Busy, busy, busy...

At least, it has been around here! What with the hustle and bustle of back to school, canning, cleaning, shopping....and later, I need to mow...but I thought I would take a few  minutes to share what I have been working on with you. Today's layout is based on this sketch from Creative Scrappers:

 

Here is my layout, made with my August kit:

 

Supplies used: periwinkle blue cardstock, light blue chevron patterned paper, Simple Stories Summer Fresh, Chatterbox Artsylicious goodies, American Crafts glitter mini brads, Mr. Huey's mist, and aWebster's Pages flower.

A quick share

Just "popping by" my blog to share a page that I made for the Designs By Diana blogiversary celebration. I used her sketch:

and my April CKCB kit, along with some rediscovered bits from my stash to create this fun page:

The cream shimmer background, pink lace patterned paper, banners for journaling, doily, and pink Thickers were all from my April CKCB kit.I also used some ancient lime green glitter chipboard letters, and some (also ancient) Chatterbox chipboard photo corners, and a piece of kraft cardstock from my scraps.

Best Buds

Today, I am sharing a layout that I made for Creative Scrappers, sketch # 195.
The sketch:

The layout:

 A close-up look at the embellishments:

I used papers from my February Counterfeit Kit, and from my scrap basket: background paper is a beautiful embossed with glossy hearts by Coud 9, cork paper, striped paper from Cloud 9, scraps from Basic Grey, Cloud 9, and chatterbox, a die cut tag, wood button, and crochet flower- all leftovers from my December Daily "Cozy Christmas" kit, clear acrylic heart shapes from Heidi Grace, October Afternoon Sidewalks buttons, letter stickers from Pink Paislee, and kraft letters that I diecut with my Cricut and Plantain Schoolbook cart, and corrugated with my Fiskars crimper.

For Triple the Sketch and Pink Persimmon (and an SVG for you)

I did this page for the sketch challenge from Pink Persimmon and Triple the sketch this week. I used an Autumn Leaves flourish stamp under the snowman, stamped it in white, used clear embossing powder, then stamped it to my Glue Pad, and added Martha Stewart Glitter. It didn't show up like I wanted it to, so I added pearl puffy fabric paint and traced around it then I added some flowers, adhesive pearls, and snowflake brads that I sprayed with Elmer's Spray adhesive and dipped in glitter. I cut the snowman from Doodlecharms, first out of a scrap piece of chipboard (that came in a cheap pack of 8 1/2 x 11 paper), then a piece of scrap brown paper, then did the shift cut out of white glitter paper by DCWV, then an orange scrap. I glued it all together, added black mini brads for "coal", and drew the mouth on with a black pen. For the title "white stuff" I cut it from Graphically Speaking out of more white glitter cardstock from DCWV. You can pick up the free svg BRACKET that I made!

I also accepted the challenge from Lora, thescrapbooklady, to make some pages this month... I set myself a goal of 20.This is #1!

Be sure to scroll down, I have an adorable digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff available for free download for one week only!