Scrapbook Steals Design Team

I'm sad to say that this is my last post as a member of the Scrapbook Steals design team.  I've thoroughly enjoyed my three months and I'm sad to see it come to an end.  Today, the featured steal is Lifestyle Crafts It Kits, perfect for cardmakers and paper crafters.  Here's a sneak peek at what you'll see...

You'll have to visit the Scrapbook Steals blog to see what I created with this product! Check it out HERE!

Buddies

This week's sketch challenge at Scrapbook Steals gave me another excuse to use some of my favorite "boy" papers from Simple Stories' Awesome collection.  I used one 4x6 photo instead of the two smaller photos in the original sketch.  My spray ink got a little carried away, but I only had one piece of this great background paper, so I was forced to leave it this way.

1st day of school

It's time for a new sketch series at Scrapbook Steals!  To find out more about this week's challenge and to see the original sketch that inspired my layout, head over to the Scrapbook Steals blog. 

I knew I wanted to use this back to school photo, so I dug out a bunch of papers with back to school themes. Unfortunately, none of them worked with the colors in my photo, so I got creative.  I dug wound up using various pieces/patterns from 4 different Echo Park collections, and only used one school sticker from an old Simple Stories line.  The colors worked well and I actually like that it's not all "school crazy" in theme.  Thanks for looking!

Completely Coral

I've completed another group of 10 sketches in the gemstone series at Scrapbook Steals.  They are giving away a great prize package from My Mind's Eye, one of my favorite manufacturers.  Here are the 10 layouts from this Coral series:

 

 

 

Fall

I love this week's sketch by Kerys Sharrock for the Scrapbook Steals challenge.  I purchased this Simple Stories Harvest Lane collection several weeks ago, but was afraid to cut into it because I loved it so much.   I finally took the plunge and was very happy with how quickly it all came together.  These papers are totally "my style" and just make me happy. 

Here's the original sketch: