Merry Christmas!

Oh wait...that already happened, didn't it?  Hehehe ;-)  I'm still getting through photos of our Christmas tree hunt and when looking for a good starter sketch today, I found myself back over at Sketchabilities where this sketch challenge ended up working out quite well!  Had a hard time getting a straight shot of the page, but you get the idea. Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo,

Shawna

Here is the sketch and a couple of closeups.

Love Always

For this week's CSI case file I went vintage.  This is not a comfortable scrapping style for me, and I always struggle with it.  But this file and photo felt like it needed a vintage layout, so I went for it.  Here is this week's color scheme:



And here's my take on it. (I used this sketch from the Scrapfriends Sketch Challenge #13 as inspiration) Thanks for looking!

Pulled out the bloomers again and a Heidi Swapp title word for the "Love"; handwrote a letter to my daughter and wrapped it in a scroll that I distressed with various Tim Holtz distressing inks.

Little birdie from my Citrus Twist kit, and I went outside and grabbed some twigs for it to perch on.

More Citrus Twist embellies, and a Little Yellow Bicycle word pin.  Bark from a tree in our yard to anchor the photo.