OUAS October Challenge

I am entering the October challenge at OUAS.  They are an amazing crowd with the most inspirational DT members and guest artists.  Every month they have a challenge that inspire your creativity and imagination.  I will make a huge effort to enter every month where and if possible.  Here is the link to their website; click on their name...Once Upon A Sketch and browse...like me you might be inspired to enter their challenges! 

Here are the details of their challenge...

" We would like you to create a layout based on this quote. You can interpret it ANY way you like. There is no wrong or right way to interpret this quote  but your layout must incorporate something from this quote AND the sketch below. Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . Hidden journalling is perfectly fine ".

So without any more fuss here is my layout...

I love this photograph of my daughter! She took so many that day that it inspired me to use "take another shot" which is part of the quote.  She took her photographs late afternoon and her bedroom was filled with brilliant sunshine which in turn lent her photographs that soft hue - love it!

On this layout I did a real mix and match of products; I will list them at the end of my post.  

I used Adirondack acrylic paints with the bubble wrap and some Martha Stewart white texture effect paste on the brick template.  Distressed and tore the bottom sheet of paper and outlined the curves of top sheet with light green acrylic paint.

The top corner is a green hair accessory that my daughter threw away (I keep everything - I am a junk junkie :-), a green Prima flower and a blue butterfly button by BoBunny. Layered various doily's for that cluster effect and the beautiful Victorian looking rose in the centre of the crochet flower is actually a brad by MME from the Miss Caroline collection.  My journalling is hidden but the corners of the tickets with the pink and green flower is showing just under the leaf branch dangling down. I cut the green leaf flourish under the pink chipboard flower with my Cameo

Placed a smaller version of the photograph on a memories journalling card.  Fussy cut the flower image only so that I could slide the photo behind it.  The green flower is by Prima and the black and pink flower is by Petaloo.

A beautiful cluster arrangement of IAR and WOC flowers and leaves.

More beautiful flowers.  The green image peeping out I fussy cut from the Spring Jubilee collection by Pink Paislee.  I stuck a random off cut piece of pink net under the rose paper image.  I secured a Prima heart shaped button on a brad from the Hello Summer collection by Echo Park; tied a bow with white twine.

The alphas are from This & That by Echo Park and I layered them on green and pink paper - distressed them a bit with  various paint dabbers.  The pink chipboard flower is by MME from The Sweetest Thing collection.  I dabbed some white acrylic paint on it for extra definition.

The above images show the green charm I dangled from the Prima Flower.  

On the green Prima flower I hot glued a beige crochet flower; then alcohol inked a normal  safety pin, looped the charm through it and hot glued it to the crochet flower.  Crinkled up some WOC vintage seam binding, tied a bow and hot glued it to the safety pin.

Here I shaped pink glittery net under the cluster of flowers - love the effect! 

I fussy cut the pink roses and leaves from a sheet of paper from the French Country Stack by DCWV.  Also cut some random leaves so that I could layer them slightly over the photograph.  See a close up image below...

I fussy cut the pink and green flowers so that I could insert her photograph - that is a noteworthy from the Natures Garden collection by Prima.  Added glossy accents to the flowers for extra effect.

Black lace under the layers of paper

I had some leaf branch cutouts from my Cameo handy to I placed them under the pink leaves and arranged some IAR roses to give the effect of it all dangling down...see another image below...

Products Used

Patterned Papers:

Making Memories - Mistletoe

DCWV - French Country Stack

Pink Paislee - Spring Jubilee

Embellishments:

MME: brad, chipboard flower

Echo Park:  brad, This & That alphabet and journalling tickets

Prima: Natures Garden noteworthy, flowers, roses, button, leaves

WOC: roses, leaves, seam binding,

BoBunny: butterfly button

IAR: roses

Petaloo: flowers

Cameo: leaf branches and leaf flourish

Stash: 

charm, safety pin, flower hair accessory, doily's, creme white & black lace,

various doily's, skeleton leaf, memories journalling ticket,

pink & creme net, bubble wrap,

artificial leaves, black 12x12 chipboard

Tools & Other:

Crafter's Workshop wall template

Martha Stewart white texture effect paste

Light green acrylic paint by Fister

Adirondack Paint Dabbers:

white, mountain rose, pool, lettuce

Glossy accents, double sided tape, glue gun

Tim Holtz paper distresser

OUAS - September Challenge # 3

Once upon a sketch has some awesome challenges and even though I am a regular browser there, this is the first time I am entering one of their challenges.  There is usually a challenge a month but for September there are four AND they are teaming up with CSI - hop on OVER and take a browse...the challenge closes on 1 October so there is still time to enter - visit the website for exact details.

Here is the sketch and the information regarding the challenge:

For this challenge you must use:

the SKETCH provided
all the colours in the SCHEME
at least 2 elements from the EVIDENCE
at least 1 element from the TESTIMONY

From the EVIDENCE I used trees/branches, birds, flowers, pet accent and wood grain.   

From the TESTIMONY selection I chose to use some of wording from the lyrics of the song Easy by Lionel Richie; felt it suited the image perfectly!!!

MATERIALS USED:

Pizza box

Martha Stewart satin acrylic craft paints

Adirondack paint dabbers

canvas burlap and netting

various distress inks

MME Miss Caroline 6x6 paper pad

Patterned paper from K&Co Susan Winget Speciality Pack

Prima roses flowers and leaves

Petaloo brown flower and leaf spray

Die cuts - birdcage, grass, fence, rolled flowers (gifts)

Cameo - 3D flower and lace rosette

Brown leaves and images - my stash

7Gypsies loop and Hooks, green brads

mouse, bird and kitty foot prints - the Internet

Glossy accents and glue gun

I cut my corrugated board to size, tore of the top layer and applied Gesso to prepare for the painting.  I used Martha Stewart's satin acrylic craft paints - these paints are stocked by Paper Lane; in fact everything I used on this layout I bought at Paper Lane. Paper Lane is the largest scrapbooking store in Dubai - you can find them on Facebook too; please click on their name to be taken  directly to their blogspot!

I cut the 3D flowers on craft card stock with my Cameo - the design is by 'A Little Hut'.  I inked them slightly and dabbed with the dabbers!  I love that mouse and it fits perfectly on the piece of net. Can you find the other mouse on my layout?

The house/pond image was part of a freebie from a card making magazine.  I fussy cut the piece I wanted , inked the edges slightly with walnut stain and finally applied glossy accents on focal points.  

All the die cuts used on this layout was gifts from a dear friend (I do not own a die cut machine!!!) so I cannot provide that details but if you want to know message me and I will happily provide them. Words are from the song and I used my laptop to print them.

The flower rosettes I also cut with my cameo and it received the same ink and paint treatment.  The grey flowers and green rosettes are by Prima - I used the white dabber on them for extra definition.  I love how they turned out...love the colour combination and paint effect!

I trust you can see the burlap where the roses are??!!  I used Gesso to secure it onto the corrugated board and left it outside on the balcony for the rest of the day to dry completely; the weather in Dubai is perfect for that :-)

I used two bird cages - they were both initially cut from white card stock so I left the bottom one as is.  The second one I coloured with various inks and stamped it with a script stamp in black soot distress ink.  I used 2 bird images too - fussy cut them and glued them together.  I cut off the door of the white cage, secured the bird and adhered the second bird in a suitable position. I adhered a hook and loop, pierced a hole at the top of the bird cage and 'hung' it on the hook - super cute!

Just some detail on the paint work on the corrugated board - I love painting with several colours at once!

A close up of Mathew our beloved cat.  I bought this hat for an album I want to make and my daughter spotted it on my craft table and suggested we take a photo of Matt wearing it.  He was not impressed but he has great tolerance of my daughters and me especially.  Three years ago my daughters found Matt at the dumpster area of the apartment black we live in and he has been part of our family ever since.  Needless to say he is quite spoilt , fussed over and loved beyond measure!!  

When she viewed the photo on my mobile, my youngest daughter Hannah remarked "he looks a bit gay mommy" - I laughed at the time but when I browsed the OUAS challenge blog and saw that there was an option to accent a pet I immediately thought of this photograph - so bring me some luck Matthew...meow!!