It's March 1st which means it's time for another Sketch/Craft challenge. I know many of us have been hibernating from this long, cold winter and can't wait for Spring BUT it also means more time spent indoors creating.

For those of you in warmer climates...I AM SO JEALOUS!!!

 

Here is this month's sketch:

 

 

The crafty part of this challenge is to use at least one 'natural' material on your layout. This could be: wood, linen, cork, burlap etc.

Woodgrain paper does not qualify although I did use some on my layout!

 

Here is my creation:

I used some papers from Amy Tangerine's Cut&Paste collection and

a woodgrain paper from Pebbles.

 

 I added some linen banners from Maya Road

 

 Some burlap (we sell sheets in the store) and wood embellies

from Basic Grey and Studio Calico

 

 I also used some cream jute twine as my 'banner' string

 then wrapped some around the heart on the paper.

 

 

To qualify for the gift certificate from Two Scrapbook Friends please remember that your creation must not only represent the sketch but it must also have the 'crafty element' included.

 

We are really looking forward to seeing all the different creations that our scrapbook friends come up with. Everyone interprets the challenge in their own unique way.

 

In order to qualify, we just have a few simple rules:

1. Create as many NEW projects as you like for each challenge! Each creation will gain you an entry in the draw to win. (Please enter a double page layout as only one entry.)

2. Projects must be linked up using the tool below to be entered to win.

3. Projects must be entered no later than March 31, 2014 by 11:59pm

You can go HERE to link up with the post!

Reason #163 why I love my Silhouette

I love my Cameo. I am not a card maker but I often need cards so I turn to my trusty machine to do most of the work for me. Holden is going to a video game birthday party this weekend. I grabbed this image from the online store, mirror image copied it, welded and voila...a card! I used my sketch pens to do all the text which is one of my favourite features of this amazing machine! Then I used the envelope punch board to create a custom size envelope and I was done.

I think I will be making a bunch of these for all the boy birthdays this year!

Crafty challenge at TSF

It's time for our first challenge of 2014! I was cropping recently and I went back to something I used to do a lot and then veered away from..distressing. I had this great paper from 'Chic Tags' that had what looked like coffee cup stains on it. I love when the paper does the 'work' for you!

Here is what I came up with:

 

I added to the stains by spritzing a bit of brown mist and lots of  'vintage photo' distress ink around the edges of the background. This colour is by far my favourite ink to use and I reach for it often.

 



 

I crumpled and ripped strips of paper that fit the distressed feel of the layout and layered them up as a backdrop for one of my favourite pics. I used canvas letters, jute twine and wooden bits that I inked with vintage photo again. I love how all the different textures add to the outdoorsy theme.

 

SO for this month's challenge let's see lots of distressing!

 

You could win $25 to use at the store or online.

Just remember a couple of rules:

1. Create as many NEW projects as you like for each challenge! Each creation will gain you an entry in the draw to win. (Please enter a double page layout as only one entry.)
2. Projects can either be uploaded to the TSF gallery or linked up using the tool on the TSF blog post to be entered to win.
3. Projects must be entered no later than January 31st at 11:59pm.