Dot & Whimsy

  Hello and a happy Saturday to you all!

It is my extreme pleasure to share that I will be a part of 

the highly anticipated 2015 Calendar/Planner brought to you by 

Scrapbook & Cards Today and Page Maps by Becky Fleck!

Greetings! Yesterday I was up on the 

 with a couple of takes on fun finds found on Pinterest.

 I went in search of things that reminded me of Spring:

  rain showers, umbrellas, Easter eggs, rabbits, etc.

 In doing so, I came up with these two pins that inspired the cards featured here.

We are calling this ‘Pinfluence.” 

Both of my cards were created using the brand new “Hello Sunshine Collection” 

For my first card, I've used this vintage Easter postcard:

Next, I went on hunt to find the perfect cutting file that combined a similar bunny and Easter eggs. 

Following the color pattern, I selected various papers from Hello Sunshine and began

 cutting all of the pieces. The end result is this nostalgic card: 

Before assembling the pieces, I did add some shading around the edges with chalk. 

Foam adhesive also gives more personality as you begin layering on the pieces.

The egg was also decorated in iridescent glitter, a vellum word and a couple of strands

 of baker’s twine glued into place.

I think that the Puddle Jumper Paper is the perfect background for the bunny card…

after-all, a little rain never stopped the Easter bunny :)

My next point of inspiration is a photograph that I found on Pinterest: 

I was enamored by the cool rings created by the drops of rain and brought that look to my next card

To create the background, I started with a piece of paper cut from the Happy Days Paper. 

To that I added raindrops using a stencil and Pearl Modeling Cream; this gives a nice dimension to the background. Allow the modeling cream to dry and then begin embellishing. 

For the puddle I used nesting circle dies and cut out various patterns and then layered them 

together with foam adhesive. For the sentiment, I trimmed down one of the vellum tags 

and attached it to the side of the puddle with glue dots. 

Add even more dimension to the raindrops with those adorable Puffy Stickers.

 And that’s a wrap-up for my Pinterest inspired cards for today…hope you enjoyed!

On another note, I'm so very SUPER excited to share that my card using

this same "Hello Sunshine" Collection will grace the cover of the

 Spring Edition of CARDMAPS4 by Scrapbook & Cards Today and PageMaps!

**Pre-orders will begin on March 14th and will be shipped in April**

There is nothing quite as fun as stalking around the internet

and finding a layout with YOU in it!

features a few of the designers from Scraptastic Kit Club, where Carol Monson shared her layout.

I met Carol in July at the CHA Summer show in Las Vegas, but we've been online

buddies for a couple of years now!  

I very much agree with what she journaled and I can't wait to see you all again :)

Here is the 12X12 Sketch that Carol used:

See all of the January sketches and samples at:

Happy one-day-closer-to-the-weekend day!

I'm just getting to all of the goodies that I've shared this month over at 

So, I thought a "June Bug" post would be appropriate :)

"My Sweet Trio" Layout is a take on this Page Map sketch by Becky Fleck.

All papers are from the Fruit Stand Collection

I love creating with Page Maps!

This month the design team of Little Yellow Bicycle was invited to 

play along with all sorts of fantastic sketches by Becky Fleck.

Generally layouts aren't my 'thing' so I figured why not be up for a real

challenge and go for something other-than a 12X12...

yep, I got the Double 12X12 :)

I kept everything pretty much true to the sketch, but moved the smaller photos down
to the bottom.

I used several of the elements from the Fern & Forest Girl and Naturals Collections.
All of the butterfly motifs were perfect for these photos of Sydnee chasing butterflies last Spring!

If you love creating with sketches then head on over to Page Maps! 
I like to download each month's Maps and store them in clear sheet protectors that
I've put into a 3-Ring binder.
www.pagemaps.com
And you can find Fern & Forest and Naturals at Little Yellow Bicycle
www.shop.mlyb.com

I hope you all have an exciting National Scrapbook Day tomorrow!
I'll be having a yard sale with my mom, but I'll be along later to share some
fun things that I've created just for the special day :)
Ciao!

**I have two sketch posts up today...please scroll on down to see the other :)**

It's always great fun to do a layout with an original Becky Fleck sketch!

January's Page Maps features a few of the Simple Stories Design Team members

and I just happen to be one of them who got to play along.

The 12x12 Sketch

And my layout using the brand new Vintage Bliss

I know I've said it before, but I flat-out L-O-V-E this whimsical collection!

If you trend towards fun, bright and girly, then this is a must-have :)

See all of the fabulous January Page Maps right here

If you're not familiar with the site, you can also download the entire month's worth

(and previous months) of layout and card sketches via PDF formant, which makes it

super easy for viewing.  I have a large 3-ring binder that I keep all of my Page Maps in!

A wonderful tool...and it's FREE :)

Thanks so much for dropping in today...enjoy the sketches!

We're mixing things up a bit over at 

this week with a product

Each Design Team Member was asked to create a project

using THREE (3) different collections from Imaginisce.

I went with a 12x12 layout and a neat sketch from Page Maps

I used patterned papers from {Hello Cupcake: Red Dot}

{Sole Sisters: Stripe} and {Makin' Waves: Blue Chevron}

These are ALL the reverse side patterns of the papers, which makes most ALL

Imaginisce products easy to Mix & Match :)

Cardstock by Coredinations.

Here is the sketch:

And yes, I stayed exactly with the sketch...as if you couldn't tell all ready LOL

It's a week's worth of MIX & MATCH projects, so come on by and see us

MY SCRAPBOOK NOOK
It's Wednesday and that means that I have another Cards Challenge.

This week it's a CARDS SKETCH CHALLENGE to be exact!

The Sketch:

My Card:

For my interpretation of the sketch, I moved everything to the center.

Using the July Nook Kit, I layered a couple of the Jillibean Soup

labels and added a punched heart to the center.  

Everything is from the kit with the exception of the punched leaves,

orange pearls and jute twine.  

My Scrapbook Nook always have the BEST kits with the most 

up-to-date papers and embellishments!

-Join Today-

See you all tomorrow for the

UNITY HIP HOP!

As I've briefly mentioned before, a few of us from the

Imaginisce Design Team 

were paired up with the talented Becky Fleck of

Page Maps 

and the March Page Maps.

As a long-time fan of Beckys, I was thrilled to be the first to scrap this Double 8.5x11 sketch:

I used the happy BIRTHDAY BASH papers and Sticker Stackers by Imaginisce (love this!)

For the sweet banner, I simply cut the wording from one of the papers (which also has the look of a banner, so it's easy to follow).  The balloons were also hand-cut from one of the papers :)

Check out Becky's blog...she is having a contest using one of her sketches and 

Imaginisce is sponsoring the prize...

The brand new Makin' Waves Collection pack and Foam Tape!

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Thanks so much for stopping by...love having you here :)
Shellye

It is up!

My newest project for Little Yellow Bicycle.

Using their beautiful denim and wild-life inspired Saturday's Collection, I again created a mini album...go with what you know, right? :)

When I got my package and started sorting through the goodies, I knew immediately that I would turn this set of 6x6 textured Decorative Cardstock

into the base pages for the album!

When you have beautiful embellishments to go along with the patterned papers, it makes putting an album together so quick and easy.  I have detailed instructions up at the LYB Blog.

If you love burlap, twine, felt, wood and denim, then you will be over-the-moon-crazy for this collection!

I thank the Little Yellow Bicycle team for once again giving me the opportunity to do something FUN with their always wonderful products!

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Back tomorrow with Totally Terrific Thursday at I Heart Ippity

and on Monday a few of us from the Imaginisce DT will be featured at 

Becky Fleck's March Page Maps!

Happy Wednesday to all!
Shellye