Opal #8 - Smile

Here is the sketch for Opal 8.

Here's my take on it.

This was a fun one to do. Great sketch, Kristy!

Opal #7 - All Things Easter

Here is the sketch for Opal #7

This sketch was a little intimidating. But in the end I couldn't narrow my pictures down and ended up adding two more! 

Here are my pages.

I'm happy with how they turned out!

MWM #26 - Finger Paintin' Fun!

I went back to MWM #26 for these pictures.
Here is the sketch

Here is my page.

I don't love how it turned out, but I've been staring at it for almost a week. It's time to move on.

Opal 5b - Trick {or} Treat!

Here is the second sketch that Cathryn did for ScrapbookSteals last week.

Here is my page.

Opal #6 - Garden Corn

Here is Kristy's great sketch for Opal #6

And here is my page

Opal 5a (#2) - Nice 'Stache (Woodgrain Mustache Challenge)

Some of my crafty friends recently started up a blog called Woodgrain Mustache. They issued a colour challenge last week to use these colours on a project:

I used the sketch for Opal 5a again.
I really love these sketches that Cathryn did!

 Here is my page!
I wasn't planning on focusing my page elements to go with the title of the "Woodgrain Mustache" blog, it just sorta happened :)

I had tried to hide what a dork I really am, but I guess it's all out in the open now! ;) Hehe. At least I have great company.

Accordion Flower Tutorial

Hi! Today my accordion flower tutorial is featured on the ScrapbookSteals blog.

If you want to learn how to make one, go check it out!

Click Here

Shopping!

Here is a sketch I found on Pinterest. It's from Scrapdelight (I'm pretty sure the site is all in Dutch, but I like the sketch!)

 And here is my page.

ETA: This layout was featured on Practical Scrappers Blog on 1/18/2012
in the category of Clustering on a layout
It can be found {here}

Pic-nic

Here is a simple page I did this morning. No sketch for this one.

Opal 5a - Endless Summer

Here is the sketch for Opal 5a, done by my friend Cathryn. She did an amazing job!

 

And here is my page.

I really strayed from the sketch, but I love how the page turned out. I used a lot of mists and chalks to colour the sun and water, and used my SewEasy for most of the stitching.
Thanks to my Summer ATC swap girls and Misty's blog posting on ScrapbookSteals today for a lot of the inspiration!

MCM #56

Here is the sketch for MCM #56

 And here is my card