Catching up with sketches

Like most good scrapbookers, I take far too many photos and don't have enough time to scrap them all.  I have developed a liking for using sketches and this has helped me be quite productive over the last few days.

This page uses a fabulous sketch from Studio Challenges.

Which I rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise, as I had portrait photos.

These photos are old ones from the days when my son's had a bunk bed.  In fact they are from January 2008!  And are done using the March/April 2015 Quirky Lite kit 'Nifty'.

Here are some (terrible*) close-ups.  I used a vellum piece for the title 'Going Here' and hand wrote the sub-title.  Unfortunately because of the arrow I didn't feel the title worked on the other side (i don't mind reading the text downwards but not upwards).

 

 

 
 
 
















*I WAS in the bathroom with all the lights on and trying to use the zoom so that there were no shadows - perhaps tomorrow will be sunnier!

Here's the journaling in close up - because I am nosey and like to read other people's journaling so I ought to share too.

I adapted this lovely sketch from ScrapMuch? 



to create the layout below

A different page for me as usually they involve photos of my family - I need to do more scenery layouts.

My final inspiration was from this sketch by Sketch-n-Scrap

These photos are from my parent's Golden Wedding celebration earlier this year.

Apologies for the 'flash flare' but it has been a dismal day so I ended up using the flash to try and capture the real colours. 

If we get a brighter day I will try to

a) take another photograph and
b) remember to upload it here!
 

Here are some close ups of the details

This was also done using the Nifty kit.  The only addition was white cardstock, glue, photos and navy Nuvo crystal drops.

Thanks for visiting

Louise x

Stick it Down

The Stick It Down sketch challenges are some of my favourites.  And this fabulous  DLO was perfect for some photos from my parents golden wedding celebrations. 

This is what I created (*it has gone a bit wonky in the editing process*).  I used papers from last years (!) Nov/Dec Quirky Kit Lite along with some gold acrylic paint through a stencil.

Some close up shots of the details ...

 

 

  

And both pages a little closer too.


We enjoyed a lovely afternoon, evening and morning after at Langar Hall in Nottinghamshire.  My children got to spend time with their cousins.  They don't get to meet up as often as we would like but they do get on fabulously.

We took a very pleasant stroll, around the grounds, the next morning.  Had elevenses and then took our leave and headed home.

Thanks for visiting

Louise x