Sketchy Thursdays 7.28 Sketch Challenge

It's been quite a while since I played along at Sketchy Thursdays.  When I sat down at my crafting desk today, I had three layouts I wanted to complete.  Luckily, I got them all done, thanks to sketches!  One of the sketches I chose to use was the one from Sketchy Thursdays.  Here's the sketch they posted this week:

I decided to use some pictures from my first visit to Boston, Massachusetts, in February of 2010 for this layout, so here's my take:

The background paper is a piece in a Boston scrapbook kit I purchased while in Boston, as is the picture of Fanueil Hall (Did I spell that right?!?).  The other patterned paper and the embellishment on the top left came in an Americana kit I won on some blog candy a few weeks ago (Thanks, Kim!).  The journaling strips and blue border pieces were part of a border punch swap from the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' a few months ago, and they just seemed to fit here.  The letters are chipboard from Heidi Swapp, and I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in barn door to color them.

I'm really happy with the way this layout turned out!  Once I sat down with everything, it all came together very quickly.  I'm going to have to enter the Sketchy Thursdays sketch challenges more often!  TFL, and happy scrapping!

Lasting Memories weekly layout challenge--HAPPY EASTER!!!

Happy early Easter, everyone!  This week's Lasting Memories challenge is centered around Easter, but it's up to YOU to determine what that means for you.  Here's my layout for this week:

As soon as I found out our challenge was about Easter, I knew EXACTLY what picture I wanted to use, so I was glad I found it!  This is my oldest son, Kennedy, on his first Easter.  I was struggling to come up with a title, so I asked my loving husband for help.  He said he thought Kennedy looked like he was pushing the bunny back from his Easter basket and thought the title should be "Get back, bunny!"  Voila!  Title problem solved!  I cut the letters on my Cricut using the Jack Sprat function on the Lyrical Letters cartridge, then accented them with Stickles in Lime Green.  My sketch is modified from an old Sketchy Thursdays sketch I had saved on my computer.

What's your favorite Easter memory?  Is it something from your own childhood?  Favorite flowers?  A favorite outfit or hat?  What about your own kids?  Let's see what you've got!  Don't forget about our Design Team call, too!  You MUST participate in all of our challenges in April, and be sure to put the label "DT" next to your name.  Happy scrapping!

New Lasting Memories Challenge!

Happy Sunday, everyone!  It's time again for another Lasting Memories Layout Challenge!  For this week, ANYTHING GOES!!!  The design team was given an digital stamp of our choosing from Tiffany Doodles to use on our layouts this week (Thanks, Tiffany!), so I chose the "Lily Stems with Oval" digi.  Here's my layout for this week:

I used the April GDT Challenge sketch at Sketchy Thursdays for this layout, and I'll also be using entering it in the Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' monthly challenge.  The patterned paper is Gigi Stripe by Glitz Design (double-sided), and the title is Thickers white glitter letter stickers.  I used Martha Stewart's loops border punch on the large polka-dotted paper, and I added some Stickles in Fruit Punch to make the lily on the digital stamp pop out a little.

Now, ON TO THE CHALLENGE!!!  For this week's challenge, YOU'RE THE BOSS!  We want to see your unique style on this week's entry.  Again, our sponsor this week is Tiffany Doodles, and she's offered some GREAT prizes!  Our first prize winner this week will receive 5 digis from Tiffany; second prize wins 3 digis, and third prize wins 2 digis.  How awesome is THAT?!?!?  You have until Saturday, March 12 (MY BIRTHDAY!!!!) @ 9pm EST to link your layout at Lasting Memories.  So get started on those entries!  We can't WAIT to see your style!!!

P.S.  I ALMOST forgot!  Be sure to come back and visit my blog on Saturday, March 12.  I'll be giving away some BLOG CANDY for my birthday!!!!!!