Thyme for more sketches!

I had fun with this sketch from Sketches in Thyme! Even my DD came out of her "cave" to offer some constructive criticism. When I work on pictures of her, she feels she can do that...WTH??

The paper is from Stacy Claire Boyd

Letters are K&Company

Miscellaneous chipboard circles, flowers and buttons...and some ribbons..lol.

:)

Hippity Hop Blog Hop!!

Playing along with The Hippity Hop Blog Hop this weekend! All the info can be found down below this post! Enjoy! This was fun and challenging!

For the recipe I used:

3 different kinds of ribbons

I also used 3 different sized butterflies

embossing on some of the squares,

then I inked them up to show the embossing

lace ribbons

and of course, the great sketch!

The Hippity Hop is a recipe challenge hop. It starts right here, right now and ends at 9 P.M. on Sunday, November 14th. You'll need to visit each challenge blog. You will get an element at each of the 5 blogs, Sassy Lil' Sketches (you are here), Scrap Fit, Crop Suey, Scrap Tiffany and The Cuttlebug Spot. Using the elements create a layout or card and post it to all 5 blogs for a chance to win up to 5 times.

Use this sketch:

Stuck on this Sketch

I've been staring at this sketch for what seems like forever! I picked out the picture and still couldn't come up with anything.

I finally went with a collection from Colorbok. Loved the colors of the set and they seemed to go well with the picture. Now if I could only get a decent picture of the page....

This is the first sketch of the month from Stuck?! Sketches.

:)

Dare to be Squared

A fun challenge from Rosey over at Sketches4All! Dare to be squared! I used a great sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches which incorporated lots of little squares.

We also had to use a border punch - bling - embellies - buttons - 2 colors. - whew...there was more, but I think I was able to include it all.

The sketch was a lot of fun too. I was able to use up lots of little pieces from an old Colorbok kit. The wine embellies were cut from a sheet from Karen Foster.

The title was a chipboard piece also from Karen Foster.

:)

Frosted 8 x 10

This week's challenge from Frosted Designs was to use large photos on your page. 8 x 10 photos are the hardest for me to work with because there isn't much room left to do anything. And of course, all the photos I have can't really be cut down any smaller. That's the problem with professional photos when they add their own mats.

I crumpled up my background paper a bit and swiped an ink pad across it.

Then I took the photo mat (the light colored one), tore the edges, sanded them a bit, and inked them up.

I love this fish netting stuff and I really need to add it to the shopping list!

The gold coins were from the kid's stash.

All of the distressing was for Erin's challenge at Sketches4All.

:)

Blooms

Here was another sketch challenge from Sketches4All. Love the way this all came together! The background paper is Scenic Route from the stash. I just got the ZVA leaf bling in the mail today from A Cherry on Top! I was so excited!! It took me about 30 seconds to get it out of the mailbox, out of the package and onto the page! All the flowers are miscellaneous stuff from the stash. :)

ASC2

My first time playing with a sketch from Artful Delight! This is ASC2! I broke out an OLD kit from 3 Bugs in a Rug. All of the flowers were cut from a 12 x 12 sheet of the patterned papers. :)