Paper Bakery Sketch Challenge #6

Happy Father's Day everyone! Today I am sharing the Paper Bakery's Sketch Challenge #6 with you!

Yes, today is Father's Day and how perfect that I ended up scrapping a photo of my Dad to share with you today!!!  I took this photo during one of my visits to see him. Every time we go to see my Dad during the summer, we have to make a trip to the local burger/ice cream joint called Belew's Dairy Bar. In my opinion they make THE best peanut butter malts in the world!!!  Once I had picked this photo to scrap, I decided to use the sketch from Sketch Challenge #6 and this is my take on it.  I pretty much just followed the sketch this time and I enjoyed how quickly it came together. Sometimes it is nice to keep it easy and I find a sketch can always help with that!!!

I also have a tutorial up on the Paper Bakery blog sharing some tips and techniques that I used to create my layout and dress it up a bit. Please stop by to check it out!

Here are the details you need to know to play along with us using the sketch:
1.) The Paper Bakery will have Sketch Challenges twice a month. You can play along once for a chance to win the monthly prize OR play along twice to double your chances of winning the monthly prize.
2.) All you have to do is make a layout or project utilizing the sketch. (Using Paper Bakery kits are not required to play along.)
3.) Then, take a photo of your layout and link it up on the sidebar of The Paper Bakery blog using the INLINKZ widget. Sketch Challenge #6 is due by June 29.
4.) Winners will be chosen at random and will be posted on our Facebook page and on our blog.  Make sure to follow us on both to find out if you are the winner of the monthly prize!!!

I hope you are inspired by the sketch to play along with us and I can’t wait to see what you create and share!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Oklahoma Online Benefit Crop Layout

Today is the day!!! The online crop to benefit the victims of the Oklahoma Tornado tragedy is going on right now! You can still register and join in all the fun!!! And even better is that your "registration fee" is being 100% donated to the United Way of Oklahoma to help those who need it most. I am hosting one of the challenges during the crop and today I wanted to share the layout I created for the event. It is based off of a sketch that I have supplied as part of the challenge. I used the new Bo Bunny collection Trail Mix to create my layout and finished it off with a little flair from Paper Bakery. Both Bo Bunny and Paper Bakery are just two of the many amazing sponsors that we have lined up for the crop. I want to personally thank all of the sponsors who donated to this event!

One more thing before I go...this is a peak of a FREE cut file that I created exclusively for those who are attending the online crop:

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for all of you who are supporting this worthy cause!

Paper Bakery Sketch Challenge #5

Happy Friday all! I hope you have had a good week. This week has flown by for me, but I have been busy creating with the June Paper Bakery Kit and creating my challenge sketch and layout for the Oklahoma Online Benefit Crop tomorrow June 15. Today, however, I wanted to share the layout I created using the sketch from Sketch Challenge #5 for the Paper Bakery.

First off, I had to use the fabulous Heidi Swapp paper, but it was a bit bold being only black and white, so I sprayed the background with some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Tropicana Teal and then wiped off the excess. Then I used the stencil from the Paper Bakery May Mixed Media kit with some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold to further soften the colors.

Next I tackled the banner image from the sketch.  I had fun using a ton of scraps from my May and June kits to create the fun banner a the top.

Instead of doing another banner at the bottom like the sketch has, I decided to go a different route.  I resized and printed some of the FREE June Printables and added them to the strip at the bottom.

This is the sketch that inspired it all! You have until Saturday June 15th to play along for your chance to win a fun prize package from the Paper Bakery. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend and maybe you will think about either joining in the fun for the Oklahoma Online Benefit Crop. If you can't play along you could think about just donating to this worthy event as ALL of the donations are being given to The United Way to help the victims of the tornado tragedies. There is a donation button on the top right hand side of the website. Thanks!!!

Clean and Simple Vacation Layout

Several years ago I went on vacation with my sister and her family to Empire, Michigan right on the shore of Lake Michigan. It was a great vacation with so many wonderful memories! What I can't believe though, is that I am still finding photos that I didn't scrap from that vacation! When I came across this one of our trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes it screamed for me to use the new Bo Bunny Key Lime collection and so I did. Along with some bits and pieces from Family Is. This layout is up on the Bo Bunny blog today as part of an assignment to create a clean and simple layout. Make sure you stop by and check out the amazing layouts by some of the other designers!!!

A fun little tip I have to share with you today is how I altered some pieces from the Bo Bunny 12 x 12 Chipboard. I loved the look of the chipboard clouds from the Family Is 12 x 12 Chipboard however, the colors/patterns on them did not coordinate with my layout. My solution...I painted them with acrylic paint to match my chipboard title letters!

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Silly, Nuts, Ask Dad /Family Is; Notes, Sun-Dew/Key Lime

Brads: Key Lime, Family Is

Stickers: Key Lime Combo Sticker, Family Is Combo Sticker

Chipboard: Family Is 12 x 12 Chipboard, Chipboard Alpha in Chiffon

Noteworthy: Family Is

So, are you going on vacation this summer? Is it somewhere new or somewhere you have been before? We are going to Mexico later in the summer for the first time and I am looking forward to taking more photos and making more memories to scrapbook!!!

First Time to be a Cover Girl

Even with as long as I have been scrapping it is still so exciting to see your own creations in print! I am even more excited to have my first ever cover with Cards Magazine for their July issue!!! This issue is full of amazing inspiration, so I am still quite shocked that they picked little ol' me to be on the front cover. I am however, very grateful and I feel extremely blessed about this opportunity!!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will take some time to check out this latest issue!