Frosted Designs - Sketch + Things with Wings!

Good morning everyone! And happy Friday! We have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs but before I get to that, I need to announce the winner from the Blog Hop!

Thank you to all of you kind people who took the time to comment on my project and leave comments on the sponsors Facebook page! They loved hearing from all of you! (And so did I!!) The winner of the BasicGrey Prize Package is......

 kaleidoscopeimpressions said...

Ok Barb, you've captured my heart! I'm following you and posted comments on both FB companies as you requested. Your layout is so pretty, the weathered look of the papers is perfect!
hugs,
J

May 31, 2013 at 3:59 PM

 

Congratulations! You have 7 days to claim your prize by sending an email to me at barb.craft@att.net!

Now, on to the challenge! This week we are asking you to use our sketch but we are adding a twist! You must also add something with wings! You can make a card, layout or off the page project! Here is my layout...

How sweet are these photos of my daughter with my dad?! I love them! Lauren wanted to feed the ducks and geese so bad but was afraid they would bite her... Grandpa was by her side to lend a helping hand!  They shared so many giggles that day!

Here is the sketch I started with. I actually stuck to it pretty closely! Kind of proud of myself!! lol!

 I used about 3 different Echo Park lines for the layout and then added in embellishments from Echo Park, BasicGrey, Craftwork Cards CANDi and a few other miscellaneous things I had laying around!

I love the bright, summer colors of this layout!

Thank you to Molossi for sponsoring this challenge!

 One lucky winner is going to receive a $30 Chipboard Prize Package! 

Thanks for stopping by today... be sure to check out Frosted Designs to see the amazing projects our Design Team has to share with you!

Frosted Designs - Doily + Sketch Challenge

Guess what!!! It's Friday!! Don't you love the sound of that?! And we all know what that means.... Frosted Designs has a new challenge for you! This week is a 2 parter!

1. You need to use doilies and 
2. You need to use the sketch that our very own Design Team Member Brenshevia designed!

 Here is the sketch....

And here is my layout....

Now, I know what you may be saying to yourself... is this really the sketch? And where did the doilies go?!  Well... both are there!! I promise! I think the best part of a sketch is that you can make it your own and I have to say, even though I deviated from the sketch a bit, this is one of my favorite layouts! 

 I layered some My Mind's Eye die cuts with some Basic Grey chipboard.  Under all that, is the doily I created. I started out by painting white paint on the background. I then laid two doilies on the background paper where I wanted them and used them as a mask. I misted them with some pink Shimmer Mist. They didn't show up quite the way I wanted so I decided to use a white paint pen to color the doily shape in and then outlined it with a black Copic pen. I LOVE the way they turned out! They were a lot of work, but totally worth it!  :)

 This film strip chipboard was perfect for the photos from last year's Hollywood Showcase. Lauren's acting school in Dallas puts it on each year. Lauren will not get to participate this year since we moved to Phoenix but she is going back to support all of her friends next weekend. She is soooo excited to see all of them!

And here is a close up of the doily in the top corner. I used a date sticker from Echo Park to help document the year!

You should see what the other ladies from our Design Team did for inspiration!! Be sure to stop by Frosted Designs each day between now and Monday for new inspiration! And then be sure to join in and link up your project to win a fabulous prize package from Vintage Street Market!

Vintage Street Market

We are so thankful for their continued support of Frosted Designs! Please stop by this sponsor's blog for some fantastic inspiration and ephemera ideas AND you can buy their great products!!

AND... My friend, Anita, is having a Faber-Castell give-away on her blog! If you would like to win this fabulous prize, click on the link below and follow the directions!! 

You can find Anita's blog HERE!!

Frosted Designs - "Tis the Season!

Wow! Where in the world did October go?! I can't believe we are in November already! The good news is, that is when I will officially let myself start in on Christmas projects! So... I made my first Christmas card!

This week at Frosted Designs, we are challenging you to use our sketch:

One of the things I liked best about this sketch is that it worked great for scrapbook layouts but it also looks amazing as a card! (At least I think so!)  :) 

I pop dotted the sentiment/picture so that it stood out a bit on the card. I liked the dimension it added!

And a close up of the flowers! I added a pop of brighter red in there and loved the way it popped off the card!

Many of you asked for sketches when we stopped doing our Sketch Along Tuesday Features... well, here is you chance! Come play along! And check out all the amazing projects our Design Team created to inspire you!

Supplies Used: 
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Quick Quotes Cracklin' Rose
Flowers: KaiserCraft, Petaloo, Michaels
Punch: Martha Stewart
Ribbon: American Crafts
Pearls: Prima Marketing
Ink: Quick Quotes

AND..... MARK YOUR CALENDARS! NEXT FRIDAY IS THE START OF OUR BLOG HOP!! 

Have a great weekend! 

Barb  :)

Quick Scrap!

Hello everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your National Scrapbook Day! I have to admit, my day isn't exactly going the way I had it planned! About a month ago, I warned my family that I was taking the weekend off.. that I was locking myself in my office for the entire weekend to scrapbook and play along with all the fun challenges! Seriously? What was I thinking?! Like everyone would actually leave me alone if I am in town and at the house! Well, one of our best friends had his grand opening of his restraurant so we had to go to that. Then this morning my daughter's best friend was in a play and this was the only showing we could make it to and to top it off, my daughter had rehearsal for nearly 4 hours today. Of course, the rehearsals are about 40 minutes from our house so going back to my house to do some scrapbooking was out of the question! So, I did what any normal scrapbooker would do and I packed up all my supplies and computer and went to Panera!! You should see the funny looks I have gotten from people with my scrapbooking supplies all spread out on the table!! Oh well.. I actually got a page done! I played along with Karin's quick scrap challenge! (At least the best I could with limited supplies!! lol!) So here it is...

I realize that it is missing the photo and title, but I didn't bring those things with me so I will need to add them when I get home! But I was pretty happy with how this turned out in such a short time with limited supplies!! Sorry that the photos are so washed out... the LO is so much more vibrant in real life. I will take a new photo when I get home to replace this one!  I hope all of you had a chance to play along too! Be sure to stop by Frosted Designs and check out the other challenges we have issued throughout the weekend... there are several that you have until Wednesday at midnight to complete! With all the prizes up for grabs, you are going to want to play along!

School Picture

I have another LO to share with you this week and I even made a card! Whoo Hoo! So... here is my LO for my sweet daughters 3rd grade photo....

I used the sketch from one of my favorite blogs... Stuck On U Sketches! Thanks Ladies for another great sketch and DT inspiration! I am kind of proud of the fact that I actually journaled on this one... something I don't do nearly enough of!

And.. I had a package to send to my sister who recently moved to Japan so I thought it would be appropriate to break out my Pagoda cartridge for her card! It was simple but I think she will like it!

I used the current sketch we have right now at Frosted Designs. Even though it was meant to be a scrapbook page, I thought it was perfect for a card!!

Thanks for stopping by today and thanks for all of your sweet comments!

Barb  :)

Two more cards!

I have to admit... I am completely surprising myself with all the cards I have made lately!! It was one of my goals this year so I think I am off to a great start!

We have a new Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs. This week we are asking you to pick a color and stick to it! Yep... it's all about monochromatic this week!! I don't know about all of you, but I have NEVER made a single thing that was monochromatic so this was really a challenge for me! Our sponsor this week is Craft Your Passion and the sweet Sammibug was a darling and sent us some fabulous digis to work with! Here is the card I made with the Chasing the Butterfly digi....

I wasn't so sure about this when I started but I love the way it turned out! I even impressed myself (not hard to do) when I paper pieced together the little girls outfit!! I know I was supposed to stick to one color but I couldn't resist letting her chase a pink butterfly!!

I used the card sketch from Sketches in Thyme for this card! I am part of the layout team but don't usually mess with the cards.... I leave that for the pros!  :) I do like how this card turned out!

And now for my second card this week....

This one is for our Sketch Along Tuesday Sketch at Frosted Designs. (Sorry it has taken me all week to get it posted!) The sketch was created by our very own Libeeti and is meant to be for a LO but I think it worked just fine for the card!! I just flipped the sketch and straightened it out a bit!  :)

We would love to have you play along with our monochromatic challenge and our sketch challenge. If you do a monochromatic LO with this sketch you can enter it into both categories for a chance to win each of the prizes!

Ohhh... I don't want to forget.... I have a MAJOR giveaway coming your way on Monday!!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it!! Be sure to check back Monday morning for the LO I made with my precious daughter and news on how you can win this amazing prize!!! Do I have you wanting to race back?!! I hope so!! Have a great weekend and be sure to stop over at Frosted Designs to see what our design team did with this week's challenge!!

Families Are Forever

Good morning everyone! Happy Friday to you! Today, we have a new challenge over at Frosted Designs.... we are challenging you to use the word "Family" on your card, layout or project! Here is my LO...

This is the last time we had my entire family together for a vacation. Since then, we have always had one or two that couldn't come along on the family vacation... boo!

 I love the way the flowers turned out... I used a combination of chipboard accents with some Prima flowers, a few brads and metallic studs with my i-rock tool!! (I love this thing... if you don't have one, you need to add it to your Christmas list!!

I used Frosted Designs current sketch for this LO....

Our very own Diana created this sketch and I love it! Did you know that if you create a layout using this sketch AND using the word family in it, you can enter BOTH of our current challenges?! That means that you have a chance to win TWO prizes!!

Supplies used:

Papers - Lucky Girl Kit

Flowers - Prima

Bling - i-top

Trim - my stash

Letters - Thickers

Punch - Martha Stewart

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a fabulous, creative weekend!

Barb  :)

New Things are Happening!!

I am so excited!! Today is our first day of Sketch Along Tuesdays at Frosted Designs!! And yes... I did say sketch!! Frosted Designs has added a sketches to their challenges!! Every other Tuesday, you will find a new sketch challenge!! These sketch challenges will have their own prizes, seperate from the Fabulous Friday Challenges!! AND the best part about our sketches is that they are created by our very own Debbie and Diana!! That means that they are original to Frosted Designs!!!! So... here is our first sketch, created by Debbie!!

I wanted to really challenge myself with this so I decided to make a card with the sketch!! Yep... you heard right!! I made a card!! For those of you who know me, you know that this is a new thing for me! But I have to admit... I like it!! I also like that I can complete a card waaaaayyyy faster than a layout!!  :)  

The lighting isn't the best but I am happy with the way it turned out! I made an easel card and did a pretty good job of sticking to the sketch. I had to turn one of the squares into a rectangle to accomodate my sentiment but other than that, I have most of it there!!

Now... you really need to head on over to Frosted Designs to see what the rest of the team did. We actually have a seperate team for our Sketch challenges and we have some incredibly talented people on this team!! (That might explain why I am not officially on this team!! lol!!!) You will love what you see from these ladies!! And then we would love to see you play along with us!! We want to see what you can do with Debbies fabulous sketch!! Remember, by playing along, you have a chance to win this fabulous prize!!

Now... you KNOW this is worth playing for!!! Can't wait to see what you can do!! Thanks for stopping by today!! And thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!! I love hearing what you have to say!!