Hard Work

I really love sketches, so I am constantly searching for more places that feature sketches. I have checked out the sketches on the Sweet Peach Crop Shop blog before, but have never done a layout. I so loved this sketch, I made it a priority to complete a page using it.

I think this sketch really struck me because of the tags. My first scrapping love was tags. I have quite a few Sizzix tag dies. They are the reason I have not given up my Sizzix now that I have the Cricut.

My layout consist of 2 photos of Harley, when he was still quite little. Stew had taken him to work with him at a customer's house. He was there all day. He wore Harley out. Poor thing fell asleep under the wheelbarrow. He was so beat, he stayed sound asleep in the truck once they got home.


I also followed the Punch challenge at the Yahoo Group Scrappin-n-Chattin. The challenge is to use at least 2 different punches on a page. I used 2 different border punches and 2 different Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punches.

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Border Punches

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I have so fallen in love with border punches. I have collected quite a number over the past year and try to use them whenever I can. I get very excited when I see a sketch or challenge to use border punches.

I have also fallen in love with combining the use of the corner punches in conjuction with a border punch to create an edge all the way around the page. To make the sizing work, you have to have the paper cut to a specified size. These are the dimensions that are included inside the package:

3.25 inches / 8.25 cm
5 inches / 12.7 cm
6.75 inches / 17.15 cm
8.5 inches / 21.59 cm
10.25 inches / 26.04 cm
12 inches / 30.48 cm

Today I creating a page based on a sketch that I found on Julie Bonner's blog. Here is the sketch:

Although this sketch did not use a border punch, I used one on one of the paper elements. Here is what I used:

My paper is cut into a 10.25" square. This Punch Around the Page set is called Scallop 3 Dot. To begin, punch each corner.

Next, line up one of the corners with the pattern just to the right or left of the punch part of the punch. I always go to the right. Line up the pattern further down on the punch after you make the first punch.

Continue around the page.



And here is the final product.




I am doing a giveaway. How would you like to win a Punch Around the Page of your own? All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and become a follower of my blog. I will do random drawing on Monday morning. The winner will receive this Martha Stewart Deco Fan Punch Around the Page Punch.







So now I have my secret word for you - friendly .



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~~Sue~~