*~Feeling Sketchy #141~* *Love & Hope*

My Dear Arty Scrappy & Cardmaking Friends,

how are you??

Today I would like to share with you my DT Card created with the
Feeling Sketchy  Card Sketch #141
3-15-16.

This is our beautiful sketch...

And my card...

 *Love & Hope*



 And some close ups...
with my little girls' bike...
which I kept...
and put outside in the garden as a garden feature...
LOVE the rusty effect with the pink of the bike...
So special to me!!!

How cute is this Polaroid version?!?

And some more close-close ups...

I was playing around taking pics, as usual, and this one is from another corner in my home.

 I hope you enjoyed looking as much as I enjoyed creating this card.
Come and join us at Feeling Sketchy, take a look at all the beautiful cards created by our very talented DT and get inspired!!

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely day!!

Hugs

*~Erica~*

*~Feeling Sketchy #140~* *Birthday Wishes*

Halllllllooooooo

My Dear Arty Scrappy & Cardmaking Friends,

how have you been doing??

Well, I enjoyed making these last few cards for Feeling Sketchy tremendously...
and this is my second last card for this lovely Card Challenge Blog...

This week I would like to share with you my card:
*Birthday Wishes*
I created for the Design Team at Feeling Sketchy  #140
with today's date 3-1-16.

Michelle van Wyk, yet again, designed a STUNNING

sketch for us to work with!!

How gorgeous is this??? 

Can it get any better???

Love it!!!

♥♥♥

Well, off cause I enjoyed myself tremendously creating this card...

I made the flowers with chiffon by cutting a whole lot of circles freehand and burning all around each one of them with the flame of a candle.  I always enjoy the process of making my own flowers and loving how they turn out different each time.  So special vs bought ones!

 My card...

 *Birthday Wishes*






And another view... ;-)

I combined two of Marion Smith's collections
Motley and Mad Tea Party for this card.

I also used Stickles for the glittery touch.

With some close ups...

I love this Perfectly Imperfect feather...
so "real life", so magical.
No pretenses. No lies.
Just real.

 

As I said in my previous post, I have decided to take some time "off"  from too many outside commitments as my schedule is somewhat hectic at this stage.
I am still scrapbooking here and there when I find some free time
{I will always... it is so part of me, I just cannot leave it alone :-)},
but not sharing much on social media.

I surely hope you enjoy creating with this sketch and with us at Feeling Sketchy and that I have inspired you today and made you smile!

Please do leave some love,
so that I too, can know that I have inspired!!

Thank you so much for visiting and have a lovely day!!

Hugs

*~Erica~*

*~Feeling Sketchy #139~* *Take time to smell the Flowers*

My Dear Arty Scrappy & Cardmaking Friends

Hope you are doing FABULOUS today!!

I would like to share my card: *Take time to smell the Flowers* I created for the Design Team at Feeling Sketchy  #139  {2-15-16}

Our Gorgeous-Beautiful-LOVELY-Awesome sketch by Michelle van Wyk... 

{Don't you just LOVE it?!?!?! ♥♥♥}

I see now that the sun was naughty and the small words on the tag cannot be seen...

I am not going to take another pic, as I LOVE this one!! 

But the word on the tag reads:

*Take...

then the rest on the card with different lettering:

...time to smell the

FLOWERS*

Oh, I took some more pretty pics inside and here you can see the tag better...

Some close ups where you can see the large *T*, done with a rubon, a little better...

I LOVE what happened here with the flower and the fern leaves...

AWESOME!! ♥

 

I used some "very" old papers I found in my stash, they were all cut but with some leftovers and I love how it came it in the end.

I don't know the name of the range as there were no strips printed on.

Thank you so much for visiting and have a SUNNY day!!

Remember to join us at Feeling Sketchy
making pretty things with us!

Hugs

*~Erica~*

Let's Scrap Sketch 2-1-16 ~ *Imagine*

Dear Arty Scrappy Friends,



Today I would like to share with you my Design Team layout for the Let's Scrap Sketch #2-1-16...

The gorgeous sketch by Michelle van Wyk...

 My layout...

*Imagine*.

Some close ups...

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely Monday!

*~Hugs~*

Erica

*~Feeling Sketchy #138~* *Friendship comes from the Heart*

*** Well, Hello There***

How have you been, My Dear Arty Scrappy & Cardmaking Friends?

Here is this weeks Design Team card I created with the Feeling Sketchy Card Sketch #138 which went live today 2-1-16...

Our lovely sketch by Michelle van Wyk... 

My card...

*Friendship comes from the Heart*

This beautiful old school table has a very special history...

My Aunt & Uncle gave it to me after their son Cobus died in 1992.

Cobus was my cousin and like a brother to me.  He died in a shooting accident at the age of 22,

while his wife was pregnant with their daughter who was born a month later.

I am so happy that this is something from Cobus I can keep close to my heart.

I do not have anything else of him, except a few photos and lots of wonderful memories of all the great things we did together as kids and growing up with him as my friend and my "brother".

He has been gone longer than he was with us, 23 years, but he will always live in our hearts. ♥

*COBUS* 

This pic looked so lovely on my table in our television room with the purple t-yarn rug we are using as a table cover.  Love the purple background with the yellow! :-)

Thank you so much for visiting and have a FANTASTIC day!!

Remember to join us at Feeling Sketchy
making pretty things with us!

Hugs

*~Erica~*

*~Feeling Sketchy #137~* *Catch Your Dreams*

!!!GOOD MORNING!!!

My Dear Arty Scrappy & Cardmaking Friends

I surely hope your New Year 2016 has been awesome so far...

remember to enjoy every moment and to cherish your memories forever!

Here is this weeks Design Team card I created with the Feeling Sketchy Card Sketch #137 which went live today 1-15-16...

Our beautiful sketch...

 

My card...

*If you really want to catch your dreams

you have to go out and chase them*

Some close ups...

Thank you so much for visiting, have a wonderful day!

Hugs

{and don't forget to be awesome!! ;-) }

*~Erica~*

*~Feeling Sketchy #136~* *Hugs*

***HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR***

My Dear Arty Scrappy & Cardmaking Friends!!

 May 2016 be everything you have ever dreamt of and may you & 

family be blessed beyond measure!!

What a wonderful day to post this card...

 This is this weeks Design Team card I created with the Feeling Sketchy Card Sketch #136 which went live today 1-1-16...

I must say, I LOVE this card...

I used Marion Smith's beautiful collection Motley,

which I bought a whole stack of and can't get enough of making pretty things with!!

As you can see, I fussy cut the flowers.

I used Sticklers for a glitter effect and washy tape for the flags.

This is our gorgeous sketch...

 

And my Card:

*Hugs*

 

Thank you so much for visiting, it is always lovely to see you!!

Please remember to leave some love! :-)

Have a Beautiful & Fun Filled New Year's Day &
Enjoy Every Moment with Your Loved Ones!!

Hugs

*~Erica~*

Let's Scrap Sketch 1-1-16 ~ *Wishes & Dreams*

Well, Hello there My Dear Arty Scrappy Friends, it is so great to see you again!

So today is the first day of a brand new year...
I surely hope that all your scrapping dreams come true in 2016!!

Today I want to share with you my Design Team layout for the Let's Scrap Sketch #1-1-16...

*Wishes & Dreams*.

This is the fantastic sketch we got to work with...

This is my layout:

*Wishes & Dreams*

 These papers are super busy and super awesome!!

I decided to use black & white photographs with only the one color splurge of blue in the left photo... I did some blue splatters only on the right side of the layout to pick up on the blue in the photo.

And herewith some close ups...

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The title and the bird are die cuts on which I used Tim Holtz' Distress Inks, I also applied some clear crackle paint and mists to give it a rusty look.

Thank you so much for visiting, it is always lovely to see you! :-)

Have an Absolutely Awesome New Year's Day &
All the Best for 2016!!

Hugs

*~Erica~*

Let's Scrap Sketch 12-15-15 ~ *Hippie Party*

Well, Hello there My Dear Arty Scrappy Friends, it is lovely to see you again!
Sit a while and relax here on my little piece of cyber crafting space... :-)

This week I would like to share with you my Design Team layout for the
Let's Scrap Sketch #12-15-15... *Hippie Party*.

This layout commemorates a VERY SPECIAL Birthday in my DD#1's life... Her 16th Birthday.

We took the most stunning pictures with her friends and they will definitely be treasure forever and always. ♥♥♥

This is the awesome sketch we got to work with {and I enjoyed every second, just LOVE this sketch!!}

And the layout I created for my DD#1's special Birthday Album
with LOTS & LOTS & LOTS of LOVE!!!!

*Hippie Party*







 Some close ups...

I managed to "get away" with only one butterfly... yes only one... ?!?!?  ;-P

I just LOVE how the title work came out... it is actually some cute kiddies stickers I bought from my friend Estelle's little school stationary shop.  I really miss her as she closed her shop last year and they moved to the Free State.  I used to visit her when my youngest DD#1 was still in Primary School and loved browsing her interesting stickers... still got a whole stack of them to use... :-D

The papers I used are from Pink Paisley...

As telling you in a previous post with a card I made from the same paper collection which you can find here...
 http://ericajoannie.blogspot.co.za/2015/09/feeling-sketchy-card-128-party.html

...I used a range from Pink Paislee - House of Three I have had in my stash for quite a few years now... Such a beautiful range and I really did buy a full pack of these so I have enough to keep me busy for a while...

It is the Soiree Range and on Pink Paislee's website it looks like it's release date was in 2011.

I absolutely LOVE this range, what a BEAUTY, must be one of my favorite Party Themed Collections EVER!!! ♥

I hope you enjoyed looking as much as I enjoyed creating this layout with much love!!

I am looking forward seeing you on the Let's Scrap Sketches blog!!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Hugs

*~Erica~*