Sketch #58

Here's a new one! Hope you like it.

Arte Y Pico Award

Thanks so much Jen, from Roxybond's Sketches, for giving me the Arte y Pico Award!

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SKetch #57

my layout:


layout by Deb:




Here's a new one! I really love this one and hope to do it myself!!

More Good News!

I had an email from Scrap 'N Art today and one of my layouts, "Awesome Boy", is going to be in the September/October Issue!! I am so honored and excited. I had so much fun doing that particular layout!!

Some Good News!

I just heard back from Scrapbooking.com Magazine and my new layout "My Brilliant, Happy, Bubbly, All American Boy" is going to be published in the September issue! It will be featured in the Just For Kids Category!! Thank you Scrapbooking.com!!! I am super excited!

Sketch #56

I have been doing a lot of 3 photo sketches lately. Apparently I tend to take 3 photos of every event, lol.

More Cosmo Cricket

This was a layout I put together as part of a class I taught at For Keepsakes.

I just LOVE Cosmo Cricket!

I love Cosmo Cricket products! I just cannot get enough of them and too my delight, For Keepsakes gave me a ton of the Get Happy Line to create some class projects with! This is what I've come up with so far:

( You will be able to see this in the store soon!)

This is a two page version of sketch #55.
Next on the agenda....a chipboard album, using Cosmo Cricket's Ruby Album!!!

My first Publication!

I was honored to have my layout featured in the July/August issue of Scrap N' Art! Okay so I was beyond honored, I was thrilled - literally jumping up and down when I saw the issue!

Sketch #55

Like this sketch? Make a layout and enter it into the Design Team Contest @ Creative Scrappers! (http://www.creative-scrappers.com/forum/) Just sign up to join their forum and look under Contests! Good luck!

My Next Classes at For Keepsakes!

Creating with Sketches II - Sunday, July 27th @ Noon!


We will be creating the 2nd layout base off of my original that was feature on pagemaps.com. (The title for the page created in class will remain the same as in the original layout.) The second layout demonstrates how you can make an adjustments to fit standard sized photos.

Stretch that Sketch! Sunday, July 27th @ 3pm


I created this layout based on sketch #53 for a class I will teach at For Keepsakes this month. I wanted to demonstrate how you can take a 1 page layout and turn it into a 2 page layout!



So if you are located in the St. Louis area come join in the fun!