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Friday, January 15, 2010

Precious MOMents....New SOUS Sketch

Happy Friday! It's reveal day at SOUS and we have an amazing sketch by Liz Qualman http://lizqualman.blogspot.com/ . I absolutely loved doing this layout...the sketch was so wonderful to work with. I chose a picture of my oldest DS and myself on my very first Mothers Day. I love his sweet little tux and used it as the inspiration for my papers and colors. The red pattered paper is from the Winter Wonderland stack from K&Co. The b/w patterned papers are from Me&My Big Ideas. I also used some plain white, black, silver and red card stock and a page from an old book.
The circle is cut from Lyrical Letters, marquees/rectangles A Child's Year, birds Home Decor, scallop Plantin, the tag and photo corners are from Sweethearts. The ribbon is from Offray and I have lots of misc bling and stickles all over the layout.
This flower was created by layering 2 each of 3", 2 1/2" and 2 inch blackout cuts of the snowflake from Home Accents. I dry brushed the edges of the flower with black acrylic paint and fastened it together with a brad. The little butterfly is the shadow cut from Stamping, I love using book pages to embellish my layouts and my cricut cuts them beautifully. I added some adhesive pearls for the body.
I have to give a crafty shout out to Barb (AKA CrafyGirly) @ http://barbcraft.blogspot.com/ she used these wonderful Life's A Beach flowers on her Cancun layout, when I saw them I knew a smaller version of them was just what I needed for this layout. They have some fun silver pearl centers and are surrounded by this lovely flourish from Home Decor.
The little chipboard frame is from Precious Paper www.preciouspaper.etsy.com and holds the quote, "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."
This is one of the butterflies I created for the tutorial @ SOUS from the 1st of January. The red glittery feather is a clearance find from M's. I adore these little rosettes.... they are my version of the tutorial @ http://mycreativescrapbook.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1743
Instead of a punch I used the 7 petal flower from Home Decor on the shadow cut....I added ribbon and button centers, but the basic steps are the same. If you have never checked out any of Gabi's work I encourage you to, she is amazing and these were very simple to create.
Don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT came up with, their projects are fabulous.
http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com . We really want to see your creations.....McLinky is waiting for your take on this gorgeous sketch!

27 comments:

  1. STUNNING!!! Wow, Sandy, what a gorgeous page! The colors are fabulous and I just love all of those flowers! And the paint and glitter and feather... WOW! Just beautiful! I have a question... how do you store your pages? I can't imagine putting a page like this in my scrapbook...it would get the life squished out of it!

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  2. oh wow Sandy, the detail is amazing and the color is stunning. Great layout. Hugs

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  3. OMGOSH!!!! Sandy this is soooo beautiful....all those details that you add are just perfect!!Your lil guy is soooo adorable and lovin' the picture of you!!
    hugs
    Brenda

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  4. THANKS for the info, Sandy! I'll have to look into those extenders. Maybe then I will be encouraged to do more layouts. Mine are fairly flat and I still have issues getting them into the plastic sleeve.

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  5. Wow Sandy !
    Another awesome layout....
    Love all the fantastic details and that flower WOW! I am almost finished with last weeks sketch and here is the new one already....lol
    boy I am soooo behind.
    Big Hugs Wanda

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  6. Gorgeous layout! Your details that you add are always mouth dropping!! Love EVERYTHING about it!!

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  7. AWESOME! My mind doesn't even think in the detail that you show! This is soooooo absolutely beautiful. The flowers, rosettes and butterfly all together... what a wonderful creation. Thank you for filling my eyes with this awesome wonder!

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  8. Oh my gosh...you guys all have such good detail photos this time around! I love seeing the LO's but I"d be lost w/o the other pix too!
    I love this, each flower is a little treasure...the page sparkles and the colors are tremendous!

    LOVE IT!

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  9. This LO is so breath taking and all so beautiful! Your little one looked so cute in that tux! I like everything about this LO . This was a Happy Mothers Day for you and you looked so happy to be a mom. I don't know if you know about this, but I was over tellensplace and I seen an award for you!Here is the link

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  10. I love the idea of creating the layout around the tux..How adorable is that??..The colors are fantastic and I adore the flowers and the swirls..OK! I adore it all...LOL
    This is truly a fantastic layout..
    hugs
    Nanné

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  11. Gorgeous..... Wow amazing details and what a super sweet and fun photo. (don't tell anyone but I don't know what a DS is),
    Hugz

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  12. Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful!!! Your son is so adorable in that little outfit. I love all the flowers and that pretty butterfly you created.

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  13. Well, my word, where do I start?? Everyone has already said all that I am thinking. The layout is stunning but I also love how you've taken time to describe what you've done. Glad to know where Barb's flower came from .. thought it must be LAB but I wasn't sure. It's an adorable flower! This whole thing is just so perfect that I could look at it for hours!

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  14. Sandy - thanks for the shout out but I have to be honest... I am totally flattered that you were able to find an element in my LO that you would want to use because I think you are the queen of embellishments! I am always looking at yours in awe and wonder... you are so inspiring! And... if you don't mind, I would love to borrow the idea of using a page out of a book! It adds such a unique look to the pages. I can't wait to get started creating!!
    Barb

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  15. Sandy, you are such an awesome and beautiful woman! I really love your scrap pages. Your flowers are so incredibly cool - always the right touch to make a page pop! Craft Girl is right, you are the Queen of embellishments! I love that you photograph these beautiful little details up close. It is always lovely to look at. Doesn't you son look cute in his little tux - so sweet! You have great photos and so many memories to cherish - your boys must love that! ;D Happy Friday girlfriend!

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  16. I love this! Black, white, and a touch of red are so awesome together. I like how you cut butterflies out of book pages. I always forget about that when I'm scrapping but it is a nice effect. I learn so much from you girl!

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  17. oh my goodness girl! everything about this layout is utterly and totally amazing! it is beyond words beautiful! what gorgeous details and the flowers are just fabulous! you are sooooo amazing! hugs!

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  18. SO beautiful! I love the butterfly and of course all your wonderful flowers. Lovely.

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  19. Oh Sandy....just stunning! I am all about the beautiful red and black with the white. I'm so glad you are scrapping these older moments! your details are always perfection. Love the butterflies and those gorgeous flowers. Hugs my friend!
    Blessings,
    Kim xXx

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  20. This layout is absolutely beautiful!

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  21. Gosh is that ever beautiful. Stunning is the word for it. I wish I could participate in the challenge this week at SOUS....But I'm on vacaion in Florida and don't have all my "crafting stuff" here. Be back in a couple of weeks. Keep up the great stuff!

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  22. Beautiful color combo! Love all the glitter and your flowers are just gorgeous!!

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  23. Just beautiful Sandy!! Such wonderful details!! I love flower & perfect glitter!! tfs :)

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  24. OH MY WORD!!!

    I just cannot describe my awe of this layout. Every element, the colors, the sentiment of it... it's all outstanding. And so many things for me to try!!! wowzers!

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  25. Beautiful Sandy. Every last bit of it, from the colors and papers to the hand made embellies, just gorgeous.
    Hugs,
    Kristina

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  26. Hi Sandy, Love this LO! So very pretty (like all of your LO's)...The photo is so cute, beautiful details...you are so very talented! I've been a little MIA on the cricut MB's, but I still check out (and love) SOUS!

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