been scrapping a bit again. this is my niece, mary, singing about the farm that old macdonald has... *for the march '10 sketch at the freak*

i got a little stitch happy with this layout. it's based on a sketch from Sketches by Tamara...

working on some more stuff... i'll add it here when i'm done.

the last bit of february scrappiness...

here's challenge #4 for who's that girl... rituals and routines.

i scrapped about a typical morning around my house. this is the first layout i've done with no pictures. feels weird. :)

the flower embellishments above and the cloud embellishments in my layout "march" (previous post) were handmade. you can find out how http://jessicabree.typepad.com/whos_that_girl/2010/02/crafty-idea-of-the-month-handmade-tulle-embellishments.html

by clicking that link...

scrapfreak had a month long class in february called "get sketchy." i used quite a few of the sketches - the following five layouts are some examples.

this layout is for challenge #3 for who's that girl - why i don't...

i wrote about why i don't sleep on the couch anymore! it's a wonderful thing...

thanks for looking! have a great day...

weekend warrior...

that's how i feel sometime - fighting for "my" time to play in my scrappy stuff... lol

here's what i've done so far:

sisters scrapfreak has a february class going on called "get sketchy" - this is based on sketch #10, by tamara...

i used CTMH "topstitch" patterned paper and some tim holtz rock candy crackle paint...

go this is an acrylic frame i altered, based on sketch #110 from sketch inspirations...

that's one of my all time favorite pics of my girl - from a few years ago...

thanks for looking - hopefully i'll have more before tomorrow is done!

scrapfreak is having a guest design team member contest - the trick to this one: you have to scraplift the person who posts right AFTER you do... jessicabree was the one who posted after me - and i got to lift some of her work! literally a TON of inspiration in her gallery!!!

(you can see her layout - fly - that inspired my layout in her gallery at scrapfreak)

this is me - one day before my eighth birthday...

i used CTMH papers (twitterpated) and CTMH stamps... background was hand stamped, and i was just OCD enough to draw a grid on the paper so the stamping didn't get too awful crooked!

those fluffy clouds were made with a few layers of tulle and embroidery floss.

fun contest! can't wait to see all the entries...

one creative saturday...

busy saturday! i only had a few layouts i needed to finish to qualify for a blinkie at scrapfreak, so i SCRAPPED. a bunch. all but one of these were done on saturday...

this halloween layout was done for JSYS - 01.26 - going in circles (use three or more circles)



a christmas layout - for JSYS #1 - Punched Shapes (use punched shapes to make a photo mat)

this is for JSYS challenge - 01.24 - lots of photos

i used nontraditional colors for a christmas layout...the quote is from theoatmeal.com

and this might be my favorite from the day... for JSYS - 01.19 - talk to me (use a thought bubble)

i hand lettered the title for this one - JSYS Challenge - 01.17 - Scallop Sweet (use a scallop edge somewhere on the page)

this is another favorite - for JSYS Challenge #3 - Journal Spots (use 3 or more journal spots)

i had fun with this one!

and this one was done for february's class over at the freak - February 2010 - Get Sketchy! - bree asked me to make a sample layout using a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays. this is feb 7's sketch...

the name game

"This week's challenge on Who's That Girl is to document a story about your name... it can be why your parents chose your name, how you ended up with a particular nickname or any other name related story."

i scrapped about how i was sooo glad to change my last name when i *finally* got married...

used a variety of techniques here: i watered down white paint for the journaling & title blocks; punched a heart out of a coffee sleeve because i liked the texture of it; folded a strip of paper for added texture, then layered it over some ancient magic mesh; hand cut the title; and sewed on some flowers that were salvaged from a pair of flip flops that i wore out...

i really didn't know how i'd do scrapping about me. i'm glad to say that i am enjoying it!

thanks for looking...

mystery lift...

scrapfreak had their first TGIF crop of 2010 last night - i got to play along a little, since ben was at the cabin and sam was at her nana's! monica posted this challenge:

Your challenge is to scraplift a layout that you can't see. I'm going to give you the instructions which are based on the mystery layout but are still completely up to your own interpretation. I'll reveal the mystery layout on Sunday. It will be fun to see what you create!Here we go...
Use a shaped paper for your background and distress the edges.
Choose one photo to use on your layout.
Use a patterned or solid paper as a matte for your photo.
Place both the photo matte and photo in the mid to lower right hand side of the page.
Place two strips of paper at the bottom of your photo.
Place title on the left bottom of the photo and paper strips.
Embellish the bottom right hand side of your photo with a cluster of journaling shapes, buttons, and brads.
Place a small strip of paper in the upper left hand corner of your background shape.
Embellish with a few buttons. And ta-da...you're done!

this is what i came up with...

what a fun challenge! can't wait to see what the original layout was, and how all the layouts look...