Buddies

Sharing today a Let's Get Sketchy sketch-inspired layout!    My last one as a design team member (at least for a little while).   I've decided to take a break from the responsibilities of a design team.   My real life has been interfering with my crafty life for a while now and I was having trouble keeping up to deadlines, etc.    So for the time being - I'll just be creating for me - and that is OK too!!     I have absolutely loved being a part of the Let's Get Sketchy team - it is a great group of girls and Brenshevia is fantastic to 'work' for!   I hope to return there at some point when I get my life back in order :-)   I do love their sketches so I'll be playing along as a participant when I can in the meantime!   

And now for the sketch & my page.   This layout I'm sharing features the super fun Free to Be Me collection from CTMH.    This fun kit is available only until May 31st!!   Just $5 for the whole kit with purchases of $50 or more during May!   (Run - get yours now before it's gone!)

And here is the sketch:

Materials Used:

CTMH Free to Be Me paper collection

CTMH White Daisy & Juniper Cardstock

CTMH Triangular Metal Accents

CTMH Sunset Ribbon

CTMH ink - Juniper

CTMH stamp set "Feathers" (my new fave!  Love this set)

Wood Veneer Alpha - Studio Calico

This is a great sketch with lots of the white space that I adore on my pages!   

Thanks for stopping by!  I feel very disconnected from my crafty world lately - I haven't had time to read or follow my favourite blogs in ages!!  One day soon, my friends!!   

Take care,

Messy, But Oh So Good

Happy Friday!

Some crafty inspiration to kick start your weekend featuring CTMH's new Ariana & Balloon ride paper collections:

Materials Used:
CTMH Ariana paper pack
CTMH Balloon Ride paper pack
CTMH Harvest Twine
CTMH metal brads (retired)
Simple Stories Alphabet Stickers

This layout was recently published in Get Inspired Volume #3 digital magazine.

Have a great weekend!

Dive Right In

A great new multi photo sketch to share with you from Let's Get Sketchy this week!

My take on it using the (retired) Tommy paper collection & canvas stickers from CTMH.  Alphas were cut using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

And the sketch:

Have some fun with this one!  Be sure to link up at Let's Get Sketchy - you have a chance to be featured and/or win a great prize!!

Today's Highlight

A new layout to share using CTMH's Balloon Ride collection and this week's sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

Supplies used:
CTMH Balloon Ride paper collection
CTMH Balloon Ride chipboard Complements
Prima Wood accents
CTMH Journey tags (retired)
CTMH cardstock: Saddle, Colonial White

Today is a Good Day!

A new layout for you today.  I shared this on the Let's Get Sketchy blog for this week's new Sketch.   Hope you like it - this is one of CTMH's new paper collections "Balloon Ride".

Materials Used:
CTMH Balloon Ride paper collection
CTMH Balloon Ride Complements Chipboard Accents
CTMH Bronze Shimmer Trim Tape
CTMH stamp set "All the Details"
CTMH cardstock:  Colonial White, Saddle
CTMH ink:  Saddle

Come join in on this fun sketch at Let's Get Sketchy - would love to see your take on it!  Link up before April 30th to play!  

Live Love Laugh

A layout to share  . . .  one of my featured layouts from Let's Get Sketchy's "Get Inspired" magazine (Volume 1).   

Photograph by deannamae.ca

Materials Used:
CTMH Cardstock - Colonial White, Black
CTMH Patterned Paper - Babycakes, Lucy
CTMH Striped Ribbon
Letters - cut with CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge
Brads/Gems/Sparkles - various manufacturers from my stash

Shop for these & other CTMH Products on my WEBSITE!   

Let's Get Sketchy - 2 Layouts to Share!

Hey crafty peeps!! I'm really struggling to get back into my old routine since my surgery.    Hang in there - I promise I will be back soon!  I have boxes of new Spring/Summer 2014 CTMH Product just waiting for me  . . . and so there will be new artwork to come soon!  

I do have a couple of layouts to share.   I created these a while back for this month's design team assignments over at Let's Get Sketchy.

Week 1:

and Week 3:

Pop by Let's Get Sketchy & play along - - 4 great new sketches every month, always a random prize for playing and lots of chances to be featured on our blog!  

Be Mine

A little late for Valentines Day - but I wanted to share with you a little project that was recently published in Let's Get Sketchy's Get Inspired digi-magazine.

Love the versatility of CTMH's Cricut cartridges!!   Embellished this little gift box with CTMH Flirty paper (retired), CTMH Black Pearls, CTMH Black Tulle.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Cheers!!

Hey all - - I'm still around, I promise!!   Recovering (very slowly!) from some pretty major surgery I had a few weeks ago.    Hope to be back to myself real soon!

In the meantime - - wanted to share with you a layout I missed posting while I was in hospital.   This is my most recent reveal at Let's Get Sketchy ! Better late than never :-)   Love this layout of me & my bestie taken many moons ago!! 

Materials:
CTMH Paper: Flirty Collection
CTMH Sparkles 
Pebbles Alphas
AC Glitter Chipboard

You still have a few more days to play along with this great sketch!!   Come visit us at Let's Get Sketchy for all the details!

Get Inspired Magazine Issue #2

Hey everyone - the team at Let's Get Sketchy is excited that the second issue of our scrappy digital magazine is now online!  

Be sure to check it out when you get a chance - tons of scrappy inspiration to be had!

GET INSPIRED ISSUE #2

Enjoy!

P.S.  We are taking submissions now for our next issue - be sure to check out all the details - we'd love to include your work!

It's a Celebration

I have a new layout to share with you for this week's Let's Get Sketchy sketch!  

Fun sketch to work with - - I used CTMH's Black & Grey Glitter papers for my banner and the patterned paper is from the CTMH holiday collection 'Sparkle & Shine'.    The stamp set is 'Banner Wishes'.

Hope you'll come by the Let's Get Sketchy blog - the Design Team has some great takes on this sketch to inspire you!

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Hey all - -
a brand new sketch to play with at Let's Get Sketchy!  Hope you'll come play along!!

My take:

And the fun sketch:

Materials Used:
CTMH Paper Collection: Caboodle (retired)
CTMH Chipboard
CTMH Buttons
CTMH Kraft Cardstock
AC Thickers alpha stickers
Jillibean Soup frame

Did you hear the exciting news from Cricut today - - check out the new Cricut Explore machine - - compatible with all your favourite cartridges but with the added flexibility of cutting your own designs. Can't wait to get my hands on one!!

I'm baaaaack!!!

Hey everyone!!  I'm back after a great few weeks of holiday time with the family!    We spent the Christmas break visiting with family and friends, skating at the rinks (both indoor & outdoor), and generally just being lazy.   It was great but I was a little happy to have the kids go off to school again this morning :-)

So to get back in the swing of things this morning - I have a brand new project for Let's Get Sketchy.   We revealed our newest sketch this morning and here is my take on it:

And the sketch:

Materials Used:

CTMH paper:  Dotty for You (retired)

CTMH stamp set: Winter Joy (retired)

CTMH enamel dots "Aqua Dots"

CTMH cardstock: black, white daisy

Wood embellies - unknown manufacturers

Alpha stickers - Making Memories & Dollar Store

Don't forget you have all month to play along & link up for a great prize or a chance to be featured.
Come visit us over at Let's Get Sketchy and check out all the great inspiration the design team has cooked up for you!

Have a great week!   Welcome back :-)

Merry Christmas!

Hope you have all had a wonderful few days celebrating the holidays with family & friends!

If you have some time, be sure to check out all of the holiday inspiration in the Let's Get Sketchy Sketch Inspired Magazine Holiday Edition online now!  

My card above - featuring the CTMH Frosted collection - is one of the ideas you'll find inside.
Enjoy!!

Always & Forever

On the off chance that you get a few minutes of crafty time over the next couple of weeks - - Let's Get Sketchy has a new sketch for you to play with!

Here is my take:

And the sketch:

Materials Used:
CTMH For Always paper collection
CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge (title)
CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (banner & flowers)
CTMH black striped grosgrain ribbon
CTMH black waxy flax (retired)
CTMH bling assortment (retired)
CTMH cardstock: Desert Sand, Ruby, Black
Martha Stewart tag

Have a great week!

Let's Get Sketchy - Call for Submissions!

Now taking submissions!

Let's Get Sketchy's "Sketch Inspired" e-magazine is NOW taking submissions for our next full issue.  Here is what we are looking for:

This issue will go live online Feb 1, 2014.  We are looking for the following projects:

Layouts:

·         Gallery pages – Any theme

Special Section Gallery Pages

·         To “Die” For­

Layouts creating using that fun die cutting machines

·         Paint the town

Using paint in some form or fashion

·         Not so picture perfect 

Layouts showcasing a not so perfect picture

·         Selfies 

Go ahead and scrap yourself.  We as scrappers are always scrapping others but never ourselves!

·         Let’s Get Sketchy

Layouts created using sketches from LGS

·         Mixed Media 

Any theme

·         Mini Albums

·      Project Life Pages

Any Theme

·         Mini Albums

Any Theme

The deadline for submissions to our February 1st Issue is January 10, 2014.

Previously published work will not be accepted (print or digital).  You may however, submit work that has previously appeared in online galleries or blogs.  All work submitted must be no older than 60 days.

PLEASE SUBMIT TO:  LETSGETSKETCHYSUBMISSIONS@GMAIL.COM

On the Go

We have a great new sketch up this week at Let's Get Sketchy!

Here is my take on it:

And the sketch by Ashley Horton:

Materials Used:
CTMH Tommy paper collection
CTMH Tommy canvas stickers
CTMH Harvest Bakers Twine
CTMH Ink: Outdoor Denim
CTMH Cardstock: Kraft, Outdoor Denim

Come play along at Let's Get Sketchy - would love to see your take on this challenge!

Coach

I recently joined the Design Team at Boy Meets Girl Challenges and I'm super excited to share my first project as a member of the team.   I'm on the "About a Boy" half of the team - so you'll be seeing lots of  masculine scrappy projects from me!  

For this challenge, we had to follow a sketch and the layout, of course, had to be 'about a boy'!     Here is my project:

And the sketch:

Materials Used:
CTMH Proplayer paper collection
CTMH Proplayer accents pack
CTMH "One Way Borders" stamp set
CTMH ink: Pacifica, Black
CTMH cardstock: Whisper, Ruby
Cricut cartridges:  CTMH Art Philosophy, Sports Mania

Hope you are inspired to create a boy-themed layout!  You have all month to play along with this great sketch and share your work with us at Boy Meets Girl!  

Want to be a Cover Girl?

Let's Get Sketchy is searching for the perfect layout for the cover of our special upcoming Christmas issue of the LGS Sketch Inspired digital magazine!  

Check out the details & submit your entry HERE!

Good luck!

80!

Sharing a layout today of my sweet grandma on her recent 80th birthday.

My layout is for this week's sketch at Let's Get Sketchy.   We'd love to see your take on this design - be sure to link up with us by November 30th!  

Materials Used:
CTMH Huntington paper collection
CTMH Shimmer Brads (retired)
Artbooking Cricut Collection (Die-cut Numbers)
CTMH Cardstock: Black, Champagne