IT'S A TRIPLE HEADER!!!

The first time I went ocean fishing with my husband on my first cast I announced I had something.  As I had never been fishing they all thought I was crazy but I insisted.  Finally they told me to reel it in thinking I had a starfish or something like that...but...I had flounder...not only one...I had two!  A doubleheader! 

Well, today I have a tripleheader for you.  Not fish of course, but layouts.

My first layout was inspired by Stuck!Sketches January 15 challenge. 

Here's the sketch:

 



And my layout:

 

 

And here are a few close-ups of some of the fun details -

 

 

 

On this layout I used a lot of pop-dots to give some dimension.  In the close ups you can see the items that are lifted as I notice you can see some shadows!

 

My next layout is uses Bev Code's awesome sketch #22 for Scrap Our Stash. In addition to the sketch it said that you MUST use sequins. It was also inspired by Miriams Crafting Blog 20th monthly challenge - Mostly White!  The challenge calls for using at least 2 shades of white and having at least 50% of your project be white.  I went with all of it being shades of white with a few gold, metal and beige embellishments.

 

Here's the Sketch -

 

 

Here is my Layout -

 

 

I went to a crop yesterday and was only able to complete 2 layouts.  I spent a long time on each one - especially this one, going through the stash I had brought to find just the right elements.  I don't often use white so this was a real challenge for me.

 

Here are some close-ups -

 

 

I loved getting to use this felt border, SEI metal and Tim Holtz pins!

 

 

Here I have some Martha Stewart ivory stretchy ric-rac and my gold/copper colored sequins.

 



 

 I loved these laser cut wood frames.  I picked up a batch of them awhile back and had not found a good use for them until now.

 

Here you can see all the different shades of white/ivory/ecru I used.

 

And for my last share...I used a sketch from My Creative Sketches (which I didn't realize had a deadline of January 14), and the Tic Tac Toe board from Soul Scrappers challenge TTT1, and Stash challenge #22 from Scrap Our Stash.

 

The Sketch:

 

 

I chose to rotate the sketch 1/4 turn clockwise.

 

The Tic Tac Toe Board -

 

 

I chose the vertical row on the right.

 

The Stash challenge info -

 

The items I chose are:

 

T - Twine

W - White Zig Zags

I - Ink (on all the edges)

N - Nine (9) red flags in my banner

E - Eyelets

 

Here is my layout -

 





with my close ups showing my items for Tic Tac Toe and the Stash challenge.

 

(T)wine & (E)yelets

 

(W)hite zigzags & (I)nk

 

(N)ine red flags on my banner

 

And the library is closing any minute and is not open tomorrow so I will bid you all a good night!  Hope that you enjoyed see my latest creations!

 

1/20/15

I am sorry to anyone who visited today as when I arrived at the library I saw that all my photos had vanished.  I know they were there as I had some wonderful comments.  I HATE Internet Explorer.  I have always used Chrome and never had issues but here at the library they only allow IE.