Practical Scrappers SKETCH

Hello sketch fans! I have my last sketch for Practical Scrappers to share with you today. I have been with Practical Scrappers for a very long time so this is bittersweet but I have to be realistic with my use of time. Life is just so very busy now and I have to put my focus in the right places. I have LOVED being apart of their team and I will continue to stock their blog for all of the amazing examples of paper crafting.



Check out the Practical Scrapper BLOG for all of the AMAZING examples from the DT. You will love it!

Special Christmas Sketch

Hello, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! The house it still a mess with toys and wrappings scattered throughout the house but I wouldn't trade it for the world. We had a great Christmas this year and the kids are having a ball playing with their new treasures.
I wanted to share a special Christmas sketch that I made with my My Creative Scrapbook December  Main kit.






Thanks for stopping by today, Happy Holidays!!

October My Creative Sketches SKETCH

Man, it has been a long time since I've updated my blog. My youngest son has been sick with strep followed by mono. Yeeeks! I'm looking forward to the day he can return to school. ;)

We have something extra special for you this month from My Creative Sketches!  In honor of My Creative Scrapbook's birthday,  Pam has put together not only one, but two gorgeous prize packs!  That's right, she is giving away two incredible prizes!  To play along, we have an extra special sketch...a two page sketch!!

 

 

Everyone who creates a two page layout will be put in the first prize drawing.

The second prize will be awarded to a random draw of the entire group. 

So you have a much better chance of winning if you create a two page layout.

Prize Pack 1

Prize Pack 2

The deadline for this contest is November 14 (midnight EST, USA). See more rules on the My Creative Sketches BLOG.

Have fun and good luck everyone!

Practical Scrappers Sept Sketch

Hello all! The September sketch on Practical Scrappers is up on the blog.

So here is my question for the day. If you are a girl between the ages of 12 and 13, how do you remain cool when your parents drag you to Chuck E Cheese for your little brothers to play?

Answer: You grudgingly enter the premises and hog up the photo booth, posing like a supermodel with duck lips and sexy facial expressions.

Haha! These girls crack me up.

Check out more ideas on the Practical Scrappers blog using this sketch.

Its Sketch Challenge Time!

Check my previous post for the Die-Versions Blog Hop.

Are you all ready for a sketch challenge? If so, you are in luck because we have a fun one over at My Creative Sketches.
First let me show you the prize pack to get you really interested. ;)

Interested yet? Good...here is the sketch...

The designers did a fabulous job showcasing the possibilities for this sketch. Here is what I created:

Some might think its odd to scrapbook a page about your child seeing the dentist but I thought my son would have a screaming melt-down at the dentist office (I was preparing for it) but he didn't at all. I love that the dentist offices cater so well to children now with earphones to watch TV and listen to music. It was such a relief.

All of the sketch challenge detail can be found HERE.
Deadline is October 14th.

Good luck and have fun!

Sweet Sunshine and a SKETCH

So...school starts tomorrow. I am excited and nervous for my sweet kids, but more happy that I will have a quiet household during the day. ;) Perhaps I will have more scrap time too! Yessss!!!
I created this sketch and made a coordinating layout using a summer theme.

My kids LOVE swimming. They could spend every day there if I'd allow it.

My Creative Sketches August sketch

Pam from My Creative Sketches asked if I would make them some exclusive sketches for their site. Of course! I love My Creative Scrapbook!
Here is the August sketch:

There is an awesome prize up for grabs too!

The deadline for this contest is September 14th. All of the official rules are on the My Creative Sketches blog. Have fun and good luck!

August Practical Scrappers sketch

The August sketch for Practical Scrappers is up this week. I personally haven't tried the sketch YET but the PS DT has and they have some fabulous layouts to share.

July Practical Scrappers sketch

The July sketch is up on the Practical Scrappers blog with some fabulous examples from the DT.
Here is my take on the sketch below:

 

 

 

Products used: Fancy Pants Down By The Shore

I was actually digging this sketch so much I made 2 layouts with it.

My husband and his brother looked goofy in their spear fishing outfits so they decided to ham in up and look even sillier. I love them!!

 

Products used: Jillibean Soup's Macho Nacho

I love that saying. It's so true, isn't it?

Sketchy Thursday

Hello! Today's weather here in No. Virginia is absolutely gorgeous and that puts me in a great mood. It's 72 degrees! I'll take it and love it after the heat wave we had last week...yuck!

I have a sketch to share today.

I was inspired by the large circle from the American Crafts Mayberry collection, which is so summery and adorable. A special thanks to My Creative Scrapbook for the kit!

Have a beautiful day!

Home Is Where These Guys Are

These 5 people are my favorite people ever! -my hubby and my 4 kids. We move often with my husband's job and though that is hard, we can make any new city or house our home because we have each other.

I used an older sketch of mine which I used for the Practical Scrappers sketch to design my layout.

I mainly used the Story Teller collection from Crate Paper but I also pulled various pieces from my stash. I gotta' use it sometime! :)

Have a great weekend!!!

Monday Sketch

Hello all! Its been a while since I posted a sketch just for my blog so here ya go.



Really, this was a good day. The cousins enjoyed spending time with each other playing tennis, BBQing and gliding down the lake in my brother's boat behind his house. Love Sundays like this!

I stamped a bunch of butterflies and cut them out to place in a row per the sketch design.
I need to remember to stamp more. ;)

Mad About Sketches

You love sketches, right?
For the whole month of July, Cookin' Up Creations is having a Mad About Sketches event featuring my sketches all month long. What fun, be sure to check them out!

June Practical Scrappers Sketch

This month's sketch for Practical Scrappers was revealed on the PS blog a few days. The DT did, of course, an AMAZING job on their layouts using this sketch for inspiration.

My youngest daughter ran her first 5K with her daddy a few weeks ago.  It was long and it was hot but it was worth it. It was good for my daughter to know that she coul d push through the pain and complete something with such a worthy cause.
I used an older Making Memories collection for my layout.

Partners in Crime

Partners in crime...when little boys get together that is what they become. Mischievous, rowdy, lovable boys! ;)





I used my Guest designer kit from Paper Secrets which is Jillibean Soup's Chilled Cucumber Soup. Swoon!



I based my layout on this month's 12x12 sketch for Scrap n' Art magazine created by yours truly. You can see the sketch with the designer's layouts HERE on their online site.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Liz