Stitching!

I have signed up and joined the Let's Get Trendy challenge! Day 4 of the challenge was stitching. I was amazed at all of the different ways people incorporate stitching on their projects! I chose to hand stitch on my layout! I also stitched on the chevrons under the picture. :) I struggled with this page because I wanted to use this picture with the Bo Bunny Key Lime collection but it was not coming together for me! After about 3 days or so, it finally came together.

For this one, I cut a sun with my cameo and used it as a template to create this stitched sun! It turned out better than I expected!

I really hate sewing with my machine because I can't get the tension right and it always looks like this! Boo! But this one was a very small piece so I wasn't too worried about it. I need to figure out the tension for paper so I can have a pretty stitched line! 

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The Paper Bakery Sketch #5!

I have been slacking on The Paper Bakery sketches! I think I used 1 or two of the previous ones for DT work and couldn't share them before a certain date! So, I had to miss out on those challenges! But, this time I am able to participate! It was such a cool sketch by Juliana ! I also sent this page in for the Bo Bunny design team call! I will have to make another post for my other work for that. Anyway, on to the sketch!

I am obsessed with the little banners right now, so I had to jump on this one! Here is my layout:

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Radio Flyer

There is another challenge happening at Child's Play Challenges right now! It is a classic toy challenge and this is inspiration:

A Radio Flyer wagon! 

We actually have the new generation version of the Radio Flyer. We bought it to pull the kids around the zoo a few years ago, and that thing has been handy! We would pull them on our daily walks around the neighborhood and everything! Worth the money! On to the reason you hopped over to my blog!

My son was pulling my husband and daughter up and down the sidewalk when he was about 4 years old. He   actually pulled then for a while! Little trooper! 

I used Juliana Michaels technique on my title. She recently posted about cutting the title multiple times and gluing them all together (one on top of the other) to create dimension to the title. I LOVE this idea. I use it quite a bit now. I love the chipboard feel it gives the title, even if it's not really chipboard!

This layout was based on sketch #30 from My Scraps and More Sketches. Love their sketches!

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The Lorax

This week at Child's Play Challenges , the challenge is a storybook challenge. The inspiration book is:

I actually have not read this book OR seen the movie! I know! I do intend on watching the movie one day. It looks like it is another very cute Dr. Seuss movie. I loved his books as a child, and I love reading them to my children now!

Here is my take on this challenge:

I used the colors from the cover for this page! Isn't Kylee adorable with that angry birds hat? 

If you want to join the fun, head over to Child's Play Challenges 

NSD Sketch Challenge

I took on the NSD sketch challenge at The Paper Bakery! It was a pretty cool sketch!

I had the perfect 3 pictures for his sketch! I had to dig deep into my huge pile of pictures that NEED to be scrapped to find them. They are pictures of Kylee's very first Halloween! 2010! YIKES!

She was so stinkin adorable in that elephant costume. I don't think she enjoyed nearly as much as I did! 

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Christmas Morning...2011

I found an awesome sketch at My Scraps and More Sketches blog. Sketch #25.

It is so different than my usual style, so I had to participate!

Now, I know these are not the traditional colors for Christmas, but I love these pics! This is Kylee's 2nd Christmas and the 1st Christmas that she actually cared enough to rip open gifts! It is hard to tell in the pic because of lighting and what-not but the background paper actually matches the color of her jammies in the pic. It is hard to snap a pic in the perfect lighting, etc. Hop over to My Scraps & More Sketches and play!

Paper Bakery Sketch #2

I love sketch challenges! There is another one happening over at The Paper Bakery!

Sketch:

My layout:

 As you can see, I like to follow the sketches closely, because they are awesome! Head over to The Paper Bakery and play along!