Love

Hello!

This month's fun challenge over at Picture This is "Tic -Tac-Toe Style"!

I also combined it with the fun "LOVE" Challenge over at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge!

For the " LOVE" Challenge you should  use products or something related that starts with each letter of the word LOVE on your layout!

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

  

My Tic-Tac-Toes are

 two or more photos/hearts/red 

enamel dots/layering/red 

enamel dots/stickers/two or more photos!

My layout has a photo of my two children from when we went on a Vacation to Cape Cod.

 We rented a house right by the Ocean! We had the most Lovely time Ever!

Lovely Ocean Vacation Ever!

Lighthouse Ocean Vacation photos Enamel dots

Lovely by Lisa

To participate in the "Tic -Tac- Toe"  Challenge, we would like to see your interpretation of our challenge and upload a direct link to your project with the help of our Linkytool. The interpretations are free in form (layout, card, art journal, album, canvas) but you need to follow the outlines of the challenge. Remember to include challenge image and link to our challenge in your post.

Deadline to upload is February 28, 2017.

This month's winner will receive access to an online card and scrapbooking workshop consisting with up to 4separate lessons conducted by a number of teachers; they will show you a variety of techniques and ways of expanding your crafting skills. 

This is what AALL&Create say about the package:

For an artist a blank piece of paper can be daunting, but also thrilling; you want to tame the space and work out how you can turn it into something beautiful. Well, look no further – here’s a chance to improve your knowledge and skills and pick up some fabulous tips. Discover insights as our artists take you through the creative processes from designing layouts, creating backgrounds and card-making techniques to putting together your final creations.

You will have access to:

• Detailed tutorials 
• Techniques and examples
• Photos and videos in high definition 
• Projects in a range of styles
• Enjoyable, easy-to-follow presentations

Thank you for dropping by and for your wonderful comments! 

  I had such a LOVELY time with this month's challenges!

Let It Snow

Happy and Creative New Year!

Hope you had a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones and are ready to start the New Year in a  creative way.   
Our January challenge over at Picture This is "Mixed media"!

For those of you unsure of what mixed media is exactly - "Mixed media" tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media—for example, a work on canvas that combines paint, ink, and collage could properly be called a "mixed media" work. The main idea is to mix dry (paper, canvas, textiles) and wet (paints, texture paste, inks) media in one piece of work.

So gather some supplies such as different sorts of papers, inks, stamps, Gesso, texture paste, stencils, 
embellishments, etc…. and create a "MIxed media" project.

Remember that we are not limited to only using paper or only creating scrapbooking projects. If you feel like you'd like to try making a card, canvas or an off the page project - go for it! 

End of the day art is about expanding your horizons and stepping out of ones comfort zone.
Now let's have some FUN!

For my Mixed-media project I started with a photo from when we lived in New Hampshire where it snowed a lot!  Then I gathered all my supplies that were related to snow!   Pattern paper that had a snow theme, wooden snowflakes (that I covered with white heavy gesso and some glitter), "Let it Snow" and Snowflake stamps, and some snowflake elements.  

As you can see, I created a very snowy and wintery layout!

I also got inspired by " The Scrappy Sketches " January Sketch LO Challenge 
(deadline is January 29th).

Let It Snow by Lisa

Some Close-Ups

Supplies that were used

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you got some inspiration and will join in the 

Sketch and "Mixed-Media" Fun!

Merry Christmas

Hello!  Welcome to December! 
At "Picture This" we are "Getting into shape"!  
You will need to create a layout using shapes of some sort, for example, squares, hexagons, triangles, circles, etc…  
Then over at "Let's Get Sketchy" Brenshevia designed another fun sketch to help get your juices following!  

    The shape I chose was "circles" in all sizes.  I started with a wreath (circle) and then added all different size circle embellishments.  Round Epoxy stickers, Jewels, Crystals, and Rhinestones.  I also took thread and put it around the whole wreath.  
I guess you can say I used another shape, "squares" on my layout because I added some presents and the photos of my sweet children are square!  
The photos are of my two children when they were very young in 1991. We went to the town library (one of our fun places to go every week) to bring Santa their Christmas Wish list.  As you can see in the photo below, my daughter, Ashley, was not very pleased to sit on Santa's lap.  But my son, Sky, was!
I really miss those days!

Merry Christmas By Lisa

Here is some close-ups

Thank you for dropping by and for all your lovely comments!  They are always appreciated!  I hope you have gotten some inspiration from my layout and will join in the fun at Picture This and Let's Get Sketchy!  

Halloween

Hello -Ween!  

This month over at "Picture This" we have for you this fun sketch by Brenshevia. 
You can use it as it is, flip it or use it's reflection! Just have fun with it.

Here is my DT interpretation of the sketch

Trick or Treat by Lisa

Here are some close-ups

If you're joining us for this "Picture This" challenge, make sure that you visit the Blinkies section and grab a badge for your blog to show everyone that you're playing with us. 

It would be great if you also link it back to "Picture This"! 

Thank you for your support!

Our new challenge rules include that the top two pics will receive a winner's badge and a chance to be a

 Guest Design for the January challenge.

The winner will also receive a surprise package of goodies from FabScraps - the lucky winner will have a week to claim it; otherwise, we'll offer it to the 2nd place winner.

Cannot wait to see what you come up with using our fun sketch!

Thank you for dropping by and for all your lovely comments!

Happy Halloween

Hello!  Happy Halloween! 
 Love this time of year.  Weather is great, trees are starting to change and Halloween is on its way.  My house is all decorated with Fall decor.  And it is time for the"Picture This" Halloween Moodboard Challenge.  So get out your favorite Halloween papers and embellishments and get scrapping following the fun mood board @ PT!
 For my layout I chose a photo of a shortbread Ghost cookie I made for my children some years ago. Using the mood board @PT and the fun sketch by Brenshevia over at Let's Get Sketchy I came up with my Booeautiful page!

Picture This Mood-Board

Brenshevia's Sketch

Happy Halloween by Lisa

Here are some close ups

I hope my layout has inspired you to go on over to Picture This to join in on all the Halloween Fun!
Thank you for stopping by and for all your lovely comments! 
 Happy Haunting!

Beary Special

Hello!  
Wow, it's October, the beginning of Autumn, my favorite time of year! The air is becoming so crisp and clean.  Time for all the trees to show off their inner beauty, to go pumpkin and apple picking, celebrate Halloween and to start another month of challenges! 
 Love it!!
Over at "Picture This" we are challenging you to create a LO using " Layers + fussy cutting + one photo".  
 My DTM layout  for this October 1st fun challenge is composed of  Brenshevia's  Let's Get Sketch and  Challenge YOUrself .  
This month, "Challenge YOUrself" would like to see sewing on your page.  It can be hand stitching, machine stitching, embroidery, ANY kind of sewing!!  The only other requirement is that you include a photo with YOU!

My LO started with one of my most treasured photo of my son, just a few days old, in my arms.

I was rocking him in the special chair that my husband and I had brought in town and carried many blocks home because we did not own a car at the time.   

I used one of my favorite paper collection, Kaisercraft - Teddy Bears Picnic.  I fussy cut a whole bunch of the teddy bears (they are so cute!) and layered many of the cut away journaling cards.  I added embroidery thread in the buttons, rickrack around the photo and embellished with some snaps. 

 It was a lot of fun putting together this layout and I hope you will enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Brenshevia' Sketch                                              Challenge YOUrself

                                          



                                           

You & I by Lisa

Here are some close-ups

Here are some of the threaded buttons, fussy cut teddy bear, and the snaps.

Here are some teddy bears clustered together.

                       Here are some more clustered teddybears, threaded buttons, and a snap.

Thank you for dropping by and for all your lovely comments. 

 I truly appreciate all of them!

I am  looking forward to seeing what you create with our  "Layer + Fussy cutting + One photo" challenge over @PT and the Sewing Challenge @ Challenge YOUrself!

Always Remember

Hello again!
Today's layout is in remembrance of September 11th, 2001.   Fifteen years ago the USA experienced one of the most heartbreaking day in it's history.  I will never forget that morning on 911, when it felt like the world had stopped and that nothing would be the same!   All the airports were shut down and I remember most of the TV channels and shows were not on the air.  
It seemed like the whole country had a day of silent.  
But I rather reminisce more about the following day, September 12th, when Americans came together by pulling up our boot straps and tried to take back our country!  It was amazing how many American flags were everywhere to show pride for our country!  
Flags were flying on people's homes, in front yards, out of car windows, off buildings!  It was so inspiring!  
Our country was UNITED! 
 I really wish our citizens now would try to remember that day because we need to unite again for the good of the country.
Well, back to my layout.  My first inspiration came from looking through some photos of my family's trips to New York City.  
One photo is of the skyline of NYC and the other is of myself and (one of my stars) my daughter, Ashley in front of the skyline from Brooklyn Heights. 
 I also got inspiration from two other sources.
Picture This which is having a new challenge about anything to do with Stars.  "Wish upon a Star" 
and over at Let's Get Sketchy where Brenshevia has come up with another lovely sketch.  

Brenshevia's Sketch

Always Remember by Lisa

Here are some close-ups

Thank you for dropping by and for all your lovely comments. 

 I truly appreciate all of them!

I am so looking forward to seeing what you create with our Star challenge over @PT!