Stitching Week - Simple Borders and Lines

This week at Sketch Support they are dedicating the week to stitching. Each day there will be a different technique highlighted and the creative team has samples to share.

I will be doing a post here on my blog to show you what I have created for each segment. Today is simple borders and lines.

I created this layout awhile back using one of the product challenge kits from Two Scrapbook Friends.

I used red floss and followed the outline of the die-cut background using a straight stitch. This really pops the die-cut off the page and creates a little dimension.

I also added a zig-zag stitch along the striped pattern paper as an embellishment.

On this layout I did a straight stitch and created a border along the inside edge of the striped background paper. It created another layer on my page and defined the paper at the same time.

Be sure to stop over to the Sketch Support site and check out what the creative team has submitted and get some tips and tricks on borders and straight lines.

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! Just a little message for all my blogging friends........

I Have Been 'Spotted' Again.........

I have been 'soup spotted' again! I am so excited to be featured over at the Jillibean Soup blog!

I have to point out something that I find rather humorous. Recently I was published in the Canadian Scrapbooker magazine. The layout featured one of my favourite people.....David. For those of you who don't know, he is Jason's best friend. We refer to him as our 'adopted' son. I was very excited to be published in the magazine, but found it sort of funny that the layout didn't have any of my kids on it. If you look closely at the layout above...........surprise.........there is David again and he is with Jake...........and my kids are nowhere to be found (well actually they were in the boat, laughing at these two clowns).

So does this mean that in order to have one of my pages highlighted or published I have to keep my kids off of them? I sure hope not.

Mr. Personality!

Today I am being featured over on the Sketch Support blog for their 1-page sketch. You can visit their blog to download and print the sketch for yourself.

I pulled out the Max & Whiskers collection from Basic Grey and here is the layout that I created using this awesome sketch.

Last month I featured Cooper on the one-page sketch and somehow he made it on to this months layout too! In this photo he is much younger but still full of personality (that is where the title came from). I used a combination of die-cut letters and Doodlebug alpha stickers.

I used embellishments and stickers from the paper collection to make the squares and I added some stitching in black to outline them

I added a border along the bottom of the sketch using a strip of paper and one of the lace doily borders that matches the collection. I also added a row of stitching and I used my Sew Easy tool to pierce the holes.

Be sure to visit the Sketch Support to get your copy of the sketch and see what the other members of the creative team have been up to.

Jay & David Hammin' It Up!

We had such a great day around the Wolff household. Monty enjoyed a full day of working on his boat (nothing new really) and we all puttered about doing a little of this and a little of that. Amanda had to work a double shift at Swiss Chalet, so we didn't see very much of her (not so good).

Jay and David were studying for their science exam and then decided they needed a break. They always put on a great show and I couldn't resist snapping a few photos.

Last night a spent a couple of hours with Shelby (thanks girl!) and she showed me a few tricks with a new program that I have for my photos. I created this collage with some of the pictures that I took. I love when I learn something new (I need to practice a little because some of the pictures are cut off).

Hope you had a great weekend too!