Catching up...

No matter how hard I try, I always feel like I am always trying to catch up. Whether it's with work, or with sleep, or with the housework or just with life in general. I always have 2 "to do" lists - one with jobs that need doing like paying bills or things I need to get for the house, and one with crafty things to do. Can you guess which one always gets my attention....?

Anyway, I was putting away some layouts into their albums yesterday, after they had had their time on the "show off shelf" and I realised that I hadn't shared them here!

2 weeks ago,the Sassy Lil' Sketches forum had an online crop, called the Dotted with Love Crop. Forum members set challenges for us, and our Sketch Queen Cherie provided 2 gorgeous sketches for us as a challenge too. Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to do all the challenges, but I did do 2 layouts with the sketches.

Here is the first sketch...

And this is my layout from it...

I used photos from Mark, Jemma and Dave's snowboarding trip to Cairngorm. They had a great day, and Dave took some great shots - with his phone no less. I loved that I could get 5 photos on this page, without it looking cluttered. I tilted the sketch a smidge, as it seemed to suit the photos. Dave has a habit of taking pics at a jaunty angle...

I used paper from the American Crafts Merrymint collection, and the title is cut from funky foam, using the Sizzlit Nouveau alphabet dies. I punched snowflakes in 2 different sizes, and then added some Stickles and a button. I finished it off with some doodled borders.

This was Cherie's second sketch...

And this is the layout I made with it...

Photos of Tom, on Findhorn beach, aged 4. He loves the beach, and can occupy himself for hours with just a bucket and spade - even now.

I used papers from the Fancy Pants "My Family" collection, and the scalloped border was done with my medium corner rounder. The buttons are from PaperMania, and I cut the title again using the Sizzlits Nouveau alphabet dies. A little more doodling with a white Signo pen finished this one off.

So on this weeks crafty to do list are a birthday card for my sister, and 4 different sketches that I want to make layouts from! I wonder if I will get it all done, or whether I will succumb to the ironing basket instead...

Have a great Sunday!

TTFN

xxxx