New at the Nook!

Happy Monday!!

 

Today is my first post as part of the Scrapping Nook Design Team and I get to share with you our new monthly Sketch Challenge! A new sketch with be posted on the first Monday of each month so check back regularly.  If you just happened across this post today, pleas head over to the Scrapping Nook blog to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch.

 

Before I share the sketch with you, here is my take on it. I love this photo of my daughter kissing my pregnant belly. She was 8 years old at the time, and you can see by the look on her face she was uncomfortable doing it! ;)

 

 

Here is the fun sketch that we get to play along with this month.

 

 

I've got some close ups to better show off the details...

 

 

I made a Polaroid frame on my Silhouette. I took a basic frame and welded the word 'family' to it. The 'new arrival' arrow was also cut from the silhouette.

 

 

I cut a strip of hearts out of vellum on the silhouette as well. I used the negative space as a layer under my photo, and I used the hearts as embellishments throughout the layout.

 

 

I rubbed some pink ink on my craft mat and spritzed it with water. I then loaded a paint brush up with the inky water and flicked it on my page...no mist required!

 

 

So that is it for me today. I hope you will join us and play along with our challenge for your chance to win 'Nook Prize!!'

You can submit your layout in one of three ways...

1. Upload your layout to our facebook page.

2. In the comment section of this post- add a link to your blog or gallery where we can see your take on the sketch.

3. Upload your take of the sketch to our Gallery on the Nook Message Board.

 

You have until 11:59 pm on March 31st to upload your entry.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Your kind comments make my day!

~Becky

 

 

 



SOUS 100th SKETCH!!!

WELCOME TO STUCK ON U SKETCHES

100th SKETCH BLOG HOP

PRIZES AND BLOG CANDY TO BE WON!!!

 

We are extremely excited to have you all visiting on a historic day for Stuck on U Sketches!

Today's post marks our 100th sketch!

 

And to celebrate in a big way we have invited our entire Design Team to join in our sketch challenge!

 

Here is our sketch designed by Leah Schaeffer

 

 

You should have come here from Bonnie's blog. If you got lost along the way or missed any of the stops, just head back to the SOUS blog and check the full hop listings.

 

Now let me show you my take on the sketch...

I chose to adapt the sketch for a card. I was inspired by the diagonal stripes in the background. I used an embossing folder to get the stripe effect and add some texture. 

I created a tiny envelope as an embellishment and of course used the hearts as inspiration for embellishments! With the 'love' tag and polaroid and the I{heart}U brad, we get a sweet little love card for an Anniversary, Valentine, or just because. 

  

Of course we just couldn't let a big day like today go without a bit of a treat for you all so we have a few wonderful sponsors for our hop!

 

-Our very own Lisa Norris of Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

-Regina Easter of The Cutting Cafe

-Stephanie of Whimsical Designs: has donated 2 stamp sets!!!

 

Our only expectation is to be a follower of Stuck on U Sketches and leave a little love along the way for each team member (this will take some time so our hop is a week long!) We have 3 sponsors and will pick 3 winners and we'll have those to post for you on Friday, February 8th.

 

I have done a little shopping in my own stash and have put together this fun little prize!!!

 

One lucky commenter on this post will win this awesome set of 12 6x6 patterned papers! I will post the winner on my blog on February 8th so make sure you check back!!! I'd also really love it if you were a follower of my blog :)

 

I hope you will join us and use the sketch to inspire your own project. You can link up your project at the SOUS blog here.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now it's time for you to hop on over and see what Annette has created with this sketch.

Sketchabilities: Sketch 80

It's new sketch challenge time!!! This is my last post as part of the Sketchabilities team, but I think it's my favorite sketch so far!

 

 

here's what I came up with...

 

 

And here are a few close-ups of the details...

 

I am not normally into these soft pastel colors, but they went so well with the colors in the photo I just had to got with it.

You have until December 13th to link up your layout here for the chance to win an amazing prize and to featured on the Sketchabilities blog.

 

Have a great weekend!

~Becky

today is Monday...

and you know what that means! It's my day over at the Scrapbooking Cafe blog. Today I have a baby boy layout to share with you using the Little Boy Blue Collection from Crate Paper.

 

 

I hope you'll stop by and check it out

~Becky