IT'S A SKETCHY FRIENDS WITH FLAIR

This is a layout I did of my son's trip to Canada last year and a trip to the botanical gardens.  I used Little Yellow Bicycle's "Escape" collection and used my Creative Memories cutting system to cut the circles.  The title uses some mini alphabet stickers from My Little Shoebox and Thickers.  The pedestrian sign in the upper right hand corner is from Basic Grey and I colored it with my Gelatos and the tags hanging from it are by Creative Imaginations.  The epoxy stickers on the left hand sign are by Creative Imaginations.  The doily is from Dollar Tree and I used my Stormy Sky distress ink to color it and distress the edges of my circles and paper strip.  The embossed white paper behind the picture is by Bazzill.  No stamping on this page, but the facing page has some Unity stamps on it.

I used the same collection, a larger doily, and the same distress inks on this page.  In addition, I used a bingo stamp from an older kit of the month that is no longer available, I believe.  The stamps that I used for the circles behind the brads are from the February 2012 SMAK kit.  LOVE those kits!  The paper I stamped the bingo stamp on and the journaling block beneath it are both by Creative Imaginations.  The brads are by My Minds Eye, the quotation is by Cloud 9, and I used crackle accents on the quote square. .  I love how you can create such great embellishments with your stamps.  The SMAK kits are so fabulous for scrapbooking, but there are some great stamps included on the regular kits of the month as well.

Both of these layouts were created using Sketches from Sketch Inspiration.  The top layout used sketch #338 and the bottom layout used sketch #339.   I love the sketches from Sketch Inspiration and they have a weekly challenge...stop by and check it out!  In addition, my local scrapbook store, Cat's Creations Scrapbooks, has a weekly blog hop called WOW Wednesday with a prize awarded to a random participant or commentor.  Join us if you can.  We would love to see your work.