This week’s Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a sketch challenge using a PageMaps Sketch!! I love a good PageMaps sketch! I print out each month’s sketches and keep them in a binder. I have all of the scrapbook sketches going back to 2006! They are very inspiring, and they are FREE. Here is my take on this… Read More »
Have you ever loved a sketch so much that you made two cards inspired by it? Check out this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: I used the ephemera sets from Stampin’ Up! to make my cards this week. I was playing with Say Something and Good Times ephemera sets. I loved this little vase of flowers with… Read More »
There are soooo many great new products being released by Stampin’ Up! in September! First…the new Fall and Holiday Mini Catalog will be released with all kinds of fall and holiday goodies packed inside! My wish list is long! Second…there are some fantastic new products being released as Online Exclusives that are also being released on September 5!… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge offers another sketch to utilize those left over strips of paper you have sitting on your desk. I was not a fan of this sketch when I saw it. Using up strips of paper scraps is not my forte and my cards always end up with too many layers for… Read More »
I have another sketch to share from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and it’s another good one! I love this one! I have so much pretty patterned paper and this is a perfect sketch for using all that DSP. I used the Pretty Florals Suite for this card. I adore the papers in this set. The… Read More »
This week’s card sketch challenge for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is up and running! A perfect sketch for using some of our pretty papers or a favorite background technique! I chose to use some pretty papers for this one. This gave me an opportunity to play with the Impressions Abloom stamp set and the pretty… Read More »
The new Challenge YOUrself July scrapbook challenge is now live! I thought this was a fun challenge! I pulled out an old photo of myself that a student snapped many many years ago. I was sitting at my desk after school grading papers and I had a bunch of my favorite dorks hanging out in my classroom. … Read More »
The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is out for this week and it’s another good one. This is one that I need to add to my card sketch recipe file for sure. I had fun playing with this and I created two cards with this sketch using different techniques on each card. I created the little bee… Read More »
I have another interesting and challenging sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for this week! This was a challenging sketch and a challenging layout! I kept the number of rectangles to a minimal amount and tried to use a variety of sizes. Here is what I came up with: I found it very challenging to… Read More »
This month’s challenge for the Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a theme/color inspiration challenge. This was a very inspirational mood board! I pulled out some photos from a Trek Convention that my husband and I went to the weekend before I created my layout. So I had to figure out a way to make the photos… Read More »
Time for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! This is a weekly challenge and there is a new sketch every week. I love it when a sketch or a challenge reminds me of a technique that I haven’t used in a while. This week, that technique is torn paper. I was wishing that I had invested in more… Read More »
I used this week’s new sketch at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge https://atlanticheartschallenge.blogspot.com/to create another clean and simple card. This is another great sketch layout to play with. It’s quick and simple and lets you add the details you want to add. I used my new In Color Stampin’ Write Markers to add color… Read More »
This month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is all about using butterflies on your layout and including a picture of YOU! I love a butterfly theme! I am all out of scrapbook workshop kits, so I had to use random products from Stampin’ Up! to create a coordinating page with some DIY ephemera. I was having… Read More »
There is a new sketch challenge each week at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. We would love to have you join us for the challenge! This is a fabulous sketch! It’s perfect for highlighting some of the new In Colors that are being released by Stampin’ Up! this week! I used the Of Art and… Read More »
Today starts a new sketch challenge on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog. The sketch this week is perfect for a clean and simple card. It’s a great sketch! I loved the simplicity of this sketch. Sometimes sketches have so many details in them that you end up with a super busy card. Not with this sketch!… Read More »