CSI Case File #85 + PP August Sketch Challenge

Hi lovelies! I am popping by today to show you a non-DT related layout that I finished last night. I have really been trying to get alot of creative things done so I was able to do 2 pages on 2 different nights, which isn't that bad considering I had a lot else to do. I cleaned the whole house back to front, and had a few errands to run. The only thing that's left for hubby to finish today is laundry (which is my least favorite house chore). I am hoping I can keep the creative juices following this weekend as I have all late work shifts so I can stay up later and sleep in later the next day. Then I have Monday/Tuesday off with hubby and we have a fun pizza pub/ bingo date planned for Monday night. I'm excited!! Ok, enough blabber, on with the pictures!

I used the color palette and inspiration from CSI Case File #85. For my evidence I used labels/tags/something clear/decorative buttons/string/frame and for Testimony I used journal on a tag/ handwrite a story.

I also used this month's sketch from Purple Pumpkin. I rotated the sketch and used twine and some buttons from PP.

Here is what I came up with: 

I apologize for the not so great photos. I took these this morning on our coffee table cause the light was pretty bright in there but they turned out kinda weird once I tried to edit them. Only light on half of the photo! So sorry about that!

 Here are some close ups of my clusters. 

 This one is my favorite!

I have to get going, back to work for a few days...I will be back later to add my supply list and stuff. Hope you enjoyed my share today! Have a good one! ~VV

Back into the Swing! {Frosted Designs Sketch #45}

Happy hump day everyone! It doesn't feel like mid-week to me though because I start my 6-day stretch in my retail life today, so my next off day is next Tuesday. But the good thing is that I have mostly evening shifts which allows me to stay up late scrapping if I want and sleep in!! For the next 3 weeks, I will be working about 5-7 more hours per week because my boss will be on vacation, and the asst manager and I have to run the store without her! But I think it will be fine...not the first time we've done it! I have to admit I don't mind getting some overtime, any extra money I can get right now will just allow me to check some more wedding things off my list!! So I am here today to share a layout I did the other night, I started the process of organizing my photos and a bunch of layouts I've done recently and I realized that I need to print more pictures that I have taken this year. Everything else I have printed up is from 2011 and 2010. So I started that process and I found these pics of my visit to Santa Cruz, CA for our annual management meetings in March 2011. I used the sketch over at Frosted Designs, I am trying to get back in the swing of sketch challenges as well as DT stuff because I find that I get more scrapping done when I have deadlines! LOL! ?Here is the sketch: 

So here is my layout:

 Another full page shot:

 For my cluster, I dug through my stash and put together lots of different things, including a pink crochet doily and fabric buttons from Purple Pumpkin, some vinyl embellishments, chipboard flowers, and pink fibers. I layered the 'women' symbol from a Crate paper sheet on top of a chipboard sticker that didn't match my papers and then added stickles to out line the edges of it. 

 The large tag is from Me & My Big Ideas and I outlined it in stickles as well.

 For the dots, I used Pebbles Crystal Candy dots.

Well that is all for today, I hope I have inspired you to get back into some scrapping... I know when I get home from work tonight that is what I will be doing!! And I don't wanna go to work right now but I have no choice...so off I go! Have a great Wednesday, until next time, Peace Y'all~VV

Supplies Used:

Basic Grey papers, misc embellishments and vintage buttons from my stash, Me&My Big Ideas sentiment tag, Ranger Stickles in fruit punch and tropical tangerine, misc fibers from ebay, Crate paper 'women symbol' embellishment, photo corners and flower, American Crafts white vinyl-townhouse, Purple Pumpkin Crafts fabric buttons and pink crochet circle, Pebbles crystal candy dots-green and pink, K&Company alphas.