Layouts based on sketches

Mother’s Day 2016 brunch: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

June 1, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of June! Grab the sketch and play along for a $25 chipboard pack from A2Z Scraplets or a $20 gift certificate from ScrapMuch.

The story

My baby bro is so good about snapping photos to send to me when I’m not around for an event. This one is of the moment before he and Mom dug into their Mother’s Day brunch feast. I wish I could have been there to celebrate with them.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned paper and stickers from the We R Memory Keepers Farmer’s Market collection, crocheted around the edge of the circle to add some extra texture, and stamped and colored the coffee cup (using Copics) to stand in for the U in BRUNCH.

Living in a cool city: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

May 15, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 4 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of May. Grab the sketch and play along for a $20 gift certificate from Evalicious or a $25 gift certificate from Creative Embellishments.

The story

Austin, where we have lived for going on 15 years, is pretty well known for being cool. For years it has made it somewhere onto many of the myriad “best places to live” lists. In fact, it famously celebrates its odd residents and culture with the unofficial slogan of “Keep Austin Weird.”

We’re well educated, high-tech, entrepreneurial, and fun. Well, at least as a whole we are. And we have tons of things to do for fun on any given day of the week.

You may have heard of a little music/film/interactive festival called South by Southwest (SXSW). Or perhaps you have friends who’ve been to the Austin City Limits music festival. Those are kind of a big deal. And there are so many other big beautiful events throughout the year that it’s impossible to keep up.

Matt was downtown one day during the mid-March interactive week of SXSW and snapped a few photos of the Mr. Robot Ferris wheel that they inserted into our skyline during the festival. And I thought for about the millionth time how cool it is to live in a place that celebrates in so many ways throughout the year. So I designed this page with images of two of the many (SXSW and the Kite Festival) ways.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned paper and stickers from the Echo Park Scoot collection and designed and cut the title and circle grid with my Silhouette Cameo. To mimic the look of the Ferris wheel I laced embroidery thread across the backgound circle like spokes.

Good day sunshine: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

May 1, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 4 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of May. Grab the sketch and play along for some great prizes from Wycinanka and ScrapMuch.

There’s an amazing resource called Carolina Tiger Rescue, which is a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary whose mission is saving and protecting wild cats in captivity and in the wild. Fortunately, it’s in Pittsboro, NC, which is only half an hour’s ride from where my Mom and brother live. So while I was visiting them in August 2013, we made the trip to see the big cats. They were wondrous!

Of course, I took tons of photos of the gorgeous, majestic, magnificent animals. And I fully intend to do a page with a few of the best of those shots. But this one that I took of Mom and Phil as the group was moving into the sanctuary for the tour made the cut first. Why? Because it shows my loved ones looking happy and healthy on a day full of sunshine and adventures taken together. And that makes me wildly happy.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned paper from the Pebbles Family Ties collection. The title is made with Thickers glitter alphas and a chipboard piece from American Crafts. The dies cuts are from Shimelle, the glittered bird 3D sticker is from Little Yellow Bicycle, and the doily is from the Silhouette store.

It’s okay to shine

April 30, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

Tomorrow would have been my sister-in-law’s 40th birthday. To celebrate her life, rather than dwell on how we lost her far too soon because of a drunk driver, I created this page using a photo of her from her high school days. She was a beauty.

Happy birthday, Thyia. I miss your shy smile, our long telephone calls, and getting the opportunity to know the 40-year-old woman you would have become.

Product/technique notes

I followed the April 18th sketch from Let’s Get Sketchy and used products from the Echo Park We Are Family collection (6×6 pad) and Shimelle (die cut title circle).

Wake up every morning with the thought that something wonderful is going to happen

April 29, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 7 Comments

I had this selfie of the two of us in my to-be-scrapped pile, but I wasn’t sure when we took it. After I had done everything else to design the page, I looked up the date of the photo so I could write my journaling. I was surprised to find out this was from Valentine’s Day of 2015. So, instead of being an obvious V Day page, it’s more about how we dream of having many more of them together.

Product/technique notes

I followed the April 25th sketch from Let’s Get Sketchy and used products from the Teresa Collins Something Wonderful collection (6×6 pad), American Crafts (background paper), and Heidi Swapp (epoxy stickers).

Nice news

My page was chosen by Let’s Get Sketchy as one of their featured artists! Thank you. 🙂

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