April Sketch Challenge

Here's my interpretation of the April Swirlydoos sketch challenge.

All the papers, butterflies, cb letters, and flowers are from the current month's kit. I used my Tattered Florals TH die and Sunburst McGill punch to make the two large flowers. Lisa G., aka Starsailor, has a tutorial for these flowers over at Swirlydoos. The bling is from my stash. The small butterflies and cb letters were embellished with Liquid Pearls included in the kit. These pictures were taken Labor Day weekend 2010 while Roger and I were goofing off. The pictures had horrible shadows so I used the Lullaby action on Florabella to improve the overall lighting. tfl!



Round Robin #4 for 2011

It is time for the monthly Round Robin Reveal. This week I followed QT and scrapped a picture of my dd on her 15th birthday. It is hard to believe that she is old enough for a driver's permit. Soon she will be driving off on her own just like my ds. Time goes by too quickly.

Everything is from the latest Swirlydoos kit except the small flowers scattered around the page. The two pp flowers were made with the Tattered Florals die by TH and the Sunburst punch by McGill. Lisa G. made these flowers and posted a tuturial at Swirlydoos. I lifted another DT member, Camilla, and fussycut the pp for part of the background. The DA was Glimmer Misted, then Smooched, and hit with various TH distress embossing powders. TH distress inks used on the cardstock. tfl!

Round Robin #3 for 2011

Ok, got mine photographed so I could upload. I did go with Pat's theme and I scrapped my granmother who passed away last January. She was a wonderful lady full of energy-- always. This is a pic of us in Mexico. We would go visit her in TX and then she would take us into Mexico, South Padre, or anywhere else we wanted to go. And, she could stay up playing cards longer than any of us! I included the 23rd Psalm because it was the Bible verses included on her funeral program.

Oh yeah, I did the twist which was to use three different kinds of ribbon, trim, or fiber. There are two different brown ribbons layered to create the strip along the left side of the lo. And, the green ribbon was from a Making Memories album. I just saved the ribbon from the packaging thinking it might come in handy one day. I also snipped the beads from the beaded ribbon we received in a past kit and used it for the butterfly bodies. tfl!

Ok, here's a repeat

I have already scrapped this picture but, Lisa N. did some photo editing that removed the background and enhanced the eyes. This is my favorite picture of us so I had to scrap it again with the awesome changes that she made. Thank you again, Lisa!



Charming

Another lo from the crop last month. My dd before Homecoming. She spent the afternoon at a friend's house so they could do their hair and make-up together.

Used the Mon Amour kit for this one, too.