Once Upon A Sketch July 15 - Guest DT

A Smile Takes But A Moment 

First up I want to let you know that I'm still here, just been a bit absent as I have been trying to catch up with some DT work, so I haven't had too much to blog about.  I will be popping in today and tomorrow to leave a little love.  I have decided to spend one day a week to post (unless I have a DT blog post) and catch up with all you lovely ladies as I am trying to organise my time a little better and thought it would be easier if I allowed one day a week to spend solely on blogging and computer work, otherwise I tend to get a little distracted if I go back and forth... can't wait to see what you've all been working on.

This month I had a guest DT spot at Once Upon a Sketch for winning last month's sketch challenge.  I created 2 LO's as a guest designer and this is the second, which I really enjoyed creating, as Nadia's sketches are always so inspiring.  The criteria for this challenge is to follow the sketch, and use a quote for your journalling. You must pop on over and check out the gorgeous DT examples... so much amazing inspiration here.

I used some BG for the background, and masked and misted a gorgeous felt frame which I purchased at the show.  The pp's and are from Prima which I distressed inked and punched.  The photos were framed with twine and a fantastic technique I learned from Louise Nelson's class at the Papercraft Show.  Had to add some flower clusters and used some Prima, Flora Doodles and paper blossoms.  The cute little heart flourish chippies I coloured with a gel pen and you can find both of these at Scrapmatts.  I have a massive stash of doilies, so I decided to hand dye a few to fit in with my colours and to add a little texture. I think the lace is from Maya Road, wish I purchased more of this as its so pretty.  Couldn't have a feminine LO without a couple of butterflies.. I'm sure you all know how much I love flowers and butterflies by now.

Some Sneaky Peeks

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some love :)))