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Friday, April 9, 2010

Bloomin Love

Hi everybody! It may very well be that all I get to do is post for SOUS on Friday's until the end of the school year. The days just seem to be whipping by. I have not forgotten the wonderful bloggy buddies who have passed the awards to me, I hope to have time to add those this weekend. Thanx so much for your patience with me. Only a few more weeks of this and then I promise to be a better blogger, I miss all of you so much!!
Now, onto the challenge for this weeks SOUS layout. We do not have a sketch but our challenge this week is to add the most unusual thing to your layout. I add lots of stuff to mine on a regular basis so this really was a challenge for me! I was setting at my crafting table and saw this roll of drywall tape and thought.....hmmmmm what can I do with that!
The papers for this layout are a from The Paper Studio. My photo is of sweet Carsyn...she is so photogenic and always so willing to be in the lime light....I can't help but scrap her! This is one of the pics I snapped last weekend....I hope to scrap more of the weekend as I had five babes altogether!
I used a strip of the dry wall tape and added some ribbon and some embroidery floss to give it some artistic flair....it really is easy and fun to work with! I also cut strips for L,V and E. I added embroidery floss and buttons to the letters and a rose for the O. I curled back a corner of my paper and added some lace ribbon peeking out....I used a scrap of the ribbon at the folded corner.
My butterflies and marquee cuts are from Sentimentals accented both with a few adhesive pearls and some yellow stickles on the butterfly wings. Most of my flowers are silk but I threw in a few left from my tute last week. I also tore three places in the top of the layout, added some more of the lace ribbon and a little satin rose at the bottom.
I've also added some little dragonfly buttons and a little strip of a MS doily punched piece of card stock.
My leaves are all from A Child's Year. I hope you enjoyed my little bloomin beauty (i just think she is so stinkin cute!) and you are all having a fantastic day. Thanx so much for stoppin by to see me....I can't wait to catch up with all of you....If you are looking for a fun challenge lets see what unusual things you can come up with to scrap with....don't forget to go check out the girls and see what they have all done as well!

21 comments:

  1. OMG Sandy...this is absolutely GORGEOUS! I love all the colors and the flowers that you added...and oh yes, the picture of Carsyn is so sweet! Don't you worry about being a bad blogger...sometime life just gets in the way...lol! Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

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  2. WOW...nothing is safe from us scrappers!!!Beautiful layout Sandy!!! I am the one who is sooo behind on the blogging...I feel as I am never going to catch up!
    hugs
    Brenda

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  3. Love the spring,fresh colors on this one..great idea on backing your letters..clever girl :)....what a cutie in the picture....
    hugs
    Brenda

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  4. Sandy, this is fabulous! How clever you are... I love everything you did!!! Love the flowers, the colors and the "new" techniques! The baby girl is soooo cute! Happy Friday to you my sweet friend!

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  5. Sandy this is just a magical work, the details are marvelous. Hugs

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  6. Gorgeous!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors you used... it makes the lo just scream BEAUTIFUL!
    XXX, Staci

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  7. this is precious and I just love love the color sceme and how happy and fresh it is!
    who knew how freakin' cool that drywall tape would be! its awesome!
    your details are just as sweet as that little girl!
    now did you baby sit all the kids alone? good grief? what for? LOL!

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  8. I'll be on the lookout for drywall tape from now on! this is sooo beautiful! Who would have thought!? Carsyn is a doll and the layout framsws that precious face perfectly! xxD

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  9. Sandy,
    I know that pain of winding down the school year! We don't get finished until June 17th!
    This layout is marvey! I would have never thought that was dry wall tape! So very clever and creative! I could eat that precious baby up! Gorgeous photo and the flowers are just perfect!
    Blessings,
    Kim xXx

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  10. Sandy, she is just the most gorgeous baby girl, I swear .. as are all you little gns and gn. But the colors on this are just WOW! Love the polks dot leaves. And fantastic job with that drywall tape! Precious!

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  11. First this little girl has the most beautiful face!!! And look how you just surrouded her beauty with more... love the butterflies, flowers and all the soft color on this page. Too bad the drywaller no longer has any supplies to work with! BEAUTIFUL!

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  12. Sandy, this is super beautiful; those pretty flowers are so perfect for spring and the picture of the little lady is just gorgeous - what a perfect combination! Drywall tape looks like that? HAHA You really did some innovative scrapping using something so very unusual - it's awesome, lady! I love pulling the ribbon through, gives it such a delicate touch. The peeks of the lace behind the paper is elegant. Another superb job from a very talented and beautiful young lady! Have a great weekend, my friend! Thanks for bringing such beautiful sunshine this way! :)

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  13. soooo beautiful! love the photo and all the blues/purples together! the flowers are soooo sweet too! your work is always so amazing and just such an inspiration to crafters like me! your always rock it out girl! hugs!

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  14. Well this is just stunningly beautiful. Even with all the incredible embellishments, the photo is still the focal point. Love the drywall tape treatment and the peeking lace. What talent! TFS!

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  15. Lovely Sandy...I rarely use purple but this is so pretty, I love all the flowers and of course the butterflies...I need to cut some of those!

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  16. Oh Sandy ....
    You are 2 funny only you could make dry wall tape look soooo GOOD!
    This is Gorgeous such beautiful colors and she is beautiful!
    Big Hugs Wanda:-D

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  17. OMG Sandy!!! what a beautiful lo!!! love everything about this page!! the colors , flowers and details are amazing!! the pic is incredibly beautiful!! she is GORGEOUS!!!
    hugs
    God bless
    Lidia

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  18. Sandy - the photo is so precious. Love how you have framed it with all the pretty flowers. Loving those polka dot leaves. You amaze me - drywall tape! It looks great. I finished my layout but had a heck of a time finding something unusual!

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  19. Sandy, I would have never guessed you used drywall tape!!! Amazing and beautiful!! Love the ribbon peeking through the torn paper!! Adorable and precious photo!!! Luv the colors you used on this one!!!!
    Hang in there, school is just about over!!! I wish I had the summer off... :o( XXXXX

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  20. Wow Sandy ...you did a beautiful job. Love the idea of dry wall tape and you pulled it off beautifully. I love all the details and the pic is awesome..she is a beauty. TFS

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