New Mid Month Sketch Challenge at Stuck?! Sketches!

It's the 15th of the month and that means it's reveal day over at Stuck?! Sketches! For today's sketch I used up some of my precious October Afternoon stash to scrap these photos of me from last Christmas. I'm a huge Outlander fan and my kids bought me the 2nd season of Outlander on dvd. Earlier in December I had already gotten the "All I wish for Christmas ..... " sweater and I decided I really needed to create a layout about these presents, if only to thank my kids (I really have the best kids in the whole world!)!

Such a shame October Afternoon is no more ... but no dwelling on that, on to Laura Whitaker's new sketch!

I have to admit that I often struggle with diagonal sketches. All the while when I was creating my page I had everything straight and only in the last minute did I decide to follow the sketch and to rearrange the whole pile and adhere it all diagonal (don't know if I did the right thing though, if I hadn't stitched it I think I would tear it all loose again and adhere it straight once again, lol). 

Here are a couple of close-ups: 

The flair buttons are from "A Flair For Buttons" and are the only non-OA products I used. 

Soooo loving all the vintage die-cuts and stickers!

And now onto the sponsors for this sketch: 

• Creative Embellishments, who are offering a $25.00 gift certificate to their online store, to one lucky participant!

•  and Wycinanka, who are offering a beautiful themed prize pack to a second lucky participant!

Apart from these prizes we will also be choosing one scrapbooker from each challenge to guest with us at a later date!

In case you decide to play along with us then please link up your layouts over in the sidebar on Stuck?! Sketches' blog by January 29th 2017, at midnight EST to be in the running for one of our prizes! All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. Wishing you happy crafting!

xxx

Monique

Scrapbook Magazine UK issue 84 - Playing with Filmstrips!

For Scrapbook Magazine UK #84 I was asked to create three layouts to demonstrate to readers how they can use a versatile filmstrip element on their pages as frames for multiple photos, ways to enclose journaling sections etc.

Creating layouts using filmstrips isn’t something I’ve done a lot and now that I’ve made these three pages I can’t understand why! I truly loved using them! The pages came together in a flash! What I love about filmstrips is that they are so versatile! The possibilities are endless … they can be used to add more photos on your page (layout “Capture”), as a journaling spot (layout “Adventure”), or even as a spot for a cluster of embellishments (layout This Right Here). I created the filmstrips both with a Spellbinders die and my Sizzix Big Shot and my Silhouette Cameo and a cut file from the Silhouette store. What I love about using the Silhouette is that you can cut filmstrips in every size you wish (larger for photos or a bit smaller for journaling). 

So here's what I made for the magazine: 

Layout 1 "Capture": filmstrips used to add more photos:

Materials layout “Capture”: Scraptastic Club “Best Day of My Life” kit (June 2014) (except the black cardstock and washi tape): patterned paper: Crate Paper, Echo Park; cardstock: American Crafts; stickers: Echo Park; die-cuts: Heidi Swapp; pen: K&Company; washi tape: Hema; twine: The Twinery; staples: Tim Holtz; paper clip: Maya Road; wood veneer, cork stars: Scraptastic Club. Tools: Silhouette Cameo, Tim Holtz tiny attacher. 

Layout 2 "Adventure": filmstrips used as journaling spot: 

Materials layout “Adventure”: patterned paper, chipboard, die-cuts, die-cut cards: Simple Stories; cardstock: American Crafts; stamps: Scraptastic Club & Catslife Press; stamping ink: Ranger; color mist: Studio Calico, Tim Holtz distress stain; pen: K&Company; staples: Tim Holtz, photo corners: Hema; filmstrip cut file: Jillibean Soup, title cut file: Kerri Bradford. Tools: Silhouette Cameo, Tim Holtz tiny attacher. 

And layout 3 "This Right Here": filmstrip used for a cluster of embellishments: 

Materials layout “This Right Here”: Scraptastic Club 8 Days a Week kit (April 2013): patterned paper: Crate Paper, Studio Calico, Basic Grey; cardstock: American Crafts; die-cuts: Teresa Collins; flags: Basic Grey; die-cut card: Scraptastic Club; wood veneer: Studio Calico; paper clip: Maya Road; flair buttons: A Flair for Buttons; washi tapes: K&Company, Glitz Design; staples: V&D; pen: K&Company; Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Spellbinders “Snapshot” Shapeabilities, Aigger sewing machine, V&D long reach stapler. 

Adore these flairs from "A Flair For Buttons"!

And this is the magazine it was published in: 

It's still for sale in case you're interested. HERE's the link. 

I hope you like my examples and that you’ll give using filmstrips a try too! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a fab weekend!! 

xoxo 

I Love Christmas - Elle's Studio Thursday Sketch Challenge

Yesterday we had our 6 weekly crop again and I got 5 layouts done! All I had to do was add some stitching and do the photographing of course.

One of the layouts I did was this one for the Thursday Sketch Challenge at Elle's Studio. 

I just love this Christmas collection (Good Cheer): 

The flair button is from my stash and is from A Flair For Buttons and the paper clip was given to me by a friend at the crop. I think she said it was from Xenos? or Ikea? or maybe Hema? Let me ask her! ... Okay, so turns out I was wrong about the store, the paper clip was from Freckled Fawn (should have known!). 

And here's the sketch; 

There's still time to join too if you wish! 

Now I'm off to walk the dog! Have a fab Sunday and see you soon!

xoxo

Back to School - Imaginisce

It's "Back to School" week at Imaginisce's and here's what I created: 

I created a layout of my youngest’s first day in group 5. The photo is from last year, as right now we’re still enjoying our summer holidays! For this page I’ve used one of Imaginisce’s older collections: “Good Dog”. I just love the warm colors of this collection! 

For the background of my page I’ve used children’s watercolor paints for the very first time. I don’t like that my cardstock is a bit wrinkled because of it, but I love the soft colors so I’ll definitely use it more often. To build my page I’ve used a lot scraps and my Silhouette and although it came out a bit more “messy” than usual I do like the result. Hope you do too!

Supplies: Imaginisce: patterned papers (Good Dog); Bazzill: cardstock; Studio Calico: color mist, paper clip; Doodlebug: washi tape, letter stickers; A Flair for Buttons: flairs; K&Company: pen; Hema: stamp; misc: water color paint; cut files: Amanda Robinson Studio (back to school, apple), The Cut Shoppe (circle arrow, star striped card, star); Silhouette store (hahaha, word bubble)

Tools: Silhouette Cameo

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a crafty day!

Hugs,