Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Made With Love

Hello everyone! I am posting this from my hotel room in Anaheim, California. I have a terrible connection, so I hope this works.

This week over at Sketch Support it is card-sketch week. There have been some beautiful cards posted. Here is the sketch we are working with.

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Here is the layout that I did using the sketch. Amanda and my mom made me a beautiful rag quilt for Christmas. My mom took photos of Amanda while she was making it and gave them to me because she knew I would want to scrapbook them.

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For the green and striped patterns, I used leftover fabric from the quilt to create the background for my layout. It was a bit tricky to work with, but I really wanted it to be part of my page.

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I made sure that I added stitching to tie in the 'quilting' part of my page. The grid was inspired from the sketch but the layout is a past sketch that we have used on Sketch Support.

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I added some wooden spools wrapped in matching paper to keep with the quilting theme too. I might replace these with spools wrapped in the thread instead.

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I used my favourite font for my journaling, which was so important on this page.

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Thanks for visiting! Be sure to stop over to the Sketch Support page and see what all the ladies have created.

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14 comments:

  1. this is amazing!! Love your take on the sketch and all your stitching!
    TFS

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  2. Absolutely stunning! I love all the details. I'm curious, what font is that?

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  3. Saw this LO in person....absolutely beautiful!

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  4. Those little spools are perfect! Love that you used the leftover fabric :) Wishing I was in Anaheim too!

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  5. What a special story and layout Carolyn. Thanks for sharing it with us. Loving the fabric on the layout...my fav embellie right now!

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  6. Perfect layout. Really enjoyed working with Amanda on this huge quilt.

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  7. Love the whole LO and colours, stitched heart grid and cute pics. I'd just change the journal date to 2011... I think ? Great project though and love the fabric addition, genius :)

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  8. Your layout is amazing...and I love the story behind the layout...and the quilt scraps you used on your layout. Everything is perfect and beautiful.

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  9. Carolyn, you are a genius. I love the stitching of course and the little heart add ons. Amanda looks so happy.

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  10. This is gorgeous Carolyn! Beautiful colours!

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  11. Beautiful layout! I love the use of fabric. Great colors too.

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  12. Wow Carolyn--this is a beautiful layout about a precious topic. Love your journalling!

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  13. Hey friend! I wanted to let you know I linked in this post to my Fabulous Finds Friday feature at Practical Scrappers! You may see some friendly faces stopping by to say HI!

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