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Pastel=Perfect for Easter pics!

I'm playing along with two sketches today.  The first one is from Creative Scrappers, a new sketch site I found.  I acutally used a Simply Scrappin' kit I got from the clearance rack a while back.  This is actually a romance based kit - probably meant for weddings and lovers...but I thought the colors were pretty useful for Easter morning pictures, too!

See what I mean?  Blue, green, pink, Cocoa?  They are just perfect for Easter.  I added some inking around the edges to make the paper stand out and I added stampin' dimensionals under each flower layer to make it a bit more 3-dimensional.  The little rhinestones are just a little icing on the cake.  Letter stickers are from doodlebug designs.

And for this sketch, I played along at Sassy 'Lil Sketches, a favorite site of mine.  Here you can see I just extended the same colors and embellishments, I just moved them around a bit.  I added a few strips of stickers/rhinestones instead of a title and added a Crate Paper ribbon for the border area.

Hunting in the Wind

I decided to play along with Sketchy Thursdays this week and did a double dose of the sketch.  I actually did the sketch for both sides of a double page layout - I just flipped it a bit and switched up the papers to add some contrast.

All of the paper in the layout comes from the Cheerful Treat hostess packet of paper in Stampin' Up's new catalogue.  I loved the bright and happy colors for these Easter pictures. 

Here you can see how I switched up the sketch and the papers a bit. I also changed the stamped flower to Lucky Limeade with Melon Mambo sponged around the edges.

Here's a closeup of one of those flowers from the Creative Elements stamp set.  Practical Scrappers had a challenge to create your own flowers, to do this, I actually stamped it three times and then cut around the edges to make it more three dimensional.  I cut all the way to the outside, then one layer inside, then all the way to the inside layer if that makes sense.  After that, I took a sponge dauber and sponged some Melon Mambo around the edges.  I added a stampin' dimensional under each layer to pop it up some, also.

Big Top Scrapbook Page

Now that my time on the ScrapFIT design team is over, I get to play along again!  :)  I still love ScrapFIT and the challenge this time is banners.  I like this one so much I just may have to play along again!  This paper has plenty of banners on it! 

I made this page after being inspired by a page I found at Papercrafter's library (see the link in the sidebar).  I used the Big Top line of paper and stickers from the new 2011-2012 catalogue for this page.  It came together so quickly and with so little effort!  I used the stickers to create the borders along the left side. 

Here you can see the lettering - I took Tempting Turquoise craft ink and rubbed it all over the chipboard letters and heated some Irridescent Ice EP over that.  The word memories was from the retired Summer Home Simply Scrappin' kit - I outlined the letters with Real Red to make them pop of the Daffodil Delight DSP.  I added just a couple of buttons with Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.  Very simple and easy!

Speaking of Designer Series Paper, did you know that you can get a pack of designer series paper free for every 3 packs you purchase?  I love deals like that!  It's like getting paid to shop!  My favorite!

The Scrappiest sketch for the happiest little girl!

I'm hanging out with my parents right now since I have to play piano at a wedding at My Old Kentucky Home this evening.  It's Saturday as I write this post.  It's a nice lazy day when I haven't had to do anything but enjoy doing nothing for once!  That alone feels amazing!  We have had a terribly busy month, so to have a free day for the last two days is a nice ending to July!

Here's a page I made while waiting for pictures to upload for printing and sharing on facebook. 

Now that I look at it, I think I'll add a few more drop shadows - they really make things pop off the page!  I took these pictures earlier this month at my brother & sister in laws home.  They are the best aunt and uncle in the world and are patiently waiting to adopt children, so if you think about it, please say a little prayer for them.  For now, my daughter loves to play with their current "children" - their dogs! 
All supplies from Stampi' Up's My Digital Studio program - Sweet Pea DSP, Simple Stitches, Man's Best Friend Digital stamp brush

Digi Page time

The Effer Dares is challenging readers to do some digi pages this week.  Since I happen to be going through withdrawal at the moment (It's been 8 days since I've touched my scrapbook supplies - I've been on a mission trip to help provide tornado relief to families in Cullman, Alabama), I decided I'd whip a little page up on my laptop while loading a facebook photo album! 

So I found this sketch over at Practical Scrappers and decided to use it to scrap a few of the Disney picture digitally.  Here's the page I came up with:

I loved all the flowers at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, so I thought this would be a great way to showcase them on a nice sunny page!  All the supplies are digital supplies from Stampin' Up's My Digital Studio program (easy program for computer dummies like me!!!) :)

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