Demolition Derby LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome :) This is the 2nd layout sketch for the month over at Sketch N Scrap. We have a fantastic sketch from Heather Hall this month to play with here:

 

 This is what I created with it :

Went to the local fair in July 2018 and this is the 2nd Heat as they call it :) The 4X6 cylinders are a cool looking car and they last a long time too in the Derby but it was exciting too.
Used both my current counterfeit kit and last month's kit for the orange background paper. Got 4 more pictures from this heat so will be making this into a double page layout.
Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up too in my corner of the world. I look forward to seeing what you create from this fun sketch.

Powder Puff layout for Stick It Down challenge

Good Morning and welcome :) Today I'm featuring a 2nd layout for Stick It Down blog using their fun single sketch and also some fun sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps our sponsor this month. I received the SMS sequin mix called One in a Melon and wow what a punch of pink and green with some black too :) yep looks like a watermelon mix :)

One of the layouts that I created from the Demolition Derby at the local fair we attend was the Powder Puff competition and we have a variety of cars in this layout but there was that bright green one and a variety pink featured too one being that black with pink car so these photos were perfect to feature those fun sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps 
Here is the single sketch this month from Stick It Down that I used for inspiration for the layout:

 

 Very busy sketch which the Derby can be very busy too :)

 My journaling and to keep the pink going I used a pink pen too

 Close up of the pictures. For the layout I used old school technique torn pattern paper in strips to mimic the strips in the sketch. There were stars all over the place in the sketch so used the sequins in places where the stars were.

 I used a variety of counterfeit kits for this layout: The torn pattern papers came from this month's kit Falling For You. The pink matting I used for the photos was from my August kit Summer Life. The Alpha's came from June's kit Adventure Awaits and the background paper came from May's kit Geometric Beauty. I will usually have a few current counterfeit kits floating around my craftroom like this to grab from when I'm looking for certain things to combine to make a fantastic layout.

Thank you for stopping by today, still have a few days in this month to play along with this challenge. Check out Stick It Down blog for other creations my DT sisters are making this week with SpiegelMom Scraps sequin mixes.

Let's Go to the Fair

Good Morning to you :) I'm a little delayed on posting this layout for Stick It Down we were away yesterday and I never checked on it to realize it was still in draft mode in blogger :) Yep that kind of weekend just went with the flow with no cares as to what was happening :) I seen Friday's post was the same way so you'll see that one later today. So did you all have a great holiday weekend :) We did and you'll see layouts from the place that we visited yesterday, The National Civil War Museum, it was very interesting.
So this is the 1st challenge of the month over at Stick It Down the double page layout, but first I want to share with you today and our sponsor this month is Spiegelmom Scraps!

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Here is the Double Page sketch:

 and this the layout I created from the sketch:

I really wanted to mimic the busyness of the border of the sketch and thought that layering different pattern papers and punching a couple would do it :) This was a few of the exhibits we saw at the fair within the buildings picking out a few favorites to scrap. I increased the number of photos from 6 to 7 and changed it up a bit but the essence of the sketch is still there.

The left side of the layout:

This year at the fair I concentrated most of my pictures to the flower exhibits and this side of the page shows a few that I chose that I really liked. I used alot of scraps on this layout from my August kit: Summer Life as this is part of our Summer Life. I used scraps from the kit for the border strips and bringing in the triangle pieces that were in the sketch.

The right side of the layout

You see the same elements on this side that was on the left side other than I did the photos into a grid to add more of them to the layout. The striped border reminds me of all those ribbons on the photo of Dave with the canning jars. There were some great exhibits this year at the fair.

Some close up photos of the layout

 I used a variety of embellishments from my kit too. Word card, die cuts and puffy stickers

 More of the triangles were used on this side of the layout

 The pictures on the left side of some of my favorites from the rest of the exhibits in the buildings

and my journaling.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation for this fun busy bordered sketch :)

Stop back later to see the other post I have for you

Cool Kid layout

Hi you all :) This is a layout I did using the Week 1 sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy

This is our grand daughter Isabelle :) She is the main reason why we went to the County Fair this year, just so we can see that fine artwork that she did. When I seen what was up for LOAD11: Story: Tell of what makes you feel rich Product/technique: Use GOLD on your page! Image: Getting an award I knew exactly what pictures I wanted to scrap.
Let's Get Sketchy Week 1 sketch was a cool one to use for the pictures and for the layout:

I was able to follow it pretty darn close.

This is one Cool Kid :) and We are very proud of her. Her mo posted this picture of her on Sept 18, 2015.

We were so glad to see her take 2nd place for what she created. I used gold lame smooch to cover up some elements on the chipboard ribbon to make it work with the color scheme I had going for the Scrappin N Chattin yahoo group football challenge (I used 49ers colors)

 The journaling wrote in white pen. Added some fun elements to the layout I used my current counterfeit kit, an older kit and a kit that I made up for LOAD that weekend (Which was Gold theme)

The picture of Isabelle's Artwork.
Thank you for stopping by today ans seeing what's happening in my little corner of the world

Fair Fun Layout

Hello :) This month is a LOAD month plus I was doing a 10 day challenge on Facebook so lots of crafty projects have been created. So I best start posting, hmmmm especially since I have done some with sketch challenges from around the blog world this month. Today's post is a layout I did yesterday for LOAD 12: Pirate Ship. Out of the the 3 things they gave us for the prompt I went with transportation and to use nautical on it. Well I'm thinking the woodgrain paper is close to what you would see on a Pirate Ship and the ride is a bit of transportation to get you here and there during the ride:

I used the single page sketch over at Stick It Down:
 
 When I came across these photos for the day's layout I knew which sketch I was going to use, this one seemed to stick in my brain well this month. Maybe cause it was so different than what I usually see for a challenge sketch. It was a great sketch to work with though :)

 I used my current counterfeit kit, a paper from last month's master forger kit and a kit I made this weekend for LOAD (Gold kit). So lots of the gold embellishments are from the newer kit with a couple from this month's kit too. My journaling card came from a SNAP pack of cards. That fun little pair of faces I cut from the October Afternoon Midway collection sheet, popped it up with foam dots for a fun accent in-between the words.

 These fun pictures I printed in 2X2 so it was the perfect size for this sketch :) I have another batch from another ride that day and just may use this same style sketch just flip to have an adjoining page in the album.

Lots of glitter on the layout like the lights on the ride. Stars and hearts to finish out the layout. I just love this sketch and may have to keep in my arsenal of favorites to use. Thanks for stopping by today to see what I'm up to in my little corner of the world.........