a few from the crop- sketchy thursdays and sketches by tamara,acot

Went to a crop this weekend and got a few things done that can be shown now.
First of all, this past week I was chosen as Celebrity Cherry at ACOT. So as part of my status, I had to scraplift someone from the board. Here is what I did.

Also, on ACOT, one of the challenges is to use the word "new". I used the sketch from the Scrap-Room. I am also using it for Sketches {by Tamara} weekly challenge (to use blue, buttons and brads). So here it is,

And lastly, this started out as the Sketchy Thursdays sketch. But since I don't have internet in the crop room, I had to sketch it in my sketch book and well, my proportions are off. Anyway, here it is
Thanks for looking and if you are looking, please leave me a comment. I love to hear from people. Because lately, it seems as if I am the only one looking at these pages.

A few items

The new issue of Scrapbook News and Review is out and one of my layouts is in it. It is the "Gracie in a Box." I am very please that they accepted it.

Secondly, I will be a Guest Designer at Sketches by Tamara the week of March 24, so make sure you check me out over there.

The blog hop with My Scrapbooking Supplies is over and I will be using random dot org at some point today to announce a winner.

so young- sketchy thursday

So I feel like I am becoming a pack rat. I see things and think, "I can't throw that away, I can use it on a page." I did that with the bag some onions came in. I like the mesh netting and thought it would be perfect. So I stowed it away. Lately I have been cooking up some things to do with it. And I thought,"how cool would it be to cut and then paint over it. The little blocks would look so cool." Well I did that, but then removed it from the cardstock. The paint was too thick. Then I saw that sketch for this weeks Sketchy Thursday and thought the mesh painted would look so neat with this sketch. Then I saw a recipe challenge (paint, staples, and chipbaord) on Sketches! {by tamara} and combined the two. And this is what I got

Now the bag was actually a pinkish red. I added some blue paint and it turned it a fun shade of blue/lavender. But some of red still shows up. The chipboard flower is Basic Grey. Simple layout yes, but I like it.

The journaling is tucked away but reads "when I look at this picture all I can think is how young we look. We really weren't that young. But we weren't married and had no kinds. Life was so different. But I wouldn't trade that for now."