. Things are starting to turn around for me. Before I had the stroke, I never watched TV other than for the news and I scrapped all the time. After I had the stroke, I very rarely did any scrapbooking and all I did was sit and watched TV all the time. My life was turned upside down. The past few months things have been slowly turning around again. I am proud to say that this month I have completed every challenge posted at Creative Inspiration the group that I am very proud to belong to where the people are very nice and inspiring also encouraging.
This card was the last challenge.

For this card I used a cut file from the Sihouette store using my Cameo. The ribbon and stamp are both unknown. I used Photo Play paper, Prima flower, Bazzil cardstock and Pitt Artist pens. The Brad is also unknown.
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Me, Myself and I

Yes, that is correct, this layout is all about me.  The challenge at Creative Inspiration was to do a layout with a photo of myself.  I was lucky to have one, my husband shot this photo a little while ago after I had shed a few pounds. I was feeling pretty darn proud of myself, but as you can see, some of the weight came off my face and I am not too happy about the rolls it left on my cheeks.  Oh yeah, those are NOT wrinkles on my eyes, they are laugh lines :)

Once again I have used my favourite paper, Photo Play.. I can wait til the end of the month or there abouts when I get more of those fabulous papers.  My LSS is ordering in 4 more packages for me.
I am getting "This Guy", "Luke 2", "My Imagination", "and "Roxie and Friends".. can't wait. LOL So far I have only had the two packages of Plaids to work with and I have been getting so much out of them.. just check back over my past posts to check out how much I have been using them. I can't rave enough about these papers, they are absolutely the most versatile papers I have ever worked with not to mention the quality is fabulous as well.  Okay, enough said about the papers, go try them out for yourself you won't be sorry.
I used Bazzil cardstock, the only one I will use, actually it's the only one my Cameo won't mangle. I used my Cameo to cut the flowers and the title. I used my white gel pen to create the circle.
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Visitors

With this layout I have killed two birds with one stone so to speak.  I have completed the challenge at  Creative Inspiration to complete a layout with a family theme, and a sketch challenge from Sketches in Thyme. Please visit the links to check them out.

 To do this challenge I have used my favourite papers, Photo Play Plaid4Fun. Bazzil Cardstock. I used an EK punch for the borders.  I used my Cameo to cut the flowers from the Silhouette Store. Inks used were Tim Holtz distress inks. The ribbon is unknown as are the stickpins.

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Jackie

Happy Birthday

Today's card is a challenge from Stick it Down. It is a sketch challenge, hop over to their site to see the sketch.  Here is my take on the sketch.

For this card I used: Photo Play paper, Bazzil cardstock, Stamp is unknown, Tim Holtz distress inks, and Pitt Artist pens.
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Sunny Sunday

I am so happy that Sunday has arrived.  I love Sundays it is my favourite day of the week, right next to Wednesdays. It is church time and I love to listen to our Pastor, he can teach the word of  God better than anyone I have ever heard.  Therefore, I love the days that he is teaching.  :)

I have completed two more challenges from Creative Inspiration . One was to create your own background. Now I have to admit that this one did not turn out as I had imagined it.  Yes, I did do it exactly the way I planned but some how I thought it would be prettier than it is. I thought the colour would "pop" more. I used Golden's soft gel with Daler-Rowney's blue paint on a TCW stencil. The Butterfly is an unknown stencil. The Celebrate and flower sticker are both from Studio 112.

This challenge required the use of a die cut. The frame is my die cut. On this card I used papers from Photo Play. I just can't get enough of these papers. They are most definitely the best papers I have used.  Their quality is remarkable and they are so versatile. As a matter of fact, I have asked my LSS to order in 4 different packages of them for me because right now all I have are two packages of the Plaid4Fun. The frame was cut using a cut file from the Silouette store and cut with my Cameo from plain white cardstock. The lace is Floral Garden. The flower is cut from a cut file from the Silouette store and cut from Bazzil cardstock using my Cameo. The I love you is from the Plaid4Fun package.

I have also done a sketch challenge for Stick it Down
Once again I have used PhotoPlay papers, Plaid4Fun, Bazzil Cardstock, I used my Cameo to cut the flowers.  I used Liquitex Blended fiber's with a Tim Holtz stencil for texture and I used Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen for the "Faux" stitching.

Okay, that's it for now I am off to see what other challenges I can dig my teeth into.
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Jackie

October's fun

Oh dear, I am so remiss when it comes to my blog.  It seems that I get so busy with other things that I keep forgetting to keep it up to date.  I promise you that from now on I will post daily.I know that I have lost most of my followers because of not keeping up but I will try to win you all back, I promise. :)

I have kept busy this month keeping up with the challenges at Creative Inspiration all 18 of them.  So lets start from the first one shall we.

Challenge #1: Card sketch challenge:
This is the sketch we were to use.

This is the card I created:

Challenge #2:Monday layout sketch challenge 

This is the sketch:

This is the layout that I created:

Challenge #3: Tuesday tips, tricks and techniques: is to use a found object on your page.  It has to be something not found in your scrap room.  Some examples are cup cake liner, foil, netting, jewelry.

My layout:I used gauze which I misted with Lindy's spray inks.

Challenge #4:challenge to dig DEEEEEEP into your stash and find something REALLY old to use on your project
My layouts, because I did two, one of each of my nephews on their first day of school: I have just discovered Photo Play papers and they are absolutely the best papers I have played with so far. Awesome quality and so easy to match up with almost any photos... as you can see here, they go great for male photos and we all know how hard it is to find good paper for boys photos.so no that is not the deep into my stash part, the circles were made with my very old CM circle makers and the school days title came from years ago when I first started scrapping.  The clock stencil was among one of the first I purchased and this was the first time I used it and I have had the brads like forever. LOL

Challenge #5:Scraplift this page

This is the page I created:

Challenge #6: Use inspiration from this photo;

This is the inspiration I used:

Challenge #7:Let focus on making little cards and tags

This is what I did, I am not big into tags:

Challenge #8 Sunday card sketch challenge:

This is mine, for a change I created an hybrid card:

Challenge #9Once again it is time for the Monday sketch Challenge;

For this one I created a double layout, once again using the lovely Photo Play Mad4Play papers, they can be used for any kind of page.

Challenge #10:tuesday-tools-tips-and-techniques-challenge ChallengeToday I  challenge you to make an embellishment to go on your project.

Once again you see me using the papers from Photo Play. I HAVE to find out where I can find more of these papers. They are so very versatile. I made the sunglasses.

Challenge #11: challenge to make a card from your scrap stash and use a doily or part of a doily on it.

For this challenge I created this card:

Challenge #12:Today's scraplift is this card;

I am not really happy with mine, I need to go back and change the white background of the teddy bear to a cream colour one.

Challenge #13:Friday's Inspiration this week is from this page:

I created a black and white page with a coloured photo:

Challenge #14:Challenge to do a layout with a grid on it.

I have never been into the grid layouts and wasn't going to do this challenge but hey, a challenge is a challenge so I decided to do it and now I am glad I did because I am happy with how it turned out.

Challenge #15:Another Sunday card sketch challenge:

I really loved this sketch and was rather happy with the way mine turned out:

Challenge #16:Back to the Monday layout sketch challenges (are we starting to see a pattern here yet?) 

I had so much fun creating this one, I got into the messy stuff, stencils, gesso, natural sand, crackle paste, and Lindy's ink I found some burlap and netting hiding in one of my drawers and dragged them out.. oh yeah like I said, this one was fun:

Challenge #17 Tuesday Tools, Tips and Techniques Challenge is to use both the positive and negative.

For this challenge I created a card I used a butterfly on the strip of ribbon beside the sentiment and I used the negative on the upper right hand corner.

Challenge #18 challenge to use ONLY CARDSTOCK on your project!!!  NO patterned papers!!!

It is funny how this could become such a hard challenge, but it was. 

Well so there you have it.  I still have one more to complete tomorrow. Another scraplift challenge.   In case you hadn't noticed, there is a regularity through the challenges. Sunday - Card sketch day, Monday - Layout sketch day, Tuesday Tools, Tips and Techniques challenges, Wednesdays - stash challenges, Thursdays - scraplift days, Fridays- inspiration days, and Saturdays are all sorts days.

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