"Man of the Hour" Layout ~ Paper Secrets February 15th DT Sketch Reveal

The February 15th Sketch at Paper Secrets has been revealed.

The twist is to add items starting with the letters in the word:  LOVE

Here is my layout using a photo of one of my adorable great-nephew, Devin and design inspired by the sketch:

L~ Little Yellow Bicycle (Corkboard Alphas) * O ~ Orange * V ~ Vellum (Border) * E ~ Eyelets

And...below is the sketch created by Kelly Holifield:

My layout was further inspired by the following challenges:

Red Carpet Studio ~ Love Actually Challenge

(Create a project about something you love)

Creative Embellishments ~ February Challenge

(The word LOVE on arrow)

Off The Rails Scrapbooking ~ Scrap a Photo of a Loved One

Child's Play ~ By My Valentine, Charlie Brown

(Corkboard chevrons inspired by the chevrons in Charlie Brown's shirt)

Supplies

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants " Swagger"

Embellishments: Fancy Pants " Swagger"

Title Work:  Little Yellow Bicycle (Cork Alphas)

Mini Alphas:  Fancy Pants "Swagger"

Corkboard Stars:  Fancy Pants 

Corkboard Chevrons:  Studio Calico

Tag:  Canvas Corp 6 x 6 Cork Sheet

Diecut:  Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge

Misc:  Twine and Eyelets

Thank you for stopping by!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

The ScrapRoom Kit Club Guest Designer

So excited to be Guest Designing for The ScrapRoom Kit Club this month  I subscribe to TSR's Flavors of the Month, Double Shot and Extra Patterned Paper kits which I love receiving every month, so I was thrilled when Tammy Harp, the owner of The ScrapRoom asked me to Guest Design for February, March and April using their Flavors of the Month Kit!  How awesome is that?

This month's kit, as always, is full of a variety of yummy scrap goodies and includes products from the following collections:

Fancy Pants "Be Loved", Crate Paper "Love Notes", Elle's Studio "Love You More" and 

Teresa Collins "You Are My Happy"

Here is a look at the February Flavors of the Month Kit:

And....here are the projects I created with this awesome kit:

Treat yourself to a steaming hot helping of fresh scrapbooking supplies, delivered straight to your door every month.

At The ScrapRoom, the goal is to help you “get more pages done,” and the “Flavors of the Month” kit is designed with that goal in mind. Each month you will receive a box containing four individually packaged and unique layout kits, giving you a sampling of the latest and greatest in scrapbooking products. Your monthly kit contains enough paper and embellishments to complete at least eight 12x12 scrapbook pages.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and  make sure you visit The ScrapRoom Store and check out all of the awesome monthly kits and other scrapbooking products they offer!!!!

Have a Scraptabulous Day!

February Sketch Challenge and January WINNERS!!!

Happy February!

It's a new month and time to reveal February's Sketch Challenge as we as announce the winner of my January Sketch Challenge as well as the January Scrappy Friends BONUS prize winner!

 Here is February's Sketch:

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

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

• You must be a FOLLOWER of my blog

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

February 27th. 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:

FORTHCOMING

The prize you are playing for this month is a

We R Memory Keepers 

Lucky 8 "Eternal Heart" Die-Cut Punch

I combines my challenge with the following Scrappy Friends Challenges:

Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

Kelly's Color Inspiration Challenge:

 Kristi's Word Inspiration Challenge:

Combine my challenge and/or complete or combine three or more of the 

Scrappy Friends Challenges above, and you will be automatically entered into the 

Scrappy Friends Bonus Prize Drawing!

February's BONUS Prize:

$20 Gift Card ~ Winners Choice

Any online Scrapbooking Store or Kit Club

~OR~

One of the following stores:

Michaels, JoAnns or Hobby Lobby

It's now time to announce the WINNERS for January!!! 

Thank you so much to all of you who played along last month! Lots of awesome inspiration inspired by the January Sketch and/or the other Scrappy Friends Challenges!!!

Join me in giving a big shout out to 

Karen

she is the randomly drawn winner of my 

January Sketch Challenge

AND... 

Christy Skinner

she is the winner of the 

January Scrappy Friends BONUS PRIZE

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!

Karen 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 Janaury Winner in the subject line. 

Christy be sure to comment below or on any of the other Scrappy Friends Blogs and then email your mailing address to: 

scrapfriendschallenges@gmail.com

to claim your prize.

Please add January Bonus Winner in the subject line.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone's lovely takes on this month's sketch challenge!

Thank you for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!

January Sketch Challenge and December WINNERS!!!!

Hello, back on the blog with my second post for the day!

Welcome to my January Sketch Challenge!

Here is this month's sketch:

And....we gotta have

RULES 

(to be entered into drawing):

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

• You must be a FOLLOWER of my blog

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

January 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 here is the prize you are playing for this month:
Echo park 12 x 12 Collection Pack

I combined my challenge with the following Scrappy Friends Challenges

Rochelle Spears 
I used row 1 diag and row 2 across

Kristi B's ~ Word Challenge (Happy)

*Kelly Holifield's ~ Color Combo Challenge

*Kelly has agreed to join the Scrappy Friends group to host a fourth challenge for you to participate in each month.   Kelly is an awesome lady and a very talented scrapper and I am sure you will be inspired by her challenges and reveals each month!

Combine my challenge and/or complete or combine two or more of the 

Scrappy Friends Challenges above, and you will be automatically entered into the 

Scrappy Friends Bonus Prize Drawing!

January's BONUS Prize:

And...now it is time to announce the WINNERS for DECEMBER!!  

With December being a busy month and all, I would like to thank all of you who found time to play along last month and  link up all your fabulous pages inspired by the December Sketch and/or the other Scrappy Friends Challenges!!!

Join me in giving a big shout out to 

Angela ~ Paper Portion Studio

she is the randomly drawn winner of my 

December Sketch Challenge

AND... 

Charity Hotrum

she is the winner of the 

December Scrappy Friends BONUS PRIZE

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!

Angela 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 October Winner in the subject line. 

Charity be sure to comment below or on any of the other Scrappy Friends Blogs and then email your mailing address to: 

scrapfriendschallenges@gmail.com

to claim your prize.

Please add December Bonus Winner in the subject line.

I am looking forward to all of your wonderful takes on this month's sketch challenge!

Thank you for stopping by!

Enjoy the New Year!!!

Also, entering this layout in the following challenges
Back Porch Memories ~ January Bingo Challenge
Sketches 4 All ~ Cheer Challenge
Southern Girls ~ Christmas Wishes Challenge

"Shh! Off Duty" Layout ~ Paper Secrets DT Reveal

Happy New Years Everyone!!!

Today Paper Secrets is revealing their first sketch for 2014 and they are changing things up a bit and adding a word to each sketch challenge.  

The word this month is PARTY and the challenge is to create a layout inspired by the sketch, and...add an item or items to your page that start with each of the letters in the given word.

I used this challenge to create a companion page to a layout I created in December and here is a list of the items I used for the challenge:

P - Polaroid 

(frames cut from patterned paper)

A - Alphas

R - Red

T~ Tag

Y - Yellow

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn ~" Peace, Joy Love" Collection

Studio Calico ~ Wood Veneers

AC Thickers & LilyBee Alphas

Recollections ~ Flair Button

Misc - Twine

And...here is the sketch by Kelly Holifield

Make sure you visit the Paper Secrets Blog for the full reveal on this sketch!   The design team has created some wonderful layouts inspired by this challenge!   You have until Jan 14th, to complete your layout and link up for a chance to enter into the prize drawing!

Also entering this layout in the following challenges:
Back Porch Memories ~ Recycle Challenge
(fussy cut name of collection from the bottom retail strip of my patterned paper
Peace Joy Love and embellished tag at the top of my layout)
Sketches 4 All ~ Let It Snow
(use white on you page)

Enjoy the rest of your day!!!

"Twas The Night Before..." Layout

Good Morning!

Today I am sharing a layout I created inspired by the 

December Sketch with Stash Challenge 

at Scrap Our Stash.

For this challenge, Scrap Our Stash teamed up with Sketch N Scrap.

The challenge is to use the Sketch N Scrap Sketch below and you must use (2) border punches and one other punch!  

Here is the sketch by Kelly Holifield:

And here is the layout I created using photos of my son and grandchildren taken during Christmas in 2004.  I created this page as a companion page to a layout "Joyeux Noel" that I created earlier this month.

Products:

Patterned Papers:

Simple Stories "Dec Documented"

Heidi Swapp "Believe"

Cardstock Stickers:

Simple Stories "

Wood Veneers:

Studio Calico

Title Work:

Basic Grey and Lilybee Designs

Flair Button:

Recollections

 Border Punches:

EK Success

Thank you for stopping by!

Wishing you and your family a

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We Always Have So Much Fun Together

Happy Holidays!!!

This month at Back Porch Memories, as December Guest Designer I get to host a challenge.   

My challenge this month is to create a layout inspired by the sketch below and you must include some type of frame, any type, any size, your choice!

I used this challenge to create a layout using a photo of me and my granddaughter taken in 2006 during her summer vacation:

Supplies:

Patterned Paper & Embossed Diecuts: WRMK "Notable" Collection

Title Work:  Momenta and Lilybee Designs

Polaroid Frame:  Recollections

And here is the sketch:

You have until December 31st to create a layout inspired by this sketch and link it up at 

Back Porch Memories.

You can find the details of the challenge HERE!

Wishing you and your family a very

Merry Christmas!!!