A Spring Wish

Hello friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day today and a great iScrapbooking Day yesterday; it sure was a nice weekend to be a crafty mama!!! My husband and kids were way out of their way to make today absolutely perfect so this post is a bit delayed.

I'm very excited to share with you that this week I'm a guest designer over at Creative Scrappers, a weekly sketch challenge blog. I was fortunate enough to work with a fabulous sketch designed by Amarilis Doria and created this layout:

This photo of Emily was taken last year on Easter. I titled the layout Wish because every year she has the same wish, to be able to peek at the spring fairies. I wish I could bottle her innocence! I used Pink Paislee's new Butterfly Garden collection along with lots of Dusty Attic goodies, which I distressed just enough to maintain the shabby-chic look found in the design of the paper as well as lots of hand stitching. I'm really loving my Sew Easy tool by We R Memory Keepers and I use it any chance I get!

The sketch we're using this week is #155, check it out,

I hope you find the time to swing by Creative Scrappers and play along with this fun sketch. There is a prize package sponsored by Scrapbooking Sussies up for grabs!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great scrappy time!!!

Prima BAP for April

Good morning dear readers! Today I'd like to share with you a layout I created for this month's Prima BAP using the luscious Reflections collection. I loved the earthy and rich colors and designs in these papers and thought this photo of Emily and Dylan went perfectly well with it. Since the background was a little distracting, I printed the photo in 5x7, cut it out and adhered it using pop dots. I also did some stamping in the background.

To highlight the beautiful flowers in the design and add texture, I applied some Distress Stickles to the centers.

I also outlined the butterflies in the design paper with Stickles in the cinnamon color. This paper collection also lended itself to some fussy cutting so I cut out some images and used them as embellishments.

For my title, I printed the words 'Strong Bond' onto cardstock and cut it out in the shape of a strip. The banner look was achieved by punching the corners at an angle using my square punch. I also distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz Distress tool and inked it with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

If you want to play along, get your Prima stash out and head over to the Prima blog, the challenge ends at the end of the month.

Thanks for visiting me today! Have a happy, scrappy time!

MME Monthly Challenge

Good morning ladies! Just a quick post today as the whole family is getting ready to go spend the rest of the week in beautiful Lake George for the spring break. The kids are very excited to go to an indoor water park and do some horseback riding. I'll definitely share some photos when we return.

In the mean time, I didn't want to leave before sharing my entry for this month's My Mind's Eye sketch challenge. I titled it Love This Happy Boy. Aren't these photos of Dylan just adorable? (if I may say so myself) I really like the Stella and Rose collection, it's just perfect for those not-too-fussy boy layouts...

And here's the fabulous sketch I used to guide my design. As you might be able to tell, I always tweak the sketches to fit my personal scrapbooking style and photos. In this particular challenge, we were to use the 'April Showers' theme and I channeled Kim Watson's (one of MME DT members) idea of incorporating showers by splatting paint over my page, one of my favorite things to do!

Here are a couple of close-ups, enjoy...

Thanks for stopping by, have a fantastic Spring Break!

Hugs,
Jolaine