Scrapbook Circle sketch challenge {with lily bee}

It's about that time again when I share the latest sketch for you from Scrapbook Circle. This time, we have a twist to it — there's a chance at a prize from Lily Bee for playing along with us this month!

I made my sample page using the sketch, the Lily Bee Destination paper and labels in the My Favorite May kit, as well as twine that can be found in the Lily Bee embellishment pack in the add on for May.

The brown and blue in the Destination paper go perfectly with my boy's baseball pics, and the labels add in some great layering and pops of color.

Here is the sketch I made for you all. Head on over to the Scrapbook Circle blog to see all of the details on how to be eligible to win the prize from Lily Bee.

Samantha Walker Creative Crafters Team Blog Hop {teacher gifts)

Welcome to the Samantha Walker Creative Crafters Team Blog Hop! You should have come to my blog from Claudia Harvey. If you found me first, make sure to start back at Samantha Walker's blog to catch all of the fun from the beginning.

This month's lucky winner will receive a Silhouette Portrait!

...and be eligible for the free SVG/Silhouette file for this month. Be sure to look extra closely at Step #4 below to learn how you can get this FREE SVG and Silhouette Studio file:

To enter, just leave a comment on Samantha's blog during May 8th through May 12th. The winner will be announced on Samantha's Facebook page on Monday, May 13th. 

For additional entries:

1. Receive an additional entry for commenting on each of the other blogs in the blog hop.

2. Go here and follow Samantha Walker's blog. 

3. Follow her on Facebook.

4. Sign up for an e-mail subscription to Samantha's blog and you will automatically receive a link to a free SVG cutting file that you can download and use on your personal electronic cutter. If you are already a subscriber, just enter in your information in the secure form on Samantha's blog!  The free files will be e-mailed early next week!

To receive the additional entries and get the free files, mention in your comment on Samantha's blog that you have done so! 

Now, for this month's theme: Teacher Gifts!

I made this gift box using Samantha Walker's Semi Circle Box studio file and the Cool Summer collection by Samantha Walker for Carta Bella.

The box is decorated to share the summer theme and inside will be a gift card for a cold sweet treat to a local ice cream place. In Rochester, the only obvious choice is Abott's!

As you can see based on the picture, I still need to go buy the gift card, but it is all ready and waiting until then.

Your next stop on the hop is Jamie Cripps... Click on the image below to keep on hopping!

Thanks for hopping along with us this month! 

Mother's Day gifts {imaginisce}

Imaginisce is celebrating Moms in honor of Mother's Day. I made this gift set using Imaginisce and you can see more about it on their blog today. 

No matter how old the kids get, I'm sure handmade gifts are always welcomed by Mom! 

The card details, gift box and tulips were all cut using Silhouette files and the Cameo. I've had my Cameo for quite a while now and I can't see myself getting bored of it anytime soon. It really is an amazing machine. 

Inside the gift box is a fabric-on-silver pendant that I made using Imaginisce Magni-top jewelry and the magnet daddies with the i-top.

Thanks for stopping to see my Mother's Day gift idea. Stop by their blog all week for more Mother's Day cards and crafts.

Baseball Mom {lily bee}

Lily Bee is featuring layouts, cards and projects focused on "Mom" this week. I used the Pinwheel collection here on my layout.

I wanted to do an nontraditional "mom" layout and focus on how I feel as a mom when I watch my son. Right now I could not be more proud of him. Looking through my lens way out into the field, I can see his expressions as he plays baseball: joy, apprehension, excitement, intensity...

I know he's doing well because we've raised him to be passionate about what he loves — and he sees that in my husband and me as we are passionate about what we love.

If you find yourself making "Mom" projects this week, take a different angle on the photo or topic and see where it may lead the journaling on your page.

For this layout, I used nearly every kind of product that Pinwheel offers. There are label and word stickers as well as alphas and chipboard…even twine! Lots of goodies going in in that collection.

Thanks for stopping to see my layout today. Check out the Lily Bee blog to see what else we're up to this week. It's sure to put Mom front and center for her special day!

May monthly challenge {imaginisce}

It's the first of the month, so it's time for another sketch from Imaginisce — with a twist. We want you to use the sketch as well as:

1. The theme: Mother

2. The color yellow

3. Add some chevrons

The sketch is at the end of this post as well as on the Imaginisce blog. Stop by and see what the rest of the DT did with the monthly challenge.

The picture of my mom in this layout was taken by my stepdad. I was so glad he thought to send it to us kids. It is such a cute picture of my mom!

And by now, I think my family has figured out that they shouldn't send me pictures they wouldn't want scrapbooked because I am most likely going to use those photos at some point.

You can see where on the layout I interpreted use of the chevron and moved the title over a bit, but my page is pretty much just like the sketch.

I hope you have a chance to play along with us the month at Imaginisce! Thanks for stopping to see my layout today.

National Scrapbooking Day challenge {pink paislee}

This Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day (NSD), and Pink Paislee is setting you up all week to have plenty of inspiration, challenges and fun for your weekend festivities. Each day this week, we'll be sharing with you a freebie for your NSD projects.

To kick it all off today, I have a sketch for you! This is the layout I used with the sketch I made that you can find at the end of this post as well as on the Pink Paislee blog.

I used Luxe and Cottage Farms on this layout, as well as some Heidi Swapp Color Shine mists. Aren't the chipboard stars the best?! I love adding them to my pages, and in this case, they totally make the page pop right out at you.

This sketch calls for a longer title, and the glitter letters in the Luxe collection are perfect!

I hope you'll get a chance to scrapbook this weekend and join in the festivities. I'll be at a crop with Lisa, Audrey, Kate and my friend Renee to benefit Relay For Life - Victor. Can't wait!

Create: Embellish {pubbed}

Pretty excited to have my gift box in the Create: Embellish issue this spring. I made the box using a Cocoa Daisy kit — which always have the best custom stamps, like the leaves I used on this tag. 

Thanks for stopping to see my good news. I still haven't seen this issue in person. I need to head on out and find a copy — until then, I love having the digital subscription at Northridge, the publisher for Scrapbook Trends. So fun to scroll through the pages!

Nautical trend {lily bee}

This week on Lily Bee we are talking about trends. I have one I love, love, love — Nautical. I know it isn't for everyone, but I've been a long-time fan of stripes, navy, pops of red and even stars. When the anchors started showing up in scrapbooking products, I was quite excited.

Wednesday is cards day at Lily Bee, so I made 2 cards that show off the nautical trend. I used the Destination Collection from Lily Bee, and it is a travel line — not nautical — which shows that you don't have to invest in a nautical-themed collection to still play along with the nautical look in your projects.

For this first card I went with the anchor (cut from a die that my bestie Sara sent me) for the main image. The dark woodgrain works so well with the map background and the color scheme.

For this second card, I focused on a lighthouse. I cut it using my Silhouette Cameo and multiple patterns and colors from the Destination collection at Lily Bee. 

I love how these turned out! I challenge you to find some papers and patterns in non-nautical collections and turn them into a sea-worthy, fabulous project.

Thanks for stopping here. Check out what else is going on at Lily Bee on the blog.

At Yotality {ormolu}

I'm blogging for Ormolu today! Stop on over to the Ormolu blog to see my last layout for Ormolu. The DT term ends this month, and I know we are all so sad to be finished blogging over there. 

I used a lot of the Made and Montage collections on this layout, so stop on over there and see the full page.