I was so sad to learn earlier this month that one of the best challenge sites was finishing up - Once Upon a Sketch. I can fully respect and understand Nadia's decision though and I'm sure wonderful inspiration will continue to be around on the net.
I want to take a minute to thank Nadia for a wonderful and inspiring challenge site. I have often loved to play along but due to other commitments just haven't had the time. There are so many talented scrapbookers that have designed for the site, been a guest or taken part. There has always been so much on offer to get the mojo flowing, not to mention the wonderful sponsors that make these sites a little extra fun to play along.
I haven't had much time again this month to play along but today after spending time at the beach with my boys, coming back and playing with them I sat down for a little me time and scrapbooked one of the photos from the day. I was really inspired by the challenge, and it was so fitting with the prompt being 'December' as this is the time we get to go away as a family and have a REAL holiday. I cherish this time taking the kids to new places, exploring, making wonderful memories and also having some much needed relax time, and this picture is just one example of the fun we have.
Here is my layout:
I stayed quite true to the sketch but as I didn't have any flowers with me in the caravan I used embellishments and twine to help me keep the design elements happening along with the sketch. My other challenge was realising I didn't have any texture paste and I really wanted to add some texture into my background, so instead I used carpet tape and coated it with a layer of gesso after removing the plastic backing and adhering it to the background. The crafter's workshop stencil TCW496 was just perfect to finish off my page and the other design elements of the sketch.
Here is the challenge sketch:
Some detail pictures so you can get up and close to the page.
I used lots of different products on this page:
I want to take a minute to thank Nadia for a wonderful and inspiring challenge site. I have often loved to play along but due to other commitments just haven't had the time. There are so many talented scrapbookers that have designed for the site, been a guest or taken part. There has always been so much on offer to get the mojo flowing, not to mention the wonderful sponsors that make these sites a little extra fun to play along.
I haven't had much time again this month to play along but today after spending time at the beach with my boys, coming back and playing with them I sat down for a little me time and scrapbooked one of the photos from the day. I was really inspired by the challenge, and it was so fitting with the prompt being 'December' as this is the time we get to go away as a family and have a REAL holiday. I cherish this time taking the kids to new places, exploring, making wonderful memories and also having some much needed relax time, and this picture is just one example of the fun we have.
Here is my layout:
I stayed quite true to the sketch but as I didn't have any flowers with me in the caravan I used embellishments and twine to help me keep the design elements happening along with the sketch. My other challenge was realising I didn't have any texture paste and I really wanted to add some texture into my background, so instead I used carpet tape and coated it with a layer of gesso after removing the plastic backing and adhering it to the background. The crafter's workshop stencil TCW496 was just perfect to finish off my page and the other design elements of the sketch.
Here is the challenge sketch:
Some detail pictures so you can get up and close to the page.
I used lots of different products on this page:
- The Crafter's Workshop stencil - Sea Creatures
- Bazzill Card Shoppe collection - Marshmallow cardstock
- Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos in mint and butterscotch
- Kaisercraft 'Sandy Toes' collectables
- carpet tape
- My mind's Eye enamel dots
- natural twine
- Craft Queen wood embellishments
- Scrapmatts chipboard word
- Coloured hessian
- gesso
Hope you enjoyed my share today of my scrappy antics in the caravan on our holidays
Happy Crafting and thanks for stopping by.
xxxBeck
