Hey all, Katie Watson here!!  TGIF!  For Friday’s Formula I will be using a sketch done by Patti Hutchinson.  For being a Mama to TWO sets of twins, she still manages to keep up a sketch site with some pretty cool and easy to work with sketches!! Here is a link to her site http://phutchsketches.blogspot.com/ .  I used this beauty of a sketch…I kept to the basic structure of the sketch but made it my own.

 I I have been scrapbooking for quite a while (about 5 years) and while my style has stayed pretty much the same, I have learned a few things about design.  Recently I re-examined my work to see what I was doing that I liked and what I was doing that I didn’t like.  I noticed that some of my favorite pieces of work had colors that really didn’t seem to go together, but when used together they actually made a statement.  They stood out and had that “spark” that was missing from some of my matchy-matchy layouts.  So, I have been trying to do that more often and sometimes have to just take a deep breath and “go for it”!!  So with that being said….here is my layout!!

  I used Casual Friday (hot pink) paper from the Office Lingo line.  I added a bit of Round Table Scallop also from Office Lingo.  Then I used Green Lace from the Spring Fling line to make my green borders.  I border punched some white cardstock to add some brightness to the pictures.  I mixed in some die cuts from Office Lingo and used the “Love” stamp from the Love Struck stamp set.  My title is made from the Holly Doodle alphabet in black.  Enjoy!!

Happy Memorial Day! This is Anabelle and I have quite a sparkly layout to share with you today. It’s no secret that I love bling. When I started planning this page, I knew that I wanted to use lots of things on it to make it shine. Since I’m always scrapping boy layouts, I don’t usually have the chance to use lots of pink and glitter on a page. But, given the topic of this one, I wanted to use as much as I could. (The page is about my son’s yearning for a Pink Furberry!)

Here is a close up of the felt. The photo doesn’t show it as sparkly as it is in person. I painted Icicle Stickles on it to achieve the look.

Another way that I added bling was by stamping the heart on the journaling tag and painting Waterfall Stickles onto it. I painted the chipboard pink and sprinkled pink glitter on it, as well.

Finally, I added lots of jewels to the page. I love how they add sparkle and dimension at the same time.

To finish off the page and give it even more texture, I chose floss the same color as the felt (had to get some blue in there somehow ) and stitched around the edge of the page.

Thanks for letting me share my page. Have a great day!

Anabelle