LOTR Elves (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello!  I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!  I'm really late sharing this layout due to Christmas craziness and having a new baby.  Better late than never right?!

This layout is for the first December sketch reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy.  I used the Crate Paper "Cute Girl" collection and scrapped another ballet photo.  This one is a selfie I took when we got to try our costumes on for the first time!  We were elves, and we danced to Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones.

Because this sketch was very simple, it meant lots of room to play!  I used a cut file from The Cut Shoppe, and I loved this scallop because it reminded me of stage curtains in a show.  It took me a lot of patience to get this cut file of my relatively new and very sticky Silhouette Cameo mat!

Here is the awesome sketch.

Sadly this will be my last layout for Lets Get Sketchy.  After over 3 years I have decided to leave the Design Team.  I've loved it there, but its time to move on.  Brenshevia has been an amazing leader, and I will forever be grateful to her for taking a chance on me when I had no previous DT experience.

Thanks for looking!

Fun in the Leaves (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello!! I'm finally back after a break having our new baby girl Ava Quinn, who was born on 22 November.  She's two weeks old now and so lovely.  I'll share more in a separate blog post.  

Today I'm sharing my take on the first sketch reveal for Lets Get Sketchy for December.  I used my October Hip Kit and decided to scrap an Autumn photo of my kids that Shaun took.  At first I wasn't sure about this sketch, but I'm really happy with how it turned out!  I added texture with my sewing machine, and I had fun watercolouring the cut file (exclusive to The Hip Kit Club).

And here is the sketch.

Make sure you play along and link up your layout on the blog!  Thanks for looking!

Pretty Girl (Lets Get Sketchy & Sizzix UK)

Hello again!  It's a new month over at Lets Get Sketchy which means its time for a new sketch! I just adored the sketch for this week, and had to pretty much stick with it, especially the gorgeous butterflies!  It was the perfect sketch to scrap a photo of Brielle at a friend's wedding that her and I attended in February.  I used my Kellie Kit, and some left over butterflies that I'd die cut with my Silhouette Cameo (the cut file is this one from The Cut Shoppe).  I also used this die from Sizzix UK for the leaves.  

My Kellie Kit is built around the latest Amy Tangerine collection "Oh Happy Life", and to to colour my butterflies I was inspired by the feather paper that has multi-coloured feathers.  I used my water colours to paint the butterflies and leaves in matching colours, and I love how they turned out!  I used a couple of shades of green for the leaves.

Here is the gorgeous sketch.

Make sure you head on over to the blog and link up your layout to play along!

Thanks for looking! 

Today (Lets Get Sketchy DT)

Hello!  I'm a little late posting this post, but we had our third sketch reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy this week.  We had another awesome sketch by Brenshevia, and I loved playing with my Kellie Kit, which I will explain after I show you my layout.  I used lots of Amy Tangerine "Oh Happy Life", and some Dear Lizzy "Fine & Dandy".  The photos are of Sam at the Hobbiton movie set.  He's a huge Lord of the Rings fan, and it was a dream come true for him to visit.

Here is the sketch.

My friend Kellie from the Gold Coast, Australia sent me a box of scrappy goodness, including Amy Tangerine's "Oh Happy Life", some Dear Lizzy, coloured doilies and other fun bits and bobs.  I decided to keep the goodies together, and also added some embellishments from my stash.  I've made a video of the kit below.

Thanks for looking!

Forever & Always (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello!  Hope you're having a lovely day wherever you are in the world!  Its Thursday afternoon here and today I'm sharing my layout for this week's sketch reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy.  I was too sick to make my layout in time for the reveal.  Last week I got a virus, and then started vomiting and couldn't stop for 5 days.  On Thursday I went into our local hospital for IV fluid, but as I still wasn't better by Sunday I had to go down to the maternity ward at Invercargill Hospital.  I was treated for hyperemesis again (at 32 weeks pregnant), and was given lots of anti-nausea medication and more fluid.  I got released on Monday and came home feeling so much better.  I was starving after not being able to eat for 5 days.

So I decided to play along with the sketch anyway, because I loved it so much.  I used the Love Always collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio (totally enabled by Hey Nae Daily after I watched her haul video on YouTube!).  I scrapped a really old photo of Shaun and I from 2004, pre-kids and taken when we were up at Mum and Dad's for Shaun's Granddad's 90th birthday.

I had so much fun with my embellishment clusters on this one!

I loved layering up the ephemera pieces.

Here is the sketch.

And I even made a process video.

Thanks so much for looking!

Sweet Sisters (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hi again!  I'm back today with my take on the last weeks sketch reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy.  I'm really late posting this due to illness (yes pregnancy related again!).  Yes I made another girly layout with Crate Paper's "Cut Girl" collection!  I scrapped another photo of Azaria and Brielle, and whilst its not the best photo in the world, I just love the moment I captured!  I loved all the layers on this sketch!

The Sweet Sisters puffy stickers were perfect for my title.  

I loved using the cat rubber charm, it reminds me of Brielle who calls cats "Meows"!

The Teepees have nothing to do with this page, but I just had to use them!

And here is the sketch.

Thanks for looking!  Make sure you link up your layout and play along.

Cute (Lets Get Sketchy)

Good morning!!  As its September we have another new sketch reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy, with another fabulous sketch by Brenshevia.  I used the Cute Girl collection by Crate Paper again, I'm in love with it for scrapping my girls!  The cute file is a base for a Christmas Wreath and came with the exclusive Christmas Kit in 2015 from Clique Kits.  

And here is the sketch, this one is very simple with lots of white space.

Make sure you link up on the blog and play along! Thanks for looking!

# No Filter (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello!  Today I'm sharing the layout I made for our 5th Monday in the month challenge over at Lets Get Sketchy.  This week we had an inspiration piece and no sketch, which is always a fun challenge! When I saw the inspiration piece it immediately made me think of my Clique into Summer Kit from Clique Kits.  This kit features Simple Stories "You Are Here" collection and has the perfect colours from the inspiration piece.  I was also inspired by the hashtag, and decided to scrap a photo I took earlier in the year when there was a strange Summer light.

I also added sequins, wood veneer, glitter foam thickers and the 'my haven" flair from my stash, - its always great to get older product on to a layout!

The hashtag cut file is from The Cut Shoppe, and I used the Everyday Essentials Cut File set which you can purchase in the Etsy shop here.

Here is the inspiration piece.

Head on over to the blog for all the details, and to link up your layout!

Today Documented (Lets Get Sketchy DT)

Yay!  I'm back again with another post, and this time its for the August week 3 sketch reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy!  We had another fabulous sketch by Brenshevia, and I decided to use an older Clique Kit and scrap a not-so-great phone photo of my kids getting on the school bus for the first time. 

The kit featured the Life In Colour collection by Simple Stories, and was perfect for my fairly neutral toned photo.  The cut file I used is called Chicken Wire and is by The Cut Shoppe (you can purchase it in the Etsy shop here).  I used just a small portion of the 8.5/11 cut file.

A close up of the chicken wire cut file.

And a close up of the second cut file, from the Road Trip Cut file.

And here is the sketch:

For the full story behind this photo, watch my process video:

Thanks for looking!

Show Day (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello again! Yesterday was the first sketch reveal for August over at Lets Get Sketchy!  This week we had a starburst sketch from Brenshevia, and it was so much fun to create with!  I decided to use a cut file from The Cut Shoppe called Starburst, which you can purchase in the Etsy Shop here.  I scrapped a selfie of my adult dance class members and I in the dressing room before our end of year show last year.  I miss ballet so much, and can't wait until I can return to class next year. 

I used Amy Tangerine's "Better Together" collection with embellishments from Pink Paislee's "Fancy Free" collection.  The hearts were created with the die by Sizzix, a Bigz Die called Heartfelt.

And here is the sketch.

I hope you play along, this is such a fun challenge and sketches help with creativity!

Sweet (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello from a cold snowy day!  I realised I forgot to share this layout, which was the week 3 sketch reveal for Lets Get Sketchy.  We had another awesome sketch from Brenshevia, and I used it to scrap two photos of Brielle on her bike with her blanket.

I used my January Clique Kit featuring the Fancy Pants "Happy Place" collection.

And here is the sketch:

Thanks for looking!

Our New Routine (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello again!  I'm a bit behind on my blog due to feeling unwell again, I've been suffering from all day nausea caused by this pregnancy.

We had a new sketch reveal (and the first for July) over at Lets Get Sketchy, with another fantastic sketch by Brenshevia.  I decided to scrap two photos that I took with my iPhone that aren't that great in quality, but tell the story of Brielle feeding ducks during Summer.  I used my November Clique Kit featuring the "Wildflower" collection by We R Memory Keepers.  This collection (and kit) is just soooo gorgeous.

I had so much fun creating this one, I fussy cut flowers and butterflies, and the sketch enabled me to use up lots of scraps.

Here is the awesome sketch.

I made a process video for this one too.

Make sure you play along for a chance to win!

Oh Bless (Lets Get Sketchy & Sizzix)

Hello!  I'm back with our third sketch reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy, and for the month of June we are teaming up with Freckled Fawn.  We were given a pack of embellishments to use on our layouts, which was lots of fun!

My layout is about Brielle when she was 18 months the day after she had her vaccinations.  She was so clingy and snuggly, and it was near impossible for me to have my physio appointment!  Of course I had to snap a photo with my phone.  I used the "Better Together" collection by Amy Tangerine, I thought the colours perfectly matched the Freckled Fawn embellishments.

I used two new Sizzix Dies for my layout and I cut them on my Big Shot Plus.  I cut the circle with the Sizzix Framelits Plus Die, which has 15 sizes of circles.  You can purchase the die here.

I also used the Emily Atherton Delicate Letters Thinlits Die to create my title.  You can purchase the die here.

Here is the amazing sketch.

Make sure you play along for a chance to win!

Hello You Two (Lets Get Sketchy)

Good morning!  We had a long weekend here with Queens Birthday holiday yesterday.  Of course it went by super fast, but Winter is definitely here now, with freezing temperatures in the morning, and lots of snow on the mountains.

Yesterday was our first sketch reveal for June over at Lets Get Sketchy, and this month we have some goodies from our sponsor to play with, Freckled Fawn, and some of their design team are playing along too!

I decided to limit myself to the embellishments that we recieved and papers from my scrap bag.  I used the embellishments to pick the colour of papers I needed.  I used the gold thickers as extra embellishment too.  I found this layout really challenging, and think the end result is more like my older style than my current style.  I love this photo of my sweet girls cuddling!

And here is the sketch.

Thanks for looking.  Head on over to the LGS blog and play along!

Safe With Daddy (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello hello!  I'm back again and this time it's with this week's reveal over at Lets Get Sketchy.  We had another fabulous sketch from Brenshevia, and it was fun to play and make it my own as I created my page.  

I decided to scrap a photo of Brielle and Shaun on our Christchurch holiday last July.  We went to Orana Wildlife Park, where the animal roam free in large paddocks or enclosures (if they're more dangerous).  I snapped this cute pic of them looking for animals, although she was more interested in looking at me!  

I used an Older Studio Calico paper (from the Lemon Lush collection) as my background, and Pink Fresh Studio's Felicity collection.  I love how it works with the SC paper.

I loved using the Pink Fresh die cuts and embellishments on my page.

I used some older letter stickers and thickers for my title.  I machine stitched the letter stickers.

I splattered matching watercolours on my background, its one of my favourite techniques.

And here is the sketch.

Thanks for looking!

Almond Latte Love (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello, I'm back again after another absence.  This month I'm back at Lets Get Sketchy after a month off unwell.  I'm feeling a bit better, and its so good to be back because I've really missed Breshevia's awesome sketches.  

This is last week's sketch reveal, which is the first reveal for May.  I choose to use an my April Clique Kit "Origins" which featured lots of the lovely Simple Stories Life in Colour collection.  I scrapped a photo of my favourite coffee at my local cafe.  The sketch showed 4 photos, but I decided to go with one large photo.  As you can see, I made the sketch work for me.  So awesome to use that exclusive coffee up clip!

And here is the sketch.

Thanks so much for looking!

Dream (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello! I know its been a while, and I'm really behind with sharing what I've been making.  I've been really sick for a couple of weeks, so my creativity has been virtually zero - which is a really horrible feeling when you're a very creative person.

This is a layout I made for the third reveal for March over at Lets Get Sketchy.  I used my February Clique Kit and scrapped a photo of my ballet shoes.  I started adult ballet classes during the last term of last year, its really hard because I've never done it before, but I love it!

I cut the "Happy" out of an exclusive card, I love the way it looks coming out of the typewriter.

I painted the wood veneer bow with gold acrylic paint.

The dream die cut word was perfect for my title, dreaming of being a ballerina!

And here is the sketch by Brenshevia.

Thanks for looking!