Saturday 24 August 2013

My First Once Upon A Sketch Challenge

My goodness I've been a busy little Vegemite lately. (If you're not an Aussie don't even try to attempt to understand that comment - lol!) This is my third post in 4 days. That's a bit of a record for me. Must be cos my hubby's been away so I've got lots of scrapping done!

I thought I'd have my first go at a challenge on Once Upon A Sketch. I'm a journalling kind of gal so their focus on journalling suit me. The journalling theme for August is "I'll never forget" and here's the sketch:


My photo faced the other way so I flipped the sketch vertically.


I used a The Crafters Workshop Stencil on the background - I love the fine detail on this one. The yellow spray is Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and the flowers and leaves are from Manor House Creations. My niece's hair looks quite gold in this photo which is why I decided to go with the gold theme.

I had fun with the leaves and flowers. I originally had the idea to make a trailing bouquet of flowers but I saw the cream leaves and realised how well these would work with the gold theme. I painted the edges of the leaves with gold paint and cut up pieces of gold ribbon to form the extra leaves. They all trail from the gorgeous gold flowers.

Here's a closeup of the leaves and the journalling:


 Thanks for looking!

Heather

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful, I love how you have the gold theme throughout the layout

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  2. Great take on challenge, love all the soft leaves and journalling :)

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  3. Oh wow Heather! LOVE all those gold-rimmed leaves, just like a skirt of lovelyness! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful page with us at OUAS!

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  4. Wowwwwwwwwwwww! This is AMAZING!! LOVING that photo, the misting and loveeeeeeeeeee the leaves!!!

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  5. This looks wonderful Heather, I love the use of the gold.. and I have the other situation... my hubby has been home more and I have LESS time for scrapping!!hehe!!

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  6. Good on you getting so much scrapping done:):) this is stunning! The way you've used those leaves is sooo creative:):)

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  7. So artistic! I love the bits around the borders. You excel at the journaling too.

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  8. Loving this page Heather ... so pretty with all the gold. The leaves trailing down look wonderful and I just know you're going to ace that challenge. Stunning!! ox

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  9. So creative. Precious memory.

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  10. So happy to see you at Once Upon A Sketch Heather! Your take on the challenge is fabulous. I'm loving those gorgeous layers of leaves - what a great idea and the gold touches are perfect.

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