Twinkle Little Star - Let's Get Sketchy DT Application

I'm currently in the middle of a massive clean up/ clean out of my scrap space and I was trying to keep the desk clean by not creating anything new. However, the urge the scrap just became too much so I sat down last night and whipped up this layout using another one of Harrison's beautiful pictures from his newborn photo shoot. He is coming up on 8 months old now and looks so very different to this tiny baby.

 

The background is actually a very pale blue colour and I've used a fantastic Kaisercraft star-themed stencil with texture paste over part of the background. This was then accented with two colours of blue gelatos and some blue Glimmermist sprays, with some brown stamping overlaid over the top. The title is a FabScraps chipboard piece coloured in gesso and then the two gelatos again. 

 

 

Let's Get Sketchy is an amazing sketch challenge site, with a new sketch every week. They are having a design team call at the moment and offered two sketches to chose from for applications. I selected the one below.

 

 

Applications close April 8th so you've still got time if you want to apply too!

 

First Christmas Photo - Scrapmatts DT

Continuing on with the Christmas fun, here is a layout featuring Harrison's first Santa photo! Harrison is very social at the moment and just likes being around people so he really wasn't too fussed by meeting Santa. Ben and I stayed with him just to be safe, plus we used to get Santa photos with just the two of us so this is a nice transition.

 

 

While my cards used older Christmas releases, this layout features two new release chipboard packs from Scrapmatts: CB1228 Christmas Ornaments 14 and CB1224 Holly 03. The Christmas tree charm in the top right is also from Scrapmatts (CH041 Christmas Trees #1).

 

 

Challenge YOUrself requires you to create a layout featuring a tradition. I know this is the first photo with Santa for Harrison but it will probably be the start of a tradition for him. I used the current sketch at Let's Get Sketchy as my design inspiration for this layout.

 

 

Oh Happy Day - Scrapmatts DT

Here we have the first baby-related scrapbook page! In my true fashion of scrapping things late, this is the 8 week ultrasound and I am currently at 17 weeks. I'm sure I will only fall further behind from here. It feels like ages since the last time I scrapped anything, I think it might have been a full month. Morning sickness decided to ramp up rather than go away in my second trimester so it's still taking me a little while to get through everything and unfortunately keeping the house clean-ish has eaten into my craft time. 

 

 

This is a Scrapmatts DT LO so have lots of lovely little chipboard pieces on it: CB1002 Flourishes 03; CB5110 Layered Owls 02; CB5107 Arrows 01; CB1189 Scrapwords 01; CB1220 Ornate Frames 22 (Feb new release).

 

 

 

Close up shots show off the Scrapmatts chipboard, which I have just painted in suitable colours to match the LO. The 'Oh Happy Day' tag pulls out and contains some brief journalling. Papers are from Kaisercraft.

 

The sketch comes from March Week #2 for Let's Get Sketchy:

 

 

 

Use Your Stuff #126 is to use animals. I figured I'd enter the LO there too since I've used an own embellishment. The orange ribbon is from my stash, I don't even know where I got it from or when.