Fourth August Challenges

Hello everybody!
Welcome to another week of my combined challenges.  
Up first for inspiration is Brenshevia's fun sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy!  
The next challenge is "Summer Nights" Photo Inspiration over at Lasting Memories 
and last but not least is Simon Says: Go Fish challenge!
In July of 2001 my family and I went on a carefree summer vacation to California! (Just before 911) 
We traveled to San Diego and all the way up the Coast to the Redwood Forest.  California has all kinds of weather and areas.   
The Pacific Ocean, beaches, lakes, deserts, mountains and of course, Disneyland!  We saw it all!  What an amazing State!   
The photos on my layout are of Ashley, my daughter, in a blowup boat on the Pacific Ocean where there  were seal lions swimming all around!  What fun we had with that boat! 
 (I think it was the best thing we brought in California. )   

Brenshevia's Sketch

Lasting Memories Layout Challenge

Use this photo for some color inspiration on your layout!

Go Fish

Fun Summer by Lisa

I used Graphic 45 "By The Sea" and "Children's Hour"

Background paper is Kaisercraft "Redwood" Base Coat Collection

Here are some close-ups

For embellishments I used a shell, twine, and scrabble word titles!

Thank you for dropping by and I really appreciate all your lovely comments!  

Looking forward to seeing what you create!

Third August Challenge

Hello!  
My family and I have been enjoying the Summer Olympics from Rio for the passed two weeks.   So I thought I would create a layout using a photo of my daughter, Ashley,  from the 1996 Atlanta, Ga Summer Olympics.  
One of the events we attended was the Equestrian.  
Such beautiful horses!  
For inspiration I chose Let's Get Sketchy Week 3's sketch by Brenshevia.  I also got additional inspiration  from the August Challenges at  More Than Words  "Friends & Circles" , The Creative Loops,  "Summertime", and  Simon Says: Summer Fun.  
For all the details please go on over to their blogs.
All fun challenges!  

Sketch by Brenshevia

The Summer Olympics by Lisa

Here is my take on the LGS Sketch

For the More Than Words Challenge I added many circles (Olympic Rings) and for the word "friend" part,  I thought the Olympics is the biggest Friendship Gathering that is between many countries!

Here are some close-ups

The Creative Loops

  

 I hope you will join in all the fun over at LGS!

More than Words (One challenge that last for the whole month),

The Creative Loops August Challenge

and

Simon Says Monday Challenges

Thank you for dropping by and I really appreciate all your lovely comments!  

Looking forward to seeing what you create!

Second August Challenge

Hello everyone!  I am so excited to present my second design team layout for Picture This!  
Here is the fun challenge:  
We all look to find that perfect picture to scrap and show off to the world, but  over at "Picture This" they want you to look through your stash and find that "Not so perfect photo"!  You know the one that's out of focus, or where half the head is cut off or what about the one with the red eyes.  Any photo that you deem "Not so picture perfect"  will do for this challenge.  

The photo I came up with  for my layout is from many years ago.  I just could not ever think of getting rid of it but never thought of scraping it on a layout till now!   I am so grateful for this challenge to finally be able to use this "Not so Perfect" picture!   
My picture is of my two children all dressed up for Easter and so we naturally took photos of them.  But something went terribly wrong with the film (you know, the stuff you used to put in a camera)  and the photos ended up on top of each other.  
(But Ashley and Sky still looked so cute, so I kept the photo all these years!)  


                             

My April Babies by Lisa

I added lace through out my layout because 

I thought the mistake on the left side of the photo looked like some lace was put on the photo.

Here are some close-ups

Circles with brads and embroidery hoop. 

Brother and Sister friendships last forever!

I also entered my layout into two other challenges!

More than Words

The main challenge is based on a word  inspiration (Friends) and a creative (Circles) challenge!  For the circle part of the challenge, I incorporated different brads, and a lace embroidery hoop.  My photo is of my children who have had a loving friendship all their lives.  Which I am very grateful for!
The challenge is open to layouts, canvases, and art journal pages only.  It runs through  August 31st! Go on over and join the fun!

Archi-scrap

The August challenge's criteria is Butterflies!  Love them!  So it was really easy to add them to the page!  Let your imagine run wild with this challenge, so long as you add butterflies!  This fun challenge runs through August 31st.  

 I hope you will join in all the fun over at Picture This (two challenges a month),

More than Words (One challenge that last for the whole month),

and

Archi-scrap (One challenge a month also)!  

Thank you for dropping by and I really appreciate all your lovely comments!  

Looking forward to seeing what you create!

                                   
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First Week of August Challenges

 Hi!  Welcome to August!  I cannot believe kids are going back to school here already!  What happen to August being part of summer vacation?  
Well, it is time to start a new month of challenges over at Let's Get sketchy .  A new fun challenge every Monday! 

And the monthly book challenge over at Scrap Our Stash . 

I combined these two challenges to create my layout this hot August afternoon.

Sketch by Brenshevia

Love this sunburst!

August Book Inspired Stash Challenge ~ Guest Designer Devra Hunt

Your challenge is...

Create a layout inspired by the BOOK COVER.. 

You are allowed to use anything from the cover that inspires you,

for instance, the colors, title, pointed hand, map, etc.

AND...you must include at least (1) decorative paper clip on your page.

Celebrate Your Day by Lisa

 Finally used Heavy Gesso and a Stencil!  Very excited to start doing some mixed-media!


Here are some close-ups

Can you believe it?  I had a paper clip in the shape of a pointed hand!

Like in the book challenge!

Please go on over to Let's Get Sketchy and Scrap Our Stash to join all the fun!  

By the way, why not stop on over to Picture This  a challenge blog where I have been honored to be one of the 

Design Team Members.   

Maybe you will get inspired to combine the beautiful Mood-Board there with one of these challenges!  

Picture This Mood-Board

Thank you for dropping by and hope you all have  a lovely weekend!

Picture This Blog's First Challenge

 Welcome to our first challenge at Picture This  https://picturethischallenges.blogspot.com .  
This is also my first challenge being a design team member.  How exciting! 

I would like to thank  Brenshevia  founder and administrator of PT and Let's Get Sketchy  for this opportunity 
and to welcome all the other PT design team members! 

For this challenge we created a layout using this beautiful mood-board.  
The colorful pompoms and the triangles really inspired me!

Mood-Board

To start my layout I looked for a photo I thought would relate to the mood-board.  

I came up with the photo of my daughter, Ashley, eating cotton candy.  I thought it looked like the pompoms on the MB.  Then I picked out the papers using the colors on the MB.  Next, I used a stamp for the background that also looked like a pompom when actually it is a stamp of a dandelion by Hot Off the Press, (Dandelion Wishes).  I cut off the stem and only used the puffy top. Then I cut two circles, one larger then the other, from pink and blue paper which I cut fringes all around them to mimic the pompoms!  That became the frame for the photo. Then I made a triangle by folding down the pink paper and added some blue paper underneath and some sequins.   

I had a lot of fun working with the mood-board and I hope you will too! 

#Happy Ashley

Here are some close-ups

Thank you for joining us on our new journey together of creativity and inspiring others!  

I cannot wait to see all of your creations!

Looking forward to reading your lovely comments and leaving you comments!  

Happy Creating!