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Virtual Crop Sketch – 4th April

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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.

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

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

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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.

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To create these flowers, I have used the set of stamps from the Magenta Collection that we received at the Merly Impressions Retreat 2019. April 4th Sketch Challenge 2020 RS Picture3

Hi Roxanne here,

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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”.

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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.Picture4I have used a large lace in the middle of my punched strip with some ribbon as the central strip from the sketch. 
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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.   Picture2

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

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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:

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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:

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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:

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

Chrissy & Paul  xXx

Merly Impressions November 2014 Challenge

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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:

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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.

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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.

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I hope you enjoyed my Sketch,

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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:

  1. 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
  2. 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


Our October Layout Challenge winner is…

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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

Merly Impressions October 2014 Challenge

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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!

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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:

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and a closer look:

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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!

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:

  1. 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
  2. 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


Our September Layout Challenge winner is…

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The Merly Impressions Challenge for September has closed – all the entries were excellent and we’d like to thank everyone for taking the time to enter.

We’ve looked through all the entries and we can now announce that… the winner for September is Gwyneth who created this layout:

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We thought Gwyneth’s layout was particularly eye-catching with some really punchy colours and an excellent design. Well done Gwyneth – we will get your prize to you very soon but, in the meantime, here is a nifty badge to put on your blog:

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We also have two top acts who created some really nice layouts:

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

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

Chrissy & Paul  xXx

Challenge Inspiration from Sandra

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Hello everyone.

I hope you are all well!

Today I’m coming to you with my interpretation of our Sketch Challenge this month. I was working with the wonderful Mix & Match Collection.

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I must say, this collection is amazing – it matches everything I tried it with.

Okay, now time to show you my layout, I have really had so much fun with it, red and kraft colour just go perfectly together. Once you try it, you will love it!

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I’m not a fan of dollies, but here they just fit in nicely! I also used some fabulous Kraft style tags from Kaisercraft.

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And here’s the sketch I worked from:

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I hope you will join us. You have until 2nd October to add your entries for the latest Merly Impressions Challenge.

Have a lovely day!

xoxo

Merly Impressions September 2014 Challenge

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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 Pam. 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 Pam.

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

One of our design team has created a layout to provide a little inspiration:

Hi there everyone,

It’s Pam here with the Merly September challenge.

For September we have a sketch challenge for you. I love working from sketches – it takes away a lot of the decision making, the dithering that sometimes accompanies scrapbooking: photo here, or there? One embellishment or two? Where will I put the title? What about the journalling? Well those decisions are all taken care of if you use a sketch.

This is the sketch for the September challenge: Untitled-1

Remember you can rotate, flip or resize it.

For my take on the sketch I was working with the fabulous ‘Mix and Match’ papers from Kaisercraft. This collection is based around kraft and black with a pop of red. LOVE it! P1160666-1I started this layout with a couple of scrapes of gesso and some splashes of red acrylic paint.P1160665-1I then used some of the patterned papers from the Mix and Match collection, and a paper doily to add some layers. In addition to the Mix and Match papers I used some stickers from the sticker sheet to embellish the layout, and some cute coordinating letter stickers from another of the sticker sheets for the title. Oh, and one of the Captured Moments journalling stamps.

I do hope you like this sketch and that you are inspired to join in with this month’s challenge.

Can’t wait to see your layouts!

Pam

Please add your creation to the gallery below before the challenge closes at 1:00pm on 2rd October 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:

  1. 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-september-2014-challenge/) so that all your visitors can find the gallery below and enjoy all the fabulous layouts being created
  2. 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


Our August Layout Challenge winner is…

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The Merly Impressions Challenge for August has closed and we’ve looked through all our entries and chosen a winner. For this challenge we had lots of entries including several really excellent layouts. Thank you all for taking the time to enter our challenge.

It was a particularly difficult task to pick a winner but we can now announce that… the winner for August is Elizabeth who created this layout:

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We really liked the journalling and the way it appeared to go down the road. It’s also simply a well designed layout. Well done Elizabeth – we will get your prize to you very soon but, in the meantime, here is a nifty badge to put on your blog:

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Due to the large number of excellent entries this month we’ve chosen three Top Acts who each used some fabulous journalling on their layouts:

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

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

Chrissy & Paul  xXx