Chic Tags Sunday Challenge

Seems like the week has flown by.  I won't lie, I kind of hope it continue so Spring will arrive faster.  The sun rising earlier and the temperature rising ever so slightly has me in good spirits.

I have a quick layout to share with you today.  Once again it is Sunday Challenge over at Chic Tags.  This week the challenge is to use a specific colour combination.

Here is my layout.

My sweet friends and their beautiful girl kindly allowed me to use one of their family photos this week. I just adore the expression on Ella's face.  The new collection by Prima totally fit the challenge so I grabbed this sheet with the honeycomb pattern all over it.

I added some grapefruit coloured Zing and embossed the chevron pattern over top.   

The tag is covered with Martha Stewart modeling paste using a Crafter's Worskshop mask.  I think I may addicted to this stuff, can't wait to try more of it.  The title was made using my Silhouette Cameo.  I am so loving that machine, totally worth the price I paid.

Altogether I have four different Chic Tags products on here and a few other embellishments.

Hope you'll jump in and participate this week.  Veronica always has a great prize up for grabs.  You can see the colour combo and link up your own project here.

That's it for me.  I hope you are having a fabulous Sunday with the ones you love.  Thanks so much for popping in today!

Reminder, you still have until 11:59 CST to enter my Birthday Blog Hop giveaway here.  Good luck to all who enter. Pin It

Happy Birthday Let's Get Sketchy!

Let’s Get Sketchy is turning ONE and to celebrate we are having a Birthday Bash Blog hop.  As you make your way along our hop to visit each of our DT blogs you will find lots of birthday inspired projects.   If you have arrived here from Tracy's blog welcome to the LGS blog hop!! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the Let's Get Sketchy site to start at the beginning and to start collecting your Birthday challenge words. These words should be bolded on each DT member’s pages.

I thought it would be fitting to create a post showing you how I created this page in celebration of my daughter's 10th Birthday.

First, I gathered any product I had that seemed fun, and celebratory. Including Create Paper's Pretty Party Collection, and Evalicious flair badges.

Then I made a 3x3 micro mini album to attach to my layout, to house additional photos from the party

Cut 2 - 3x12" strips of card stock.  Accordion fold each one, and attach with double sided tape

Add photos and patterned paper

Add a 4x4" cover created from chipboard, covered with patterned paper, and decorated to co-ordinate with your 12x12 layout.

 Attach micro-mini album to your already created layout using double sided tape

Here is HOW my completed layout with micro-mini album attached looks

Thanks for hopping by, your next stop on the hop will be Marit's blog.  

In case you get lost along the way here is the hopping order. Don't forget to collect your secret words along the way to enter for a chance at a little some extra birthday goodies.

• Line up:

  Let's Get Sketchy

  Brenshevia

  Debbie

  Stacia

  Laurie

  Carla

  Michelle

  Lynn

  Alison

  Melinda

  Tracy

  MY BLOG

  Marit

  Lanette

  Bev

  Stephanie

  Stacey

  LGS
  
  
  

  And what's a Birthday Celebration without gifts right. The fabulous Andrea from Cre8tive Cre8tions has provided me with some extra flair badges to offer up to one of my lucky readers, just for this celebration.  

  

  Leave me a comment telling me you'd be interested, and I will choose one lucky winner from among those comments to receive a fabulous assortment of flair badges and announce on Monday, March 4th. Please make sure to leave me your email address, so I can contact you directly!

  
  

  Happy Hopping, hope you feel inspired to link up for your chance at a boat load of goodies to be handed out all month long.

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This Is Me

Hey all,

A quick share of a layout I created for the Cre8tive Cre8tions blog.  I don't take to many self lies, but thought this one looked pretty reflective of how I look and feel these days.

I created a mask using my Silhouette Cameo, and did a lot of misting, and spritzing on this one.  The polaroid frame was also created on the cameo (one of my own files).  The kit is one from Scraptastic Kit Club, filled with Studio Calico papers, and Heidi Swapp mistable arrows,and Jillibean Soup stickers.  I really love how this one turned out.  You can find the flair badges I used in Andrea's shop here.

Thanks for peeking in today.  Have a good one.

Don't forget to come back on Friday for this...

See you then.

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Using an un-inked stamp

That is this week's challenge at Use It Tuesday.

This one was a little tricky for me as I don't own a ton of stamps and almost all of them are in fact inked.  My scrappy friend Tara, however, was a sweetheart to lend me a cute set I was drooling over a few weeks ago.  She's sweet like that, she just let me take them home to use whenever I got a chance.  This was the perfect opportunity.

Here are the hoarded supplies I used on this layout.  Only the stamps are borrowed.

Studio Calico: stamps & cardstock stickers, My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad, Pink Paislee mistable trim, not shown

And here is the layout I created, documenting my love for Mongos, a Mongolian barbecue restaurant near our home.

 My mouth is watering just looking at the photo.  

Journaling read "Also known as my birthday restaurant.  I love Mongo Mongolian bbq.  I create the same dish every single time.  It's guaranteed to satisfy."

I stamped directly onto the photo using Ranger Archival Ink.  It has a wonderfully rich tone, and transfers easily.  You need only be sure to hold the stamp very still when applying, otherwise you risk smudging the image.

Jillibean Soup, and My Mind's Eye label stickers.  Journal spot is Echo Park

Pop over here to see what the rest o the team created using an un-inked stamp.  You have until the end of the month to link up your own creation, and get a shot at being our Guest Designer in an upcoming challenge.

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Look At Us

Happy Monday friends!

I have more Let's Get Sketchy inspiration for you today.  I used these photos for Isabelle and the rest of the Hip Hop Small Group that performed at Triple Threat - Winnipeg back in November.  The dance to a medley of Justin Beiber tunes.  They were amazing, and earned a Judges Choice for the efforts.  We were so proud of all the girls, they worked super hard on this routine and were rewarded well for it.  Even better than the recognition was that they all had so much fun learning, practicing, and pushing themselves, together, as a group.

Here is Jenessa's sketch

A few detail shots

Once again the quality of these photos is sub-par, it's one of my least favourite things about the Winter season.  The lack of sunshine, makes is very difficult to obtain excellent quality photos.  If anyone has any tips to help me out here, I would be very grateful to hear them.

What I love best of about these photos is that Rob, their teacher made his way into them.  He's so talented, these girls are very fortunate to have such a passionate, inspiring, and nurturing teaching to learn from.  As parents we are thrilled that Kick It is full of just such teachers in every class.

Hop over here to see what the rest of the DT created with Bev's sketch, and link up your own creation.

And we have a birthday coming up on Friday.  Hope you'll join us.  There will be tons of inspo and prizes all weekend long.

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Hello Friday

How happy I am to see you once again!

I have a Chic Tags quickie to share with you today.  If you follow me on Instagram you saw these photos of the girls last week (and if you don't but want to you can find me here)  The girls haven't had bologna in years, and apparently eating it is just like riding a bicycle, they still cut holes into it to make a face.  This time, however they both thought it would be hilarious to actually wear the bologna face.

See why I had to scrap the moment?  To me, they look hilarious, especially with their funny animal hats.  Journaling reads: "The things these monkeys come up with while we wait to occupy themselves can be pretty crazy stuff.  The girls thought these bologna faces were pretty funny.  Disgusting, and unsanitary, but hilarious."

I had one Love Note flair left that I was determined to use on this layout.  I really like the pop of red with the Studio Calico papers.  I also cut one of the blank Love Note Phrases tags and tucked it behind the photos on either side.

In case you missed it, you still have until the end of today to participate in Challenge Sunday.  Simply link on the Chic Tags blog for your chance to win the entire, not yet released Road Trip Collection.  Check out the details here, and good luck to all who enter!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you're in for a fabulous weekend!

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Chic Tags Sunday Challenge

Happy Monday friends,

There is a brand new Challenge over at Chic Tags.  Veronica thought it would be fun to add a challenge to the blog on Sundays, so yesterday the first one was launched.  The challenge this week is to use seven items or less on a layout.

I chose the following items:
1. Assorted Chic Tags
2. Assorted Alphabet Stickers
3. Brads
4. My Silhouette Cameo
5. A Cardstock Sticker
6. A Flair Button
7. A Doily

Here is my layout

Apologies for the poor photo quality.  No sun = bad photos

Super cute Cre8tive Cre8tions flair button

Technically I should probably be penalized because I added machine stitching to this layout once it was finished (it just didn't look complete), so that should probably be a separate item.  I won't tell if you don't.

I like that we've added a challenge to the blog, and hope you'll decide to play along.  There's a great
"win it before you can buy it" prize being offered this week.  Hop over to the Chic Tags blog to check it out, and see what a few of the other dt members came up with.

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