LOVING THE LEAVES

For the Colorful Creations Favorite Things challenge this month you needed to do a layout about something you love about Fall or a Favorite Fall Activity.  I love to watch the changing colors of the leaves and to take rides to see how they have changed.  Being a few hours south of where I used to live, the leaves don't change quite as fast, in fact they are only getting started now.  I wasn't able to get photos of any of the actual leaves but I took a few more of the October photos of me and Michael and put them on a wonderful patterned paper of fall leaves and also accented them by putting some silk leaves on pop dots which I added some sheen to with Perfect Pearls. I distressed the edges of everything with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain.  The instructions also were to use warm Fall colors of brown, red, yellow and orange. To create the layout I started with Creative Scrappers Sketch #252.

The Sketch:

I finished it off with some twine and lots of orange bling.  I am also entering this layout in Top Tip Tuesday challenge #113 about the Seasons, Pink Elephant challenge TPE223 for Distressing, Party Time Tuesday #144 Anything Goes, Divas by Design Use some Orange, and Word Art Wednesday #104 Anything Goes.

My Layout:

I am also going to link up at Link up #4 with The Memory Nest.

I have a real crazy day today - layouts to finish, challenges to prepare for November, errands, laundry and getting some odds and ends for my son for Halloween.  So I am off and running.  Have an awesome day and thanks for dropping by.

ANOTHER FROM THE ENCHANTED WOODS

Here is the companion page to the one I did yesterday of photos I took at Winterthur Museum and Mansion. This is the Fairie Cottage.  For my layout I used the sketch for the Creating Keepsakes contest and lots of sparkle! (and of course a few faeries!)

Here's the sketch:

and here is my Layout:

I am also going to enter this in Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #111 Flowers and a DT Call.  My tip is that you can also use Crafters Workshop (or other templates or stencils) with stickles.  I have always used them with inks, paints or other things you brush over but this time I used the small tipped bottles and just squirted into the openings.  Keep a Q-tip around in case it gets too thick or the stencil moves and gets some of the sparkle where you don't want it.  If you catch it right away you can't even tell where it was.  And then of course, leave it sit somewhere safely for a REALLY long time to dry completely.

I am going to try to get one more layout done...but it is getting late and I have an early morning with a lot of activity tomorrow as our church is having a huge block party for the community and I am over-seeing the childrens activities.    So I may or may not have something more to add tonite.  

I am so happy you stopped by and hope you will come again to see more from Winterthur or other bits and pieces of my life.

GOING BACK IN TIME

Tonite I created a layout using photos from a play that my youngest son Thomas was in back in January 2007.  He was only 8 years old and in the Second Grade at the time.  I chose my photos for the Colorful Creations Song Challenge which was to use something from the lyrics of 'Private Eyes' by Hall and Oates.  I chose the phrase 'watching you'. This was a big accomplishment for him, being so young and landing one of the lead parts that had lines that needed to be memorized in only 3 days so I am entering it in the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Main Challenge #31 which called for creating something that was about an accomplishment. I embossed a tag for Top Tip Tuesday which I colored with Distress Inks and Distress Stains and Adirondack Paint Daubers and placed my title on it.   My tip is to start by using Distress Inks to edge everything and over the top of the embossing.  Next I dab a bit of stain and bit of paints on my non-stick craft sheet.  I use a cosmetic sponge to dab them in various places on the tag.  I also sometimes add a bit of Perfect Pearls on top but this time I chose not to as I wanted to be sure that my title would stand out.  I am entering it in the Kaboodle Doodles challenge #184 Music and the Arts, Kraft Journal challenge #133 Sew So Simple which called for using Kraft paper (heart and star on tag) and sewing and the Whoopsi Daisy challenge Show Us Stitching! I have also entered this in the Scrapbook.com Multi Pic Challenge calling for 3 or more photos.

And finally, here is the layout:

I really enjoyed doing this layout and remembering seeing him in the show.  I hope you have enjoyed sharing my proud Mommy moment!