Layouts based on sketches

November 5, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Hello! If you’re here for my stop on the Young Crafters Unite blog hop, you can find it here.

Guest design for Sketch Support

This has been card week on Sketch Support, and today my card is live! Please head over to grab the sketch so you can use it in your own crafting, and while you’re there I would love it if you would leave a quick comment for me. 🙂

Here is a look at the card I made. You can read all about the steps I took on the Sketch Support site.

I turned the card into a Thanksgiving Day booklet for our dinner guests.

Rather than making this a 5.25 x 4-inch card that opens from the bottom (which is what the sketch called for), I made mine 6 x 6 to open from the right. I went with the larger size because I decided to use this as a Thanksgiving Day booklet. When our guests arrive that day, this booklet will be sitting on the table to act as both a menu and a guest book. We will pass it around and ask each person to sign it, and if they are so inclined, to add a note about what makes them thankful.

Here is a peek at the inside:

Here is a look at our planned menu for Thanksgiving.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I would love to hear what you think of my project!

https://theconstantscrapper.com/2336/

Hand over the candy

October 30, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 10 Comments

Blogtoberfest Day 30

Don’t miss out on my GIVEAWAY (closes 12:00 midnight EST tonight)!

Sketchabilities has revealed its latest sketch, #58. Be sure to head over to the site to grab the sketch, then create something and link it up! 🙂

Here’s my Design Team layout inspired by the sketch.

It's 1976, and I'm the hobo holding up Phil the cop for his candy. 🙂

The year is 1976, and Phil and I are dressed as a hobo and a police officer. Our costumes are from the “things from around the house” school of fashion. Phil’s outfit is basically his school uniform—navy pants, light blue shirt and navy tie. Plus he wore a toy gun and badge. My costume was Daddy’s bandana-patterned fishing hat, one of his old shirts and some makeup to make my face look dirty. Easy and convincing, right?

I think my dramatic side is starting to emerge here, as I stage a hold up for the camera. And I just love that flummoxed look on Phil’s face!

Urban pumpkin patch

October 29, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Blogtoberfest Day 29

Don’t miss out on my GIVEAWAY (closes 12:00 midnight EST on Sunday, October 30th)!

My layout today is based on a wonderful sketch provided on the PageMaps blog. And I will be entering it into the Studio Purge Sketch Contest at that site.

My journaling reads, “The closest nice pumpking patch—with all the fun of hay rides, corn mazes, face painting and petting zoos—is an hour away. So I usually just grab our pumpkins at WalMart. But this year we went to Whole Foods, where they had a cute little “patch” set up in front of the store. We seized this photo opportunity!”

We just bought our pumpkins for the season at Whole Foods, but we still captured the event in photos.

‘Tis near Halloween

October 26, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Blogtoberfest Day 26

Don’t miss out on my GIVEAWAY!

Twisted Sketches has revealed its latest sketch, #125, and the twist is “black.” Be sure to head over to the site to grab the sketch, then create something and link it up! 🙂

Here’s my Design Team layout inspired by the sketch.

When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween.

The simple story behind this photo of me from 1971 is that I had a school Halloween party to attend, so Mom found this witch’s cape for me to wear, and Dad made the hat to match! Don’t I look frightening? 😉

It’s so fun when everything comes together this way on a layout. I thought the Fancy Pants “October 31” collection was perfect for my photo and the sketch. From the witches’ hats background paper, to that apropos quote I cut from another pattern, to the way the striped paper—when folded into rosettes—looks a bit like candy. It all just worked. Then I had a little fun with my Silhouette to complete the scene with the witch, bats and black cat.

I hope you’ll take the sketch out for a spin (on your broom)!

So grateful for rain

October 19, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 5 Comments

Blogtoberfest Day 19

The layout I’m sharing today is based on a sketch provided at sketch challenge site, Sketchy Thursdays. This challenge is open until Saturday, October 22nd, so you can still play along! In addition to following the provided sketch, we had to journal about what we’re thankful for and include at least five leaves on the page (as a photo, patterned paper, stamps, die cuts, etc.).

After 13 months of drought, the rain we had last week was a blessing.

The sketch and the journaling prompt worked together so well for me this time. I immediately thought of how thankful I was for our recent rainstorms. And with that thought in mind, the sketch stopped looking like strips of patterned paper to me and more like raindrops falling down the page. The journaling reads, “I am thankful daily for my family, my love, my health, my God and my home. But after 13 months of drought in Austin, I am particularly grateful for RAIN.”

The background paper I chose represents the parched earth that surrounds us. The patterned paper “raindrops” reflect the colors in the photo of the leaves in the puddle. And a little Glossy Accents on the word RAIN in the title reflects the blessed moisture. We certainly didn’t get enough rain to pull us out of our drought, but we’ll take every drop with gratitude.

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