To Play The Game - SOUS Diecut Challenge *Word Art*

Hello there!

This week's Stuck On U Sketches challenge is to use "Word Art". I am loving the latest trend of using brush fonts for titles, so I was excited to try it out on a layout.

Papers: Fancy Pants Design; Font: Manus; Embellishments: Studio Calico, Fancy Pants,

American Crafts, SEI; Punches: EK Success, Unknown paperclip

I wanted an element to balance the large photo I had to scrap, so I used the font "Manus" to cut the long quote. I was surprised at how well it cut on my Cricut (with SCAL). Since it's cut from the thinner Fancy Pants paper, the machine had a better go of it. I'm not sure how well it would cut through thicker cardstock, though. :(

To give even more visual weight to the quote, I added lots of small bits and pieces and tried to keep a visual triangle on the page with some larger clusters at the top of the photo, bottom and middle of the quote.

So, let's see what kind of word art you can come up with! Be sure to share it on the SOUS blog and you will have a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Creative Embellishments!

TFL!

Sylvie


 

Nesting for an Empty Nest - SOUS Diecut Challenge *House*

Hey there! Long time no see!

I had to take a few weeks off from my blog because I was in the midst of home renovations. Which turned out to be a very lucky coincidence because the theme for this week's Stuck On U Sketches die cut challenge was to use a house!

Paper: Jillibean Soup, Fancy Pants Designs, Studio Calico; Cricut Cart: Going Places;

Embellishments: Jillibean Soup, Echo Park, My Minds Eye, Fancy Pants; Misc: Studio Calico

date stamp, unknown feathers, unknown floss, Fancy Pants button, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Since my photos were quite busy, I wanted to keep my layout quite simple. And I thought about doing something a bit fancier with the house (I toyed with the idea of using my corrugator, cutting it from chipboard, etc), but in the end, I liked the simple little house beside the journaling. The file is from Going Places, but I didn't like the door in the image. So, using Design Studio, I covered it up with a rectangle from the same cartridge and added a little rectangle for a window. Then I stretched it out to fit the journaling. Easy peasy!

 

 

So now it's your turn!  Upload your creation to the SOUS blog using a handmade diecut of a house and you will be entered to win a wonderful prize by this month's sponsor Creative Embellishments!

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Sylvie

 



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