Scrap Africa Sketch Challenge Entry

Along with my previous "first" blog entry (First Finnabair inspired creation), this time I'm entering a sketch challenge on Scrap Africa for the first time. :)

I'm honestly not sure how I came to find out about it, but I attended a crop yesterday where the sketch is essentially what tugged at my creative strings in order to leave the crop with something completed.

I used product received in my December Flying Unicorn mixed art kit including the canvas board, the 13 arts paper, the chipboard frame, the sprays, the stencil, the pan pastel and the petaloo flower pack!

The sketch I used was:

And the resulting creation looks like this:

Thanks so much for stopping by - I really appreciate it!

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Sketchabilities Creative Video Team Project for Sketch #129

Welcome to another one of my projects, created for the Sketchabilities sketch challenge that's going on now!

As part of the Creative Video Team at Sketchabilities, I present to you a very acetate/transparency layered scrapbook layout for the current sketch!

My process video can be viewed here:

The full and close-up photos can be seen below!

Hope to see you playing along with us this time around!!

Thank you so much for dropping by!!

Krafty Kerry

Sketchabilities #128

Hey y'all!

Guess what's coming up?? The latest Sketchabilities sketch is coming in just a couple days!
Check out my sneak peek for this sketch challenge below!!

You can check out the sneak peek video that I uploaded for you here:

Thanks so much for dropping by!!

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The Latest Colorful Creations Sketch Challenge is Now Live!

The Colorful Creations challenge that started on the 15th incorporates both a sketch and a color palette.

The sketch was a piece of cake to work with, but the colour palette made me a bit nervous...

The sketch

The colour palette

These colours were so NOT my colours - In order to remove the intimidation I was feeling with these colours, I decided to pick a couple for my main colours and try to incorporate other colours wherever I could.

I ended up with this layout:

As you can see, I used the red (Ablaze) and black (Tricorn Black) from the colour palette as my main colours. 

Then for the embellishments, I brought in some of the pink (Lei Flower) and lime green (Lime Rickey) on the flowers, pearls and leaves.

I'm very happy that I was able to incorporate so many of the colours that originally cause me a tiny bit of panic when I saw them posted up for the design team. LOL

I hope this has helped in encouraging you to try a step-by-step process when it comes to incorporating certain colours on your layout!

I expect to see your take on this sketch and/or colour scheme on the Colorful Creations blog!!

Thanks for dropping by!!

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Sketchabilities #127

Well, hello there!

Welcome to the full Sketchabilities sketch challenge #127 reveal day!

If you stopped in a couple days ago, you saw the sneak peek video for the reveal!  Here is my completed layout for this reveal!!

Sketchabilities Sketch #127

My Full Layout

Top Down View

Bottom Up View

Image Detail View

I used the Prima Time Traveler's collection to create this layout!  If you haven't checked out the video on this layout yet, please visit my previously posted Sneak Peek here!!

Thanks so much for dropping by!!

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Sketchabilities #127 - Sneak Peek

Hey y'all!

Guess what's coming up?? The latest Sketchabilities sketch is coming in just a couple days!

Check out my sneak peek for this sketch challenge below!!

You can check out the sneak peek video that I uploaded for you here:

Thanks so much for dropping by!!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Prima Stationer's Desk Layout for Sketchabilities!

Hey everyone!

This is my 200th blog post!!  Yay!  Ok, continuing on to the content...

This post is all about shoes!!  Well, the layout is all about shoes, the post is about the layout that's about the shoes. Lol

Anyway, I created this layout based on the Sketchabilities sketch #123 that was posted just today! Let's just say that I've been multi-tasking all day and now that the creative part of my day is done, it's time for the working part to start. :P

The sketch was all fancy like, and I really liked it because of that. :)  I actually liked it so much that I created a process video for the layout I made and showed off my method of layering while working with this sketch on my computer screen!

Images of the layout are below, but I would really love it if you watch the video too. I killed my camera battery (from a full charge) in order to make it! The layout took me about an hour and 15 minutes to complete.

Thank you so very much for dropping by and I hope you enjoyed the video AND the images this time around!

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Colorful Creations is Having a DT Call!!!

... And I'm going in head first! LOL

Not that I'm stalking the DT Calls being posted, but I just happened upon the DT call posted over at the Colorful Creations blog today!

Part of the entry was to create a blog post with a layout made using the sketch posted on their blog! I spent the evening after work, before dinner, working on it. At first when I was about to post it, I realized, I had forgotten my title. Silly me! But I went and fixed that up before posting it to my blog. :)

Seems pretty straightforward so far right?  Except that you had to make a layout using fall colours. :) Now, I'm not a colour theory expert or anything, but don't you think that the Prima PPP challenge this month calls for fall colours??

Yeah, so it's not just me, right? I thought so!!  In any case, I've included the layout and some close-up shots of the layout as well!  I hope you all enjoy!!

You may notice, the journaling I did is mostly lyrics to the song Razzle Dazzle, which is the part in the movie (Chicago), from which this photo was taken. I used the Prima Time Traveler's collection to create this layout, in addition to some Distress Paints, Tsukineko Brilliance inks and some lace that I had on my desk. :)

I greatly appreciate you stopping by to check out my work, and I hope to see you back again soon!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

BoBunny has challenges again!

And as an entry into the first BoBunny challenge in a long time, I've used the BoBunny Enchanted garden collection to get the ball rolling!

First up, the sketch!

Now these circles made me cringe... I really don't like circles. I don't know why, but as a main focal point, circles do not work with me. But anyway, I tried to get over it to work with this sketch...

I had to grunge up the paper a bit with stamps and stencils to make it more along my style, but I think I made it work...

 

In hindsight, I would have made the word "Park" in a darker colour, but on paper it looks O.K... for now. :P

Thanks for stopping by!

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Quad challenge entry !!

I don't think I've ever managed an entry into 4 challenges at once before, but here I go!

This blog post contains my layout with my entry into the following challenges!!

Let's Capture Our Memories Sketch #84 

This challenge is a sketch based challenge! I finished my entry into the challenge for sketch #83 a few hours earlier, and I'm really taking a liking to their sketches! I didn't rotate this sketch however!

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #3

Although a relatively new challenge series, I figured with my mixed media kick in high gear, I would enter this layout into this challenge as well.  We were required to use stencils and pastes! I went ahead and used the Tim Holtz splatter stencil and mixed some modeling paste with some acrylic paint in order to give me coloured paste to use with the stencil!

Scrap It Girl August Challenge

The theme for the challenge over at Scrap It Girl, was arrows and #'s.  Both of which I have on my layout, so I thought it worked well as an entry into this challenge. :)

Pixels and Paper Challenge Blog

I think this may have been my first time using an image as my inspiration in addition to a sketch.  The image was super cute and as soon as I saw it, I thought primaries (i.e. primary colours). That's exactly why I chose to lay the layers of splatter down the way I did on a neutral background page.

The inspiration photo was:

And now, after all of the challenge introductions, here is my layout!

 

I think one of the reasons I so love the mixed media vibe, is that I'm using things I wouldn't use frequently enough otherwise. :) 

For example, on this layout alone, I used modeling paste, acrylic paint, a stencil, Silks shimmer paints, splattering techniques, ripped layered papers and just so much *stuff*. But not TOO much so that I can't put my layout in a page protector, but enough to give the page some dimension. I'm really digging it!!

Thanks so much for dropping by!!!

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Three challenge entries in one!!!

I haven't combined challenge entries in a while, but this time I've made a layout for the following challenges:

Challenge YOUrself, August Challenge: Celebrate YOUr age!

For this challenge I felt prepared because this week I *just* had my selfies printed at costco as part of a collage thing I made to fit an 8 x 12 print. And these were from last month, so I'd say they're recent enough for this challenge since the goal was to celebrate your age right now. :)

Let's Capture Our Memories Sketch #83

This was the base of my layout, as the sketch greatly assisted in guiding me to placement of everything. :)

I really enjoyed this sketch - It felt different than any other sketch I've used!

The sketch for this challenge is as follows:

Craft-Dee BowZ August Challenge: Anything Goes with a Bow!

I finish off with this challenge as it gave me a reason to use up the embroidery thread that came in the grab bag from Studio Calico. :)

I used the whole length of it (1 yard, maybe?) to make a multi-layered bow, and then I finished it off by adding a star from the trim I got in the Studio Calico card making grab bag since it coordinated with my gold accenting on the layout!

Without further delay, here is my layout!! :D

This is one of my favourite mixed media layouts so far... I almost didn't go the MM route because I was trying to keep it relatively flat, but throw on some watercolours, stenciling, splatters and inking... And Ta-da!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

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GrandDiva's Scrapbook Sketch Challenge Entry

Ok, so, just one more for tonight, and that's actually only because I forgot about posting it earlier on last week. :)

The folks over at GrandDiva's Creative Corner are having an August sketch challenge.

The sketch goes a little something like this:

And my take on the sketch goes a little something like this:

I'm pretty sure this was the last layout I made using the Studio Calico Penny Arcade July scrapbook kit that I received at the end of July. :)

Anyway, thanks for dropping by!

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Life. Paper. Action! Erm, I mean Scrapbook!

So, I may just be on a mixed media roll today...

I went from not really "feeling it" this afternoon, to churning out two MM layouts...
Mojo works in such weird ways, y'know?

This layout was made using the sketch that's part of the August challenge over at Life. Paper. Scrapbook. :)

I rotated the sketch to work with my landscape photos.

My take on the rotated layout is below:

Going through this Studio Calico grab bag is going much faster than I anticipated. :P

Thanks for dropping by!

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Stuck Sketches with Mixed Media in August

So, it seems I'm fond of mixed media, as this layout is another mixed media layout.

It's of me when I used to be in fashion shows and loving it. :)

I used a crafter's workshop stencil for the background and many bits from the Studio Calico scrapbook grab bag that I got last week.

The sketch I used to direct me with this layout comes from Stuck's August First Challenge!

My take on this sketch went something like this:

I know, the picture is a tad blurry, but it was the best I could do with what I was using tonight. I think I need to set up a mini light box or something. But anyway...


Thanks for dropping by!


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Berry71Bleu Scrapbook Sketch Challenge Entry

Just making sure to get this up in the morning before I get too busy throughout the day...

Here is my entry to the Berry71Bleu August Scrapbook Sketch Challenge!

The sketch was made in such a way that I, personally, think was super easy-going, which made it feel like it could be interpreted in all sorts of ways!

In any case, the sketch used for this challenge is:

And my take on it, went a little something like this:

I think I'm starting to get a feel for this mixed media stuff!

I used up all of the embellishments left from my Studio Calico scrapbook kit (YAY) and used a bunch of my gesso/gel mixure with a ton of Tattered Angels sprays! I used my leftover wooden letters as background effect bits and stamped the word "Hoard" in a bunch of places because, as you can see in the photo, I like to hoard cereal. LOL

In fact, I try to always make sure my cereal pantry is full (And yes, my cereal has it's own cupboard in the pantry area!)

Thanks for dropping by!!

Krafty Kerry signing off!