You & Me - The Studio Challenges - Color Challenge

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you.

It's time for a new challenge at The Studio Challenges today. This week we have a color challenge for you:

This is what I came up with:

The colors that I chose for my layout are a bit brighter than those in the graphic, but I love the way they all look together. I used a dark wood grain matted on a piece of kraft cardstock for my background. I had watched a process video earlier in the week that had rows of hearts on the background and that is where I got the inspiration for this layout. My hubby and I will be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary next week and I thought this design would be great for a layout about us!

With all of the different colored hearts on this layout, I kept my embellishing to a minimum. I added in a few enamel dots and typed up a couple of phrases that I felt was fitting and that was it. I did try a few other things but I just felt like it made my layout look too cluttered - at least for my liking. 

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Head on over to The Studio Challenges to see the wonderful layouts from Helen and Michelle. I would love to see your take on the color challenge, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

Let's Get Sketchy May Sketch & Mood Board

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Counterfeit Kit Challenge Kit reveal and blog hop, please scroll on down. 

It's time for a new sketch at Let's Get Sketchy! Not only do we have a fabulous new sketch, but we also have a mood board for you to work with:

Aren't those colors pretty?! I love them! I focused on the right-hand row of colors for my layout:

I have used my May Counterfeit Kit (you can read all about it here) for this layout. The colors were a great match to the colors in the mood board. Everything is from my kit with the exception of the "XOXO" stickers - which are from last month's kit.

I used a lot of the scrap pieces of paper that I included in my kit for the layers behind the photo. It always feels good to use that last scrap of a paper!

I stamped several flowers, a heart, and some labels for my embellishments. I stamped them all in yellow since Miss Ada is holding a daffodil.

I will add my little bit of journaling to the above label (and straighten it!) when I figure what I want to say in that amount of space.

I also added some Stampin' Up candy dots in yellow around my layout.

This is such a fun sketch to work with - I hope you give it a try, too!

Head on over to Let's Get Sketchy to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

Lasting Memories #329 - Use Your Stuff - L-O-V-E

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are having a good weekend. We have had a busy one around here with birthday celebrations.

It's almost a new month, and that means we have a new theme and a new set of challenges over at Lasting Memories today. Our theme for February is "All In The Name Of LOVE", and our first challenge is - Use your stuff - use an item from your stash that begins with each letter in the word LOVE.

For my layout I have used - L- layers, O - orange, V - Vellum, E - Enamel Dots.

This layout is of Matthew and Ada from back in August. I think the realization that he was getting ready to head off to college was sinking in, and he was soaking up all the time with his little buddy that he could. Of course Ada was loving every minute of it! I found them one day in Shane's room, playing Mario Kart on his DS. He is so good and patient with Ada, and was more than happy to play with her for as long as she wanted.

Here's a couple of close ups of the clusters so you can see the vellum stars.

I based my layout off of this sketch from January 15 at Stuck?! Sketches. I always love a sketch where the elements are a bit on a diagonal.

Head on over to Lasting Memories to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. We hope to see you playing along with us this month!