Sketch Layout Challenge

Today I want to share my layout for this week's Sketch Challenge. It's not to late to join in. Just go to the DT Blog for details.

Patterns I used: Pumpkin Stand, Haunted Graveyard and Lots of Labels. As usual my pieces are all inked using Tim Holtz distress inks. Pattern paper by DCWV- Indian Summer Fall Stack.

The sun and clouds were actually a moon with black clouds.  Just by cutting them out in different color paper you can sometimes change them into something else.

My title was typed and cut using my MTC software. I was gonna add pictures but I ran out of ink the night I was putting this layout together. My ink is soon to arrive!

Fall Home Decor

Hello again!

I decided to do a little something different with paper piecing this week. I bought a charger plate at Michael's a few week's ago having no idea what I would do with it. The color of the plate just called out to me  and I had to get it!

Soo I did! And this is what I came up with. I used  the paper piecing file from LSHD called "Scarecrow Friends". The title I just typed up in my MTC software and cut it out. Instead of cutting out the bale of hale from the file I used a mini hay bale I purchased at Michael's. It came two in a package and it measure's 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 inch. One thing though, it is kinda messy to work with! But I did  make use of all the loose hay in the package and used it to make a hay flooring.

All the paper piecing are sitting on foam squares, some single layers but most on 2-3 layers of foam.

Lastly are the little gem flowers I had in my stash. I took off the stem and placed them on fabric leaves.

I had a lot of fun creating this project. I plan on making some more for the seasons to come!

Splash of Color DT Challenge

This week's layout was fun and truly a challenge. The rules are to create a layout using black,white, and different grays with a splash of ONE color. I had to think about this one for a bit. Picking out the file to use was also challenging because all the files are so fun!

The pattern file I picked is called "Ooh La La Collection". This collection has a lot of fun elements to use.

So lets start on the background paper. I got this single sheet of patterned paper called  "Chairs" by Recollections at Michael's. I attached it to a piece of 12x12 light chipboard because the PP is so thin. The lady portrait is "Marie Antoinette",  Queen of France from 1774 to 1792. I purchased a Marie Antoinette digital collage sheet from Etsy found here. The picture I picked was perfect because it was already black and white with a hint of pink. This is when I decided to use pink as my splash color.

The dress form is cut out of white glittered card stock. Then I took some pink glittered lace material and wrapped it around the dress form to create a dress. I added some silver trim to the waist line that I found in my ribbon stash.

The butterflies are from my Martha Stewart's punch also from the white glittered card stock and gray and black too.

For the Eiffel tower I cut it in plain gray card stock and then took a Tim Holtz script stamp and TH distress ink in "Weathered Wood" to cover the tower.

The flowers are random from my stash. And the cute little poodle...well... is just too cute!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out this week's challenge on the LSHD fan page on Facebook!