A Taste of Culture

On a recent trip to Mexico we dined at a Japanese Hibachi grill, staffed by the people of Mexico.  It was both odd and fun at the same time.  I used this week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch and my Birds of a Feather August kit to create the 1st portion of my double page layout on this.  The 2nd page will be posted soon. 

I had a lot of fun altering the paper, canvas and alphas on this layout. I'll post a tutorial soon showing my process of changing the colors so that I could get the pops of red I was shooting for.

Here's this week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch. Make sure to check out what the design team did with this sketch and of course we'd love to have you play along. You just might win a great prize from ARTchix Studio!

Boo!

Today was my first design team reveal over at Birds of a Feather. It also marks the start of a Housewarming Crop to welcome the new design team.  There are many different challenges going on over there all weekend so make sure to play along and of course tell them I sent ya!  One of the challenges I am leading is called "Que Dirty". It's aptly named after my great aunt. When all the grandkids were home for the holidays we used to get together and play board games and cards. It was soooo much fun (miss it!). Anywho, when we would beat Aunt Minga she would say "QUE DIRTY" meaning we were cheating.  It picked up and I love to say it whenever I can!

Back to the challenge - get dirty with your layout, card, or altered project using paint, ink, mist, actual dirt, whatever. Here's my sample for the challenge - I used Mr. Hueys white mist, Jenni Bowlin "chili" paint dauber and Smooches black liquid ink and of course the rest of the supplies are from Birds of a Feather.

Supplies: Basic Grey Out of Print, House of Three, Coordinations Tim Holtz Cardstock

Now head over to the Hen House at Birds of a Feather, introduce yourself and join in the crop this weekend! You just might win some goodies over there!

Fancy Girls

Now THIS week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch is soooo fun!!! This is the 2nd layout I got "done" when Audrey and I got together this past weekend. 

My girls got dressed up for my Mother's Day lunch, from their glammed up shoes to their tiaras and little purses.  It was so sweet. Check them out...

Supplies: Teresa Collins Timeless "Time Clocks"; H of 3 Soiree "Floral" paper and Mini Notes & Labels; Tattered Angels Chalkboard Mist in Charcoal; Pink Floss; square scallop punch; Sew Easy.

I just loved how versatile the House of Three mini notes are.  I punched them to little squares but they weren't popping on the paper, nor were my photos.  To help, I cut a circle and used the negative side to mask the background paper. Then I misted it with charcoal mist and hand stitched around it.  I used the Sew Easy tool, which I had heard wasn't worth the money but I disagree.  It saved me so much time and helped make sure my holes were evenly spaced. So that helped with the photos. I then outlined the squared with black ink and that really made them pop. Of course I couldn't have a layout without a bit of fussy cutting.

Now head over to Sketchy Thursdays to see what the other DT members did and play along with this amazing sketchy for your chance to win a great prize from EAD Designs.