Layouts based on sketches

Everything still turns to gold: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

November 15, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 6 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of November. The sketch is beautiful, and the prizes from 7 Dots Studio and Freckled Fawn are great. Why not play along with us?

For this challenge we are partnering up with Scrap it with a Song, and they have chosen Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin as their inspiration song. You can find out all the details about how to play along with their challenge over on their blog.

I had another listen to Stairway to Heaven so that I could decide how to use its inspiration on a layout. And when I got to the line “Everything still turns to gold” it made me think of autumn leaves. So I pulled out this photo I took two years ago on a trip to see the fall colors up in Lost Maples State Natural Area in Texas. Isn’t that spider web glorious against the colors of the turning leaves?

Product/technique notes

The background paper on my layout is from American Crafts. I loved it for this page because it imitates the structure of a cobweb. The rest of the patterns are from a BasicGrey Indian Summer 6×6 pad. The die cuts are from Crate Paper, and the Feels like fall fabric sticker is from My Little Bicycle. The circle built of leaves is a cut file from the Silhouette store, and I designed and cut the title on the Silhouette as well.

I’d like to be out to sea: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

November 1, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 7 Comments

Happy November! Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of the new month. Why not play along with us using our November 1st sketch for some wonderful prizes?

For this challenge we are partnering up with Scrap it with a Song, and they have chosen Octopus’ Garden by the Beatles as their inspiration song. You can find out all the details about how to play along with their challenge over on their blog.

I took a lot of inspiration from the song challenge on this page. My photos are from a Caribbean cruise we took in 2005. The products are water- and beach-themed. And my title is a variation on the first line of the song, which goes “I’d like to be under the sea, in an octopus’ garden in the shade.” This was fun!

Product/technique notes

The background paper on my layout is from Crate Paper’s The Pier collection, and the rest of the patterns and stickers are from Echo Park’s Walking on Sunshine collection.

Texas Book Festival

October 31, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 7 Comments

Because I am participating in National Novel Writing Month for the first time this November, Matt and I attended the Texas Book Festival in downtown Austin. It was the 20th anniversary of the festival this October, and we spent a lovely day down at the Capitol among book lovers and enjoying beautiful weather.

Product/technique notes

I am participating in the ScraptoberFest challenges, and with this page I have created a layout combining all (4) challenges on one layout for a chance to win the BONUS prize! I created it using papers from Crate Paper’s Notes & Things and BasicGrey’s Fiction collections. The flair is from BasicGrey’s Aurora collection. The washi tapes are both from Studio G. The frame is from another Crate Paper collection. And I designed the title to look like the Texas Book Festival logo and cut it on my Silhouette.

Scraptoberfest challenges

Cub Scouts circus

October 29, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 5 Comments

My brother and I were in Cub/Boy Scouts and Brownies/Girl Scouts in the 1970s and learned so much by participating. These photos are from a circus that Phil’s Cub Scouts pack put on for their families in October 1975.

Go ahead, you can say it: That’s 40 years ago this month! You can remember things from that long ago? I know. I amaze myself, too.

Phil is the cute little clown in the photo on the right. So, that explains a lot.

Product/technique notes

I followed the October 9th ScrapMuch sketch below and used patterns from the Jillibean Soup Witches Brew 6×6 paper pad. I created the title on my Silhouette (using the Big Top font for the word “circus”) and folded some rosettes as embellishments (they seemed circus-y to me, too).

I am also participating with this layout in the Scrap Our Stash Scraptoberfest challenge:

Fall, my favorite: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

October 14, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches a new challenge. Why not play along with us using our October 15th sketch for some wonderful prizes from Lindy’s Stamp Gang and Scrapmatts?

Matt and I dogsat Spenser for Mom and Dad one autumn 1999 weekend while they took a little antiquing trip. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of my two guys with the changing leaves in the background.

Product/technique notes

Most of the patterned papers are from the We R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor collection. The pumpkin die cuts behind the title are from the Silhouette store, and I designed the title to cut on the Silhouette as well.

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