Sketch Support Blog Hop Winner!

This past weekend Sketch Support had their very first blog hop. It was my first ever hop too! I was so taken back by the number of amazing, sincere comments. Being on the receiving end of these comments, I realize how much they are appreciated. I will definitely remember this when I am visiting blogs and galleries in the future.

I am very thankful to be part of the team at Sketch Support and working with everyone. A big hug to Allison for creating such beautiful sketches and hosting the blog hop.

Now.....time to announce the winner of the Sketches for Scrapbooking Volume 7!

Here is the number that was generated:

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67
Timestamp: 2011-02-28 13:58:38 UTC

And here is my winner:

connie said...
Love your take on the sketch and the colors you used!!!! beautiful work!!!
February 26, 2011 2:54 PM

Congratulation Connie! I really appreciate you visiting my blog and leaving me a comment.

Sketch Support Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Sketch Support Blog Hop! I am so excited to be a part of this.....it is my very first blog hop, ever! Here is how it works........

The hop starts at the Sketch Support Blog! That is where you need to go first. You will find all the details you need there. After visiting the Sketch Support blog, you will hop from each design team members blog (the order will be mapped out for you) and get to know them a little better. They each have a little bio and a layout they have created using a sketch that was designed by Allison, just for this blog hop.

Leave a comment at each of the blogs and you will be eligible to win some fabulous prizes. I am sure that you will leave each blog with lots of inspiration and a few new cyber friends.

Here are a few things you should know about me.....

• When it comes to paper crafting I am obsessed. It is one of the first things I think about when I wake up and one of the last things I think of before I go to sleep.
• I usually create in my scrapbook room (a shared space with my hubby, although I think I technically have more space than he does) but you can find supplies in every room in our house.
• When I am creating I must have: lots and lots of paper, distress ink, and my stitching supplies.
• When I am not creating you can find me at the hockey rink or on my computer. In the summer I spend a lot of time outside. We also have a boat and I love to spend time on the water with my family.
• When it comes to sketches I highly recommend them. They give you a place to start. It takes the guess work out of creating and allows more time to play with photos and embellishments.
  

And now the sketch..........

I am a huge hockey fan......especially where my son is concerned. I have done many, many layouts of his hockey over the years, but when I saw this sketch, I knew exactly what I was going to do. This layout is all about his name and his number.

I stuck really close to the sketch design. It really worked for my photos and the stars were perfect. I used felt stars and added buttons to the center of some of them.

I wanted my title to be his name! I added a large star to match the colours in his jersey!

Here is my journaling.......I know that he will appreciate this. Right below my journal strips is his jersey number.

I can see myself using this sketch again and again. I hope you find time to use it too.


Allison has generously provided me with an extra copy of her new sketch book (Volume #7) and I am going to give it away to one lucky visitor! Leave a comment and you will be entered into a random draw to win this sketch book for yourself! I will do the draw and post the winner on Monday, February 28th.

The next stop on your blog hop journey is Mireille! Enjoy the inspiration from her blog!

Photo Shoot!

It's time for my final project for the Jillibean Soup challenge at Sketch Support. Everyone on the design team was given the same materials and we were asked to create projects using the sketches for February.

My first project was the card that I created. You can see that here! My second attempt was the single page sketch. You can see the sketch on the Sketch Support blog.

I had some great photos of Amanda that I knew would work great with the sketch and the materials. Because of the cameras on the pattern paper I decided I would title the layout 'Photo Shoot'.

I used the journaling sprout, corrugated shapes and the cameras from the paper to create this embellishment cluster. The word 'shoot' was printed from the computer and then cut into little strips and tucked under the sprout to finish off my title.


The twine around the letter 'P' was not my original idea, but I loved it when I saw it and wanted to work it into my title.

I really enjoyed using the little cameras from the pattern paper as embellishments for my page.

Amanda just got her wisdom teeth pulled on Wednesday and she is not smiling much these days. I hope when she sees this layout on my blog it brightens her day.

A big thank you to Jillibean Soup for providing us with great materials for this challenge.

Sketch Support Blog Hop!

I have been on the design team for Sketch Support since the beginning of January. I work closely with 12 other talented ladies and I would love for you to meet them!

This Saturday, February 26th and Sunday, February 27th Sketch Support is hosting a blog hop. You will have the opportunity to hop from blog to blog and meet everyone on the design team as well as have the chance to win some amazing goodies along the way.

Be sure to stop back on Saturday and get all the details.

Burlap Flower Tutorial!

I was surfing around the internet a while back and I came across this flower tutorial. Making your own flowers is all the rage right now and I thought this was sort of cool. Enjoy!