create memories

Hello friends!  I found a beautiful sketch blog called "Keeping the Best" while browsing around and I loved their current sketch so much I sat down one night and this lo just came together almost on it's own! I love the freedom of a blank page, you never quite know where it's going to take you....but...I can get lost in that freedom and end up fussing over a lo for days on end.....whereas a a sketch gives me direction and I can pull it together without over-thinking things, can anyone else relate to that? LOL!!!!

I found this old photo of me and my little lion, miss those days when he was so small! I am entering this lo in the Keeping the Best current challenge:

Hello, our dearly beloved readers!) 

We hasten to you with a new sketch and mega inspiration from our designers! Author sketch - our resident designer Lizaveta-Lizzaveta . 

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Look in the store: there is a wide range of products for different kinds of art, and not just for you ;)

The prize - a certificate for a purchase in a store par 300 rubles -

will be played by Random among the works constituting the top and TR.

I think they put up sketches twice a month, I saw some really some lovely work on their blog.

As I was taking a photo of this lo I remembered that the Berry Bleu blog had a challenge this month that was all about autumn colors, which I was really going for here. So much inspiration to be found on Marivic's blog, really love it.  You can find their current challenge here:

October Challenge "Autumn is in the Air"....

Hi everyone!!

This is  Marivic and I am hosting the October Challenge. 

If you're one of the lucky ones that get to live where you can see the Fall Foliage, then I envy you.

I live in Houston where it is still in the low 90's and humid. The weather will start to cool off around Halloween.

But if you live in the Southern hemisphere...I am sure you are enjoying the beauty of Spring in all its glory?

It is October...my birthday month and I would love to see what you will create for us this month...

Fall colors is our theme this month.

Use the colors that you see in the mood board.

So.......I hope everyone had some scrap time this weekend, take care, 'til next time! 

Hugs, Lisa XO

P.S. I won both the Berry71Bleu challenge in October and I also won the Keeping the Best challenge! I was so excited today, and so happy that I get to be a guest designer! 

Delight...a brand new kit!

Hello everyone! I'm back again to share another brand new kit for The Scrapbook Diaries! Janene has kept me busy with all the beautiful goodies she has sent me recently. This time it was pure Prima loveliness with the Delight collection designed by Jodi Lee. When I saw the soft blues and pinks in this collection I went digging and found this old photo... I think I am maybe 5 or 6? I adore old family photos and brining them to life in a design..... I loved creating these pages...this kit is loaded with enough Prima papers and embellishments that I managed to make 3 layouts and even had enough left over to make a card! Please visit The Scrapbook Diaries here for more info on this kit, and don't forget to check out their online shop here, they carry some really cool paper, chipboards, paints, and much, much more. 

A vintage photo of my beautiful grandma, Dorothy, miss her. XO

Me and my my little man.

Bye for now, hugs, Lisa XO

Beautiful...... a new kit for The Scrapbook Diaries

Hello everyone! So pleased to have designed another mixed media kit for The Scrapbook Diaries called Beautiful. There are some gorgeous Prima and Basic Grey papers included in this kit as well as some Prima embellishments and flowers....also used some Faber Castell gelatos which I really enjoyed playing with! The second image is the bonus layout that can be created with the materials also included in the kit......

This lo is very special to me as it is a photograph of my paternal grandfather George. He was born in London in 1906 and was an officer in the Royal Air Force during WWII. He holds a very special place in my heart as he died before I was born and I never had the chance to really know him....I treasure the few photographs I  have of him....XO

For more information about how to purchase this kit please visit The Scrapbook Diaries here.....just a reminder that The Scrapbook Diaries shop carries some of the prettiest products out there, and some drop dead gorgeous kits by some of the most creative designers in the scrap world!
Until next time......hugs, Lisa XOX

pretty in pink

Hello scrappy friends, I hope everyone has had a great weekend with lots of time to indulge in our love of all things creative.....I was thinking that Blue Fern Studios chippies and Prima are a match made in heaven, and so combining the two, this is what happened! I have used Prima paper "Epigram" from the Divine collection by Jodie Lee, with some bits and pieces from Finnabairs latest papers in the background, Prima flowers, and Prima Say it in Crystals with some Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces called Bits of Honey. I have wanted to scrap this photo of me and my mum for a long time now, and I thought something very pink and girly would be pretty. I am entering it into the September Prima BAP challenge which you can find here, and also I am entering the Blue Fern Studios September challenge, which you can find here, I love them both, and the sketches for both these challenges were so inspiring! Thanks for taking a peek! 

Hugs, Lisa 

P.S. I was the first feature picked for the September challenge at Blue Fern Studios! You can check it out here, I was really excited and so grateful for the really kind words they had to say about my lo! Thanks so much Blue Fern Studios!

feel free

Hello everyone! I hope everybody is having a great weekend.... I saw that 13 arts has a new challenge going on and I thought it would be a perfect way to use some of my brand new 13 arts products. I love love love the pearly mists and the papers are gorgeous and very heavy weight - perfect for lots of different mediums. You can find the challenge here : http://13artspl.blogspot.com/2013/09/wyzwanie10-challenge10.html

I used these 13 arts products: In Your Eyes paper, green and blue mists, and Faces of Spring sticker sheet. You can find these products at the the 13 arts store. I used modeling paste, gesso and mists for my mediums and I used two Prima stamps, one with dots and one with music notes.

Here is the sketch, you must use 2 mediums and 2 stamps:

Thanks for looking! Hugs, Lisa 

Lovely....a new kit for The Scrapbook Diaries!

So thrilled to have designed another kit for The Scrapbook Diaries! This kit has beautiful romantic Prima papers, Prima flowers and soft blue colors, perfect for a vintage photo - this one is of my mum. The kit comes with everything needed to make this lo plus a bonus lo!

 For more information on how to buy please go here: www.thescrapbookdiaries.com

The Scrapbook Diaries also carry some of the latest, most unique products in the industry, Prima, Lemon Owl, Maja Designs, Scrap FX and so much more.....

Thanks so much for looking!

Hugs, Lisa XO 

summer

Hello ladies! I created this lo to enter into the August challenge over at Blue Fern Studios. I looooooooove their chipboard! 

 If the butterfly looks real, it's because.....it is! I went grocery shopping with my son the other night and right as we were entering the store I happened to look down and there she was lying on the ground, so I scooped her up on a piece of paper and brought her home. I suddenly thought she would look pretty on my lo...the colors are so pretty in the light....the beauty of nature.....

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! 

Until next time, hugs, Lisa XO

More info on the challenge, I believe it's open through the 31st. 

http://www.bluefernstudios.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-sketch-challenge.html

August Sketch Challenge!

We've turned another page on the calendar- can you believe it? It's always an exciting time because we get to share our latest sketch challenge with you. And we have a whole bunch of examples from the design team as well, so I hope you're ready!

Our August Sketch, designed by Michele Singh:

{Isn't it GORGEOUS?!}

In addition to our prize winner, we will also select a Top 3 to feature in our winner post!

We have just a few simple rules to follow if you would like to participate in our sketch challenge:

1.) Feel free to interpret the sketch as you please by means of taking it as-is or flipping/turning/mirroring it to suit your needs! **Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please- a layout, card, tag, canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.**

2.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard- but you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch! You can find the store nearest you HERE. {Please do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

3.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on August 31st, 2013.

We look forward to your entries!