BFF | Jillibean Soup

On NSD, Jillibean Soup shared two different sketches to create with.  

Here is the layout I created using the Bowl of Dreams collection.

I Believe - Heidi Swapp and a sketch

Here is my last layout for the Sketch-a-thon at Memorable Seasons, you have until December 30th if you'd like to play along, to link up, click here.

This was my absolute favorite layout that I created with this kit.  First of all I was able to get ahold of the ephemera package (thank you Cassie at Paper Issues!) which was the perfect touch to create this, all those lovely bits and pieces!  I love this picture I took of the kids Christmas morning before opening the presents; I could have asked for anything at this point as they wanted to get started, lol!  I really wanted to keep this paper intact, but I was finding it hard to ground my picture and also embrace the floating stars.  By placing my photos in the stars (it really worked better with only 4 pics, but hey we had 5 kids then) and using a bold title I was able to create a flow through the whole page that was pleasing.  I made sure to use a few pops of black to make visual triangles.

Here is the sketch I created from my layout,

Thanks for stopping by, I'd love to see if you used any of my sketches just leave a comment and I will stop by!

The Season to be Jolly - Heidi Swapp and a sketch

For the next few Fridays, you will find a sketch here on my blog.  If you'd like to join in at Memorable Seasons' Sketch-a-thon, you have until December 30th to link up, here.

This is actually a layout created about the Fireman's parade held each October, but it is the beginning of the season of activities that we always looked forward to.

This paper, from Heidi Swapp's Believe collection, was really busy, but it looked like lines and moving which inspired me to use these pictures.  The pictures I took because of it being dark didn't turn out the greatest so I didn't want to use large pictures, but I did want to include enough pictures to tell the story.  I thought the reindeer and Santa's sleigh made the perfect addition!

Here is the sketch I created for this layout

Christmas Joy - Heidi Swapp and a sketch

For the next few Fridays, you will find a sketch here on my blog.  If you'd like to join in at Memorable Seasons' Sketch-a-thon, you have until December 30th to link up, here.

Here is the layout I created.  I was inspired by the tilt of the paper - to me it seemed to drive off the page and so the pictures of our little one and his new truck were perfect.  I wanted to further the look of a road by using the black cardstock as the base of my layout.  I chose to hang a few ornaments to fill in the dead space and of course my favorite, wood veneer stars from Studio Calico.  The layout was created with my December kit from Memorable Seasons, Heidi Swapp's "Believe" collection.

Here is the sketch I created from the above layout, have fun!

Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #5

Okay so if you have been here to my blog in the past month you know that I LOVE LILY BEE products!  Yep, it is totally true, I have fallen Head Over Heels in love with them.  So when I saw this sketch on their blog I knew that I would be playing along.

Here's the sketch that we were given:

And here is what I created using Lily Bee and American Crafts Thickers.

Yep, I am already documenting 2011 Christmas - pretty good, huh!  Don't worry I'm not that caught up, just the papers matched my pictures and the sketch made me think of their big present.