Mother's Love

I'm late blogging this week's Simple Sketches page.  I apologize, but I have a good excuse.   First my son was sick with a stomach bug and he very generously shared it with my husband and I.  It wasn't pretty.  I'll just leave it at that.  I'm excited to finally share this page though.  I really love how it turned out.  I used the November Mixed Media kit from Frosted Designs.  I also used some Thickers, Glimmer Mists, molding paste and plenty of ink. 

Stocking Hanger

This weekend we are decorating for Christmas and while thinking about it earlier in the week I realised we don't really have a good way to hang stockings.  I looked at them in stores and online, but didn't really want to spend $20 on them.  So I hit up Google Images and figured I could probably make one myself.  We had some scrap 2x4s in the garage and I had some Martha Stewart craft paint so I set to work making us a stocking hanger.  I used some really old Scenic Route paper that I've had lying around for quite awhile as well as some Thickers and Distress ink.  I attached it all using Mod Podge.  Finally today at the store I bought some 3M hooks on clearance.  Total price for this project was $4 and I love how it turned out. 

All You Need is Love

For this week's Simple Sketches sketch I decided to break away from just doing a scrapbook page.  I offered to make a good friend of mine something to hang on her bedroom wall.  She's one of my favorite people ever so I was really excited make something awesome for her.  I used a 12x12 piece of wood that I had lying around at home for this.  I misted the wood with Glimmer Mist and then used it like a canvas.  I also used the October Mixed Media Kit from Frosted Designs.  It was a lot of fun to get and I had a great time working with it.  On top of the kit I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink, more Glimmer Mist and molding paste.

Garden of the Gods

Another great sketch from Simple Sketches this week! I had fun scrapbooking some pre-Kirk photos. This was from a friends vacation back in 2011. We had a great time visiting the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.  It's such a beautiful place to visit. I used Basic Grey papers, Tim Holtz Distress inks, molding paste, and Maya Mist. 

Sweet Baby Mine

This week at Simple Sketches we've got another great sketch for you!  I created this page using some more or Kirk's newborn photos.  I'll be done scrapping them soon.  Then I'll finally be able to get to work scrapping some of his 6 month photos and 1 year photos and 18 month photos too.  Plus all the normal candid photos that we take on a daily basis.  By the time I'm done with those I'll probably have the photos of his high school graduation to work on!  I guess no one said being a mom left you with a lot of time to have hobbies!  I used a Basic Grey collection, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.  I also used a healthy dose of glimmer mist and ink. 

1st Hike

This week at Simple Sketches we've got another great sketch for you.  This week I made a page with photos from our first hike.  I used Basic Grey's Out of Print Line as well as distress ink, Glimmer Mist and a Tim Holtz mask. 

My Sweet Boy

Once again this week I couldn't help myself when I saw the sketch for Simple Sketches.  It wasn't my week, but I loved this sketch so much that I got right to work on a page anyway.  These are a few of Kirk's newborn photos.  I can't believe that he's already 20 months old.  In my head he is still that sweet and squishy newborn baby.  I use Echo Park's This and That paper line for this page.  I just love that line.  Amazingly I didn't use any ink or mist on this page.  I just kept it clean and simple.  Crazy, huh?!