King of his Castle- SOUS

 

I'm so glad its Friday and that means its another REVEAL at Stuck On U Sketches..

I adore this weeks sketch and couldn't wait to sink my teeth into it..  :O)

This is my DD's doggy "Tudor"..He was about 8 months old in this photo that I took at Christmas last year.. We have our kitchen gated off from the pets so he jumped up against it hoping for a little Christmas dinner..LOL 

He is such a cutey and is a very sweet, lovable pooch!!  when he's not destroying anything...LOL

Here is the sketch that I used to create this layout:

  

As you all know, I am not much for journaling, so I added another photo instead..

Only cause I really couldn't choose between the two, they were both so cute..

Oh! and we were supposed to use BLING for this challenge..

I added some gems onto the title and on the crown..

OH!!!!

and I do have to give a big shout out to Generations Crafting who is one of our sponsors at SOUS, the girls (Sandy W, Leah, Sandi C and I) are all on her new DESIGN TEAM..

The girls and I are so excited!!! 

I hope you ladies get a minute or two to check us out there as well.. *I can't wait to get started

Here I have some close ups:

I love the little dog on the Doodlecharms cartridge..

It was so perfect for this layout

  

A close up of the title.. Which fits him like a glove.

  

close up of the bottom photo and the title

  

  

The dog house with the little gray cat hiding behind it..

My dd has two gray cats as well,

so thats why I added them onto the layout.. 

They normally don't hide from the dog, they all get along great.

"Cats rule, Dogs drool!"..LOL

  

And the for the supplies used:

Cricut Cartridges:

Doodlcharms: Dog, Cats, Dog house

George and Basic Shapes: Stars and ovals for paws

Paper Doll Dress Up: bones and bowl

Mickey and Friends: fire hydrant

Storybook: greenery and title (KING and CASTLE)

Plantin Schoolbook: Title ( of his)

I used my Design Studio software to create and design this layout, so I don't have actual cutting sizes. sorry!!

papers: HOTP

Cardstock: deep yellow, light blue, white, black, brown, red, cream and gray

Tim Holtz distress ink:  Scattered Straw (stars, dog house and bones)

Versa Color inks: green (greenery)

Chalks: 

green (greenery), 

orange (dog house and bones),

tan (bones)

 grey (cats)

 black and red (bowl and top of dog house)

SatzOn ink pad:  all black trim

white gel pen for hand doodling

zig two pay glue pen

pop dots

black gem/jewel drops

gold gem/jewel drops

gold embossing powder (crown)

Tim Holtz embossing pad

heat tool

I think that about does it.. this was a pretty quick layout to make.. 

Thank you all so much for looking and I hope you get a minute to check out SOUS and see what the other design team has created using this same sketch.

Hugs

 

Cutting The Cheese..LOL

 

I got a kick out making this layout.  The story behind the layout is, My dd started working at the same grocery store I do and once she got the hang of everything she actually received a department she had to take care of and in this case , she got the cheese department.. We sell a lot specialty cheeses from around the world and they come in these big 10 lb bricks, etc.. I took a few photos of her at work and wanted to make a funny layout with them.. She approved!!  LOL  :O)

Hope you get a good laugh out of this one..

Here are some close ups and all of the details to making this layout

  

 Close up of the title and of the little mouse I pieced together.

  

This actually says "Stinky Fromage!" which of course means stinky cheese.. She always complains about how bad some of them smell..LOL

  

 And finally a close up of the other little mouse I pieced together.. I think he came out very cute..

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: George and Basic Shapes

Mice, chees slice and cheese bricks

Cricut Cartrige:  Sentiments (new)

background, photo matts and flies

Cricut Cartridge: A Childs Year

Leaves and title font

Cricut Cartridge: Paper Doll Dress Up

smokey thingys..LOL

Cricut cartridge:  Opposites Attract

circle and subtitle font

Papers: Graphic 45

cardstock: light yellow, olive green, light pink and grey

Peachy Keen stamps: eyes

zig black marker: whiskers

white gel pen: highlights on mice

gold pearl drops

fiskars border punch for the corner punches

pop dots

zig two way glue pen

Tim Holtz Distress Inks:  Dried Marigold and scattered straw

chalks:

grey: mouse

pink: mouse ears and nose

Yellow and orange: cheese slice, cheese bricks and smoke

Green: leaves

I think that about does it for the supplies..

Sandy Windsor does a great tutorial on those photo corners, you should check them out..

just click HERE..

aaaaaaaaand if you want to try making these mice, I have the cut file for that HERE. 

Thank you ladies so much for looking..

Hugs

Dream a Little Dream-SOUS

 

Oh happy day, its finally Friday and that means its another reveal at SOUS.. 

We had the awesome privilege of using one of Aymee Gandy's sketches..

I didn't do the journaling around the edges cause I'm so bad at it, I just never know what to say and then just sound like a blabbering idiot...LOL  :O)

I did have such a great time putting this layout together.. One of the joys was going through my son Aaron's old photos.. He is almost 3 years old in this photo and we had just moved to Finland back in 96.  We stayed with my mom for a few months and drove her nutts..:O) 

I've never had any problems with my kids taking naps and as you can see by this pic that they can pretty much sleep anywhere.. These chairs were so uncomfortable.  :O)

The design behind the layout came when I was looking at the photo and thought "wonder what he was dreaming about?".. and Humpty Dumpty came to mind (as strange as my mind can be at times)... dont' ask...LOL  :O)   I guess kids and nursery rhymes kind of go hand and hand...

Here are some close ups and the details to this layout..

  

  

  

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge:  Paper Doll Dress Up

Bridge, green plants,  hat and bow

Cricut cartridge: Home Decor

red flowers and branches

Cricut cartridge: Sentiments (new)

butterflies

Cricut cartridge:  Walk In My Garden

grass, centipede and stems

Cricut cartridge: Pooh and Friends

Clouds

Cricut cartridge:  George and Basic shapes

Ovals

Cricut cartridge: My Community

Feet

Cricut Cartridge:  A Childs Year

Hands and Title font

Cricut Cartidge:  Opposites Attract

The word "little"

Flowers by Prima

buttons, blue brads and pearl drops

pop dots

Zig two way glue pen

zots

stickles:  Frosted Lace (title)

Tim Holtz distress ink:  Walnut Stain (branches and bridge)

and blue denim (outer edge, title, hat, bow and edges of white flowers)

Chalks: 

Yellow (butterflies),

dark green (plants)

 tan  (Bridge)

red (small flowers)

Versa Color ink: light blue (clouds)

I have used my Cricut Design Studio in the designing of this layout, I do not have all of the proper cut sizes since I stretched/shrunk everything to fit.. sorry!!!

If you wish, you can download the design file HERE..

*You have to have the DS software for the design file to work and it will be a copy and paste job  :O)

Thank you ladies so much for looking and I hope you will stop by SOUS this week and join in on the fun, plus you all need to come and check out what the rest of the design team has been up to..

*HUGS!!

Keys from the Past-1967

 

Good Morning gals.. 

Been feeling a bit under the weather this week..  Actually, I've been hungover from celebrating my cousins 40th Birthday last Saturday, I must be getting too old to party...LOL, but I still really wanted to work on a layout or two..

Sandi Clarkson at Soft Side of Sandi does these amazing heritage layouts and I really really really wanted to try one.. So, here is my first attemptt.. These photos are of my grandparents wedding day back in 1967.. my grandfather is actually my moms step-dad,  my mom was about 21yrs old when her mom re-married..

My grandmothers favorite color was soft pink, so I wanted to incorporate that into the layout, but without over drowning it in pink..just a little accent here and there... The photo on the bottom of the layout is not of my grandparents, just an image I had in my stash..

Here are some close ups and all of the details to making this layout..

Here is a close up of the happy couple.. My mom actually took these photos, so thats why she's not in them..LOL

My aunt (my dads sister) is standing on my grandmothers side.

  

close up of the upper left with the pearl strings.

  

 The bottom right.. loved adding all of those images to the layout..

  

 Here is my journaling box.. I found that cute quote on scrapbook.com

  

 and finally of the my grandparents.. They are standing in front of the biggest church here in Helsinki Finland.. Its beautiful as are the couple.

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Home Decor

Big flowers

Cricut cartridge: Graphically Speaking

small flowers (green and black)

Cricut cartridge: Winter Woodland

scalloped circle, scalloped square and regular circle

Cricut cartridge: Plantin Schoolbook

Leaves

Cricut Cartridge: Storybook

small marquee frame

Cricut cartridge: Heritage (new)

title and year

Papers: Graphic 45-

Botanicabella, Christmas past and baby2bride collections

Cardstock:

brown, hunter green and light green

black buttons

pearls on a string

pearl drops

ribbon

Prima flowers-small pink ones

Images: Vintage Ephemera by HOTP

pop dots

zig two way glue

 small key charm

zots-glue dots

Tim Holtz distress inks:

Walnut stain, black, shabby shutters and antique linen

I think that about does it.. 

Thank you all so much for looking.

Hugs

Pretty in Pink-Princess SOUS

 

My favorite day of the week again and that means its another Reveal at SOUS.. 

I thought this weeks sketch was a bit challenging, but I like how it ended up looking..

this is a photo of my dd when she was about 2 years old and it was taken at her daycare..

She loved that dress she wore, my god mother had sent it to me from Finland to Florida..

I adore this photo of her.  I have kept it in a frame for the past 19 years and now I took it out to scrap it and to put it into her album..

Here is this weeks sketch and its by Liz Qualman.  She makes some of the best sketches I have seen.  I want to thank you her for her great work and allowing us to use them..

Here I have some close ups and all details to the making of this layout..

I actually decided to NOT use as many pop dots as I usually do..LOL  :O)  aaaaaaaaand to use at least one cartridge that I hadn't used in a very long time and that cartridge is "HELLO KITTY!"..

 Here is a close ups of the title.. I used my SCAL software to cut the title font.. 

I have never used the parenthesis for the title, so that was another first for me.

  

 My precious little dd at the tender age of 2.. She was such a little cutey.

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a close up of Hello Kitty with the wings.. I really wanted to use a character to give this layout

a child friendly look..

  

 The flowers I cut using the Plantin Schoolbook cart.. I didn't use pop dots to layer them this time, glued them to the layout and then folded them upwards.. added some raffia to the buttons..

  

 and finally the little hello kitty on the top corner. 

Supplies used:

Cricut cartridges:

Hello Kitty:

Hello kitty characters

 

Plantin Schoolbook:

Flowers, leaves and hearts

 

Heritage  (NEW):

Base Frames

SCAL software:

Title font 

Papers: 

Basic Grey: "Oh Baby, Girl"

cardstock:

light yellow, light green and pink

black and white for the hello kitty

Tim Holtz distress inks:

Old paper, worn lipstick, mustard seed, weathered wood, 

shabby shutters and dried marigold

Green buttons: bag-o-buttons

popdots

zig two way glue pen

fiskars punch: sunburst

 Design Studio and 

SCAL software

That should about do it.. 

Thank you ladies so much for looking and I hope you all get a chance to stop by SOUS and check out what the rest of the design team have been up to.. They do such great work!!

Big Hugs

Treasured Expressions

 

Hi everyone..

Well, I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately.  Caught a bug of some kind..LOL

I didn't let it stop me from creating this little layout..

These are photos of my dd Amber.. I absolutely adore the expressions shes making..

Here are some close ups and the details to the making of this layout.

  

  

  

   

I love my SCAL for fonts.. its amazing at how many choices you have.. 

Like a kid in a candy store..LOL

I cut the top title using cereal boxes.. I wanted to try to make it look like chipboard, I do think it needs another layer, its just not thick enough..

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge:  Lifes a Beach:

Leaves, treasure chest

Cricut cartridge: Paper Doll Dress Up

Frogs, frog tongue and turtle

Cricut cartridge: Walk in my Garden

signs and snail

Cricut Cartridge: Indie Art

buttrflies, lips, key and diamonds

Cricut cartridge: George

circle and crossed out circle

Cricut cartridge:  Tink and Friends

mushrooms

Cricut cartridge: Pooh and Friends

grass and dragonflies

SCAL for the Title

fonts:

Liorah and Blueberry

papers: K and Co

cut and paste design

cardstock:  bright green, green, pink , dark pink, cream, black and brown

heat embossing tool

gold embossing powder

stickles: pink, dark pink, green, yellow, orange and gold

thank you all so much for looking

hugs

SNOW -Irresistible

Oh its Fridayyyyy and that means another reveal at SOUS..woo hoo.. I absolutely LOVED this weeks sketch challenge.. I pretty much knew exactly what I was going to make and here it is.. I created and paper pieced the snowmen.. I think they are about the cutest lil things...

The photo is of my daughter Amber and I love how it looks like she is sneaking a peek though the layout.. I printed the photo myself on my printer, which isn't exactly high quality..

Here are some close ups and all of the details on the making of this layout..

 Here is a close up of the big snowman, He is just about the cutest.. I had a lot of fun designing him and putting him together.. I used some facial stamps by "Peachy Keen Stamps" for the eyes..

 

 The two smaller snowmen..

 Here is the left side with the stars and hearts.

 and then the right side with the snowflakes.

Finally the title.. I used the foundation cut from the "Opposites Attract!" cart and then added the title font.

Supplies Used:

Cricut cart: George and Basic Shapes

base foundation, hollow circle, large heart and ovals (snowmen)

Cricut cart: Plantin Schoolbook

Hearts, stars and "SNOW"

Cricut cart: Winter Woodland

Snow flakes, small hat, branches, scarf and mittens

Cricut cart: Home Decor

Scalloped circle and swirls

Cricut cart: Opposites Attract

Title foundation and "IRRESISTABLE"

Cricut cart: Pooh and Friends

Carrots

Papers:  Graphic 45

and My Minds Eye "Holiday Avenue" (hearts)

cardstock: cream, blue, brown  and yellow

Tim Holtz distress ink: Antique Linen

and Walnut Stain

Chalks: light grey, tan, orange, blue and pink

Zig two way glue pen

"Peachy Keen Stamps" Eyes

Stá-z-on stamp pad-black

Pop dots

Well, I think that about covers it..Hopefully I didn't leave anything out..

I sincerely hope you all get a chance of stopping off at SOUS this week and checking out the other designers and maybe even join in on the this weeks sketch.. I think its a good one..

Thank you all so much for looking

lots of hugs

Country Christmas

I spent a few hours last Sunday trying to design a FUN layout project for me to do this week and well, here it is..I love how it came out.. Exactly the way I wanted it to..

These are my 3 kids Amber, Aaron and Adam.. This was Christmas eve 1999 when my in-laws were in town for a visit.. We had such a great time that year...

okey dokey then... Here are some close ups of the layout and details below that..

This is a close up of the title and my youngest son Adam.

I love the these two little sock critters.. It was my first time making these, so their not exactly perfect...

the nose on the bear (yes! its a bear..LOL) slid a little and now you can see the glue, but its not that visible on the actual layout..

few close ups of the faces.. they are cute aren't they?

and the bear!!..LOL

Here is a close up of the little gingerbread men I made.. the first batch that I cut, I had accidentally used too dark of a brown and when I inked the edges with black, they looked like I had actually burnt the cookies.. funny!!

 

The gift boxes and some close up detail on the hears and stars.

and last but not least, a close up of the Christmas ornament..

sorry that one is a bit blurry...tried three times to get a better photo, but no luck!! sorry...

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Paper Doll Dress Up

gingerbread men, ribbons and top hat

Cricut cartridge: Winter Woodland

Title "country Christmas" and "Warm Hearts!"

Cricut cartridge: Stretch your imagination

Christmas tree and holly

Cricut cartridge: George and Basic Shapes

Circles for Snowman head and Bear (head, ears, paws and face)

Hearts and stars

Cricut Cartridge: Joys of the Season

Mittens, Christmas Ornaments (large and small), gift boxes

Cricut Cartridge:  Storybook

background marquee

Cricut cartridge:  Christmas Cheer

Stockings

Cricut cartridge: Pooh and Friends

Carrot (snowman nose)

Papers. no name brand found at a local craftstore

Cardstock: black, green, red, yellow, light brown, white and cream

stickles: red and yellow (Christmas tree)

pop dots ( a lot), zig two way glue pen

black and white gel marker

thin green ribbon (located underneath the gingerbread men)

metal wire for ornament hooks

If anyone is interested in the making of this layout, JUST CLICK HERE  for the design file..it will be just one design you will have to separate all of the cuts..

Thank you all so much for looking and have a great week..

Hugs as alwasy.   :O)