Today & Everyday (The Crafty Maven Getaway)

Good evening lovely people!  Its Friday evening here and while the kids watch tv I'm catching up on writing this post.  Yesterday I was up on The Crafty Maven Getaway YouTube Channel for Free Flow Wednesday.  Free Flow Wednesday is all about Traditional layouts in the style of the creator, so perfect to show my style!

I made this layout about Azaria and Brielle entirely from scraps and older embellishments from my stash!  When I first saw this week's mood board I was concerned that I wouldn't have enough goodies to use, so I was pleasantly surprised.  Love it when that happens!!  Just like the mood board I wanted grey, black and white to be the main colours, with pops of aqua (or is it teal?).  

I wanted the ampersand to be a huge feature of the layout, and I fussy cut out a really old Glitz Design card.  The "today" is from an old packet of Heidi Swapp ephemera that I "just had to have" at a crop.

Of course any opportunity to add a bow, and this black and white stripe was perfect!

The quote of this Dear Lizzy Project Life Card is perfect for my layout about the relationship between my two girls.

And of course here is the process video:

Thanks for looking and have a blessed weekend!

For Ever (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello again!  I'm back today with a layout for our 5th Monday of March challenge over at Lets Get Sketchy.  This month the challenge is to create a layout based on a mood board and a sketch.  I LOVE mood board challenges as there are so many directions to be inspired.

My layout has a photo of Shaun and I taken in January.  I used a gelato and a stencil to create my background, then layered my papers and embellishments, and finished with some yellow water colour paint.  I was inspired by the Spring colours of yellow, pink and green, and wanted to capture the whimsical nature of the mood board images.  Dear Lizzy Neapolitan was perfect for this layout, and I also added some Lucky Charm and Crate Paper.

I was inspired by Missy Whidden, who creates amazingly beautiful mixed media layouts, and tears her washi tape on the horizontal as well as vertical.  

Such an awesome feeling to use up older hoarded and beloved stash!

The Crate Paper cut apart and chipboard worked really well with the Dear Lizzy products, and provided the perfect place for my title.

I fussy cut out the balloons then had trouble placing them, until they found there way here!

Here is the mood board and sketch (by our amazing leader Brenshevia):

Thanks for looking!  This is such a fun challenge so make sure you play along.