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Hi there!

Just a really quick note to let you know that I'm in the running for a layout contest that's taking place over at Practical Scrappers. I sent in the cover page for my Maine album. (I have a lot of other pages that I prefer but they were made from sketches, and it didn't feel right to send one of those in. And on top of that, it looks like my photo didn't resize well, it's all pixelated... okay, enough of that... I sound like a whiner! lol!)


So if you like my page, hop on over to Practical Scrappers to vote for me(Martine Lebelle in the poll). I would really appreciate it! Voting only takes place today, January 14th, until midnight CST. Tomorrow a new batch of layouts will be up for voting. They'll be picking the top 25 (out of 70) to make it to the next round.

Thanks for your vote!

Martine

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Hello!

I hope you're having a creative start to 2012! I want to share my first two layouts of this year, both with Basic Grey collections.

My first layout was created from this Basic Grey sketch (1.2.12), based on a layout by Shimelle Laine.


This is my version. I added a second picture and tilted them. I dove into my stash and used my "Phoebe" collection for this layout. I "white-washed" the busy background paper with Gesso thinned with water, so it wouldn't detract too much from the photos (it's hard to tell from the picture). The chipboard hearts and circle (near the title cluster) are from the "Green at Heart" collection. The layout is titled "Miniature Nature" and is about our tiny little yard that I like to embellish with touches of flowers.


My second layout is based on a sketch by Valerie Salmon, done for a challenge at Scrapbook Centrale. (I just didn't finish it on time!) It's a layout about the "Wild Gardens of Acadia", in Acadia National Park, Maine, which we visited last summer. Everything was so lush and green! This time I used papers from the Basic Grey "Wisteria" collection. The soft purples and subdued colors were perfect for my pictures!


Leave me a link to your first pages of the year! I'd love to visit and leave you some love!

Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in Basic Grey, layouts, Maine, sketches

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

Hi!

Challenge #60 is up at Scrap Your Crap and it's all about buttons! I'm sure pretty much everybody has a whole bunch of buttons in their stash... This is your chance to use some up!

Here's my layout. It's a companion page to one I did earlier about the biplane ride we took over Seattle in the summer of 2010. It was so much fun! The original layout was based on a sketch by Cherie Averill from Sassy Lil' Sketches. I threaded buttons and "glue dotted" them to the ends of ribbons of different lengths to create sort of a banner. I love the little touch that it adds.



Please go visit the blog to see all the different ways to use buttons that the rest of the team came up with! They're fabulous! I hope you'll join us too! You know you've got buttons just sitting there waiting to be used!

Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in layouts, Sassy Lil' Sketches, Scrap Your Crap

Hi there!

Just a quick post to share my newest LO! I entered the new magazine Scrap365's sketch challenge. This is the sketch for December.


This is what I did with it. The title means "Adventure in the Land of the Whales". It's a layout about a camping trip that my niece and I took back in 2003 where we went whale watching, sea kayaking, and where we could see whales swim by our campsite! We had tons of fun! I used a collection pack of Sassafras Lass "Indie Girl" that I had never touched yet!


If you want to join in the sketch challenge, you have until December 16th to upload your creation!

Happy scrapping!

Martine

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