April at Once Upon A Sketch! :)

And I'm ever so happily back to posting!! :D Yay! I have missed my online scrappy community oh so much these last few busy months! So April at Once Upon A Sketch is all about home. The journaling criteria is to be combined with this beautiful sketch:

With this criteria and inspiration, I created this page:

As you can see, I switched things up a bit... I moved my title up, and in place of the journaling tag pictured, I placed a small picture of my bedroom to offset the picture of my house. The journaling is where the title is pictured, and it says "I believe that home is more than just a building. Home is a place you go to feel loved and supported. My home and the people in it have made me who I am." :) This page is one of my favorites to date, because I incorporated a lot of things that I have tried on different layouts all put together. There is some glittering, some fussy cutting, a handmade paper flower, and a combination of buttons and gemstones. Also, happy side note, the background for the pictures came from a roll of wrapping paper I have had in the attic for years! :D Yay for using fortuitous items! I hope you like it, thanks so much for stopping by! :D

Once Upon A Sketch in February!

The second challenge of the month at OUAS was totally perfect!! I had one more picture from our trip to Galveston that I needed to scrapbook, but simply couldn't find the inspiration to do it. But this sketch combined with the journaling prompt about your favorite vacation certainly gave me the kick-start I needed:

As always, I love the sketch! Here is my page:

The journaling says "My favorite family vacation is the one I shared with Mom and Dad in Galvestion. We had an amazing time soaking up the sun." I really loved the way the colors came together in these papers with the picture I took the last day of our trip. I also have to say, I'm pretty excited about the flower in the right hand corner, as I used a new technique I had never tried to make it. I really enjoyed making this page, and love the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by! :)

White With 1 in February!

White + Lemon + Three photos!! Could this be more out of my comfort zone?! Haha, I never use lemon, and very very rarely incorporate more that two photos, however, this challenge ended up being one of my favorites! Perhaps the fact that it took me so far out of my comfort zone is the reason that I enjoyed it so much. Anyway, without further ado, here is my layout:

I tried some new techniques on this page, and I really like the way they turned out. The two flowers on the page are quilled, which is a really fun way of making your own embellishments that I had never tried before. Also, I punched holes and ran yellow ribbon through them around the edges of the page, which helped create the "fun" look I was trying for. I am pretty happy with the way these pictures of my oh-so-silly friends and I worked on this layout. Thanks for stopping by! :)

Sketch Along Tuesdays #33 at Frosted Designs!!! :)

I've been following Frosted Designs for a while, but this is my first time to enter! I'm pretty excited to take part this time, and am super pleased with what I came up with after being inspired by the following sketch:

I love this sketch and the CT team's work! I've been needing some inspiration for multi photo layouts, and this one did the trick. So, here's my page!

I used pictures from my trip to College Station for this page, and I feel that it turned out nicely! :) For some reason, the picture is looking a little tilted, but anyways, the title is "Unexpected Places", because Dillon, Kaleb, and I found "Bottle Cap Alley" in this random part of town, and it was such a cool surprise. I love this page, and am thankful for the inspiration that Frosted Designs provided! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Stuck?! January 15th! :)

I've been trying to spice up my scrapping life with a little humor, and the January 15th sketch at Stuck?! provided me the inspiration to do so! Here is the sketch:

And the page I made with a touch of cheesy humor is:

My best friends and I are always so silly and cheesy, so I wanted a page that captured that aspect of our friendship. I didn't add any journaling, which I know is often considered a scrapbooking faux pas, but I felt like the picture and title just spoke for themselves. I wanted it to be simple and fun, and I really love the way it turned out! I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by! :)

My very first combo challenge: Bird is the Word & Once Upon a Sketch!

I've never done a challenge for more than one challenge, and I'm a tad nervous about it. :) But I really, really thought my idea was perfect for both challenges, and I just couldn't pick! So, I'm fulfilling the word "Remember" for Bird is the Word, and the journaling criteria and sketch for Once Upon a Sketch! Here is the sketch from OUAS:

I chose to scrapbook about my favorite memory from 2011, which was our family vacation to Galveston! We had such an amazing time! So here is my page:

For some reason Blogger won't center my picture... Sorry! :) So the title is "I will always remember", and the journaling says "When I look back on 2011, my favorite memory is the vacation we took as a family to Galveston. It was the most amazing time spent together, and I will never forget it." I really like the way this page came together, and I enjoyed using the postcards and pamphlets I have been saving. :) And of course, the ever present glitter and glitter flowers. :) I hope you like this page as much as I do! Thanks for stopping by!

Stuck?! Part 1 in January! :)



I have been desperately needing some multi photo layout ideas, and the Stuck?! challenge didn't let me down! I'm so excited that I finally got to use some of the many photos I've had from our Galveston trip. So, without further ado, here is the sketch:



And here is my page!

I modified the sketch a little bit, making the block on the left solid photos instead of three. When we were in Galveston, I kept taking pictures of the signs when we went places, and I really wanted to use them but wasn't exactly sure how. But, I think it worked out really well! :) I really love the colors, and the map printed on the paper. I hope you like what Stuck?! inspired me to create! Thanks for stopping by! :)