Squeaky's Studio

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Another Let's Scrap sketch weekly challenge finished. I posted about this event on Squeak Peek   shortly after it happened. I knew it deserved a place in my scrapbook and when I saw  Elizna Parsons's layout  these were the photos I wanted to use with this week's sketch. I'm really enjoying these challenges. The layouts come together slowly for me, usually evolving over several days and finishing just in time for the deadline.   Can't wait for the next sketch!

So inspired by the Shepherd's Harvest Festival this weekend. Such color, and talent and animals.  Enjoyed chatting with Karen Lohn, author of Peace Fibres.  Discovered that I had left my wallet at home when I wanted to buy her book. I guess that kept me out of trouble. I was struck by how deeply art touches people's lives. Here are a few images to enjoy.

This week's sketch at Let's Scrap.  Why don't you play along? Visit Let's Scrap to learn how.  Don't forget to share.

Today I felt like . . .Yellow! To see my other choices visit Squeak Peek

These are the final steps in creating my layout:   Stamp the title then cut it out (I love the cutting part)   Move the dog again   Lay everything out I inked the edges of the papers. I decided to ink the edges of the photos because there was not a lot of contrast between the photos and the background. Laid everything out again and decided to change the left part of the title because  I just didn't like it and I changed the color of one of the pinwheels for better balance. You can see I cut some clouds out from my patterned paper and used foam tape to pop them up. This is an easy and inexpensive way to make your own embellishments that coordinate with your project.  A few more details and now it is complete.  Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Watching Stacy Julian live at Doodlebug for Big Picture Classes NSD event.  She just introduced a CTMH Consultant and talked about how she got started in this business through Close To My Heart! Stacy Rocks!

Here's the journaling for my layout - did you guess the theme? Laughing Gulls This scenario reminded me of   a marriage. The partner returning home, Talking over the days events, and obviously …             Having a laugh! In the movie” The Matchmaker”,  Dermot (one of the Matchmakers) talks about what it takes to make a good match.  He uses his “Relationship Pie” visual to explain.     As you can see, the largest piece of the pie and therefore the most important part of a successful match is   ...  Having a laugh!

Troy - not really helping Pinwheels

Yes! I am in my Studio Scrapping. It's National Scrapbooking Day! This is what I am working on right now... Can you guess the topic of this layout? Check back later.  I'll bet you'll be Surprised. 

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This layout was created using my Stella Workshop on The Go Kit .  I love the Bohemian Assortment that come with the kit. Everything I needed except the  Antiqued Copper Designer Brads , the Field Trip Alphabet stamp set, the Pals sentiment (which you can create with any small alphabet),Scalloped punch, inks and adhesive came from the kit. The Sketch for this layout is from Let's Scrap .