Stuck?! Sketches

Derbycon 2015: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

January 15, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of 2016. Grab the sketch and play along for some great prizes from Creative Embellishments and Scrapmatts.

Last September my husband, Matt, attended a security conference in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been studying information security pretty intensely for a few years, and he had heard frequently that if you could go to only one con all year it should be Derbycon. It seems he drank the kool-aid because he came back and declared it the one con to rule them all.

The photos are 1) one of the many presentations, 2) crowds milling about at the convention center (with Matt’s friend, Griff, coming up the escalator), 3) part of the crowd at the Dwight Yoakam concert, and 4) a street in downtown Louisville.

Product/technique notes

I used products from BasicGrey’s Second City 6×6 paper pad, chipboard stickers, and alphas.

New millennium: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

January 1, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of 2016! Grab the sketch and play along for some great prizes from Wycinanka and ScrapMuch.

My photos are from the night of December 31, 1999. Matt and I started our celebration at Mom and Dad’s house for drinks, snacks and photos with party hats. After that we went to the New Year’s Eve wedding of our friend and the COO of our company, Lisa, and her fiancé, Bruce.

It is nearly unfathomable to me that this was already 16 years ago. How can that be?

Well, I wish you all a very happy new year, full of all good things. Let’s make the most of every day because it certainly passes quickly.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from the Echo Park Wintertime collection. The silver alphas are American Crafts’ Thickers.

That’s a wrap: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

December 15, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of December. Grab the sketch and play along for some great prizes: Lindy’s Stamp Gang ($25.00 gift certificate) and Scrapmatts (two large pieces of chipboard).

Stuck Sketches December 15 2015

My brother and I have always loved to wrap gifts. We are pretty obviously having a good time with it in this Christmas 1973 photo. I just love that smile on Phil’s face.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from the Chickaniddy Crafts Jolly Good 6×6 paper pad and some very old chipboard elements from K&Co Marcella. I designed and cut the title on my Silhouette.

Note: I’m submitting this to the Paper Issues Owl I Want for Christmas link party.

My 1st Christmas: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

December 1, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of December. The sketch is beautiful, and the prizes from May Arts ($25.00 gift certificate) and Evalicious ($20.00 gift certificate) are great. Why not play along with us?

Because I was born on Thanksgiving Day, when Christmas Eve came around I was exactly one month old. These photos were taken at my Nana and Papa’s house (Dad’s side), and I really love that Mom had already made me a stocking that matched hers and Daddy’s that was hanging in readiness for Santa Claus.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers and stickers from the old BasicGrey Figgy collection because the colors matched so well with these vintage photos. The die cuts are from Pink Paislee’s Snow Village collection.

Note: I’m submitting this to the Paper Issues Owl I Want for Christmas link party.

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.

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