Have you joined up at sketches4you?

I'm just checking, as if you haven't, you should!

Tomorrow is the start of pre-challenges for the Back-to-School Sketch-a-thon, so it would be in your best interest to do so! It will be a fun, challenge filled month, with guest designers Nikki Sivils and Cherie Averill from Sassy Lil' Sketches joining in the fun. Come play every other day with a new sketch posted by our wonderful DT, and get ready to win some fantastic prizes! Hope to see you there, have a scrappy day!

Friday

Blah. Kids started school on Tuesday, and they have today off. Why even bother starting until after Labor Day?

It has been tough to get into my craft room lately, and for some reason, today more than ever, though I was determined to walk away with at least one layout under my belt. So here it is, based on a challenge from one of the DT over at sketches4all, Danette. She challenged us to use pink, purple, and lime green on a layout, and to use 2 paper clips, 3+buttons, and 3+ flowers. I also used this for Denise's Let's Ink! challenge, asking us to use ink in the title.

Paper is Creative Imaginations Marah Johnson. Took the heart/wing/tatoo looking piece and cut it right on out of the paper, adhering a piece of lime green paper behind the hole it left, and sticking it back where it belonged with pop dots. Didn't like that the bottom was so 3dimensional, and the top wasn't. Bo Bunny Calypso flower, inked. Butterflies were part of a blog candy giveaway I won, and I just love them. The buttons were in the same bag as the butterflies. The lime green button at the top of the butterflies is part of my stash, don't know where it came from, but isn't it cool? MM Scrapbook Stitches Brights for the thread attaching the buttons to the page. Random paper clips from my stash. MM pink flower brads. Studio G stamp for "September." "first day" and the date/year are stickers from Miss Elizabeth. EK Success alpha stickers for "preschool". "princess" part of title is a masking technique: I used CM letter stickers and inked over them, removing the letter stickers and revealing the purple paper beneath all of the ink. Dotted bracket is an MM diecut - Just Chillin.

TFL!

Join me at sketches4all for the Back to School Sketch-a-thon!

Sketches4all, a fantastic sketch challenge site (which I happen to design for *ahem, ahem*) is pleased to announce the start of their Back-to-School Sketch-a-thon! Pre-challenges September 8th, with regular challenges starting September 10th: what better way to sit and enjoy the newfound silence in your home with the kids back in school than to compete for RAK's and prizes in numerous challenges every other day, creating layouts with a fall/back-to-school theme?!

There is a great variety of challenges, be they card, layout, or even bookmark, a new one released every other day, each challenge leading towards the grand finale, when the1st place winner is crowned queen of the sketch-a-thon!

Biggest news: GDT's have been announced and I am SOOOO excited: Nikki Sivils and Cherie Averill!

What are you waiting for? Join up if you haven't done so already, and watch for more details and the release of the first pre-challenge sketch on September 8th, and to play along all month! Of course, you can always participate in any of the other challenges we normally offer as well! Hope to see you there :)