"The Journey" Once Upon A...Sketch October Challenge

Hello everyone!! This is my second post of the day. If you would like to view my Grungy Jute Rope and Burlap Ribbon Flower Tutorials for Really Reasonable Ribbon go here.

Today I'm here to share my first layout for Once Upon A...Sketch. What a delight to be working on Nadia's team. This month's sketch and journaling challenge gave me the opportunity to create a page I've been wanting to put together for a couple years now. I knew what photos I wanted to use, but locating them was quite a challenge since they are from 2000 to 2008. One of them had been mailed to me and misplaced 5 years ago. I'm so excited that I was able to locate it. Do I have your curiosity up? Here's my page about our daughter, Grace, and her dog, Ellie.

"The Journey"

Journaling theme: "The Journey . . ."

You are free to interpret our theme ANY WAY you like. It is for your inspiration and this theme word DOES NOT need to be part of your title or journaling. But please make sure your layout is based on the sketch below and includes journaling (hidden journaling is fine). Acceptable journaling is MORE than just a sentence, or generic writing such as date/place etc. It need to be present and at least 3 lines long. Remember, hidden journaling is perfectly fine but please DO let us know in your post where your journaling is! 

The Once Upon A...Sketch Challenges are designed to encourage us to journal. Sometimes the most important pages we create are not those with the most beautiful photos, but those that document important life events. That's the case for the page I created this month. I shed tears as I wrote up my memories of the amazing journey traveled by Grace and Ellie, reflecting on their special relationship as they achieved some pretty remarkable accomplishments together. Since I provided transportation, I was there for much of the training and all the dog shows. Ellie is no longer with us, and Grace now has a new Border Collie pup, Breezy. God has given her an amazing gift to read and train dogs. She will be teaching her first dog obedience classed this fall. Those who take her classes are fortunate indeed. I can't wait to see the journey you document in your scrapbooking this month for Once Upon A...Sketch.

Tips and Techniques:

My journaling says: "What started as a dream turned into an amazing journey just because you believed that you could accomplish great things with Ellie"

I have included this small amount of journaling below the photos, and wrote a "book" to include on the back:

I didn't include a close-up but the stamping in the corner says: To be all that is possible we must attempt the impossible. To be all that we can be we must dream of being more. A subtle reverence to this journey. 

A mix of Prima and Really Reasonable Ribbon Wild Orchid Crafts flowers. They were misted with glimmery lavender and gold. 

The clock in the background is a Tim Holtz, Sizzix die cut from chipboard. It was dry embossed with a crackle design, then painted and inked. 

I enjoy using jewelry findings on my LO's. This sweet butterfly charm was gessoed and then misted.

You can see some of the mixed media texture below the butterfly with sheetrock mesh, molding paste, and drippy mist. 

I laid out and penciled in my design, then stamped around the design as seen here. This prima clock face was gessoed and inked. 

A close-up of he prima Typo Bulb, flower and Dusty Attic chipboard border. You can also see a hint of the washi tape I layered onto the page. 

More stamping around these Prima metal findings. I applied gesso, mists, and rhinestones to these lovely pieces!

Here you can see more of my mixed medial texture achieved with Golden Glass Bead Gel applied through a Prima stencil. The Dusty Attic border was dabbed and painted with a mix of metallic paints using an ombre effect. 

I hope you'll play along with the OUAS October sketch challenge and create a page about a special journey in your life and document that journey in your journaling. Don't forget to share your layout on the OUAS Facebook Page.

Product List:

Paper

Maja Vintage Spring Basics ~ 1st of March, 2nd of April, 9th of April

Chipboard

Dusty Attic ~ French Garden Border 

Flowers

Really Reasonable Ribbon ~ Wild Orchid Crafts: 25mm Cottage Rose - Mixed Purple/Lilac

Really Reasonable Ribbon ~ Wild Orchid Crafts: Cosmos Daisy Stem Flowers - Purple/White

Really Reasonable Ribbon ~ Wild Orchid Crafts: Sweatheart Blossoms - White

Really Reasonable Ribbon ~ Wild Orchid Crafts: 20mm Open Roses ~ White

Prima ~ Troika, White #566869

Embellishments

Prima ~ Sunrise Sunset Vintage Trinkets #960278

Prima ~ Sunrise Sunset Vintage Trinkets #960346

Prima ~ Pebbles #655350

Recollections Resin #205888

Tim Holtz ~ Tissue Tape

K & Company ~ BW Neopolitan Adhesive Rhinestones

Butterfly Charm ~ Stash

Inks/Mists/Embossing Powder

Clearsnap ~ Donna Salazar Designs - Mix'd Media Inx: Berries

Clearsnap ~ Donna Salazar Designs - Mix'd Media Inx CHOX: Driftwood, Sparrow

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Shaded LIlac, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Dusty Concord

Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine: Gold

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist ~ Purple Pansy, Blackberry Cordial

Zing ~ Clear Embossing Powder

Mixed Media

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Liquitex ~ Gesso

Liquitex ~ Glass Bead Gel

Lumiere Metallic Paint ~ Halo Violet Gold, Pearlescent White

DecoArt ~ Dazzling Metallics Paint: Splendid Gold

Stamps

Tim Holtz ~ Purely Random, Lost and Found, Flights of Fancy, Nature's Elements, Life's Possibilties

Stencils

Prima ~ Lattice #564766

The Crafter's Workshop ~ Ledger

Dies/Embossing Folders

Sizzix ~ Tim Holtz Clock Die, Gear

Darice ~ Crackle Embossing Folder

Adhesives

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar ~ Premium Craft Glue

Helmar ~ Zap Dots: 1/2" Square White

Helmar ~ Zap Dots: 1/4" Clear Square

Tools

Tim Holtz ~ Grid Blocks

Darice ~ Heat Tool

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~