*OUAS February Sketch*

It's time for a new challenge over at Once Upon A Sketch, and this one is awesome! And the design team has done such amazing projects, you have to go have a look! This is my take on the challenge:

The theme was "do all things with love" and this is a picture of our daughter and her hubby with their dogs, the picture is special because they had them done right after finding out they were expecting their first baby this June!!! The journaling is around the circle and in the journaling block.

The title and the flowers and birds are from Imaginarium Designs chipboard. They are embossed with Suzy West WOW embossing powsders.

Here you see some of the detail of the journaling and little pearl dots I did with Ranger liquid pearls.

The pretty ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the stick pin is from Nik Nax by Ariana's Etsy shop. The little blooms are my older "Got Flowers" Prima blooms layered with a pearl center. I made the bow with the Craft-Dee BowZ tool. All journaline and pen work done with Kuretake Zig markers.

Here are more close ups of the title and blooms.

I even used some of my older Prima bling for some of the centers on the larger blooms! The papers are from GCD.

Here is the information for the challenge, you have plenty of time to play along, and the prizes are AWESOME! Please check it out HERE. And thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Theme : LOVE

The month of February is the month we celebrate St Valentine's Day here in Australia and in many parts of the world. Love takes on many forms..relationship love, parental love etc etc. So let's think about what the above quote can mean and how you can interpret it on a layout. You are free to scrap about any kind of love you wish however you like based on the following sketch. 

Ideas for journalling: love for your partner, family , parents ,siblings , children, work, students, craft, music, extra curricular activities. Whatever it is that you connect LOVE with. 

Your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. 

Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . You are allowed to journal in any language but please tell us where on your page we will find your journalling. Remember journalling has to be a bit more than a title, or a generic comment. Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

Moxxie Blog Hop!!!

Hi Everyone,

Are you ready for the October Moxxie Blog Hop?  Join us the first Friday of every month where we will feature a new collection.  This month is just way too much fun with the all new All Hallow's Eve collection.   I think you are going to fall in love with this collection. The collection is just perfect for all your Halloween projects!  The Moxxie Muses have some wonderful inspiration for you today! 

Do you want to win this entire collection? 

Here is what you need to do!  It is very simple and very easy!
Leave a comment on each and every blog in the hop- Be sure to leave a comment on the Moxxie Blog as well.  That is it! If you would like an extra chance "LIKE" the Moxxie Facebook Page.  That is it!  Good Luck!!

So Let's Get Ready and Start Hopping

 Got Moxxie 

Susie Bentz

 Patti Hamil   you are here!

Cathy Harper 

Michelle James 

Rebecca Price 

Misty Rushlow 

Mary Pat Siehl 

Dana Tatar go here next 

Rhonda Van Ginkel 

Ange Weisbeck

I hope you have a lot of  fun along the way!  See you next month!

Now, for my project. I chose to do a layout. I used some pictures of our dd carving a pumpkin and decided to go black and white with them to show the color of the paper a little more, it's gorgeous paper and patterns, but it's muted, so the b/w pics made it pop a little more.

I did some ink work on this one too! And added some ribbons and trim from Really Reasonable Ribbon and a couple from my stash too! The alpha letters are Websters Pages Storytellers stickers. I also matted the center with purple cardstock to seperate the colors. I used pop dots ujder the little oval scallop frame to add dimension.

The first thing that I did on this was to use markers and lightly color in the pumpkin, then I used purple and green glitter pens and went over the stem and swirls around it!

Here is a closeup. I traced over the spider web with a glitter gel pen and added a little "bling" in the center!!! I used Baker's Twine through the buttons. The little blooms are from my stash, they're older Prima and the purple ribbon was from my stash too!

I used two colors of Baker's Twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon threaded through the button. The orange and purple!

This collection is probably my favorite Halloween collection ever, the patterns are just awesome, I love the pumpkin and other designs on every sheet!!! I hope you have fun on the hop and don't forget to take a minute to comment so you can win the entire collection!!!!

Here are the Moxxie products that I used on my page:
AH-1316 Evermore
AH-1318 Arachnaphobia
AH-1313 Sharp Dressed Man
AH-4021 Die Cuts
AH-2231 Element Stickers

And, thanks so much for stopping by!!!

RRR Blog Hop Time!!!

Hello, it's that time again! Time for another fun Blog Hop at Really Reasonable Ribbon!!! I hope that if you are just starting here that you will go here: Really Reasonable Ribbon and start at the beginning! If you are already participating you have arrived here from  Heidi's blog   and I welcome you!!! Now, here is what I have created with the wonderful June Ribbon Club Assortment pictured below!

Now, here is what I created with this lovely collection of ribbon!!!!

Here are a couple of close-ups to show the detail! I used some small blooms and chippie accents for embellishments and that was it! A very simple page!

I cut some of the stars from the Moxxie "Hometown Celebration" paper and put them on pop dots, added a button and put at the top of each strip of ribbon. You can see the beautiful texture on the red ribbon!!!

Your next stop will be Misty's blog!!!