Sketch It Saturday

Happy Saturday morning! It's a rainy one here, but that's alright with me because I'll be doing lots to get ready for my first day of school on Monday. And that's where my mind was when I worked on this week's Unscripted sketch...a new cover for my plan book.

Incase I love it so much that I want to use it again next year I only wrote the year on a little sign the kids are holding. That was I can just change it out each year, though I know I'll change my mind! Here's the cover in the front of my binder I use, I just love the fun colors the binders come in now.....

We've got an expanded Unscripted Sketches team so be sure to check out everyone's work. Just click on their link on my sidebar. I haven't been on the computer to check blogs for an entire week so I'm going to do a bit of catching up. I can't imagine all the great works that have been created, and look forward to what you'll come up with this week with the Unscripted sketch.

Smiles,

paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Candy Lane dsp, Pixie Pink
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo alphabet, All God's Children

We're growing....

Did you hear the news about Unscripted Sketches? Our DT just grew.....

Please welcome

Susan: http://www.stampinsusan.com
Irit: http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/
Alanna: http://www.damoses.blogspot.com
Kelly: http://lamaisondepapier.blogspot.com
Hollie: http://sweetmomiji.blogspot.com/
Marcy: http://theardentscrapper.blogspot.com/
Dawn: http://www.dawnscrafts.blogspot.com

So if you weren't completely blown away before, be sure to stop by every Saturday morning because WOW we've got some talent!

Smiles,

playing catch-up

I was on quite the roll with the week of Mojo Monday sketches but hit a wall on Thursday where my day ended at the dentist...I didn't get home until after 8! With my school schedule resuming this week I took today to play catch-up and did the final four sketches...here they are in reverse starting with today's wonderful sketch by Mary Fish.

I started with this one because it's my favorite. The color inspiration came from this week's Jazzy Inspiration to use white, gray, black and a 'pop' of green. The picture doesn't do the brads justice--they're green gems! I popped the black squares up with pop-up glue dots and did the rock 'n roll technique for the sentiment, first in Green Galore then in black.

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My second card is Saturday's sketch and I piled on the challenges:


Pile It On: Three's: three punches--fence, circle, bat(was word window and trimmed)
Inspiration: Cinema Saturday Challenge, Field of Dreams
Sketch: Mojo Monday turns 100, day 6

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For Friday's sketch I went simple, using some paper I picked up last Christmas and a bow that was lying around. The pink paper has a bit of glimmer to it, perfect with the sentiment.

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And last up is my Halloween card using the last of my scraps from this card. This was Thursday's sketch when all hope of completing each sketch on each day was lost!


I know I'll be scarce from blogland for the rest of August and most of September while I settle into the back to school routine. I never know who'll be more tired, me or the first graders!



Smiles,

Unscripted Apples

Happy Saturday morning! Now that I'm back into the swing of school and headed to workshops this week I really love Saturdays. It's also the day I get to share a new Unscripted Sketch and this week is no different.



I bought this SU set Give Thanks last fall and didn't get many chances to use it since snow was falling by the time I got it. It seemed only fitting to pair it with Washington Apple dsp! I had a blast coloring the bucket and apples with some colored pencils. I popped some apples up too but the picture does not do it justice.


One of my favorite things about fall is going apple picking with my friends from high school. We didn't go last year, so I'm getting especially excited for this year's event. Then we go back to someone's house and do lots of baking...yum! There I am hiding amid a sea of MacIntosh apples back in 2007.

I usually eat as many as I pick, but that's the best part about apple picking! Hope you take some time today or this week to play along with us. Be sure to check out all the DT's fabulous creations too!

Steph
Sharon
Sarah
Liz
Keri Lee
Jeryn
Jenny
BR-T
Aymee
April

Smiles,

Paper: Creamy Caramel, unknown olive, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Washington Apple dsp

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Black Stazon

Stamp: Give Thanks (SU!)

Other: colored pencils, mini glue dots, paper snips

Mojo throwdown!

Another extremely productive day here in NH, and still pretty hot. It was cool enough to mow the lawn which was in desperate need of it! So after sweating all morning at the gym and outside, and then sweating at school all afternoon I cooled off with a card. Just one...I combined the Mojo Monday 100, Day 3 sketch with today's colors at Color Throwdown.

I love the new In Colors (thanks again Terri!) but have no ink to go with them. I found a piece of dsp (don't know which one!) that tied all the colors together though not the same. Is that cheating?

Time to make dinner and get some things ready for "school" tomorrow...even though there aren't kids yet and I'm not getting paid for this time, it's another busy day ahead of me!

Smiles,

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Whisper White, unknown dsp
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Really Rust
Stamp: Sweet 'n Sassy A True Friend
Other: Fiskars colonial edge scissors, paisley cuttlebug folder, brads, paper piercing tool, dimensionals