Stuck on U Sketches Project Life Challenge Reveal: Make a List

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I hope your are enjoying the fact that Fall is finally here!  I sure am.  This week, Stuck on U Sketches has a great Project Life Challenge for everyone to participate in.  Make a List is the theme.  I can think of 5 types of lists I need to make right now and will be incorporating them into my PL spreads over the next few weeks.  The first one I chose was a list of things that thrilled me for the week.  I love having the list and the pictures to support the story the list tells.

I used Studio Calico 6 x 6  paper pads from various kits I have received over the past few months to make my cards.  I went for more earthy colors to commemorate the onset of Fall.  I also used a little Washi tape to make my "week of" card and that was fun piecing it together. The numbers actually came on a roll of washi in the shape of tickets,  I also used my Cricut Explore to make the laurel border along the bottom pictures, for on each picture is part of a song I love.  He took his tractor another round, another round, another round. (Amarillo Sky)  I wanted to tie those three together

So make a list and see what great pic content you come up with or make a list from your content.  Other ideas are to make your Christmas gift list as a now and do one later as an actual.  Make a list of recipes you want to try...go ahead an put the URL addresses on the list.  Make a Fall Bucket List.

Really this is a lot of fun and can be a great way to organize what is left for the year..

For more inspiration, head over to Stuck on U Sketches to see what list the other designers created.  

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!!

Stuck on U Sketches Blog Hop Starts Today

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Stuck on U Sketches has a great blog that has started. It will be running throughout the month on various design styles.  Take part in the fun either by hopping, scrapping along, or just putting in your comments.  There are AWESOME prizes to be won and inspiration to be had.

You Came From Darcy's Blog 

The  project life theme is Metallic.  I was overwhelmed last week with visiting relatives, a recovering ill one, a cow that had a tire stuck on its face, a stray cat, the inspiration of learning how to make dots (See previous post for instructions), on top of my normal day to day activities.   I put my confusion to paper.  I love the gold products out there now.  Shimmer, shine, rich and textured. It just doesn't get any better. You can find small does of it (like the white and gold string I used to embellish below to big Gold letters and pages foiled over with it.   I have even found digital files that have a gold look to it.  It pops your page and makes everything have that extras something,, whether you go subtle or all out. I opted for subtle.  I only had a few pics that week and didn't want to over shadow them with big metallic cards. I just wanted to highlight the embellies.

My first inclination was to paint cards using metallic paints and pens, Then I came across a Worthers Caramel Candy wrapper behind my computer on my desk.  I snuck a little sweetness while scrapping last weekend.  those wrappers are so pretty, I thought....why not re-purpose it, so I did.  I stapled it onto an inspirational card stating it was right where it needed to be when in my album because I love those little caramel hard candies.  Why not let the world know. It also added soft dimension to the page which was what was really cool about it.   I also used my scratch off card that came in August's Studio Calico PL kit.  I left the gold on it, to see who scratches it first in life.  I also spattered gold sequins on cards throughout the spread.  The journal card with my nephew in the pool is outlined in Gold as well.  Touches of gold really make a page with mundane cards and embellies really pop. There is a lot of gold goodness on the market these days. Grab yourself some and post your project on the SOUS blog.  Who knows, you may be a winner!!  Check out our sponsors!

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So hop along with us and have some fun!

Next on the hop is Julie

DOG SCIENCE

I am taking the Snapshot photo class at Studio Calico this month.  One of the prompts we had was "Noise".  My dog can hear me touch his bag of treats in the kitchen from the other side of the house while under the covers in our bedroom.  I touch the bag, I hear the click of his toes coming down the hallway and he presents himself right at my feet, then begs.  I did not teach him to do that, he learned that on his own.  He also watches TV that way with me too. I am not sure he knows he is a dog.

I had lot of fun with this one and took a scientific approach to the topic.  I cut the title using a font on my laptop using the Cricut Explore.  I stamped and punched the circles in Coral Bay and Sunny Day ink by Studio Calico.  I painted the background using SC masks in Something Blue and Sunny Day Acrylic Paints. For the mat I just used the Sunny day since the blue was more predominant on the background.  I used another SC Mask.  I cut the mat in waves around the edges and used the strips I cut on the sides, sewing them down to the background.  I really liked the effect they had when I folded them up.   Being so bright the contrast was too much between the photo and the page elements, so I sprayed some dark blue mist over the paints on the left and then lighted it a smidge with a white gelato pen.  It gave the page more balance and depth in its textures.

 I left a small strip on the side white to journal on.  The atomic symbol was die cut on the Explore by using a stamp in photoshop on a blank new project then saved as a png. file. I then imported the file into the explore to create the cut. Whoever thinks you can't design with this machine is wrong.  I haven't found anything I wanted to create impossible yet. I then splattered sequins from various SC packages on the right side of the mat to counter the circles on the left to provide the page with more balance.  The yellow tab at the top left, and the triangle on the right were from a printable pages I also got on the SC site.

I just love how the concept of one word turned into a complete evening of fun.  I think I will do more of this on my own.