YMBD Contest for this Summer

Hi all you scrappers and stampers!

I thought I'd take a break from my fence construction to post the 2 layouta I have completed for YMBD's 92 Days of Summer Contest.

This is the sketch inspiration for Week 2 (June 8-14). I just love this design.

This is the two page layout that I completed. It's about our need for PRIVACY hence the fence theme :-) I used lots of goodies on this layout. I made my own chipboard flowers with my Big Kick, stamped a design with Rangers Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. I added small twine bows with a small button for the center. A few photo mat corner details and embellishing with ink and a nice simple title that I also used my Big Kick alpa die cuts for. I used the YMBD inspiration suggestion to paint on my picture and I just love how it looks. The center pic is of one of our dogs who fell asleep on the top of the wood pile while we were making a panel in the garage. Awwwww.... she was soooo tired.

A closeup of my chipboard flower creations....

I used my stash for this great metal embellishment. It's all about summer you know!

Another closer view of the title and ivory acrylic paint edging for the center photo.

I added some journaling complimenting the shape of the paper border.

All my small pics across the layout are pictures of our building permit, my hubby loading wood in the parking lot at Lowe's, stained 4x4's drying on saw horses, a wet stained panel, the corner template design on the fence panel and finally my hubby leveling and installing the first panel at the back corner of our yard.


This is the sketch inspiration for Week 1 (June 1-7).

I decided to make this layout about all my June blooming flowers in my gardens and containers.
I just love all the pretty colors.

I tore and distressed some of the paper edges and then used a few inks to add some color. I just love that turquoise grosgrain ribbon accent.

I journaled at the bottom of the circle.

I used a 3D glue dot to add dimension to my Bloom with Abandon circle here.

TFL everyone. I'll be back soon for more layouts and interesting events.

Enjoy !!!!

Darlene

A Fun Packed Weekend

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying your family and this weekend. My hubby and I were upnorth this weekend taking care of our home up there. We had grass a foot long!!! YIKES We usually get up there (after a long harsh winter) in the first week of April. I like to start feeding our little hummingbirds but we didn't make it up that early this year. There was way too much going on this spring. Everything is all back to normal and wow was it wonderful to have peace and quiet and birds chirping. We just love it there.

Now that I'm home I'm catching up on everything here now. I have two new wooden stamps I purchased that I am looking forward to playing with asap. First I need to do a scrapbook layout for YMBD. They are having an awesome 92 Days of Summer contest. The concept is to take 1 picture a day for the next 13 weeks. Each week they give you tips and a great sketch to use all 7 pics for each week. Wow it will be great to get pics printed and scrapped. I'm lovin' this idea and I don't even care about the great prizes that are being given away.

Isn't this little guy adorable?

See you later stampers and scrappers!

Darlene

Jada Layout

I did this layout of my grandaughter Jada for a challenge on YMBD. We took a trip to the Detroit zoo (Jada, Aunt Heather, Grandpa Tom and Grandma Darlene). There was this beautiful metal butterfly chair right outside the butterfly house so of course we had a perfect background for a picture. Jada couldn't wait to just hop on up and pretend she was this graceful, beautiful butterfly!

On YMBD the challenge was to use "texture" on a LO. Here's link to the actual challenge

http://yourmemoriesbydesign.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1802

Give it a try!!!!

I used grungeboard for the butterflies and inked them and blinged them with Ranger distress inks, glitter and rhinestones. I even stamped a butterfly on a transparency for a different texture.

I added a bit of blue Stickles to the patterned paper and also stamped a butterfly cardstock and bentd it for dimension. I added some thin silver wire and ribbon to the Lo and picture corners and glued alot of beads for the flower centers. MORE texture :-}

A little foam leaf or two and...

It was done! I really like the blues and greens together.

TFL!!!! Have a super day :-}

Cat Layout

I loved this sketch! I had purchased this Bazzil tag a while back and couldn't decide what I wanted to do with it. On the YMBD site there are Sketch Challenges http://yourmemoriesbydesign.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1399
and this worked great with my tag. These photos are of my son's cat Newman. We took care of him over the summer while our son was relocating to another state. He's a very funny kitty and he had some wonderful expressions so I had to do a LO!

TFL