Sketch N Scrap - June crop

We are changing the way the online crops are hosted at Sketch N Scrap from this month. We are using a closed the monthly challenge group now which you can join here. So come on over and join us. I am sharing this layout for the first challenge:

The challenge is to use the sketch provided and an optional twist is to add some sewing, whether it is by hand, machine, stamping or pen. My sewing is done by pen...the butterfly trail and some stitching along the pink strip.

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Sketch N Scrap - June card

Today I am sharing my card creation using the latest sketch at Sketch N Scrap:

I liked the wreath shape on the card as well as the flowers and so tried to mimic them on my card. I used one that I had coloured a few weeks back but hadn't quite decided how to decorate. The watercolour inky background is the perfect backdrop to the wreath.

I then found a simple peel off sentiment and added a few blings for effect.

Hope this inspires you too.

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Week 9 of my 100days

Well the Sketch n Scrap 7th birthday bingo came to an end at the end of May but I've still got a few more to share with this week's recap:

Day 57 - Meena's challenge with Twist - Pastel Colours

This gives me my 5th bingo... sure am getting nice and close to the end.

Day 58 - Seven - card sketch 67

Day 59 - Tina's Challenge with twist: messy background

Now I have another column bingo done (and the top row which I seemed to have missed!)

This square I must admit was the hardest one until I started singing Christmas carols in my head and found this preprinted tag which was perfect:

Day 60 Song - Card sketch 71

This gives me two more bingos:

And now my final block:

Day 61 - May 15th - Layout sketch 179

I've blurred my journalling on this layout as it is very personal about the trauma of this incident. Thankfully it was a few years back and we are now past this.

With this layout I managed to score three bingos.

So there you have it the final block done and now I have a BLACKOUT! Here's my full card.

How did you do with our bingo this month? We had 58 people in our bingo hall with 19 actually uploading creations plus 10  DT members playing along and inspiring everyone. So discounting the DTs, there were 366 block completed, 145 bingos and 9 blackouts. It was a ton of fun for all.

The last two for this week are DT layout links:

Day 62 School layout for Stick It Down.

Day 63 Life layout for Let's Get Sketchy.

Now that Bingo is over I will need to find more interesting craft creations to share for the rest of the month of June... stay tuned here and on Instagram.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 1 June

And yet another layout for today... this one is for Let's Scrap Sketches.

Sister Act is one of my absolute fav movies (both 1 and 2) so when it came to the theatre I just had to go see it... loved the show. I used photos from the programme for my page with the little selfie of my friend Theresa and I to prove we were there.

I only did the right side of the sketch. I used some of my favourite Illustrated Faith papers for this too. This layout came together so quickly once I had decided on what to do. Used the preprinted banners as well as they worked perfectly with my theme.

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Let's Get Sketchy - June 2019

Here is my second layout for today, this time for Let's Get Sketchy.

I used a few papers and things from Celebr8 and Penelope Dee on this layout... just loved the colours and how they worked well together. I even got adventurous in using some glimmer paste through my Stenciled by Jow stencil... don't you just love those circles too?

This is our great inspiration sketch for this month.

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Sadly this will be my last layout for this team as I've decided to step down as of this month. It's been lovely being able to design for Let's Get Sketchy... this was a team that I had wanted to join for ages so feel privileged to have had the opportunity to design for them for the last 18 months.

Stick It Down - June2019 double

It's the start of June and I am about to flood you with sharing. Here is today's layout for Stick It Down:

I really had fun creating this page. I used strips from lots of school themed papers from Penelope Dee. and Simple Stories. I added two cutfiles from our sponser SpiegelMomScraps.

This is the fabulous sketch we worked with.

Be sure to check out the blog for lots more inspiration.

Week 8 of my 100days

Today is our 24th wedding anniversary. It's been a tough road over all these years but we've stuck it out and here we are!

Here's my weekly recap:

Day 50 - May 20th Sketch - Card sketch 146

Day 51 - 2016 sketch - Card sketch 86

Day 52 - 2017 sketch - Card sketch 90

and with that I get my third bingo!

Day 53 - 2014 sketch - Card sketch 36

Day 54 - 2015 sketch - Card Sketch 52

Day 55 - 2018 sketch - Card sketch 127

and another bingo is scored:

and my final share for this week is:
Day 56 Unstampabelles - anniversary card

Hope you've been inspired to get creating this week. Not long to go with the bingo challenges... you've got till the end of May to post all your projects in the Bingo Hall.

UnstampaBellas: May2019

It's our 24th wedding anniversary tomorrow so I got inspired to make a fun little card especially for this challenge:

This month's challenge is: To Have and to Hold
The twist to the challenge is: Art Deco Glamour

Remember to link you entry to the first post of the month and you can win a prize

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Week 7 of my 100days

Here's a whole lot more of my bingo card for Sketch N Scrap's 7th birthday. How are you doing with your bingo playing?

Day 43 - Banner - card sketch 113

Day 44 - Birthday - Card sketch 22

Day 45 Tiny Bubbles layout for Off The Rails

Day 46 - 2012 sketch - Layout sketch 20

Day 47 - 2013 sketch - card sketch 14

and look at that, I've got my second bingo.

Day 48 IQCG May theme - Butterflies
Day 49 RIP layout for Let's Scrap Sketches

I'm building up quite a stash of card doing all these bingo challenges... it's sure been fun. Come play along with us in the Bingo Hall too.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 15 May

It's taken me a few days to get this post together. Been a busy working week and I have a quilling project rolling around in my brain that I need to get done in the next two weeks. Also been applying to Universities for Aaron... yikes where has the time gone that my little boy is going to be finishing school in a few months. Mid-year exams start on Monday!

I am also desperately trying to get some motivation to do some scrapping. Need some scrap therapy quickly! I managed to get most of my May layouts done last month and am already nearly finished with June, but have only done two pages this whole month so far. Here is my layout for this sketch reveal:

For another month I've only made a single page... used the right side of the sketch and kept it pretty simply. Used some Bo Bunny papers to record this rather sad event. Don't you just love the bunny tag at the top?

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