Accent Scrapbooking Team up & Product Swap Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Accent Scrapbooking Team Up & Product Swap Hop!  This month the Sparklers and I got to use a bunch of fun flairs from Accent Scrapbooking!  You should have arrived here form Christy's blog.  I'm sure you enjoyed her layout!  For this hop selected a sketch from Laura Whitaker and got crafty!  Here is the sketch we used:

I am still working on getting all of my pictures from last summer scrapped, so I grabbed my leftover summer papers and embellishments and, of course, a bunch of goodies from the SMS shop and got going!  Here is my layout:

I had leftovers from Amy Tan and Dear Lizzy's summer collections that I wanted to get used up.  I started with a 12x12 piece of Textured White Cardstock from American Crafts and cut it down to 8.5x11.  I added strips of patterned paper at the top and bottom and sewed them on with gold thread using my sewing machine.

I printed a 4x4 of my daughters at the local splash pad.  I layered a White Paper Lace Doily behind it along with a few pieces of ephemera.  I tucked a Cork Confetti Butterfly and a Cloudy Days Feltie in also.

Following the sketch, I created an embellishment cluster near the bottom of the page using a wood veneer ampersand, a brad from Dear Lizzy and a few enamel dots from my stash.  I also gave the layout a good splatter of Heidi Shine in Gold and Shimmerz Inklingz in Piggy Pink.

I filled a Small Glassine bag with some of the new Pocket Full of Posies Sequin Mix, sewed it shut and tucked it behind my picture.  I added the gold mirrored title from My Mind's Eye.  I also strung two tassels from Maggie Holmes Gather collection on some white thread and added a few of the Pocket Full of Posies loose sequins.  And finally, I added the gorgeous "Happy Moment" flair from Accent Scrapbooking!

I hope you enjoyed my layout for todays hop!  I had so much fun creating it for you!  Now you are headed over to Hanna's blog!

You can find the SMS items I used here!

 You can find the Accent Scrapbooking items I used here!

If you get lost along the hop or want to read all about the prizes and activities this month to go along with he hop click here!

Thanks and have a fabulous February everyone!!!