MME December Sketch Challenge

 I can't believe it has been exactly a month since I posted anything. I have been busy, mostly crocheting, but I have been looking at challenges to get me back into some paper crafting. So! I decided to do My Mind's Eye December Sketch Challenge for scrapbooking.

 All the paper is from MME. The background sheet is Bella Bella: French Flea Market. The other papers are The Sweetest Thing: Bluebell, Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky, and Stella & Rose.

 The stars are dies from A Muse

 The stamp below the button is Unity's Ippity Kit: A Moment in Time.

The pics are from our latest family dinner, this past summer. My nephew Ian & his cousin Jake were climbing trees, and Ian said he was a monkey, so they were making monkey noises. It was too cute!

First Digital Scrapbook page

While I was deciding on whether to take Jessica Sprague's class, I found this page, that lets you try out digital scrapbooking. It was so much fun, I decided to try out the class.

Jessica Sprague Photoshop Class

I've always wanted to learn more about Photoshop! So I am taking the Jessica Sprague class that was free this week. I am learning a lot! Now if I can just remember it later!!

Unity's Sketch Challenge - Scrapbook Page

 This is for the Unity National Scrapbooking Day Challenge over on Splitcoaststampers. I used a paper plate to mask a section, and spritzed around it. It was just so dark, so I used some MME patterned paper with white to lighten it. But it was still too dark, so I used a white gel pen to add a circle and some faux stitches, and then some star outlines. 

The journaling part and stars were stamped with Unity's A Moment In Time stamps.

 I used some chipboard letters for Ian's name, but they were in the wrong colors. So first i spritzed them, still too dark, then I outlined them in white ink. Still didn't look right, so i inked them with red ink. 

Again, too dark! I inked them with my white ink pad, red still not dry, so I just ruined my white ink pad! ugh!! SO I ended up using a Pearl Pen in white.