More Praise for my 'Soulful Lady' layout...

I can't believe I won the drawing again over at Purple Pumpkin! So glad I entered their monthly sketch challenge at the last minute. I haven't played over there in a while and this will be the 3rd time I have won something! It's great to get free Purple Pumpkin goodies isn't it? Here's the complete post from their blog, check it out( the other layouts are stunning as well!)

Hello ladies!

Thank you ALL so much for playing along with us and inspire us with your beautiful work!!!

We had a lot of awesome entries!!!

So.......

The design team has voted and our winner is.......................

 10. Stephanie

We loved your take on the sketch, the scattered leaves and arrows!
So simple and beautiful!! Great work!!

Huge congrats! You have won $25 to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop. 
Just place your order as normal and put "August Winner" in the comments. (The amount won't come off your order automatically, but just take the $25 off your total :)) 

Please send an email to "vartig12(at)yahoo.com" if you wish to be our guest designer for next month's sketch!!! In the subject line write "PP Sketch winner"! Thank you!!xx

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 14. Katie Holli

Now, our Random Winner is this gorgeous layout by Katie. Congrats!!! You have won $15 to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop. Just place your order as normal and put "August Random Winner" in the comments. (The amount won't come off your order automatically, but just take the $15 off your total :))

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Featured layouts!!

And as always, we are featuring a few layouts that have caught our eye!!!!

 8. lydia

 19. ioanna 


 18. Christina Lampropoulou

Thanks again to everyone who entered the August Sketch Challenge. For more chances to win, make sure you enter the September challenge too!...and remember......may the best entry win!!!

Have a nice creative day!!xx

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

Purple Pumpkin March Random Winner!!!

Hi all! I am stopping by for a quick post to announce that I won the random march giveaway over at the purple pumpkin blog! I was the very last entry and go figure my number got drawn! I can't wait to use my shop credit and pick out some fun new stuff to play with. if you have never ordered from them before or visited their blog, check them out! they make one of a kind embellishments and are very reasonably priced for the quality of stuff they have. check them out here at www.purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com

Here's the post from yesterday about the March winners YAY!!!

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

March challenge Winners!!!

Hello ladies!

Thank you so much for playing along with us and inspire us with your beautiful work!!!

The design team has voted and our winner is.......................

Kelly Kapetanou from Greece with this amazing boy page!!!

Congrats Kelly! You have won $25 to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop. 
Just place your order as normal and put "MARCH Winner" in the comments. (The amount won't come off your order automatically, but just take the $25 off your total :)) 

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Now, the Random Winner for March was this beautiful layout by Katie Hollister. Congrats Katie! You have won $15 to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop. Just place your order as normal and put "MARCH Random Winner" in the comments. (The amount won't come off your order automatically, but just take the $15 off your total :))

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Featured layouts!!

And as always, we are featuring a few layouts that have caught our eye!!!!

This colorful layout with the impressive background and these cute little bee buttons!!

Mazz

And that amazing and cute layout full of sweet butterflies!!!

Amanda

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Thanks again to everyone who entered the March Sketch Challenge. For more chances to win, make sure you enter the April Challenge too!

Have a nice creative day!!xx

FDFF 'Scallops' Challenge + Purple Pumpkin March Sketch

Good day everyone! I'm here today to share the project I created for the Fabulous Friday Challenge over at Frosted Designs! Our challenge this time was to create any layout, mini album or project using scallops!! I happen to LOVE scallops, I even have some scallop scissors and a scallop circle punch, so this was pretty easy for me! I have also used the March Sketch over at Purple Pumpkin for my layout. All you have to do to participate is link up your project at the FD blog no later than  April 12th and you'll be entered to win a fabulous prize from SpeigelMom's Scrap Shop on Etsy.

Here is a look at the great sketch I used from PP:

And here is what I came up with!!!

I started the base of my layout by layering some papers that I inked, distressed, spritzed and sprayed. I also had a few scallop circles that I knew I wanted to use so I placed those around my page until I was happy with the placement. Then I started adding my textural elements. There are lots of PP goodies and other stuff from my stash on this page!

 And a couple of close ups:

I thought I was just about done then I realized that I hadn't put anything in place of the 'banner' at the bottom of the page on the sketch, so I used a scallop banner mini stamp from Studio G and made a inky banner across the bottom of the page.

 This one is my fav!!! Maybe my new cover photo on facebook... LOL

 I also thought that one of my PP buttons, the hot pink spotty dotty one was a little too 'clean and bright' for this grungy-girly layout. So I decided to mess it up with 2 colors of stickles and a bit of black ink, then put in on top of 2 prima flowers as the center.

You still have plenty of time to play along! Don't forget to ink up your project by April 11th to the Frosted Designs blog for your chance to win! Thanks so much again for stopping by today :) Until next time, Peace Y'all~VV

Supplies Used:

background paper K&Company

black dot paper- DCVW black and white stack

black houndstooth paper- We R Memory Keepers- 'antique chic'

pink number paper- Carte Bella 'beautiful moments'

black lace scallop- Crate Paper

raised apoxy heart stickers- Jolee's embellishments

black sweetheart inker

Colorbox Chalk ink 'grey whale'

Tim Holtz distress ink 'black soot'

Smooch Spritz 'silver foil' and 'cherry ice'

Tim Holtz distress marker 'broken china'

black and cream cardstock- Bazzil

Tim Holtz paper distresser

glitter stickers & words -Me&My Big Ideas

hello and scallop banner stamp- Studio G

black silk flowers- Prima Marketing

Tim's distress stickles 'milled lavender' and regular stickles 'fruit punch;

American Crafts Thickers 'DOLL' and Amy Tangerine 'SCENE'

small manila tag & ribbon from stash

Purple Pumpkin Crafts- layered denim& black polka dot circle

felt black/white square embellishment, medium hot pink spotty dotty button, medium music note button, music paper scallop circle, small white scallop circle, and black vinyl heart

O.B.A.

Good evenin' bloggers! I have enjoyed a day off from work and since I completed my task of deep cleaning the carpet in the living room and dining room today, along with some other household chores, I am here to share a new layout! I did this one a few weeks ago before we left for Costa Rica. I had my favorite scrapping ladies over, Crystal, Carmen and Leanne and we also got to make a fun eggshell necklace that Carmen showed us the technique!! It was alot of fun, afterwards we went to the 'Taste of Mobile' for some good food. I was kinda disappointed that they didn't have any vino though!! 

These pics are from this past summer on a Sunday afternoon trip to the beach, all 3 of us were off, it was great weather, so we decided to take the 45 min drive to enjoy the sun, sand, seafood and bushwackers at Tacky Jack's in Orange Beach, AL better known as O.B.A. It was the perfect way to spend the afternoon!!

Here is an overview of the whole layout:

I started off with my background paper, not sure what line it is, I originally bought it thinking I would use it on a wedding project but I didn't. It looks like faded wood really rustic which is why I was so drawn to it in the first place! On top of the background, I used a large strip of paper, I think maybe American Crafts? It was a border paper that had different sized ones with a nautical theme, I cut out the crawfish one and distressed it then inked the edges. On top of that, I started laying out my photos.They were already a perfect size, prints of my instagrams that I ordered off of Kanvas.com! I decided to round the edges for a retro look. I also layered 2 more pieces of wood looking paper and a brown paper bag. The strips of wood paper are from Crate paper I think. Here are some close ups:

I also made a banner using some little flags from Elle's studio and also some baker's twine. I cut out all the flags and inked them, then folded them over and secured them to the twine with double stick tape. On top of my brown paper bag, I built one of my clusters, starting with a purple pumpkin button and a few tickets that i inked.  I added a large flower, a few of my favorite vintage buttons, and some small white flowers by Prima. For the centers of the flowers I used mini pearls, a large pearl, and stickles in Xmas Red and True Blue for the larger flower.

For my title, I used some Amy Tangerine Thickers that I lightly ran over with a brown marker to make them match my wood background paper. I also used some red checkered washi tape and a cut out sentiment from the same Crate Paper line to highlight a photo of my handsome man!!

 For my other cluster, I used half of a purple pumpkin crochet doily, some tickets, more vintage buttons, large flower and small flowers by Prima. Then I added the pearls and stickles to match the other centers I did on the bottom of the page. A little washi tape off to the side completes the look! For my journaling I used one of my favorite manila tags!

 And another view of my layout...near the window it was very chilly here today! About 10 degrees below normal!! Tried to get some pics while the sun was still peaking it's head out this afternoon!

Ok friends, well that is all I have to share with you today! I hope I have inspired you to get creative again and break out all those goodies in your stash!! I know I am looking forward to another day off, staying home and since I did most of my chores and running around yesterday and today, I will have an all-day crafty day tomorrow!! YAY! The perfect thing to do on those really chilly days, sweatpants, socks, hot cider, pandora and my scrap room await me.....until next time, peace y'all~ VV

love.of.rock.....out.of.print. by BG

Hi friends! I am here today again to share another layout I did the week after the wedding. I was so excited to get to scrap some girl's weekend photos and do an LO that was not for the design team. I say that now and yet I have been away from my DT girls for a little over a month and I am totally missing them!!! I can't wait for the next meeting and to get our kit and blog assignments..ready to get creative this month!! Check back with me daily as I challenging myself to post at least 2 times a week for November! I totally think I can do it!!! Ok, onto the photos:

Here is a view of the whole thing, photo I took on instagram :) my love!!

 Here a few close ups. I used several different things from my stash for my clusters. Retro wooden buttons from my Purple Pumpkin lucky dip, twine, felt borders, resin flowers, fussy cut camera, a film strip that i inked and heat embossed, flowers and bling o' course!!

this photo shows the larger cluster that i started layering first by using the heat embossed film strip cutout, then felt border, then flowers, then some smaller elements, wooden button and another Tim Holtz fragment that I made with Monica at convention. Off to the side of my cluster I stuck some tiny white apoxy heart stickers and doodled around them with my Tim Holtz distress marker in picket fence. I also used a large dew drop that I modge podged some chevron paper to the back of. The other paper I used is Echo Park note to self from the 6x6 pad.

I really like how the bright colors I chose pop off this page with the black background...really goes well with our Hard Rock Casino photos too that I took and printed all with instagram!!!!

Again I used a basic manila tag for my journaling... guess I need to spice things up when it comes to my journaling blocks but I am totally obsessed with these little tags lately!! LOL

Sorry, this photo didn't rotate! It's the title using Thickers Dear Lizzy- Serendipity. I guess that is it for today! I hope I have inspired some of you to get snapping with your phone and use those instagrams for your layouts...they are always the perfect size and you can get so many on a page which I love! Also another tip from today: use a black background to really make your photos and embellishment colors POP off your page! Until next time friends, Peace Y'all~ VV

Supplies Used:

Basic Grey 'Out of Print'

manila shipping tag by The Paper Studio

cream and black cardstock by Bazzil

Echo Park 'Note to Self' 6x6 paper pad

retro wood buttons, black resin rose, teal and white twine- Purple Pumpkin

hot pink stars felt border-Michael's

large dew drops- The Robin's Nest

pink chevron paper, fussy cut camera from Amy Tangerine ' Sketchbook' paper by AC

flowers and brads- Oriental Trading Co.

Tim Holtz distress marker picket fence

Tim Holtz fragments- decorated at convention

Smooch Spritz by  Clearsnap in 'river mossy' and 'pralines and cream'

Colorbox chalk ink by Clearsnap in 'blush rose' and black

Stickles by Ranger in Aqua

Thickers by American Crafts Dear Lizzy 'serendipity'

crown mini stamp- Prima Marketing

A Girl and Her Coffee... {Graphic 45 LOVE}

Hello friends! Can you believe it's already September? Fall is probably my most favorite season, there are lots of things coming up to be excited about (besides football) ! First is Scrapping Frenzy's annual convention coming up at the end of the month! There are going to be fun classes to take and of course little goodies and inspiration from the Design Team, I hope to see you there!

Okay, well on with my post for today. I did a layout today using some new papers from Graphic 45. At first I thought it might be difficult to pick which ones to use because the patterns on them are so intricate but I mixed some of the same color palettes and threw in another color so my photos would pop off the page. I also used some instagram-sized 3x3 prints that I recently ordered and I love them cause they are perfect for putting more than one picture on a page! They are the perfect size! So here is my layout:

 

So I came up with the idea for this layout because well... I LOVE COFFEE! I have to have at least one cup every single day. Sometimes I think it's really important to scrap the little everyday things in your life, because years from now when you look back it will be fun to remember some of those random moments! Here are a few close ups:

I used some Smooch first to add texture to my background, two different colors- pralines and cream and caramel mocha. On top of thatI started layering my Graphic 45 papers and my leftover Starbucks bag. I also backed all my photos in kraft paper and some teal colored cardstock and placed them on the page in the arrangement I liked. After that, I started building my clusters. I knew I wanted room for a fun title at the top, so made my clusters work around that.

For a fun twist on my clusters I fussy cut some of the little 'girl' from one side of the Graphic 45 papers and decorated her a bit. I colored in her dress in coffee bean brown to make it go with my title. I also added some stickles in gold glitz.

I also added to the bottom a piece of vintage lace, some tulle, a strip of basic grey paper (out of print my fav!!) and some resin embellishements. The little coffee girl was my inspiration for the color palette of the page, I pulled the teal and blue and yellow/gold from her and put it all over the page.

 Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to scrap some of your 'everyday moments'. Until next time my scrappy friends, Peace Y'all~VV

Supplies Used: Graphic 45 "Malt Shop Collection" 'On the boardwalk' (I used both sides) , Graphic 45 "Le Romantique Collection" 'My Beloved' (swirly side of paper), cream, teal, kraft, and chocolate cardstock- Bazzil, cardstock cutouts by Crate paper- blue roses, & sign, circle. Colorbox cat's eye inks in blush, mint, and chestnut, Smooch Spritz by Clearsnap sprays in pralines n' cream and caramel mocha, Queen& Co twine, Stickles in gold glitz, Glossy accents, sticky thumb pop dots, Brown Zig marker, Cricut Cartridge in 'Don Juan'. paper and felt flowers, stick on pearls, tulle, chipboard circle and flourish-Prima, vintage lace, leftover Starbucks bakery bag, felt circle, spotty button and resin elements-Purple Pumpkin crafts