Thursday, September 6, 2012

Hello my crafty friends, Brenda here and today my challenge for Sweet Sassy Diva was the theme "Grandparents".  For my project I made a layout of our sweet grandkids.  We have 6 in all but don't get to see 2 of them but I was able to get a picture of the other 4 together.  We love having our grankids here but it doesn't happen very often to have them all together because of some living in different states.  But this evening we happened to have everyone at the house at the same time for a few minutes so we all grabbed our camera, put the kids on the sofa and started snapping away.  Those poor kids didn't know what was going on. lol  For my layout I started with a sketch as I really didn't have ayn mojo on how I was going to scrap this picture.  I use sketches as a jumping point when I really don't have a clue as to what I want to do-they are so great for that!!  Here's my inspiration sketch:


I got out my trusty Gypsy girl and layout it all in in her.  Here is how it looks on my Gypsy:


After designing my layout on my Gypsy, I choose my base paper from DCWV's Natural Stack.  I stayed with a neutral background to go with my picture.



My heart came from George and Basic Shapes and my banners came from Art Philosophy.  My circles I just used punches for.  I am using my Scrap N Easel to place my papers/picture on, it lets me dry fit everything and stand back to look at it.  Then when I have everything tweeked I can glue down. I inked all my die cuts with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink. Here what my layout looks like starting out:



The tiny heart are from an old punch. And here is my layout all done:


Some close ups:




I hope that you have been inspired to get your craft on and make something today.  Crafty hugs, Brenda















7 comments:

Sandi said...

Brenda this is gorgeous, you can feel all the love that went into this, hugs

Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.com said...

Love the sketch and your layout is so awesome. Totally agree with your title. :)

The Queen (Laura) said...

Your grandchildren are so cute! I love this layout! I love the little ribbons on the bottom! So cute! Great job my friend!

Kate said...

Gorgeous LO! Love all the banners and great picture.

JenL said...

Adorable layout Brenda!! Grandkids are so awesome... I love how you showcased that with the picture, the hearts and all the journaling. :)

MaryH said...

Hi Brenda, thanks for checking my blog, and your very kind comments. I just bought some of the Spectrum pens (red) at ACM with a coupon. NOt used yet. My Mom's lupus was discovered - oh maybe 25 yrs ago, not much to treat it except prednisone. THey didn't know as much about it then as now. She went Home 16 yrs ago, but she's still with me. She lived a long life. I have enjoyed your posts, and am looking forward to reading through more of them. As time permits! Have a great weekend. None of us is Supermom! Hugs.

Missy said...

This is a terrific layout, all of those banners look really, really sharp!!