Once Upon A Sketch challenge/Soar

Hi There! So I am totally hooked on the sketches at Once Upon A Sketch now LOL! This is the current sketch for OUAS


and this is my entry

The journalling criteria was to type your journalling which I have done on plain white paper & have used a Maya Road envelope to hold it. Here is a close up of the journalling

Here is a pic of the LO when the journalling is hidden in the envelope

another close up

I did not stick exactly to the sketch on this. I started out using it but ended up swapping a few things around for example the title & journalling was moved above the photo & I decided to use 1 photo instead of 2.

I have used the Websters Pages 'Country Estate' collection for this LO. This is such a pretty collection of papers & stickers (A big thankyou to my friend Nelle for giving me this paper pack collection as a bday gift!!)

The background paper is Kaisercraft & the script paper is Grace Taylor. I have inked & distressed the edges of the script paper with versa ink 'pinecone'. The adore tag is by Tim Holtz, the white flourish is by Pink Paislee, the stickers & alphas are Websters Pages 'Country Estate' & the envelope is by Maya Road. I have also used a doily in the background to try & recreate the circle in the sketch.

I absolutely adore this photo of Hunter & Kayla. It was taken in March when they were Flower Girl & Page Boy at their Aunties wedding. They looked so gorgeous on the day! I used the oppertunity to describe some feelings I had on the day through the typed journalling

Another page I have finished recently is 'Soar'

I have had another go at hybrid scrapping with this LO. I have used a Prima digital frame & printed the journalling & frame onto the a photo of Alex's grave stone which you can't see in the photo. I then printed this onto transperancy sheet.

Here is a close up of the journalling

I have used the Echo Park 'For the Record' collection, the 'soar' tag is by Tim Holtz, the trim is by Websters Pages, the plane picture is by Crate Paper 'Restoration' collection & the buttons are by Jenni Bowlin.

To create a worn, distressed look on the background page & sprayed the paper with water & scrunched the paper into a ball. I then smoothed it out gently trying to keep all the creases & let it dry.

To create the lace blooms I cut a small length of lace & sewed a small slip stich along the top, the I pulled the thread which causes the lace to bunch up. I then sewed the 2 ends together & stuck the button in the middle.

This is my first LO I have done using heritage photos. I have just raided Nan's photo albums & have got some lovely photos to scrap. Nan has photos going back a couple of generations & has been very active in mapping our family tree which is a huge help to me for future scrapping!!

Just a quick congratulations to the winners of the previous sketch at OUAS. There were some beautiful winners. I was very happy to see my pal Vicky have her LO featured again. WTG!!

Thanks for looking!