Last card for a while...

This is the card that finished up the embellishments of the Studio Calico card kit for this month. :)

It was made based on the card sketch found over at House of Cards.

The card I made for the sketch, looks like this:

Thank you for dropping by!!

Once the December kit gets here, I'll get back to more card making if I don't find any more collections I need to kill beforehand. :)

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Another card share...

I used up the last of my few bits from the Studio Calico card kit on this and another card.

This card was made based on the sketch over at As You See It.

The card I made for this sketch is:

Thanks for dropping by!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Card Making Blitz, Card #6

Just doing my due diligence of using up what came in my Studio Calico card kit this month. :)

This card was made for the challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches.

The sketch looked like:

The card I made based on this sketch is:

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Card Making Blitz, Card #5

Just doing my due diligence of using up what came in my Studio Calico card kit this month. :)

This card was made for the challenge over at Viva La Verve.

The sketch looked like:

The card I made based on this sketch is:

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Card Making Blitz, Card #4

Just doing my due diligence of using up what came in my Studio Calico card kit this month. :)

This card was made for the challenge over at Retro Sketches.

The sketch looked like:

The card I made based on this sketch is:

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Card Making Blitz, Card #3

Just doing my due diligence of using up what came in my Studio Calico card kit this month. :)

This card was made for the challenge over at Fusion Card Challenge.

The sketch looked like:

The card I made based on this sketch is:

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Card Making Blitz, Card #2

Just doing my due diligence of using up what came in my Studio Calico card kit this month. :)

This card was made for the challenge over at CAS(E) this Sketch #100.

The sketch looked like:

The card I made based on this sketch is:

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Card Making Blitz, Card #1

Just doing my due diligence of using up what came in my Studio Calico card kit this month. :)

This card was made for the My favorite things Get Sketchy challenge #202.

The sketch looked like:

The card I made based on this sketch is:

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Turnt Up for 10! Celebrating 10 Years of SOC!

THIS BLOG HOP IS NOW OVER! THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!!

Welcome welcome to the SoC 10th anniversary blog hop! My name is Kerry McKenzie and I would like to thank you for joining us on the hop and to welcome you to my blog!

I have been a member of the SoC community for just almost 2 years - I joined in March of 2013!  Since then I've been able to participate in swaps, go to a retreat and explore a whole new side of crafting (art journaling) in which I never thought I'd have much interest! I loved getting to meet some of the SoC ladies at the 2014 retreat and am so glad I made the trip down from TORONTO, CANADA to attend!!  It was a journey and a half getting there, and getting home, but I did it and am a better person for it.

SoC introduced me to a sisterhood that I would not be able to find in my neck of the woods, and as such is the case, I feel much more in tune with my whole self, and not just my crafty self. It has brought me in touch with people that I can relate to, and that understand things that not everyone might get!

Okay, well, I feel like this is getting a bit too sappy because this is supposed to be a post about CELEBRATION!! We're supposed to be getting turnt up!! :D

First step to getting turnt up - Getting excited about blog candy!!  Okay, so I know there's no photo of what the blog candy looks like, but let's just say that there may be some 6x6 paper pads, flowers, and bling included!!

Second step to getting turnt up - Knowing where you'll be hopping to next once you've gotten your groove on here!  The list of people participating in the blog hop is right here!  If you don't see a SoC celebration post at one of the stops, just make a quick note of it and check back later!

SOC Blog: http://scrapsofcolorespire.blogspot.com/
Kate blue: http://kateblue.blogspot.com/
Candy: http://stampcandy.net/
Princess: http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/
Tiare: http://www.tiaresmith.com/
Kerry: http://www.kerryscoolcreations.com
Debra: http://www.cdebbiscrap.blogspot.com/
Cheryl: http://www.onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/
Da Shawnna: http://creativedaze.dashawnna.com/
Kimberly B: http://mypolkadottedbliss.blogspot.com/

Now, the third step to getting turnt up - Check me out with mah sistahs! :D

I actually used a sketch from the Let's Get Sketchy Challenge that's going on right now! I posted a pic of the sketch at the bottom of this post.

As inspiration to how this layout was going to come together, I chose to use the challenge theme over at Challenge YOUrself. The theme was Affirmation!  There was a wonderful link provided to a series of titles or words of affirmation that was provided on the challenge blog, and the one I went with was: PERSONALITY!

With all the wonderful ladies that spent time with me at the SoC retreat this year, I met so many different personalities! Everyone liked to get crafty, everyone had a different history, everyone had a different way in which life affected the way they crafted and what projects they worked on during the weekend!

This was a great picture of all of us, that was taken the weekend of the retreat, and for those who were unable to attend this year, maybe this will convince you that you should totally aim to get turnt up next year at the next crop!! :D  We'll be waiting for you!!

The whole layout - I used the tag stamp that came in the Sept Studio Calico kit to create
my journalling spots!!  I've seen this done before, but couldn't quite remember where.
I loved the way it turned out!

A closer view of the photo I used, taken from our pink pajama day!

And here I am! And yes, my PJ's were pink... Sort of... They had other colours
in them as well, so they aren't super pink in this photo. ;)

And here is the sketch I used to build the layout above!!

Ok, so you've seen my turnt up layout about our yearly celebration of our crafty sistahs, each with our own individual personalities!!!

Time to head on over to Debra's blog: http://www.cdebbiscrap.blogspot.com/ in order to continue the turnt up vibe!!

Just to recap, in case you may need to review the lineup again, here it is!
SOC Blog: http://scrapsofcolorespire.blogspot.com/
Kate blue: http://kateblue.blogspot.com/
Candy: http://stampcandy.net/
Princess: http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/
Tiare: http://www.tiaresmith.com/
Kerry: http://www.kerryscoolcreations.com
Debra: http://www.cdebbiscrap.blogspot.com/
Cheryl: http://www.onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/
Da Shawnna: http://creativedaze.dashawnna.com/
Kimberly B: http://mypolkadottedbliss.blogspot.com/

We appreciate you so much for joining us at SoC to celebrate a decade of awesomeness with more to come!!!

Thanks a million for dropping by!!

Krafty Kerry signing off!!

Mojo Monday on a Thursday

The Mojo Monday sketch for this week has a lot of layers... I'm not sure I dig the card I ended up with now that I'm looking at it the next day, but it'll probably grow on me. Lol

My version...

Meh... It just doesn't speak to me... Ah well, sometimes our creations are like that! I can't dwell on it!

Thanks for meh-ing with me. :P

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Viva La Verve September Week 1

This sketch was a lot of fun - I really enjoyed the layering it included and thought it to be a good sketch to stick to as close as possible.  The original challenge post can be found here.

I didn't do any stamping on this card, but I used a patterned paper that looked like it was stamped all over for the main focal part of the card. I really liked this patterned paper because the sentiments on it could really turn this card into a good card for a variety of occasions.

Thanks for dropping to check out my take on this sketch! I had a lot of fun with it!!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Sketch Saturday card sketch challenge entry

I thought you guys could use seeing some more cards... Just a few more today. LOL

This one is for my entry into the Sketch Saturday challenge #323.

My take on the sketch...

I think this was actually one of the last cards I made last night...  I used a block of one of the papers in the Studio Calico card kit and turned it into my sentiment kind of. :)

Thanks for dropping by!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Card Made for Retro Sketches Challenge #128

Lots of posts to be had today! Don't mind, I'm just plowing through my Studio Calico card kit for this month since it happens to already be just over a week until reveal night, which means I should be seeing my next kit in a couple weeks! Yikes!

The card that I made for this post was created as an entry into the Retro Sketches challenge over on the Retro Sketches blog!

Using the items in my SC card kit, I came up with something like this!

Now let me tell you how much I'm *not* a fan of sequins... But I am going through the whole kit and nothing but the kit as long as I have supplies to use. LOL

Thanks for dropping by!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

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!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

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!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

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!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

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!


Krafty Kerry signing off!

A2Z Scraplets August Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

In this post, I will be sharing with you a layout I've created for the August challenge over at A2Z Scraplets.

This is a company I've recently found out about because they had their challenge info posted somewhere... But after taking a look at their stuff, I'm seeing that they specialize in laser cut chipboard!

Laser cut chipboard is something I'm so addicted to (even if I don't really use it very often), and so I hope to be able to find somewhere that carries them locally one day in my searches so I can see what they're about. :)

The sketch that was posted this month was from PageMaps...

My take on the sketch went something like this...

For this layout, I didn't take any "dimensional" photos since it was a relatively flat layout, but I will mention that liquid pearls can be such a troublesome product... Especially if you're going around the WHOLE layout. LOL

I have no idea how many dots of the stuff I put down, but while I love the texture, the process was quite time consuming, AND I botched it a bit in the lower right hand corner. /sigh 

Anyway, thanks for dropping by!

Krafty Kerrt signing off!

Sketchabilities Scrapbook Sketch Layout Entry

I wonder how many of these posts I can get up today... Hmmm

Well in any case - This is my entry in to the Sketchabilities scrapbook layout sketch challenge #120.

The sketch was...

And my take on it was...

Just going through my Studio Calico scrapbook kit and trying to get through as much as possible before next month's kit arrives!

I'm on a mission to scrapbook as many of my Facebook photos as possible, since they weren't part of my "to scrapbook" list... However what would happen if I were to ever not have access to Facebook anymore, y'know?  Anyway, this is a pic of my one and only car.

I love cars, and I was on the hunt for this very specific car for many months -with the exact specs I wanted, and when I got it, I didn't even test drive it... I just bought it. LOL

Anyway, that is all. :P

Thanks for dropping by!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Scrapbook layout for My Creative Sketches

This is my first layout completed with the Studio Calico scrapbook kit from July (Penny Arcade).
It was made for the challenge over at My Creative Sketches.

The sketch was as follows:

Although I love layers, using this kit is pushing me to use as few layers as possible, in order to get the most use of the kit. :P

Here is my take on the sketch!

The photos are from 2008 when I was using my flip phone camera to take selfies. LOL
Then I had to MMS them to my email address in order to download it. Hah!

Thanks for dropping by!

Krafty Kerry signing off!