Monday 14 April 2014

April 1st Stuck?! Sketches: Life is Grand

 
For this post I would like to share a layout I created for Stuck?! Sketches April 1st challenge.


Here is my layout...

The photos were taken by my sister in law of my sweet nephew exploring the trails around the grand river... isn't he adorable?



and a close up shot...



And here is the sketch... there are some great prizes to be won for playing along!

 
 
Enjoy!
 







Friday 4 April 2014

Hello everyone! For my second post I would like to share a little something I had been meaning to put together for a while. It is not a papercraft creation, however I think it is too great not to share. On my trip to Florida last year I found a few perfect sand dollars on the beach. I was the only one out of a group of about 10 to find ones that were whole, and being only my second time along the ocean I thought they were pretty darn easy to find!! I was quite proud of myself I might add! So I wrapped a few up and brought them home in my luggage. All but one was crushed during my travels, so I decided I wanted to do something so I could keep it forever. So enough talking.... here is what I decided to do with it.......



 
Michaels had their shadow boxes on sale so I picked some up... along with some decorative sand.... and VOILĂ€! I covered the backing of the shadow box in tacky glue and covered it in sand and let dry. Then I added my sand dollar using some household cement I found in my junk drawer.
 
After that I decided it needed something else so I used my silhouette portrait to cut my title out of vinyl and adhered it to the glass!!
 
Here are some close ups....


 
I am finding my silhouette to be handy for all sorts of things.... not just scrapbooking.
 
I am very happy with how this turned out and now just need to find a space on the wall to hang it.
 
:)