August Calendar Page

I finished my August calendar page just in the nick of time! :) For this one I used the Sketch Challenge over at Global Scrappers which used this fabulous sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches.

I really liked this sketch and stuck pretty close to it. I didn't do the banner... I was tempted, but, can I tell you a secret? I'm a little afraid of banners, they seem very tedious to me. Not sure why the tedium of banners gets to me, because I will spend lots of time doing other tedious things, but I just seem to shy away from them. Anyway, here is my layout using pictures from Will's Baptism last August.

Oh, and Sketches in Thyme is currently doing an open challenge which means you can use any sketch to enter this week!

One is Fun!

I am here with a layout I did last weekend for the journaling challenge at Global Scrappers. The challenge was to use strips to print or write our journaling on. I use this technique pretty regularly so this was a pretty easy challenge.



To make the large polka dot paper on the right a little more festive I stamped the balloons and "smile" circles and then used embossing powder and heat embossed them. The border in the middle of the photo collage is made up mostly of leftover die cuts from other projects. I made the cupcake, present and hat using my Cricut and "Doodlecharms" cartridge specifically for this layout.