Stuck?! Sketches

My favorite season of them all: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

November 1, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our fist challenge of November! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Accent Scrapbooking and Creative Embellishments.

The story

I took this photo at Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool, Texas, in 2013. It was a gorgeous November day, and we drove up to hike the trails and soak up the changing colors of autumn.

Product/technique notes

I die cut most of the leaves from patterns in the Warm and Cozy 6×6 paper pad by Pebbles (but I also added some complementary patterns from my stash). I used my Silhouette to cut out the title and added gold paint to the kraft paper that I used for every other line. The plaid chipboard frame is from the Simple Stories Pumpkin Spice collection, and the flair is by Fancy Pants.

Halloween masquerade: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

October 15, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of October. Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Lindy’s Stamp Gang and Scrapbook Nerd.

The story

I met Christian as soon as I started grad school at Ohio University in 1993, and we dated throughout my program, which ended in summer 1994 (both my program and our relationship, as it happens). At first he was in the creative writing master’s program, but he eventually took a break from it and got a full-time job in town. His boss was a bit of a big wig in Athens at the time because he owned several businesses, so we were excited to be invited to the big Halloween party he threw at his home.

Rather than scrape together homemade or Goodwill costumes, we decided this event warranted a splurge, so we rented matching costumes that were supposed to represent a couple from the Renaissance period. What fun we had!

Product/technique notes

Most of the products I used are from Echo Park’s Chillingsworth Manor collection. The witch’s head embellishment is by K&Co.

Busch Gardens 1976: Blog hop with Stuck?! Sketches & My Creative Scrapbook

September 15, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 20 Comments

Hello friends. Stuck?! Sketches has something special going on for our September 15th challenge. Along with the reveal of a new sketch challenge, and two amazing sponsors, we have loads of bonus inspiration for you, in the form of a blog hop with our generous friends at My Creative Scrapbook.

We are teaming up with My Creative Scrapbook to bring you a super fun blog hop, to share loads of inspiration from both design teams, and to give you an extra chance to win their prize. The My Creative Scrapbook design team members will be using a variety of their fabulous September kits to showcase our sketch. Each of the blog hop commenters will earn a ballot and have the opportunity to win one of My Creative Scrapbook’s gorgeous September main kits (shown below). Read on to find out how you can earn a second ballot to win this prize.

As usual, we also have a second sponsor. Thank you also to the amazing, supportive, and long-time friend to Stuck?! Sketches, Creative Embellishments, who is sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 gift certificate to their online shop for our second randomly chosen winner.

ALSO, we want to show you how much we appreciate that you play along with us and share your designs and talent with us, so we will be choosing one scrapbooker from this challenge to guest with us for our November 15th challenge!

Of course, we still need to share our sketch with you:

And here is the layout I was inspired to create based on the sketch:

And now here is the list of participants in our blog hop:
Stuck?! Sketches
Lee-Anne Thornton
Ashley Smith
Wendy McKee
Debbi Tehrani
Yvette Weber
Helen Wallace
Tracy McLennon
Janice Daquila-Pardo—That’s me!
Angel LeBouef
Kelly Barron
Jenifer Evans
Lisa Moen
Aimee Kidd
Monique Liedtke (belongs to both teams!)
Shona Keehn
Natsuko Suzuki
Sandra Brimelow
Marielle LaForge-LeBlanc
Laura Whitaker (belongs to both teams!)
Maja Nowak
My Creative Scrapbook

You can also earn a second chance to win the My Creative Scrapbook September main kit by playing along with our September 15th sketch challenge and linking up your entry as usual. As always all winners will be chosen randomly, though we will be doing a random manual draw for the My Creative Scrapbook prize, and our usual random.org draw for the Creative Embellishments prize.

Happy hands: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

September 1, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of September! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Accent Scrapbooking, Altenew, and a class from Scrap and Plan with Lea (we’re offering a bonus prize this month!).

The story

I still have this rocking chair. Mom and Dad tell me I loved it, and with that open-mouthed grin I’m sporting who can dispute it? Can you see how my toes are splayed with joy and excitement? And you might not be able to see it, but my tiny hands are folded into what has become a signature posture for me over the years. When I am tense or excited, I tuck my thumbs in and fold all my fingers around them. I still do it today, but I never know it until someone points it out. Some things never change.

Product/technique notes

I have had this photo in mind to use with these papers for quite a long time. I wanted to do a design that used a lot of the patterns in this older Pink Paislee collection. I was just waiting for the right inspiration to come along in the form of a sketch. Enter Laura’s October 1st sketch at Stuck?! The resin flowers are by Fancy Pants.

Ready to fly: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

August 15, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of August! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from ScrapMatts and The ScrapRoom.

The story

For so many reasons, Phil and I were extremely fortunate to have attended college together. One of the many graces of being there for the same degree at the same time was that we knew so many of the same people. It meant a lot that we could hang out with them then, just as it means a lot that we can reminisce about them together now.

These photos are on the Ohio University campus in June 1989 after our commencement ceremony, with our friends Rich O, Phil M, and Dave K.

Product/technique notes

Most of the patterned papers on my page came from the Memorandum collection by Pink Paislee, but the pattern in the top left portion of the background is a 2009 paper from BasicGrey’s Basics White collection. I cut the feather outlines with various Silhouette store designs. The title is made up of Thickers (black) and Jillibean Soup (yellow).

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