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Hi there!

I have a layout to share today that I did for a challenge over at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. This month's theme is "Fortune" and the first challenge was to scrap something that was precious to us. So of course, I had to do a page about my kitties! Sleeping with my cats is one of my little pleasures in life! I copied the famous credit card ads and did this "Priceless" page.

It's based on sketch #26 by Susan Stringfellow at Sketch Savvy.

I used some Restoration Crate Paper, which I still love. Love the richness of the colors! I also stamped and heat embossed a few images from the Basic Grey "Max & Whiskers" clear stamps.

I'm happy about how this one turned out. Gotta love a kitty layout!

Have a scrappy week and a happy Earth Day tomorrow!

Martine

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Hi there!

I've got two layouts to share with you tonight. The first one was done for a challenge at Scrapbooking From the Inside Out. The theme for October is "Journey". This layout talks about my journey through school, figuring out what I want to be "when I grow up"! The title means "For Good?", as I'm still debating whether I will stay in the education field or not. It's based on a sketch by Valerie Salmon.

The second layout is based on sketch #316 at Scrapbook Challenges. The title means "Rothenburg Under the Rain". It's a quaint little village in Germany which we visited last December during our tour of Christmas Markets.

That's it for now! Hope you have a scrappy weekend!

Martine

Posted in Christmas Markets, Germany, layouts, Scrapbook Challenges, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, sketches

Hi there! I have just one layout to share with you today. It was done for a challenge at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. The "theme" was innocence and we had to use a picture of ourselves when we were very young. This is a picture of me when I was one day old. I used this sketch by Melissa Elsner, from SFTIO.

Here's the layout, using some old Sassafras Lass papers. I finally used a different stitch than straight or zigzag on my sewing machine! I used a diamond-shaped stitch to frame the page. I like how it turned out! The journaling stamp is from Unity.

That's all I have to share today! I hope you're having a scrappy week!

Martine

Posted in BOM, layouts, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, sketches

Recently, I've had two layouts featured on two blogs. The first one is my "Escape" layout which was featured on Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. Then my "Tea at Biltmore" page was picked in the top 5 over at C'est Magnifique Kits for their August sketch challenge. What a surprise!

Now that I'm back to work at school, I have less time to scrap, but I still have one layout to share with you today. It's called "Dreaming of Antarctica" and was done for one of the "escape" challenges at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. It's based on this fabulous sketch by Julie Bonner, for Noel Mignon.

I used some very old paper on this one! The chipboard snowflakes were painted white. I then put a coat of Diamond Glaze and sprinkled some Diamond Dust on top for a glittery effect.

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in layouts, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, sketches

That's the theme at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out for August. The first challenge this month was to scrap about how we sometimes wish we could disappear somewhere and just escape from it all!

The title of my layout means "Escape". The picture is from the incredible beach of Cayo Ensenachos in Cuba, where we went in 2011. I wouldn't mind escaping there a few more times! lol! The picture flips open to reveal some journaling. I kept embellishments to a minimum. My layout is based on a sketch from Let's Capture These Sketches.

Hope you can "escape" and join in the fun at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out!

Martine

Posted in Cuba, layouts, Let's Capture These Sketches, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out

Hi!

I just want to share a few of the pages I made for the online crop at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. The crop was this past weekend, but we have until Saturday May 26th to upload layouts for the challenges. There are six challenges and I was able to complete them all!

This first layout was for a texture challenge. I used corrugated cardboard (not acid-free, yikes!), cork, a bit of denim, a corduroy brad, a fabric butterfly, some stitching and gesso. It was a fun page to make!

This page was made for a quote challenge. I loved the quote and thought that this picture I took during our trip to the UK in 2009 was perfect for it. The title means "After the Rain". I used a mix of papers for this: Bo Bunny, Crate Paper, Fancy Pants and Making Memories. It was fun to put them all together and have them match! The page is based on a sketch by Becky Fleck at Pagemaps.



This layout was made for a challenge about living in the now. Its very simple, but I like the colors on this one.

Finally, this last one was made for a nostalgia challenge, where we had to think back about our teenage years, and use some sort of memorabilia. I used this old piece of unfinished cross-stitch, which I used to love doing (I still would, but all my free time is spent scrapbooking instead now!). I made the big butterfly with modeling paste, then misted it for the color. It was another fun page to make!

Well, that's it for today. If you have time, you should come on over to Scrapbooking from the Inside Out and play along with a few of the challenges!

Have a scrappy day!

Martine

Posted in BOM, layouts, online crop, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out

Yep! My first "pub"! That's pretty fun, even if it's just online! It's in Scrapbook News and Review, and is going live tonight. There was a call for butterflies on layouts, so I sent in my "Lerner Garden of the Five Senses" page. I hadn't heard back so I forgot about it, until I received an email saying that my layout would be part of the next issue!

Here's the first layout I did for the "delight" online crop at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. The challenge was to make a layout about the power of "now", finding delight in the now.

Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in layouts, online crop, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out

Hi there!

Here are a few more layouts I did for the NSD Basic Grey challenges.

I made a few cat pages. This one is based on a sketch by Valerie Salmon and is about my three outdoor kitties. I used the Sweet Threads collection.

 I also made pages about our trip to Germany and France this past December (to visit the Christmas markets). This one is about Kaysersberg, in Alsace, France, a picturesque little medieval village. I used the Curio collection.

There's an online crop starting tonight at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out.  There will be challenges, games and prizes! We have a week to complete the challenges. Go check it out!

Have a scrappy weekend!

Martine

Posted in Basic Grey, cats, France, layouts, online crop, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out

I made this page about my paternal grandmother for a challenge at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, where the theme for March was "grace". I've always loved this picture of my grandmother. She was so beautiful! I wish I could have known her when she was young!

The picture had a yellow tinge to it, so I went with a purple color scheme. I was a little hesitant at first, because the purple was so vibrant, but I loved how it turned out! I wanted a feminine, frilly layout, so I used my punches and clustered flowers. The page is based on a sketch by Becky Fleck at Pagemaps.


That's all for now! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Martine

Posted in family, layouts, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out

Hi!

I've been working on several challenges taking place in March at Let's Capture Our Memories. The first two were scraplifts of two different people. I use sketches all the time, but I find that scraplifting is more challenging, for some reason or other. This one was scraplifted from Nicole Nowosad. It's a layout about the best kitties ever, Sable and Chipper. They're both gone now, but they will always be the best kitties I've ever had! On her layout, Nicole had sewn columns of circles. I decided to swap those for hearts, which was fitting for my page.



This second one was lifted from Wendy Sommers. It was a beautiful layout with lots of colors and layering. Although the colors are different, I used vibrant colors also. It's the gorgeous Italian Garden at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, B.C.



Finally, this last one was from the sketch blog, Let's Capture These Sketches. It's about the carriage ride we took on our last day in Acadia National Park, in Maine last summer. The horses made me think of the country, so I wanted lots of texture on my page. I used some burlap (which came from a nursery, believe it or not! (to cover outdoor plants in the winter) and some leftover denim scraps from my mom's stash of old fabrics!



That's it for now! I'm working on my next project for Scrap Your Crap (for April) and it's a real challenge! It's going to be a fun one! Don't forget to drop by Let's Get Sketchy for some fun challenges too! There's also a blog hop that will take place at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out on March 9th. You should check it out!

Have a creative rest of the week!

Martine

Posted in blog hop, cats, Let's Capture Our Memories, Let's Capture These Sketches, Maine, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, Victoria

Posted in Basic Grey, layouts, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, sketches

Hi there!

I've been scrapping quite a bit recently, but I just wanted to share one of the last layouts I did. It's for a challenge over at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. We had to make a layout about our dreams (the ones we have when we're awake!). Since I had already scrapped a layout about my dream come true a few years ago (going to live in Alaska), I decided to scrap about my dreams that haven't come true yet. Part of that is my personal growth, and I used this photo of a fern growing between rocks to represent that (I took the picture in Acadia National Park in Maine last summer). And believe it or not, the background paper, each strip of paper behind the photo and the journaling tags are all from a different collection of Basic Grey! You have to love how well their papers go together, even when they're from different collections! I inked the chipboard butterflies with distress ink and colored the ghost ones with alcohol inks. I kept everything very simple. Hope you like it!



Well that's it for today! Hope you have a scrappy end of the week!

Martine

Posted in layouts, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out

Hi there!

I want to share my last three layouts of 2011. My very last one is this one from the Basic Grey blog. This is the sketch.


And this is my layout. It's the "East Side Gallery", which is a 1.3km stretch of the Berlin Wall covered with paintings from international artists. We were in a hurry, so we didn't get to walk all along it, but I would have loved to! I used the "Oliver" collection by Basic Grey, as well as label stickers from the "Basic White" collection and ribbon from the "Mellow" line. I added a bit of inked grunge board as well as chipboard embellies.


Then there's this one by a sketch from Cherie Averill from Sassy Lil' Sketches. It was done for a challenge at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. I used an older line of K & Company for this one.


Finally, this is a companion page to one I did earlier, about our interaction with dolphins when we went down south last winter. It's based on this sketch from WeScrap. I used Basic Grey's "Marrakesh" line. Love the orange and the blue together!





Well, hope you had a great 2011, and wishing you an even better 2012!

Martine

Posted in Basic Grey, Cuba, Germany, layouts, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, sketches

Hello!

I have two new layouts to share with you today. I did the first one for the November Sketchy Challenge over at Canadian Scrapbooker using this sketch.



While we were in Cuba last winter, we had the chance to interact with dolphins on one of our excursions. I fell in love with them! Their kisses and snuggles were so soft! I hope to get the chance to swim with dolphins one day!



My second layout is about saying goodbye to my 18 year old kitty last winter. I did it for a challenge about "Connections" over at Scrapbooking From the Inside Out. I had so much to say that it wouldn't all fit if I wrote it by hand, so for the first time I actually printed out my journaling! The page is based on a sketch by Cherie Averill from the Sassy Lil' Sketches ebook.



Martine

Posted in cats, Cuba, Sassy Lil' Sketches, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, sketches

Hi!

Got a bit more scrapping done yesterday and did this layout for a challenge about "Connection", the theme for this month, at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. It's based on a sketch by Cherie Averill in the Sassy Lil' Sketches e-book. The title means: Different but on the Same Wave Length! My boyfriend and I are very different on certain points (he loves it when it's hot, I love the cold; he likes modern, I love antiques; he's calm, I tend to stress out... you get the picture!) But we tend to think alike and agree on most subjects. So much so that we often think exactly the same thing at the same time! We always get a kick out of that!

The page came together quickly. I sprayed the kraft background with glimmer mists. I grabbed a few leftover strips of paper that I keep on my desk in a container, glued the pictures on a big circle, added some old Basic Grey letters and outlined them with a black pen, added the butterflies, and that was it!



I guess I can share this page too now. I did it a little while ago for the Sassy Lil' Sketches e-book (but it seems it's not available for purchase anymore! hope you got your copy, it's a great ressource!) This is Mike and I during our biplane flight in Seattle during our trip there in the summer of 2010. It was so much fun!! What an experience to feel the wind on your face as you're flying high!



Thanks for stopping by! Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in BOM, layouts, Sassy Lil' Sketches, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, Seattle

Hi there!

It feels great to be scrapping again! This weekend I played along with an online crop at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. It's a site that promotes personal journaling on layouts. I completed two challenges.

This is my first page, for the "Free Your Heart" challenge. We had to journal about something that holds us back. I came up with this {Letting Go} layout, with a recent picture and one of me when I was 6 years old. I have misconceptions about myself that I made when I was little and that I still hold true. They hold me back so I need to let go of them! As a design twist, we had to do some misting. I used "Tattered Leather" Glimmer Mist with a butterfly mask, then stamped the butterfly in black over it. I misted the heart with "Candy Apple" Glimmer Mist, then added Diamond Glaze to give it that glazed look. You can't tell from the picture, but I added Perfect Pearls to the chipboard bird for a bit of shine. The layout is based on one-page sketch #11 by Sketch Support.



My second page was done for the "What Matters Most" challenge. It might seem strange that I chose to do it "on being a cat mom", but my kitties truly are important in my life. It is also one of the only aspects of my life where I feel absolutely happy, accomplished and confident in. The design twist was to add some stitching, so I got out my new sewing machine and stitched the pieces of papers on the background page. I like the look! (And I'm amazed that a "non-sewer" like myself actually started to sew on her layouts! Yay!) I kept the embellishments to a minimum. I loved those gorgeous papers from My Mind's Eye, and felt they didn't need much added to them.



The page is based on this sketch from Scrapbooking From the Inside Out.



You should go check out their site. It's very unique and interesting! You can also participate in the online crop until Wednesday November 16th. And if you stop by their blog here, you'll find one of my layouts featured, along with amazing layouts by other members!

Stop by again tomorrow for the first reveal of Scrap Your Crap! It's going to be good!

Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in cats, layouts, Scrapbooking From the Inside Out, Sketch Support, sketches