Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Once Upon a Sketch September Challenge #4

     I have to admit I was a little overwhelmed by the challenges at Once Upon a Sketch this month. I wasn't sure I could manage to create something that met all the fun requirements that the Color Stories challenges introduced, but I decided to give it a try this week. Guess what? It was a blast! 

  For the challenge this week, we had to use the sketch, all the colors in the scheme, two items from the evidence and one item from the testimony. I realized that my Prima Zephyr papers already contained all the colors in the scheme, so all I had to do was choose my photo and get creating! 


I chose to use a page from a vintage music book and wings from the evidence, and I used the inspiration words from the testimony to title my page, "The Years Fly."


I used a lot of fussy cut flowers from the collection  and layered them with dimensionals to add some height to the right corner of my page. Some Prima flowers, a chipboard sticker from the paper collection, and Tim Holtz wings added some more loveliness. I finally invested in my first bottle of perfect pearls (what took me so long?), and I stamped a flourish in matching blue ink and used the shape as a guide to create my pearl swirls. 


I adore the wood accents that match this collection, so I used a couple of those in the upper left corner. I thought the clock was a fitting addition to the theme of the page too.


Once Upon a Sketch challenges always include journaling (one reason I love them so much), so I used a tag from the collection that tucks behind my photo mat.


  I had so much fun playing along with this challenge! I enjoyed looking at the summery Zephyr colors while watching the snow fall here in lovely Montana. I hope you have a wonderful week, my friends!

7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous details, you put a great effort in making this layout and it shows!!! Thanks for trying the challenge, which indeed was a bit overwhelming, as it had many requirements! I'm glad it was a blast! Thanks for joining us at OUAS, Jessica!

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  2. What a very sweet page--am loving that precious photo! You nailed the case file & sketch perfectly! Your journaling is so very heartfelt & so very true. I'm sure you're not alone with that feeling--mom's are always hoping to have time stand still when it comes to thier little ones. Thanks for joining us at OUAS!

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  3. Oh how beautiful is this little one. Lovely soft and delicate take on the pallette. Specially like the little clock and wing embellies :)

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  4. Your layout is aboslutely beautiful! The photo is gorgeous and the colours are amazing! Love what you did with the perfect pearls! I have every conceivable colour in my stash and guess what? I have never used them but that is going to change quickly!! I am so inspired by the beautiful flourishes you stamped and pearled!

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  5. Hi I want to see thank you for your viste and your very sweet comment. So appreciated
    wow you did made a beautiful page love it

    XX Carla

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  6. Well it seems that you did really great with all the requirements of the challenge.Amazing page.Well done
    Thank you for joining us at OUAS

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