Twig

Just a short post tonight. I wanted to share this month's sketch challenge at Little Yellow Bicycle.  This sketch was created by Liz Qualman:

Liz always creates such nice sketches that are fun to work with.  Here's what I came up with:

I created this layout using the Twig collection.  That chipboard twig is so cute!  It actually came with five circles hanging off of it, but I took it apart a bit in order for the words to match the layout.  This is one of our favorite places to walk.  It's so gorgeous and lush.  Considering we are expecting 8-12 inches of snow tomorrow (UGH), it's nice to have these lovely green pictures to scrap!

Fall Page

I had created this page a couple weeks ago for a contest.  I am able to show it to you now, so here's some fall inspiration for you!

This is one of my very favorite pictures of Jerry.  We love the autumn season, and the day was just perfect!  I fussy cut the leaves from LYB Autumn Bliss, and the tree was fussy cut from Imaginisce's Apple Cider.  I had to turn this page, so it is no longer mine, but at least I have this photo of it!!

Items used: LYB Autun Bliss; Imaginisce Apple Cider; Slice card Word & Expressions - Thinking of You; May Arts hemp

Lucky Me from Little Yellow Bicycle

That is the paper I've used for these layouts and cards. The greens and blues of this paper were perfect for these pictures. (I've erased the addresses on the pictures - that's the crude white blocks.) These handsome nephews of mine graduated in different years, but these pages will go side by side in the "cousins" book for Shane.

Other items used: American Crafts Thickers, LYB buttons, K&Company chipboard & rub-ons, Melody Ross chipboard sentiments, Bazzill flowers, CTMH brads, May Arts ribbon

I had some scraps leftover from making the pages, so here's a couple of cards that I will send off to OWH.

Other items used: May Arts ribbon, Bazzill flower, LYB buttons & border strips, CTMH brads, Unity & Tim Holtz stamps

Graduation Cards with Lucky Me from LYB

Little Yellow Bicycle had a great line called Lucky Me, and I thought it would be perfect for some graduation cards I'm finishing up for OWH.  I used sketches for all of these cards - there are some really good ones again this week!  I'm going to list the "ingredients" at the end so that my post is not broken up so much.  As you'll see, I used a lot of the same elements throughout all the cards.

CPS:

Card Patterns:

Get Sketchy:

Clean & Simple:

Inspirational Card Sketches:

OCC Sketch Blog:

Items used:  Little Yellow Bicycle Lucky Me patterned paper, borders, buttons, and gems; CTMH brads, stamps, bitty sparkles, and ink; Hero Arts stamps; Bulk Ribbon from Michael's and Archiver's; Nestabilities circles and scalloped circles; Prima and Bazzill flowers

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful weekend!  I have been busy at work teaching a Melody Ross chip art mini album class.  It has been so much fun to introduce new product!  Should you use this new and wonderful product, let me know so I can see your work.  I would be excited to see it!!  I did get out on Saturday afternoon with Shane.  We did a little shopping and then had pedicures.  I have never had one before and it was really delightful!!  Boy, did it feel good to have a sea salt scrub and then have my calves massaged!  We came back home in time for Jerry's BBQ.  Again, I felt very pampered by my two men!!  I trust that everyone is well - can't wait to catch up on blogs tonight and see what you all are doing!

Thanksgiving Layout

You've seen these pictures already that I posted from Thanksgiving Day. Today I put them to paper (click on the layout to make it larger). I fell in love with this paper when I saw it - Little Yellow Bicycle diecut and lace paper. Gorgeous!

Along with it, I used: CTMH Colonial White, Vineyard Berry, Olive, and New England Ivy CS, Bazzill flowers, CTMH Chocolate and Colonial White Ribbon, and random buttons. The die-cut leaves, frame, and sentiments were cut using Slice cards.