Sketches in Thyme layout

 

This layout is based on a Sketches in Thyme sketch.

I used poetic license on here and put large tickets instead of tags. I also used a large journal card as my photo mat. One of the papers features fishing but I'm not concerned. Probably the ancient Mayans went fishing too. I used thin washi tape and staples to echo the sketch detail top right.

Mexican male layout

 

Today I made this layout using my "secret men's business " kit.

The Mexican man in my photos was wearing a hat and moustache, so I was able to echo that in the picture of the English gentleman. The striped offcut reminded me of Mexico and I found the word handsome which works well as a title.

I also used washi tape in black and white chevron and stitched a herringbone pattern across the middle to match the decoration on his hat.

Black Magic sketches.

 

Here is the sketch and colour palette.

and here's my layout. 

I used the thickers title and hearts from my kit.Also the little shapes from lilybee designs were in my kit.

The dark green background paper and blue are old pieces I've had for a long time. I'm pleased to use them. 

Sketch n scrap

Here's the Sketch n scrap first February card challenge.

I used some items from my February kit on this one.

Farmquest Challenge blog and Time out challenges

 

I cut up an old children's annual and this was one of the pictures. It features 2 children collecting wood in a toboggan. As the theme at Farmquest is snow sports I thought this might qualify. 

Into the Christmas card box it goes.

I also made this card for Time out challenge

We are asked to pick 2. I chose pink and sparkles

This is also entered at Ellibelle's garden where they want anything from a garden. I have the bee, birdhouse and flowers.

Counterfeit kit Challenge #1

 Our forst challenge is 10 things I love about.....................

It immediately reminds me of my daughter watching the movie "things I hate about you.". We must have watched it 50 times.

For this challenge I chose one of the countries we visited on my cruise. Costa Rica, it was magical.

I used a sticker I bought there as my starting point. The 3 circular journal cards came in handy on this.

My title went on next and I used mixed alphas. I chose my 3 photos and trimmed them to fit. I then added some puffy sticker thickers here and there. My final flourish was a branding strip along the bottom of the page.

The scraproom build a page challenge.

 

I started with brown and white spotted card for my background. I then triple matted my photo. I found a piece of music paper which already had red drips on it so used it as a layer under my photo mat.

Next, I made the banner using die cuts from my kit plus embroidery cotton.I used white brads to fasten the pieces on. I found 4 green buttons so added those next to my happy title. I also added 2 other word stickers "sweetest day" and "hello love".

This parrot and gorilla greeted us as we disembarked the ship in Costa Rica.