Super Star - LGS Reveal

It is time for another fun sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy.    This time, the sketch it by Brenshevia:

I decided to pull out a variety of MME papers for this one.  There are pieces of Follow Your Heart, Ooh La La for Him, Indie Chic, Lime Twist, and a TINY bit of Stella and Rose in this layout.  I took a lot of inspiration from the videos over at 2Peas, especially Shimelle's for this one.  

Some close ups for the three embellishment clusters:

I can't wait to see what you create with this sketch!  Remember we select our Top 2 over the weekend, but you have until the end of the month to complete the layouts in order to be eligible for the drawing!

Mixing Papers for a Card and Layout

I decided I was going to do this month's Paper Secret's second sketch.  I had been meaning to do one of their sketches for the past few months, but time always slips away!  Well, this weekend I had a chance to tackle it.  And I decided to use a challenge over at 2Peas to help.  The challenge over there was to use stickers on your layout and then use some of the same things for a card.  So, here is what I came up with.

I used Amy Tangerine for most of this - her original line with American Crafts.  The yellowy thickers are part of that kit, and the the grey and brown are the same font/type that I got from Paper Secrets actually.  The stickers are Echo Park and Authentiic, and I added a little blue twine (probably Twinery, but it was a scrap so I am not 100% sure).

For the card, I took inspiration from Unscripted Sketches #194.  It even had the same piggy back as the 2Peas challenge - stickers!  I used four different lines of papers for this one - AC Amy Tangerine, Authentique Genuine, Echo Park Times and Seasons (background paper), and a tiny bit of MME Indie Chic (the banner stripe).  I had used some of the Authentique and MME on the layout, and the scrap of EP was perfect to mat the whole card.

Here are the sketches:

I did it! Now what?

I had this photo of my daughter printed as a "possible" photo for Tuesday's Use It Tuesday challenge (can you guess the challenge by the photo?), but I decided to use another photo instead.  Then when I saw this week's MWM layout over at ScrapbookSteals, I decided it would work perfectly for that.  The only problem was I had no idea what papers to use!  Should I go primary and play with the red and yellow on the fire truck?  Should I go with purple and white to coordinate with her little outfit?  I just wasn't sure.  Then I watched this video over at Two Peas by Shimelle on picking colors.  And it was eye opening!  I went to bed Wednesday night with two ideas in my mind - either bright pinks and purples or muted tones.  I woke up Thursday, and as soon as I had the chance I pulled out my bright colors.  I quickly found that none of the papers were calling to me.  So, I decided to start with MME Follow Your Heart.  I pulled out all of the "basic" papers from the "girl" line as well as some MME Miss Caroline 6x6 papers I had in the same colors. I picked out the background  paper and the big strips of paper.  Then I had to decide on the mat for the photo.  I still had my new to me Crate Paper Peppermint 6x6 pad on my desk, and I thought the red and pink paper would work perfectly.  Next up was to pick out the purple bits.  The cherish piece is from MME Miss Caroline, and LIVE and purple paper behind it are Webster's Pages, and the banner tag shape is a piece from a Recollections 6x6 stack.  I pulled out my grayish AC Thickers as well as my light pink MLS mini alphas to finish the layout off.

And here is the sketch it is based off of:

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