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Happy Monday! There's a new sketch up today at Let's Get Sketchy! Here it is:

And here is my take on it. It was our Hotel in Colmar, France, when we visited last December for the Christmas markets. It was an old historic hotel that often appears on postcards. It was cool to be staying there! There was even a Christmas market right in front of the hotel!

Go check out what the rest of the team did here! You're sure to be inspired! And don't forget to link up your layout before Sunday night for a chance to win the June prize!

Have a scrappy week!

Martine

Posted in France, layouts, Let's Get Sketchy, sketches

I love challenges, and right now there are tons of them out there! First up is Let's Capture Our Memories, which is celebrating its 3rd birthday with a birthday bash full of challenges, prizes and sales! I made this layout for the first challenge, which was to use one of the sketches from Let's Capture These Sketches and have a "birthday" theme. I used sketch #134 by JJ Sobey.

And this is my layout. It's about celebrating the 4th year of our tiny yard's make-over!

Next up is the summer long contest at My Scraps and More, called My Scraps Got Talent II. There has been two pre-contest challenges so far. The first one is based on this sketch by Kristine Davidson. We also had to use misting.

And here's my layout. The title means "Those Eyes", because I fell in love with this kitty the first time I saw his big green eyes! (I rescued him from the streets 6 years ago. He's now one spoiled cat! lol!) I tried the confetti thing for the first time on this page.



The second pre-contest challenge was to use this other sketch by Kristine Davidson and add some stitching.

I made this layout, which title means "Growing Old". I have a hard time with white space, so I filled it up with confetti again!

I hope you'll join in on both these events! Tons of challenges and lots of fun in store!

Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in layouts, Let's Capture Our Memories, Let's Capture These Sketches, My Scraps and More, sketches

There's an online crop going on at Creative Scrappers today. The fun started yesterday with an early bird sketch challenge, then two more sketches were issued in the evening. I managed to complete the early bird and one of the other sketches.


Here was the early bird sketch.

And here is my layout. Believe it or not, this is my first page with hexagons! I'm a little late on the trends! lol! I wanted something colorful, so I went with Basic Grey's June Bug collection. I did some faux stitching around the hexagons and the mat. The are pictures of my brother and me through the years. The title means: Time Flies!

Here's sketch #2.

I did a page about the Christmas markets we visited last December in Germany and France, which was acutally something on my "bucket list"! I'm so glad I got to experience them! I used the Christmas line "I Believe" by My Mind's Eye for this one.

If you want to play along, you have until tonight, Saturday June 2nd at 11pm EST to upload your creations. There are lots of sponsors, so you never know, you might win something!

Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in Christmas Markets, Creative Scrappers, family, layouts, sketches

Hi there!

Today's Monday and that means a new challenge at Let's Get Sketchy! Here's the fun sketch we had to work with. I like it because it made me use my deco papers, which I don't do often enough!

I modified the sketch by pushing everything to the right, and using four photos instead of one. I stamped the butterflies and inked them with distress inks. The pictures are flowers from my tiny garden.

I hope you check out the wonderful layouts that the other DT members have created here. And don't forget to link up your creation if you join us! There's a prize coming at the end of the month!

Have a scrappy week!

Martine

Posted in layouts, Let's Get Sketchy, sketches

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