Virtual Crop Sketch – 4th April

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Karen Moss

Hello,

Karen here. I hope you are all keeping safe and well and Roxanne and I are bringing you something a little different today. We have each designed a sketch and then used each other’s sketch to produce a page.

I took inspiration for my sketch from this page, that I made last year.

Hi everyone, I am hoping you are all staying safe and healthy- Roxanne here to show you what I created using Karens lovely sketch.

I used the MORNING DEW collection by Kasiercraft for this challenge. I choose the stones (BREATHE – MORNING DEW COLLECTION) as the background because our dog, Pluto, loves to pick up stones and carry them around. I then couldn’t resist using the spotted page (INHALE – MORNING DEW COLLECTION) to compliment Pluto spots! When comparing my layout to Karen’s sketch I have added an extra border, moved the horizontal strip from the top to the bottom and I have still used three sets of flowers but the larger one is not clustered.

To create these flowers, I have used the set of stamps from the Magenta Collection that we received at the Merly Impressions Retreat 2019.

Hi Roxanne here,

Below is a layout I created last year, so took inspiration from it to produce my sketch.

Below is the sketch that I came up with, it is somewhat simplified compare to the original layout but I think this makes it easier to move around.

I then provided this sketch to Karen and she has created a beautiful layout using this sketch. I hope to see many other gorgeous layouts using this sketch over the next two weeks!

Karen here – I have used this sketch and Ladylike to make my page. I turned her sketch a quarter turn to the left and used portrait photos rather than landscape ones.

As we said last week – you can interpret the sketch any way you wish.

Have fun!!!!!

Inspiration for Chrissy’s Virtual Crop Sketch March 28th

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Roxanne Smith

Hi Chrissy’s Crafty Challengers,

Karen and Roxanne from the Merly Impressions Design Team have some inspiration for this weeks sketch challenge! We have both had a go at this challenge and here is what we have created:

Karen – I have chosen this sketch from the two Chrissy posted and I have used the Native Breeze collection for this page.

I was amazed how different this page looked to the others I made with this range, just goes to show how versatile Native Breeze is.

As you can see I swapped out the hearts for stars and cut double the amount so that I could fold the top ones to give dimension.

I also swapped out the two smaller photos for some journaling, not my handwriting but written with my Silhouette – I wish my handwriting was that neat.

I am really excited to see your versions of this sketch – remember you can flip it, make elements larger or smaller – make your photo larger or smaller (as I have) and add or remove elements. Just go for it and make it your own x

Roxanne- I decided to go with the sketch that has the large heart, see below. I choose this one because I have many “love” photo’s of me and my fiancé.

Many years ago I bought a lot of the MINT WISHES Collection by Kaisercraft and carted it all the way to Germany with me. So I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to use it! I also found this snow photo that I absolutely adore and thought it suited perfectly. I have titled this layout “Snow Love”.

I had been saving this stunning Uniquely Creative laser cut heart for the perfect project, which just happened to be this one! I have sprayed it with KAISERMIST SPRAY INK – WHITE 50ML to make it sparkle.I have used a large lace in the middle of my punched strip with some ribbon as the central strip from the sketch.

Amongst my stash I found many Die Cut leave and branch pieces, as well as this beautiful circle! I clustered these die cut pieces with the collectables in a similar place to on the sketch.

I have also includes some white felt snowflakes and some blue-gray painted wooden snowflakes into my clusters for extra dimension.

Finally, I have embellished with my favourite- RHINESTONES – SILVER.

We hope we have inspired you to have a go at this wonderful challenge ! As Karen said, you can stick strictly to a sketch or you can change it up as much as you like. We saw many gorgeous designs entered into last weeks challenge and hope to see just as many, if not more this week!

Stay home, stay safe and crafts lots!
Karen and Roxanne xX

Our November Layout Challenge winner is…

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Paul

The Merly Impressions Challenge for November has closed and, although we had less entries, we found it really difficult to chose a winner. However, we can now announce that… the winner for November is Liz who created this layout:

liz

Well done Liz for creating such a lovely layout – we will get your prize to you very soon but, in the meantime, here is a nifty badge to put on your blog:

It was a very close decision this month and we really liked the two entries from Debbie and Giorgia so we have decided to make them both top acts and give a £10.00 Merly Impressions voucher to each of them: Please email us so we can get your voucher to you.

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And here is a badge for our Top Acts to use on their blog:

We would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter our November challenge.

Chrissy & Paul xXx

Challenge Inspiration with Yuletide

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Emilia van den Heuvel

Hello Kaisercraft fans!

Emmy here with a brand new layout created for Merly Impressions November Sketch Challenge.

I really enjoyed working with this month’s sketch, created by our very own Debs Wood. And here is what I came up with:

This month I have the pleasure to work with one of the newest Kaisercraft collections – Yuletide. The shabby vintage look and feel of this paper line is just what I was looking for! Now, that I found it, I will have to scrap all those Christmas pictures I’ve made through the years!

For my background I used Kaisercard Stone Wave Cardstock. I softened the colour in the middle by adding a thin layer of Ranger Gesso and then I sprinkled Dylusions Red spray on top of it. After the Gesso has dried, I stamped the frame using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Tea Dye and Kaisercraft Clear Stamp Grundge bakcground. Then I added a second layer with Kaisercraft Clear Stamp Bubble Wrap and Kaisercolour Paint Mocha.

To finish off my background I added two red 12″ stripes with different motives.

After all the ink and pains has dries, I started arranging my page. I used two small pictures (7,5 x 10cm) and an image from the Traditions foil pattern paper as a central point of my design. I decorated the pictures with die cut elements from the Collectables pack matching the collection…

… fussy cut elements from the pattern papers from the small Paper Pad…

and ribbon from the Kaisercraft Lace Pack – Natural. I adhered my embellishments using mounting foam tape and Kaisercraft Mounting Foam Dots.

I used Ranger Stickles Gold and Christmas red to finish off the background design and the alteration of some of the die cut elements.

I used also stickers from the 12″ Sticker Sheet, which I adhered with mounting foam tape.

I hope I managed to inspire you today! And I can’t wait to see your creations in our gallery!

Don’t forget you’ve got until 1pm on 13th of December, 2014 to add your creation to the gallery under the November Sketch Challenge. We will then choose our favourite layout to win a fantastic prize – a £25.00 voucher to spend on anything you want from the Merly Impressions online store.

Have a great day!

Emmy

Challenge Inspiration from Sandra

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Sandra Przybylska

Good Morning.

Sandra here today with North Pole collection and some inspiration for our current sketch challenge.

Here’s my work:

I must say Kaisercraft does bring more and more fabulous collections!

Here are some closer looks:

The photos were taken when my son played a piano for the first time. I must say he was as excited as me watching him!

And here’s the sketch:

I cannot wait to see your entries for our November Challenge.

We hope you will inspire us!

hugs

xoxo

Merly Impressions November 2014 Challenge

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Paul

Hi everybody! It’s a new month and we are to challenge you once more!

This month we are offering you a sketch challenge drawn by Debs. You can flip or rotate the sketch and your layout can be on any subject but we must be able to recognise that your layout was based on the sketch drawn by Debs.

We are extending this challenge slightly longer than normal – the final date for entries is the 13th of December 2014.

Debs has created a layout to provide a little inspiration:

Hi there!

This month was my turn for the Sketch challenge. The collection I used for this was the gorgeous Teddy Bear’s Picnic. Once again a perfect collection for my young Grandson! The colours match the toy that my Grandson loves.

Here is my sketch:

For the main paper I used was the Beary Special die-cut paper. I used three photos and these were mounted on a sheet of Furry and Bear Love cut to the photo. I also used these paper to cut the Rosettes. The rosettes were placed on the photo corners, added to this was Paper Blooms in Sea Breeze. I wanted a balanced look so used a mix of blooms and rosettes. The extra look on the rosettes were button stickers from the sticker sheet.

The banners came from the sticker sheet, and were stuck onto twine and tape. For the title i used words from the Collectables. Also for the journaling I used a Collectable…the words say all I could want to say about the photos.

I hope you enjoyed my Sketch,

Debs

Please add your creation to the gallery below before the challenge closes at 1:00pm on 13th December 2014. We will then choose our favourite layout to win a fantastic prize – a £25.00 voucher to spend on anything you want from the Merly Impressions online store. Wow!

We do hope that you have fun with our challenge and that we bring some inspiration your way. Every month I love to look through all your gorgeous entries but please make sure you follow the challenge rules as we are sad to have on occasion to remove some entries as they didn’t follow those rules. You can find a full list of the Challenge rules on the Monthly Challenge page but we would like to politely remind readers that:

anyone who puts their entry on their own blog must link back to this post (http://www.merlyimpressions.co.uk/blog/project-portfolio/scrapbooking/merly-impressions-november-2014-challenge/) so that all your visitors can find the gallery below and enjoy all the fabulous layouts being created
each creation entered must be “new” (not previously entered into a Merly Impressions or any other challenge)

It can be difficult for us to view any of your entries linked through Facebook therefore we are kindly asking you if you could please post your photos on the Merly Impressions page as this should make it easier for us all to admire your work. You can also email your entries directly to us at info@merlyimpressions.co.uk and we will add them and link them through our Photobucket gallery.

Have fun!

Chrissy xxx

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Our October Layout Challenge winner is…

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Paul

The Merly Impressions Challenge for October has closed – we had some great entries and we’d like to thank everyone for taking the time to enter.

We can now announce that… the winner for October is Birgit who created this layout:

birgit

Well done Birgit for creating such a lovely layout – we will get your prize to you very soon but, in the meantime, here is a nifty badge to put on your blog:

This month we have two top acts who created these colourful layouts:

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And here is a badge for our Top Acts to use on their blog:

We would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter our October challenge and we hope that you’ll all enter the next challenge which will start very soon.

Chrissy & Paul xXx

Challenge Inspiration with Tropical Punch

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Emilia van den Heuvel

Hello Kaisercraft fans!

Emmy here with a brand new layout created for Merly Impressions October Sketch Challenge.

Sandra did an amazing job creating the sketch – it has so many different elements and I really enjoyed playing with it!

Here is what I came up with:

This month I have the pleasure to work with the wonderful Kaisercraft collection Tropical Punch. This collection has bold colours and fruity/floral prints perfect for almost every type of project!

For my background I layered the Fun Times pattern paper on top of the Cocktail pattern paper. I didn’t altered the Fun Times pattern paper further, because I really like the vintage newspaper look of it.

I added a layer of pink pattern paper from the Tropical Punch Paper Pad, which I altered with a few cards from the 3 x 4 Pineapple Crush Captured Moments cards pack.

For the rest of the embellishments on my layout I used the matching Collectables die cuts pack and some die cuts from the Tropical Punch Paper Pad.

The flowers are also from Kaisercraft – Paper Blooms Hot Pink and Paper Blooms Sunset. The resin blossoms are also from Kaisercraft – Resin Flowers Dahlia.

For my title I used pre-cut banners from the Collectables die cuts pack.

And of course – a girly layout is never complete without a few butterflies – again from the Collectables pack.

I hope I managed to inspire you today! And I can’t wait to see your creations!

Don’t forget you’ve got until 2nd of November, 2014 to add your creation to the gallery under the October Challenge post. We will then choose our favourite layout to win a fantastic prize – a £25.00 voucher to spend on anything you want from the Merly Impressions online store.

Have a great day!

Emmy

Sketch Challenge: Rustic Harmony

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Pam Thorburn

Hi everyone,

It’s Pam here.

This month I get to scrap with the wonderful shabby chic collection, Rustic Harmony. This collection has a subtle colour palette of soft greys, browns, pink and green together with distressed patterned papers.

This is the layout I came up with using Sandra’s sketch this month. This photo of my great grandparents has recently been discovered. Photos like these are rare in my family so they are definitely worth preserving and scrapping. Here is Sandra’s sketch…..

….and here it is rotated. which is how I used it to make my layout:

And now for some close ups.

The circle element of the sketch is made by sponging distress ink through the centre part of the lacey doily 12 x 12 stencil.

I used a soft lead pencil to shade around some of the elements for a faux 3d effect:

Detail of one of the border stickers with some adhesive pearl embellishment:

And some fussy cutting and tag detail:I’m really looking forward to seeing your interpretation of Sandra’s sketch.

Don’t forget you’ve got until 2nd of November, 2014 to add your creation to the gallery under the October Challenge post.

Pam

Merly Impressions October 2014 Challenge

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Paul

Hi everybody! It’s a new month and we are to challenge you once more!

This month we are offering you a sketch challenge drawn by Sandra. You can flip or rotate the sketch and your layout can be on any subject but we must be able to recognise that your layout was based on the sketch drawn by Sandra.

The final date for entries is the 2nd of November 2014.

Sandra has created a layout to provide a little inspiration:

Hello everyone, Sandra here today with the sketch challenge!

I absolutely love sketches, do you?

Here’s one I designed for this month, I hope you will join in!

I’m not a fan of Christmas papers before Christmas actually arrives, but I had so much fun with Mistletoe Collection, it’s so bright, and no! I haven’t used it for Christmas stuff, but just for normal work!

My layout:

and a closer look:

I cannot wait to see your interpretation of the sketch.

Feel Free to make it the way you want!

Hugs! xoxo

Please add your creation to the gallery below before the challenge closes at 1:00pm on 2rd November 2014. We will then choose our favourite layout to win a fantastic prize – a £25.00 voucher to spend on anything you want from the Merly Impressions online store. Wow!

anyone who puts their entry on their own blog must link back to this post (http://www.merlyimpressions.co.uk/blog/project-portfolio/scrapbooking/merly-impressions-october-2014-challenge/) so that all your visitors can find the gallery below and enjoy all the fabulous layouts being created
each creation entered must be “new” (not previously entered into a Merly Impressions or any other challenge)