Birth Announcement

Hello all! I teased all of you for long enough, here is the newest addition to our family! He is an absolute joy and his siblings adore him!

I was inspired by a couple of things for this layout. First is the sketch at The Studio:

I swapped the location of the embellishments and used two vertical "images" but otherwise stuck pretty close to the sketch. I was also inspired by the scraplift challenge at Paper Issues. This layout came together pretty quickly. I had recently picked up the papers and die cuts from my local scrapbook store and was excited to use them on a layout.

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August Calendar Page

Hello all! I finally have my August calendar page ready to share! I started with last month's double sketch from Stick It Down:

I was also inspired by the Get Messy challenge at Paper Issues.  For my background, I spread gesso over the white cardstock. I sprayed some Distress Resist Spray on the background to add some texture. Then I smooshed yellow and pink spray inks onto the background. I finished it off with some splatters of navy spray ink. The papers and many of the embellishments were from a Scrap Room kit. I popped up various die cuts to add dimension as well as adding a badge, brad, flowers and pearls.

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Hope Your Birthday is a Splash- Sketch Saturday

Hello! I have a new card to share today! I started with this week's sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I was also inspired by the technique and cards in this post by Jennifer McGuire. While I didn't use any Distress Oxide inks, I did use Distress Inks and Stains to create my pool on glossy cardstock. I stamped and heat embossed the girl and then colored her in with watercolor pencils. For the background, I used versamark and a plaid background stamp on purple cardstock. I handwrote my sentiment with gel pen. To finish off the card, I outlined the pool with dark blue Stickles and added some sequins..