"Merry Christmas 2013" Layout

Happy Monday everyone!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends!

Today I am up on the 

Scrap Our Stash Blog

sharing a layout I created inspired by this month's

Sketch Challenge

Loved that the "Stash" element of the Sketch Challenge for this month was to use up some of the older product in your stash. 

Well, it's that time of year to make room for some of the upcoming CHA releases and the scraps and papers I had left from WRMK's "Peppermint Twist" 2011 collection, were perfect for these sweet photos of my great-nephews. 

I had to scale down the elements of the sketch to enable me to use the large 12 x 12 die cut, which worked out just fine. 

Of course I loved working with the sketch, mainly because it was quick and easy and the other reason, I designed it! LOL

The challenge ends tonight, but make sure you stop by for our sketch challenge next month at 

Scrap Our Stash.   Each month starting in January we will be featuring a Guest Sketch Artist along with a sketch created by the artist, exclusively for Scrap Our Stash!   

And...the first of each month we also host a Stash Challenge!

Also entering this layout in to the following challenge:

December Color Combo Challenge  ~ S4All
Wrap It Up Challenge ~ Scrap it Girl

Have a Safe and Happy New Year Celebration!!!!

October Sketch Challenge and September Winners!!!

Hello there!

It's reveal day for my October Sketch Challenge along with my 

Scrappy Friends Challenges!

Here's this month's sketch:

And...Here are the RULES for this challenge:

• Your layout must be NEW as of October 1, 2014

• You must be a FOLLOWER of my blog

• You must link your entry below with Mr. Linky by

October 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) 

• You must include a LINK back to this challenge post when posting your layout on your blog or gallery.

Here is a look at what I created inspired by the sketch and the other 

Scrappy Friends Challenges:
Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe Challenge

3rd Row Diagonal ~ Diecut, Orange, & 4+ Patterned papers

and

Kelly's Word Challenge Challenge
I used the words, Adorable, Sweet and Friend

Continuing into this month on my stash busting mission, my page was created with a Summer 2010
MME Collection ~ "Alphabet Soup" as well as some old Thickers I found in the bottom of my piles of Thickers.

The prize you are playing for this month is:

WRMK PILLOW PUNCH BOARD

Combine my sketch challenge with one or both of the following 

Scrappy Friends Challenges

and you will be automatically entered into our October BONUS Prize Drawing:

Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

 Kelly's October Word Challenge:

And here is the OCTOBER BONUS PRIZE:

You get to choose where you want to shop...ANY ONLINE SCRAPBOOKING STORE or KIT CLUB, OR your choice of one of the following: Michaels, JoAnns, or Hobby Lobby!!!

And now for the SEPTEMBER WINNERS!!!!

Thank you so much to all of you who played along last month! 

Wonderful inspiration and fantastic takes on the sketch as well as the other Scrappy Friends Challenges!

The randomly drawn WINNER of my 

Seotember Sketch Challenge is....

#15 ~ SnazzyJJ

AND... 

KARRIE

is the winner of the

September Scrappy Friends BONUS PRIZE

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!

SnazzyJJ be sure to comment below and then email me at:

msbrags@gmail.com

with your mailing address and I will get your prize out to you. 

Please add GCC September Winner in the subject line.

Karrie be sure to comment below or on any of the other Scrappy Friends Blogs then 

email us at:

scrapfriendschallenges@gmail.com

to claim your gift card.

Please add Septmber Bonus Winner in the subject line.

Thanks to everyone who participated in my September Sketch Challenge and/or any of the other two Scrappy Friends Challenges!

I am looking forward to see all of this month's entries inspired by the sketch!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

"Know Thy Selfie" Layout

This month Rochelle Spears has provided a fabulous sketch for the September

"ABC ~ 123 Sketch Challenge" 

at

Scrap Our Stash

Here is the layout I created inspired by the challenge:

And here is the sketch by Rochelle Spears:

For the 123 part of the challenge I added the following required elements:

1 ~ 4 x 6 Journaling card

2 ~ Photos

3 ~ Patterned papers. 

And…for the ABC part of the challenge I included the following elements:

A ~ Arrow

B ~ Bingo Card (Click)

C ~ Camera, Chipboard

Thank you for stopping by and please make sure you visit Scrap Our Stash to check out the beautiful creations from the Design team members as well as to get the details on the challenge.

"I Can't Keep Calm...." Layout

Happy Monday Everyone!

Today I am sharing a layout I created inspired by the

"Back to School" Stash Challenge

at

Scrap Our Stash

The challenge is to create a layout using school themed items from (2) lists provided by

 Scrap Our Stash.

As you can see I created a birthday themed page as a companion page to my 

HBD Isaiah layout

 using a 6 x 6 paper pad and embellishments from Basic Grey's "Shine On" Collection 

and the September 1st sketch at

Stuck? Sketches

For the SOS challenge requirements I included:

List A:

Lined Paper

List B:

Paper Clip

Alphas

Number (3) Journaling

You have until September 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to complete a layout and link it up with 

Scrap Our Stash 

 for a chance to win an awesome prize from 

Thank you for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your week!

September Sketch Challenge and August Winners Revealed!!!!

Happy Labor Day!!!!

Today is reveal day for my September Sketch along with my
Scrappy Friends Challenges!

Here's the sketch:

And...Here are the RULES for this challenge:

• Your layout must be NEW as of September 1, 2014

• You must be a FOLLOWER of my blog

• You must link your entry below with Mr. Linky by

September 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) 

• You must include a LINK back to this challenge post when posting your layout on your blog or gallery.

Here is my layout inspired by the sketch and my 

Scrappy Friends Challenges:

Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe Challenge
Row 2 Down:  Stitching (alphas) ~ Numbers (3) ~ Jewels (brad)

Kelly's Color Challenge
(4) Colors:  Green, Red, Yellow and Blue

The prize you are playing for this month is:

Glitz "Raven" Collection Pack

Kit Includes: 12- 12x12 Double Sided Papers (2 of each design), 1-12x12 Titles/Accents Sticker Sheet & 1- 12x12 Alpha Sticker Sheet

Combine my sketch challenge with one or both of the following 

Scrappy Friends Challenges

and you will be automatically entered into our September BONUS Prize Drawing:

Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Kelly's Color Challenge:

And here is the September BONUS PRIZE:

You get to choose where you want to shop...ANY ONLINE SCRAPBOOKING STORE or KIT CLUB, OR your choice of one of the following: Michaels, JoAnns, or Hobby Lobby!!!

And now for the AUGUST WINNERS!!!!

Thank you so much to all of you who played along last month! 

Wonderful inspiration and fantastic takes on the sketch as well as the other Scrappy Friends Challenges!

The randomly drawn WINNER of my 

August Sketch Challenge is....

LESLIE MITCHELL

AND... 

CHARITY HOTRUM

is the winner of the

August Scrappy Friends BONUS PRIZE

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!

Kathy be sure to comment below and then email me at:

msbrags@gmail.com

with your mailing address and I will get your prize out to you. 

Please add GCC August Winner in the subject line.

Charity be sure to comment below or on any of the other Scrappy Friends Blogs then 

email us at:

scrapfriendschallenges@gmail.com

to claim your gift card.

Please add August Bonus Winner in the subject line.

Have a wonderful holiday and I am looking forward to seeing what everyone does with this month's challenges!

"#H20 Boyz" Layout

Happy Labor Day!!!

Today I am sharing a layout I created inspired by the 

September 1 Sketch Challenge at

Paper Secrets

The word this month is:  LABOR

and you are to include items on your layout beginning with each letter in the word:

Here is my page...

The items I used to complete the challenge:

L ~ Layering

A ~ Alphas, "At" sign, Arrow

B ~ Banner, Border, Bubbles, Boyz (word)

O - Orange (color)

R - "Remember" (sticker), Red (color)

 And here is the sketch created by Lynette Erickson

Stop by the Paper Secrets Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created to share with you inspired by this sketch.

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

"It's A Great Sunshiny Day" Layout

Hello!

Here is my last layout and post for the month of August!

Today I am sharing with you a layout I created inspired by 

Scrap Our Stash's

August Sketch Challenge

(Create a layout inspired by the sketch and use at least 75% of some of your older stash to create your page)

Here is the sketch:

My layout was further inspired by the following challenges:

Sketches4All's

OLW Challlenge ~ Sunshine

Scrap it Girl Arrows & #'s Challenge:

I added an arrow to my page

And...

Color Me Scrappy's

Inspiration Challenge #67/ For the Love Of

Thank you for stopping by!

August Sketch Challenge and July Winners Revealed!!!

Happy August everyone!

It's reveal day for the August Scrappy Friends Challenges!

Here's my sketch for this month:

And...Here are the RULES for this challenge:

• Your layout must be NEW as of Aug 1, 2014

• You must be a FOLLOWER of my blog

• You must link your entry below with Mr. Linky by

August 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) 

• You must include a LINK back to this challenge post when posting your layout on your blog or gallery.

Here is my layout inspired by the sketch, 

Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe Challenge
(One Photo, Circle, Treat Bag)
and
Kelly's Color Challenge:

Starting this month I am challenging myself to complete as many layouts using as much of my older stash as possible.  For this layout I used all old product:
Studio Calico ~ Darling Dear. Snippets & Classic Calico
(Patterned Paper & Background)
WRMK ~ Geo Hectic
(Patterned Paper)
October Afternoon ~ Woodland Park
(Patterned Paper & Stickers)
Echo Park ~ A Boy's Life
(Stickers and Alphas)

The prize you are playing for this month is:

Combine my sketch challenge with one or both of the following Scrappy Friends challenges

and you will be automatically entered into our August BONUS Prize Drawing:

Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe Challenge: 

Kelly's Color Challenge:

August BONUS Prize:

$20 Frosted Designs Gift Card

It's now time to reveal the July WINNERS....

Thank you so much to all of you who played along last month! 

Tons of  inspiration and awesome interpretations of the sketch as well as the other 

Scrappy Friends Challenges!

The randomly drawn WINNER of my 

July Sketch Challenge is....

KIM FORDYCE

AND... 

KATHLEEN WHITE

is the winner of the

July Scrappy Friends BONUS PRIZE

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!

Kim be sure to comment below and then email me at:

msbrags@gmail.com

with your mailing address and I will get your prize out to you. 

Please add GCC July Winner in the subject line.

Kathleen be sure to comment below or on any of the other Scrappy Friends Blogs then 

email us your mailing address to:

scrapfriendschallenges@gmail.com

to claim your prize.

Please add July Bonus Winner in the subject line.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!
As always I am looking forward to seeing what everyone does with this month's challenges!