Today is Julia's Birthday - SOUS Diecut Challenge *You are Sweet*

Hi there!

This week's Stuck On U Sketches diecut challenge is to use "something sweet". And so I thought I would use that theme to scrapbook Julia's 17th Birthday, just three months shy of her 18th birthday! HA!

 Papers: Fancy Pants, Echo Park, Simple Stories, My Minds Eye; Cricut Cartridge: Home Décor, Type Candy, Storybook; Embellishments: Fancy Pants, My Minds Eye, Studio Calico, Pebbles; Two Peas in a Bucket
 

 

These photos were taken during our vacation last year to Mexico and I'm slowly scrapping that album in photo pockets. There are so many photos from this night, the pockets are a great way to get them all in the album without making a bunch of pages. 

 

In the journaling, I mention that Julia received a certificate from the Animation Team for her birthday. It was printed on an 8.5x11 piece of paper, so I scanned it and printed it out in 4x6 to fit in a pocket. Then I adhered the title block to the print with washi tape and made a little flip up card. So, the certificate is preserved, but it doesn't take up too much space on the page. I added a couple diecuts to highlight key parts of the certificate - like the incorrect date and incorrect spelling of her name. ;)

 

 

And here is a closeup of the cupcake title card.

Now it's your turn! Why not create a "sweet" diecut project and upload it to the SOUS blog. Your name will be entered into a random draw and the lucky winner will receive a great prize from our sponsor for February, Scraps of Darkness.

Thanks for looking!

Sylvie
 

The Good Old Christmas Hockey Game

Hi there!

I've had this layout on my desk for a few days now, hoping to get it submitted to the Canadian Scrapbooker January Sketch Gallery before the 31st. So by the skin of my teeth, here it is! 

Papers: SEI, Bazzill Basics; Embellishments: Studio Calico, Two Peas in a Bucket, Pink Paislee;

Alpha Stickers: Simple Stories, Studio Calico; Kerri Bradford SVG file; Unknown rhinestones

I fussy cut the metallic snowflakes out of the patterned paper and adhered them only in the centre so that I could lift up the edges to give them more dimension. The title (Christmas) is hard to read on the web, but is better in real life.

I love a sketch that helps me scrap more than one photo. And this one was perfect to scrap my hockey shots. Be sure to check it out on the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine website.

A bonus for waiting so late in the month to post, is that I won't have too long to wait for February's sketch. HA!

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie

The Hunt for the Perfect Dress - SOUS Diecut Challenge "Something to Wear"

Hi there!

The challenge this week from Stuck On U Sketches is to use a diecut depicting "something to wear". This challenge couldn't have come at a better time. My daughter, Julia is going to graduate high school in June and we just bought her grad dress this past weekend! 

Papers: My Minds Eye; Diecuts: Unknown clipart, Blessed Day font; Stickers & chipboard: My Minds Eye, Echo Park, Bo Bunny; Buttons: Fancy Pants, Rhinestones & Sequins: Teresa Collins, Kaisercraft; Punch: Martha Stewart; Stamp: Scraptivity, American Crafts; Miscellaneous: Stickes, Wink of Stella, floss

 

I found this clipart of a dress form on line, so I imported it into my SCAL program and used the trace tool to create an cut file. Then I cut it out of patterned paper and covered it in a thin layer of Stickles. Unfortunately, the Stickles are showing up in the photo, but it's very shimmery in real life.

 

Now, I didn't want to show off Julia's dress just yet, so I snapped a photo of our Pinterest board and once this page is uploaded, I will substitute the photo of Julia in her beautiful dress.

 

I had so much fun making this dress form for my layout, I whip off a quick card that I needed for a friend, as well!

 



 

 

Be sure to stop by the SOUS blog and check out all the beautiful work the design team has created using "something to wear".

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Sylvie