Great Gardenia!

Over at Scrapbook Steals they have a weekly Mid-Week-Mojo sketch contest. Once a run of 10 is complete, there is a GRAND PRIZE for everyone who finished all 10 sketches!

Well I actually finished on time!

Here are my 2-page versions of all 10 Gardenia sketches:

Gardenia #1:

Gardenia #2:

Gardenia #3:

Gardenia #4:

Gardenia #5:

Gardenia #6:

Gardenia #7:

Gardenia #8:

Gardenia #9:

Gardenia #10:

Whew!

Honestly I LOVE looking back at a whole bunch of cute accomplishments! Sketches with a deadline "force" me to carve out scrapbooking time... and that is happy time!

Wish me luck!

Gardenia #3-#5

I'm not sure why it took me so long to finish these last 3... but here they are!

Gardenia #3:

My layout:

Close up:

Finally one of the last Father's and Son's layouts! I REALLY stretched my Paper Loft paper! I stamped my little peeps-on-a-stick with an old Close To My Heart Easter set.

Gardenia #4:

My layout:

Close up:

I never think of layout ideas like this on my own! That's why I LOVE sketches!!! It forces me out of my comfort zone and in this case I love the result!

Gardenia #5:

My layout:

Close up:

This one started as an Out On A Limb page kit. It was cute by itself, but with a little extra paper and a different layout it turned out even BETTER! This is my first time chopping a title in half... I'll have to do it again!

And now to enter the Grand Gardenia Contest!

Basic Sketch

You still have time to enter Kiwi Lane's Basic Sketch challenge this week!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my layout:

I didn't have to alter much on this one! I was a little worried about the gap of patterned paper on the left side, but the journaling lines with the title ended up working great:

I love sketches with journaling spots built in!! I have a hard enough time journaling; if there's not a specific spot for it, it's not going to happen! 

I really like how my border turned out:

Any day I get to use my snowflake border punch with sparkly ribbon is a GOOD day!

Go to Kiwi Lane's Facebook page HERE to enter!

Gardenia #7-#9

I'm catching up!

Here are Scrapbook Steals Mid Week Mojo sketches #7, #8, and #9!!!

#7:

My 2-page version:

and close up:

Why is grey so hard to photograph?! This layout is really cute in person, you'll have to trust me! I cut the birds out of the background paper and glitter-glued over my letters so they matched.

#8:

My 2-page version:

 and close up:

Now this one is fuzzy! I am having a bad-photography day.. I outlined everything in grey marker and popped up all the stars. I also used some of the "period" dots from my letter Thickers as accents.

and #9:

My 2-page version:

and close up:

I love buying in packs and kits! Matching is a breeze and they always come with cute fluff! Like these sticker sayings and chipboard hearts.

Wish me luck finishing my last 3!!!