A Scrapbook layout!! Say wha????

It has literally been months since I scrapbooked a layout.  In fact, I hadn't downloaded photos from my camera (other than card photos for the weekly LRW challenges) since January!!  I know, crazy!!  Well, with the summer weeks coming to a close, I was determined to do some scrapbooking this past week.
   Being a bit rusty, I needed some inspiration.  This August sketch over at Two Scrapbook Friends is just what I need to get a layout done fairly quickly.

Now remember, sketches are meant to be an inspiration point--you don't have to copy every last detail. I took some creative license and flipped the whole sketch upside down, and I added a photo with the title.

 Here are some detail shots:

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LRW #198 - Sunshine

Hello all!  Today is the perfect day for this challenge because here in Southwestern Ontario we could sure use some warm sunshine.  I have no idea where the summer went?!  Good thing I'll be in Cuban sunshine this time next week!!

Any way,  Jan's challenge this week over at Little Red Wagon is to use a SUN on your project.  My sun is peaking up from behind the cloud--just a simple circle. The bright yellow card base really packs some sunshine too though, I think!

Hope you can play along, and I sure hope it's warm and sunny in your neck of the woods!

Check out what the rest of the DT created too.

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LRW #197 -- Falling to Pieces

Yikes!  How is it already Thursday evening?!  Sorry for being a bit late on this week's LRW challenge.

  It would have been posted earlier, but I tried to find the oh-so-cute card I made for this week's challenge, but I think I must have shipped it off to be sold already without having taken a photo . . . anyway, Jayne has asked us to do some paper-piecing.  I found this card I made with some simple paper piecing for the cupcake liner.

Hope you can play along this week!

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LRW #196--Christmas in July

Hard to imagine Christmas right now when I just spent the last few days at the beach on Lake Huron, but it's always a good time to start getting Christmas cards ready early . . . and that is what Roseanne has asked us to do this week over at Little Red Wagon

Here's my Christmas card:

I'm thinking I should have added some texture to my tree--perhaps embossed it.

Hope you can get in the Christmas mood and play along!

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LRW #200 - TAG, you're it!

Regan is asking us to use a TAG (or more, I guess) on our projects this week over at
 Little Red Wagon.

I have two tag ideas for you!
First up is the standard tag use; I added these to my son's birthday party treat bags

My second "tag" project was for this card I whipped up for my son's friend's birthday.  I cut the tag free-hand, and added an eyelet (remember those?!) to make sure my hemp twine didn't rip through my paper.

Hope you can find the time to join us in the challenge.  Check out what the rest of the DT created too!

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LRW #198 -- Make it Monochromatic

Happy Wednesday!  Jan's challenge this week over at Little Red Wagon . . .

is to make your project MONOCHROMATIC

(that means, stick to ONE colour, but you can play with all of its tones).

I remember by high school art days when I had to paint a monochromatic scale to show the gradation of colour using only one colour hue and white and black paints.  No painting on this card, but I stuck to one colour hue--PINK, and the neutral white.

 I know I used this footprint stamp on last week's challenge card; I just couldn't get enough of them!

Ha--guess I should have rotated this photo so you wouldn't have to read upside down! Oops!a

So pick ONE colour and go all MONOCHROMATIC on us;

then link up your project over at Little Red Wagon.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT created for some inspiration!

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LRW #192 - CAS

Ah--love Joanne for giving us a super easy challenge after the long weekend!

Show us your CAS projects!!

Here's mine:

Hope you can play along!

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LRW #191 - Red & White

Hi folks,
  Time for another Little Red Wagon challenge.  Sorry I missed last week--a bit hectic with end of the school year & exams, so I never got around to posting--but I'll post my Cardstock project at the end of this post.

  Anyway, this week we've been challenged to think CANADA DAY by using only RED & WHITE.
This was a definite challenge for me--only 2 colours?? wha??  So, I cheated (like all good crafters), and I threw in some neutrals, like kraft and gray, oh . .  and what the heck, why not sneak a bit of leaf green too?!  So . . . let's just say that I kept RED and WHITE my focus! (You DO NOT want to see my red&white only rejects--Yikes!).

LAST WEEK's  CARDSTOCK ONLY project (that's right; just white cardstock and stamps!)  I did CASE this card, but totally can't remember the original creator--so I do not take full credit.

Hope you can join our RED & WHITE Challenge!  First, check out what the rest of the DT created! (see links in sidebar)

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LRW #189 - Patterned Paper

Rosanne's up this week over at Little Red Wagon.

She's asked us to use 3 Patterned Papers on our project.

Here's my take--can you find all 3?

I don't often use patterned paper, so this was a challenge.  I tend to stamp my own patterns to make backgrounds.

Hope you can join along us in the challenge!

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LRW #188--Heavy Metal

Time for another Little Red Wagon Challenge!  I can't believe how quickly the year is going--having this weekly deadline is certainly a reminder of that!

This week Regan has asked us to use METAL on our projects.

I went with some trusty metal brads that have been rather neglected in my projects lately.  I made this card for my son's friend.

Hope you can join us this week!  But first, be sure to check out what kind of metal the rest of the DT used on their projects


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