Sketch N Scrap #66

Welcome to October!  I'm so excited for Fall! I just hope it's not 90 degrees the day we have planned to go to the pumpkin patch!  I can't wait to feel the cool crisp Fall air.  I've already decorated my house for Fall, and that has made me at least "feel" cooler even if it is still 90+ degrees out today! So today is reveal day for our first sketch of the month at Sketch N Scrap!  Here is my sketch:

 

And here is my take on the sketch:

 



Supplies Used:  Pattern Paper: Jillibean Soup, washi tape: Queen & Co; card stock: Stampin

Up; die cuts: Jillibean Soup and My Mind's Eye; bling: Queen & Co; ticket: Jenni Bowlin



I had fun making this layout for a good friend using pictures I took a few years back of her and her daughter at an amusement park we took the kids to (ok, I know it took me a while to scrap these but hey, better late then never!)  I loved the bright colors in the pictures and felt that this fun line by Jillibean Soup really captured the colors well.  I know you will love what the DT did with this sketch!  I hope you find time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap this month, we are celebrating World Card Making Day all month long with four extra challenges this month PLUS we have an awesome sponsor- Scraptures Kit Club!!  You won't want to miss out on all the fun, you can read all about it HERE!  You have until October 31st at 7 pm CST to link up your entries!  Enjoy your Fall friends!

Frosted Designs Favorite Things Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends and welcome to the Frosted Designs "Favorite Things" Blog Hop!!! As most of you know, March is National Craft Month!!!  What better way to celebrate our favorite time of year than with a "favorite things" blog hop?!?  We are so excited about all the fabulous items in store that we wanted to share with you how we use them on our projects!  Our Design Team has put together some AMAZING projects just for your viewing pleasure :-)

If you've arrived here from Joni's blog, then you're in the right place!  If not, please start the hop at the Frosted Designs Blog here!

As you hop along, be sure to visit each Design Team Member's blog for wonderful inspiration and creative ideas on how we use our favorite products!!! While you're there, be sure to leave them some love!!!  Each member will have a "scrambled" word in their post... (*HINT* The word will be a Frosted Designs Product!!!).   Unscramble each one from the line-up below and send them to Brandimatos@gmail.com!   After you've completed your "hopping", come back to the Frosted Designs blog and tell us how much fun you had!!

I had a hard time deciding on what my "favorite thing" was from the Frosted Designs store, after all there are SOOO many awesome goodies to choose from!  But finally I settled on washi tape!!  I have TONS of washi tape and had not been really using it but more like accumulating  hoarding it!  So I decided to put my wonderful Trendy Tapes from the Frosted Designs store to good use!  Here are a few things I came up with:

Use your washi tape to decorate your embellishment storage!  I keep all my buttons and bling by color in these handy containers but I have to pull them out to see what color is what, not anymore! Now I can tell what color is in each container based on the color of washi tape around the container!

Use washi tape to decorate containers for small gifts!  Here is an extra embellishment container filled with swap items for a special friend!  To make the heart on the top of the container I placed strips of washi tape side by side on cardstock then punched it out with my heart punch.

Here is a plain jane metal container that I decorated for another scrappy friend! Inside a bunch of handmade envelopes, flowers and a gift card to her favorite scrapbook store!  And she can use the container later for storing her embellishments.

Use washi tape on your cards in place of paper! 

Now, what would a blog hop be without some AWESOME prizes?!?  By sending in your "unscrambled FD products to Brandimatos@gmail.com, you will be entered into a drawing for the following prizes:

Creative Embellishments is offering a $20.00 Gift Certificate to their store full of detailed chipboard pieces and rubber stamps!!!

AND

Regina, from The Cutting Cafe, is also sponsoring THREE full sets of your choosing to her online store!!!!  It's FULL of cut files and digi stamps for EVERY occassion!!! 

Barb is also offering a $20.00 Gift Certificate to the Frosted Designs Online Store!!!  All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter on the Frosted Designs Blog to be entered into the drawing!!!!

As usual, there are some housekeeping rules:

1.  Visit all the blogs and leave a comment so we know you were there!  Not to mention, you don't want to miss all the wonderful inspiration along the way :-)

2.  Before you leave each blog, look for the "scrambled" word and write it down.  Once you have visited each blog, you should have 12 different products found in the Frosted Designs Store!

3. Finally, come back to the Frosted Designs Blog and tell us how much fun you had!!!  Email your unscrambled words to Brandimatos@gmail.com!

4.  HAVE FUN!!!!  After all, that's what this is all about :-)

Here is the Blog Line-Up in case you get lost:

Frosted Designs 

Barb

Debbie

Anita

Brandi

Brenda

Jean

Joni

Lisa  (YOU ARE HERE)

Lori

Sandee

Channa

Cathi

So what are you waiting for?!?  Let's get hopping!!!!  Your next stop is LORI, but before you go here is my scrambled word is:  SRAT CFONITET (HINT* It's located under "Chipboard and Wood Veneers" in the FD store here (http://frosted-designs.com/collections/chipboard)

Sketch N Scrap Card sketch #22

It doesn't seem possible that our last sketch for March is going up today!  March Madness is soon to give way to April showers and before we know it summer will be here in full force!  Here is Sketch N Scrap's last card sketch for March by me:

And here is my card based on this sketch:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Stampin Up; sticker: Echo Park; jewels: Queen & Co;

Washi tape: Queen & Co and Bella Blvd; ink: Stampin Up; stamp: Stampin Up

I'm on a mission to put to good use all my wonderful washi tape!  I had originally thought of using ribbon for this card design but decided that my colorful washi tape would dress this card up and give a wonderful summery feel to chase away my winter blues!  Stay tuned tomorrow for more ideas on how to use your washi tape!   I hope you will find time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap before the month is over! Up for grabs is a $20 gift certificate to Scrapooks.com!!!!  Just think of all the washi tape you could buy! Details on how to play along are HERE....make sure and link up your project using any of our five sketches by March 31st at midnight CST for a chance to win!