Happy Spring Layout and Multiple Challenges!

If you read my last post, you know I like bargains, so imagine my delight when I discovered Pile It On. It's a challenge site where they encourage you to enter multiple challenges with one papercraft. Very cool, huh?

I created this layout for the Little Scraps of Heaven Design Team Challenge here. This is the sketch. Cute, isn't it?

I used the Bluebird from the Little Bluebird Collection. I love, love, love this file!

I'm also entering the following contests:
Pile It On Challenge- "Up in the Air"
The Poodles Parlour- "Anything Goes"
Make It Monday- "Any Papercraft"
Joyful Stamper-"Anything Goes"

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

14 Days of Valentines- Two Takes on One Sketch

4x6 Photo Blog-Sketch 54

All right, that's it! I'm declaring a Valentine's Day re-do. My Valentine's Day didn't go remotely like I planned, which is why I'm posting the last 2 projects 2 days after Valentine's Day.

So, here's my project and my rationale for them. I love sketches. I think they take the guesswork out of a layout and you can concentrate on the artwork and not the technical details. I thought it would be fun to make 2 different pages with one sketch and see what happened. I figured I'd do one more detailed than the other, with paper piecings and chalking/inking on the individual elements. I planned to do the other one more quickly, with ready-made elements. Boy, was I surprised. I did the page with the paper piecing (BTW- the pattern is from MyScrapChick) and it took so much less time than the one with the pre-made elements. I think I need to be more decisive. LOL

I found this sketch at 4x6 Photo Sketch Blog. I love this site because I usually don't have room to crop my pictures after I take them. I try to get up close when I take the pictures, so there's not much room to crop.

Anyway, here are my takes on the sketch above. It cracks me up how they both took on a life of their own and bear only a slight resemblance to each other. LOL

A closer look at the olives on the second page:

Last day to sign up for my giveaway here. I'll be picking a winner tomorrow.