Sketch challenge at Two Scrapbook Friends

I haven't blogged in so long! I was able to get some scrapping done this weekend and one of the things on my list of to do's was the November challenge over at Two Scrapbook Friends. The challenge by Shelby was a sketch so I was up for it because I love sketches.

I used the Simple Stories December Documented line. I love Simple Stories! I cut out the title on Silhouette using a Miss Kate Cuttable download.

Here is my take on the sketch. Thanks for the inspiration Shelby!

The Park West Bag - Pattern Review for Sew Sweetness

I was able to complete a pattern review for Sara over at Sew Sweetness.

The pattern is called The Park West Bag. I love how it came together! Sara's directions are always easy to follow. I would say this is a bag for an experienced beginner or intermediate sewer.

I used Calypso Swing fabric from Free Spirit for this bag.

Go and check it out!

 

 

Purse Palooza 2013 - Amy Butler Beautiful Bella

Announcing Purse Palooza 2013!!

I am happy to be participating in Purse Palooza this year with a special purse sewing pattern review! Here's how the event works:

1. Every weekday from September 30th - October 25th, there are 2 amazing guest bloggers scheduled to share with you a purse sewing pattern review. None of the purses reviewed from the event last year are being reviewed again, so these will be fresh sewing pattern reviews! The review will contain detailed information about what I thought about the sewing pattern, modifications I made, what kind of interfacing I used, and more! Get inspired!


2. Even more exciting...THERE WILL BE A GIVEAWAY EVERY WEEKDAY DURING THE EVENT! That's right, 20 GIVEAWAYS! 

3. At the end of the event, you will get a chance to show me your purse in order to win some amazing prizes! Of course, international entries are welcome too!

 

 Go check it out!!

So here is my pattern review for Purse Palooza.

I selected Amy Butler's Beautiful Bella bag. I love Amy Butler. I think it is because the very first bag I made was an Amy Butler pattern. I have made several other Amy bags since. I have to say not all of them were easy! The Weekender is actually on my list of bags to do this year but that was going to be way too big of a project for this! The good news is the Beautiful Bella bag was an easy one!! The instructions were easy to follow and made sense because there are pictures to go along with them ( I am a visual person so pictures are so helpful!).

I used the Poetica line from Art Gallery for my fabric.

The only alteration I made to the pattern was to make the handles longer. I did this by just laying down pattern piece down farther on fabric and extending lines to top to make  the extension.

I love the hidden cell phone pocket that Amy includes in a lot of her patterns! So cool!

I would recommend this bag for anyone who loves to sew bags. It was easy, came together quickly and will hold a ton of stuff!

Thanks for stopping by!

Scrapbook Generation Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the SG Blog Hop for September, if this is your first stop, you might like to start at the Scrapbook Generation blog and then hop through each link.

 

For my layout I used a sketch from the Sketch Fusion book that you can purchase at Scrapbook Generations. I used the I Heart Summer line from Simple Stories. 

Left page

Right page

You can find the SG sketches in their books and as downloads in the SG store, and there is a free one every month in case you wanted to try it out.

 

Next on the hop is Scrapbook Generations, leave a comment on each blog and one lucky commenter will receive a free sketch bundle of their choice from the store. The winner will be draw on September 9th, so you have one week to leave a comment.

 

In case you get lost at any point, here is the list all the blogs

Scrapbook Generation blog - http://scrapbookgeneration.blogspot.com/

Ruth - http://scrapmachine.com/

Stephanie - http://craftyholidaygirl.blogspot.com

Steffanie - http://steffanies.blogspot.com/

Pamela - http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com/blog

Mandi - http://mjskraze.blogspot.com/

Brenda - http://roseblossomlegacies.com

Laureen- http://mybusyscrapbookinghands.blogspot.ca/

Andrea - http://papercandie.blogspot.com

Cicily - http://www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/

Devra - http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com

Tasha- http://tashascreativejuice.blogspot.com/

Tina - http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com/

Alisha- http://layoutaday/blogspot.com

Cécil - http://isbahashome.blogspot.com

Michelle - http://ownerofchanel.blogspot.com

Sharlene Nye-Petrone - http://inspirationstationbysbe.blogspot.ca/

Tessa Iszler - http://www.scrapwithtessa.blogspot.com

Allie - http://magicalmesses.blogspot.com

Lindsey DeLaMare - www.scrapping-by-the-sea.com

Janelle - stillscrappinlettersize.blogspot.com

Nicole - http://lovemesomepaper.blogspot.com/

Corrina - http://anotherthingoffthelist.blogspot.ca/

Hope you enjoy everyone's creations!

Sassy Cheryl challenge

Only one more week and the summer is over! It goes by way too quickly!! But it will mean that I will be able to get more crafting done!

I was able to get this weeks challenge done over at Sassy Cheryl. It was birthday and you can never have too many birthday cards!

Sassy Cheryl Challenge

I was able to get this weeks challenge at Sassy Cheryl done. Yeah!

The challenge was Best Friends. I used the digital image A Penny for  Your Thoughts. It is one of my favourites!

Simple Stories -Urban Traveller

I was able to complete a two page layout using the Simple Stories Urban Traveller line.

I used a sketch from he Simple Stories Sketch Fusion book. I love this sketch book!!