Creating With Sketches V3

It was a pleasure being asked to contribute to Kristine Davidson's brand new sketch book: Creating With Sketches Volume 3.  Her sketches so often pull me out of my comfort zone and lead to fun designs, I otherwise, would not have come up with on my own. Sketch #60 from this latest collection of sketches was no exception.

A new sketch, and a new sketchbook deserved a new collection to work with.  For the first time in a long time, I purchased some Belle Blvd papers to work with.  With the current changing of the leaves, and the scenery around me, I really wanted to create a Fall themed layout.  This collection has Spring written all over it.

My love addiction with doilies and tags, is still going strong as you can see.

These Jillibean sprinkles, like giant wood-backed enamel dots, are hoard worthy, I love them so much.  If you know me at all you know that there's not much I hoard.  I am a fan of only buying what I KNOW I'll use, and using it up on a couple of layouts, and then moving on.  So you know it's a great product when I don't actually want to use it all up.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the word fall out of some of the Bella patterned paper, and backed it with some scrap cardstock.

The Sketchbook has some really great sketches, and examples.  I have my e-copy, and you can get 10% off yours by using my code: V3SHERRI in Kristine's bigcartel shop here.

Go get yours friends, it's got so much insop, and if you've got a smartphone it's a great little resource to have on you when you're out at a crop.  Paper copies are also available. Pin It

A Great Grid & A Farewell

Creative Scrappers Sketch #269 is live, and it's a really fun grid design, one of my favourite "go-tos" when stumped for creativity.  I decided to use the design to create a layout celebrating our family members.

I used the Apri Swag Bag from Paper Issues to create this layout.  Everything except for the cardstock came in the swag bag, so many funny little bits and pieces to incorporate into your project.  I especially love the the #5 wood veneer, and #18 plastic bingo chip came in my bag as both numbers have significance to me.

You can see that this layout would also be perfect for pocket style scrapping, especially if you use the Simple Stories page protectors with all the 2x2 pockets.

The cut file is perhaps one of my favourite freebies I've ever discovered through Pinterest.  It is a print created by Vanessa Brady, and you can find both the print and the Silhouette cut file here on her blog.  And how awesome is that ampersand wood veneer?  I used gold embossing powder to add a little bling to mine.

See that little embellishment pocket.  I created it by simply taking the spare plastic from an empty embellishment package, cutting it to size and then using my sewing machine to stitch the pocket closed.  The #5 represents the 5 people in our family, and the #18 represents the number of years we have been married.  Pretty cool, that those are the numbers I ended up with in my Swag Bag.
I was initially stumped on how to use this multi-quadrant grid design, but now I'm so happy with the way it turned out.  Love seeing my girls each in their own place.

Wanna play along with us this month.  Link up and you'll be entered to win your chance at a kit from My Creative Scrapbook.  You have until May 31st to link up a new creation.  You can get a little more inspo by hopping over to the Creative Scrappers blog to see how the other designers used the sketch.

This post, is also is my farewell post to Kristine and the crew at Creative Scrappers.  It has been a really delight working with Kristine.  Being a part of this team was the first ever scrappy goal I ever set for myself.  It's kind of surreal that now the dream has been fulfilled, and I'm already moving on. I want to say a huge thank you to Kristine for believing in me, and my talent.  It was a real pleasure working with yours and Jenny's sketches month after month, they have really helped me to push the limits and see outside the box, to create something wonderful.  I wish you and the new team a very fun term, and look forward to new reveals, each Sunday. Pin It

Creative Scrappers Reveal

Sketch #268 has been revealed today.  It's so fitting that it fits right in with my recent circle-obsessed scrapping.  The design was a good one for this recent set of photos I got of Théa and her sweet friend Haley.

Amy Tangerine Plus One papers, and embellishments

 Used some pop dots to help give a little dimension to the design.

The stitching also helps to add a little more visual interest to a flat design.  I just love my Amy Tangerine stitching templates.  And how cute are these girls anyway?

We have so much love for Miss Haley, we just love it when she comes over.  I can still remember encouraging Théa to over and say hello to the cute little girl playing at the sand table in the Kindergarten room.  Here we are 7 years later and they're just as close as ever despite being in different classes over the years.  Their love of Dance will likely keep them close for a long time to come.

Here is Jenny's sketch

Playing along this month will earn you a chance at a prize from our sponsor My Creative Scrapbook, you have until May 31st to link up your projects.

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Jayden & Me *Creative Scrappers Reveal*

It's Sunday, which means a new reveal over at Creative Scrappers.

This week I played along using my handsome nephew Jayden.

The April Scraptastic Kit, featuring tons of fabulous new Fancy Pants product worked great to keep the colours a little more on the masculine side.

Kristine's sketch, once again drew me outside of my usual style.

When is the last time you played along with a sketch?  They are so great for breaking us out of our mold and forcing us to think outside our proverbial scrappy box.  Playing along this month will earn you a chance at a prize from our sponsor My Creative Scrapbook.

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Creative Scrappers - Birthday Bash

Welcome to the Creative Scrappers Blog Hop!

We are celebrating 6 years of Creating with Sketches.  We’re so excited to share 12 new sketches with you today and some inspiring layouts as well.  We’ll be giving away a few prizes so be sure to play along and check back on Saturday night, April 26th to see if you’re the lucky winner!

Here are the different ways you can play along –
1. Like Creative Scrappers on Facebook
2. Comment on our blog or on Facebook page
3. Help spread the news

Here is the sketch I chose to work with, created by Jenny Evans.

I just love Jenny's sketches, and knew I had a set of photos from a recent "kiddie" photo shoot that I could use.  I also loved that, as much as the design was already within my comfort zone there were a few elements that I wouldn't normally be drawn to in my own designing, like the triangles down down the page, in addition to the chevrons going across the page, I would have thought to put both on the same page.

Here is what I came up with:

Théa made the sweetest little Olaf on the last nice warm-weather winter day we had.  I love that she even got his mouth in the form of him singing.  He looked so cute and inviting in the middle of our cul-de-sac. 

I created the snowflake frame using my Silhouette

I've been hoarding that pink chevron flair button for just over a year now.

Hidden journaling once again, I'm pretty predictable that way, I just love to tell the story though, and the design doesn't always allow for it to be out in the open, it's what happens when you like embellishments too much, lol.

There is so much inspiration waiting for you along with way, with 11 more brand new layouts just for the party.  Here is the blog hop order:

Amanda Johnson 

Ashley Horton 

Danielle de Konink 

Jenny Evans 

Jody Rogers 

Kathy Skou 

Kristine Davidson 

Michelle Whorwood 

Missy Whidden 

Sherri Funk <--- You are here

Stephanie Hart 

Tara Elias 

Creative Scrappers

Now head on over to the Creative Scrappers blog to download the sketches from today's birthday bash blog hop!   We have a ton of giveaways happening all day on our Facebook Page thanks to our amazing sponsors: Creative Scrappers, Let's Capture Our Memories,  Paper Camellia, Creative Embellishments, My Scraps & More, Scrapbook & Cards Today, Simple Stories, Jillibean Soup, Pinkfresh Studio, Davida Stafford - CTMH, Paper Issues, My Creative Scrapbook.  And don't forget to stop back at the Creative Scrappers blog on Sunday April 27 to see our reveal of Sketch #267.

Thanks for popping in today friends, your next stop on our hop is Stephanie Hart.  Happy hopping!

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We're having a party

Come Join us next Friday April 25th for a full day filled with inspiration from our Design Team Members, Great Giveaways from our Sponsors, and much more!

We thank our sponsors for being involved in our Birthday Bash and being so generous to our friends! - to win prizes you'll have to join us on facebook ;-)

Creative Scrappers, Let's Capture Our Memories, Paper Camellia, 
Creative Embellishments, My Scraps & More, Scrapbook & Cards Today, 
Simple Stories, Jillibean Soup, Pinkfresh Studio, Davida Stafford - CTMH, Paper Issues, My Creative Scrapbook and more!

Hope to see you there friends!

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Creative Scrappers Reveal #266

Wilson has been getting a lot of face time in my posts lately.  Here he is, again in my take on Creative Scrappers Sketch #266.

Here is Jenny's sketch.

You can see that I flipped the sketch and added my own touch to it just a little.  I loved the arrows she incorporated.  I used some Studio Calico veneer, and added a little coating of Perfect Pearls to shine them up a little and help them blend in with the background paper just a little bit better.

That transparency is from the Crate Paper Love Notes overlays pack, and I cut out and stitched circles of coordinating paper.  Some of my circles are peeking through behind holes I've cut into the cardstock, and some are raised with 3D adhesive, I stitched around all of them to give them a little more dimension.  Since the design didn't have a dedicated spot for journaling, I've added it to the largest circle grouping simply outlining the overlay with it.  Journaling reads "so cute the way he plays with his stuffie."

Once again, our sponsor is none other than my favourite kit club.  I should note that I used their February kit and Add On kit to complete this layout too.

Complete as many takes as you like on either this sketch or sketch 265 (revealed here), and link them up using the inlinkz tool on the Creative Scrappers site, and you're automatically entered to win.

Thanks for stopping by today friends, I always appreciate when you take the time to visit.

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Creative Scrappers Reveal #265

This week you're in for a real treat, as Kristine created a sketch that could easily be used for either a pocket page layout, or a regular scrapbook layout.

Here is my take I went with the pocket page style to add to my Memories In Between album.

February 23 - March 1st left side

And here is what Kristine's sketch looked like.

You can see there were several elements that I was able to incorporate into my page despite there difference in pocket sizes.  And here is what I did with the right side of the page.

 Here is the spread as it looks in my album.

This is a super fun reveal, because of the diversity of the sketch, I can't wait for you to pop over to the Creative Scrappers blog to have a peek at all the different interpretations.  I certainly hope you'll find the time to join us this month.  Our sponsor is none other than my favourite kit club

Complete as many takes as you like on sketches 265 & 266 (revealed in 2 weeks), link them up using the inlinkz tool on the Creative Scrappers site, and you're automatically entered to win.

Thanks for stopping by today friends, I always appreciate when you take the time to visit.

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Cousins

Happy Sunday friends!

Welcome to another Creative Scrappers reveal.   I used this opportunity to scrap a photo I took at Thanksgiving of the older cousins.  I can still remember when each of them were born, when they all use to call Isabelle, Baby Belle, when they would come to visit, and Ahria would ask me to paint her "pingers and toes".

How time flies.  Now 2 of them have graduated, one of them is a master woodworker (well in my opinion anyway), and my Baby Belle is heading to High School next year.

I used the Scraptastic December kit filled with the most luscious colours, and a flair button from {Aflairforbuttons} Etsy shop.

I stayed pretty true to Jenny's awesome sketch, just added a few layered bits and pieces to the edges.

Please hop over to the Creative Scrappers blog to see the rest of the DT takes on the sketch, and link up your own for a chance at a prize from Chic Tags this month.  You have until March 31 to work with either sketches #263 or 264.  You can enter as many times as you'd like using one or both of these sketches, as long as they are new creations for the challenge.  Link up, and you just never know, you may find your work our featured layout next Wednesday on the Creative Scrappers Blog. Pin It

Winter Love - Creative Scrappers Reveal

March 2nd, how did that happen?  It seems we've been buried under the cold hard spell of winter for so long here that we didn't even notice February fly right by.  How I wish Spring was just around the corner, but alas we still have several hundred feet of snow (well okay maybe not several hundred, but we have A LOT, let's just leave it at that), and super cold, as in hovering around forty below temperatures here to contend with for the next several weeks.  Cue: Annie's "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" here.

In other news, it's a new month, which not only means a new sketch, but a new sponsor for Creative Scrappers.  Here is my take on the sketch.

This was my first time using this size and this format photo.  It took me a bit to figure out how exactly I wanted to use the sketch.  I knew this was the photo I wanted to use, but was struggling with the design, until I flipped it.  Once I put all the strips on the top everything felt better to me, and I was better able to add embellishments.  I used scraps of October Afternoon papers, and one piece of My Mind's Eye paper, along with some {aflairforbuttons} flair and a Silhouette store cut file to create my title.  

These goofy girls make scrapping fun.  This photo was from Superbowl Sunday.  The weather was milder than it had been in a long time, perfect for playing outside.  The snow is piled up so high it reaches the top of our six foot fence.

The girls were having so much fun taking turns sliding down it.  That is until they got the idea to scooch themselves along the top of the fence, all the way along to the street side of the house where they then, monkeyed themselves down and along the iron fence.

How perfect is the Hashtag Winter Flair set for this layout?  The cut file was created using a black sketch pen (my new love - watch for a tutorial to come)

I used my EK Success Label maker to create my journaling strips.

Another fun piece of flair from the Hashtag Winter set.

Here is Kristine's sketch

I thought it would be kind of neat to mix some ribbon strips in with my paper strips.  Love the texture that it ended up adding to the layout.

You can see the rest of the amazing layouts on the Creative Scrappers blog.  Our sponsor this month is one that's very near and dear to my heart... Chic Tags will be offering up a $35 prize pack to the lucky winner.  So what are you waiting for?  Get to work on this sketch this week, and check back to the CS blog next week for sketch #264, and link up then too.  And don't forget to check back throughout the week, you just never know if your work will be our feature.

Thanks for stopping by today friends, enjoy your day!

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A Creative Scrappers reveal & a freebie

This week's sketch is one that I know I want to use again.  I loved it, and know I would never have come up with the idea on my own.  I've said it before, and I'll say it again Jenny is a sketch queen!  Between her and Kristine, I've created layouts that would otherwise have gone un-scrapped. I am so thankful to both of them for the chance to work with sketches that, at times take me out of my comfort zone.

(please excuse the poor lighting, without the right equipment getting a great photo of a white background can be tricky this time of year here in Manitoba)

I used BasicGrey's RSVP collection, and several pieces of the February Paper Issues Swag Bag to complete this layout.  The Swag Bag is a monthly embellishment bag that Cassie puts together filled with fun little, currently hot & trendy bits and pieces to add to all of your crafting projects. It's only $10, even less if you use my code: SHERRI.  Speaking of the Paper Issues shop, have you seen all the great new goodies Cassis has loaded into it?  All the 2014 CHA goodness is starting to arrive.  You can use my code to save 20% off everything you order. Check it out for yourself here.

I just love the Maya Road love paper clip.

How cute is that mini bingo card?

Here is Jenny's fabulous sketch.  

I loved the background so much that I created a cut file to go along with it. If you have a Silhouette Cameo, and would like to use my cut file also you can download it here.  I hope you'll enjoy it.

Remember, if you play along with us this month you will earn yourself a chance to win a kit from Paper Camilla Kits.  You have until Feb 28th to link up a new creation using either one of the February CS Sketches.  You may link up as many times as you like, as long as long as each project is a new creation.

Now hop on over to the Creative Scrappers site to see the rest of the DT creations.

Happy Sunday friends!

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Creative Scrapper Reveal

Another reveal to share with you on this lovely Sunday.  

This week I used the Fancy Pants Designs Be Loved Collection. The papers were perfect for my photos of the girls "Looming" their hearts out over the winter break.  

The journaling reads "Christmas toy of the season: Best $20 I've ever spent.  These two spent hours and hours combining colourful elastics to create cute bracelets.  It was so nice to see them enjoying creating together.  The gift was actually Eden's, but we got her lots and lots for elastics so she would have an easy time sharing.  Théa has since informed us that she would like "her own" Rainbow Loom for her upcoming birthday in March.

 Used some Dear Lizzy puffy stickers here with some pop dots for dimension.

How adorable is this cluster?  That xo Fancy Pants tag, the giant wood veneer star (from the December Chic Tags kit, and that sweet button from A Flair For Buttons.  I love embellishments that so easily combine with pretty much any scrappy style.

And here is Kristine's great sketch

Play along with us this month for your chance to win a kit from Paper Camilla Kits.  You have until Feb 28th to link up a new creation using either one of the February CS Sketches.  You may link up as many times as you like, as long as long as each project is a new creation.

Now hop on over to the Creative Scrappers site to see the rest of the DT creations.

Thanks for stopping in today friends.  I wish you a happy Super Bowl Sunday :)

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