Catch the Wave

Every month I create the sketch for the monthly sketch challenge for the yahoo group Scrappin-N-Chattin. I thought I would share it with y'all this month and the layout I created using it.

the sketch

my take

I used Webster's Pages Yacht Club kit that I had won in one of the previous monthly challenges at SNC.  I love the light house, and fussy cut it from one of the sheets of paper in the kit.

That's my fun loving mom in the pictures. Let me tell you, us kids don't have nothing on her! Even in her 70's she tries to keep up with the great grand kids. She was using one of their boogie boards to catch the waves.

We would love to have you come join us at Scrappin-N-Chattin, there are many monthly challenges, prizes, and TONS of chatting.

Note: If you are not a member of SNC and you use my sketch, please give credit where credit is due.

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Rag Doll

Another layout for the monthly challenge at Scrappin-N-Chattin. The requirements for this one is to use some type of ledger.  As you can see, I used a whole sheet of ledger paper.  Guess I really wanted to make sure it qualified for the challenge.  LOL!

I got the inspiration from a layout I had seen in the past on I think Scrapbook.com. Sorry, I didn't document the designers name, so if it is you or you know who it is, please leave a comment and I will give credit where it is due.

Isn't this boot adorable. It came in a package of embossed chip board pieces I picked up in the dollar bin at Michael's. I rubbed a bit of red ink over the embossed area.

I used one of those little coin paper sacks to make my envelope. I just folded it over. I did the sticker ink technique for the word note and clipped it to the twine with a bitty clothes pin. Inside is just a lil note for Josslyn telling her how much I love her.

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Explore

I had so much fun creating this layout. It went together surprisingly fast.

I started by rubbing several different shade of distress inks, then spritzed some mists. Then I went to town with several different stamps and inks, and added a touch of rub ons.

For the title, I used an epoxy type sticker of the word explore and loosely stuck it down and rubbed distress ink over it. Then I removed it and set it off a touch. Love how it turned out!

Because I didn't want the journaling in the open on the page, I incorporated some hidden journaling.

Just some fun touches. My sent me some embellies that worked perfect on this layout. Sandi sent me the veneer camera, and Dawn sent me a bunch of different rub ons which these polka dots came from. I love that crackled glass stamp by Tattered Angels.

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Really?

omg...really, it's been since January since I have made a blog post?   wow!

My life had been turned upside down, and all my circuits got singed.  LOL  I think they are starting to mend. I will be under going a surgical procedure this coming Tuesday, and hubby has a major surgery coming up, then I think we may be good for a while and get some normalcy back in our lives.

My crafting time has been greatly altered and I can't wait to get it back!  I am involved in a 52 Week Challenge with Scrappin-N-Chattin (yahoo group) and I have been having a very hard time even fitting in one layout a week. I am so afraid that I will be out of the challenge after today. I have to get two layouts made by midnight tonight. One for a pass I used last week, and one for this week. As of right now, I don't see the possibility of that happening. *pout pout* 

Here are a couple that I got done but hadn't shared. Not my best work, but acceptable.

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Mario Layout

Let me start by saying how sorry I am for the lack of posting yet again. I am moving next week and have spent the last two weeks packing.

I needed a break this morning and decided to scrap a bit. I found sketch #244 from Creative Scrappers and got busy. Being creative sure is a stress reliever.

I LOVE this picture of Dax. For about 6 months, he had to wear this Mario costume every where. He would sleep in it, and as soon as he got home from school, he would put it back on. Thank goodness he had school, or it may have been a fight to get it laundered. 

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Owl Canvas

This cute little owl is painted on a 11x14 stretched canvas, and will be heading to my grand daughter Rachel in Minnesota soon.  I am working on a couple more painting before I actually ship them to her.

Just wanted to share it with all my lovely bloggie friends.

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Green

I am moving in three short weeks and have been really procrastinating over the packing. I had to make a layout....yep...HAD too.  LOL  I am in a 52 week challenge over at the yahoo group Scrappin-N-Chattin. I couldn't ask for a pass the second week into it. We only get 5 passes to use the whole year. And when we use a pass one week, that just means we have to submit 2 layouts the following week.

This week I used the recent sketch from Boys Rule, and the oldie but goodie This & That collection by Echo Park. I LOVE it and have been hoarding it for some time now.

At the fall festival this past October, one of the fun activities for the kids was hair painting. Dax's favorite color is green, so that is what he chose. His hair is so white blonde, that it showed up neon green. It was great! 

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