"Your Paths" for OUAS featuring Leaky Shed Studio Chipboard

The Once Upon A...Sketch August Challenge is up and live. Our August journaling theme is, "The Men in Our Lives."

When Elizabeth married Andrew, we were so delighted to add another son to our family. In this fun photo, the groomsmen are "kicking off" Andrew into his new life with Elizabeth. I thought this Scripture sentiment tied in perfectly - we pray that our Lord with direct Andrew's paths as he and Elizabeth look forward to a future together. 

"Your Paths"

(Journaling on Back)

Journaling Theme: The Men in Our Lives

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 needs to be present and at least 3 lines long. Remember, hidden journaling (under a photo/tag or behind your page) is perfectly fine but please DO let us know in your post where your journaling is! 

August Sketch

I've flipped and rotated the sketch.

For challenge details, more design team inspiration, and to link your project go HERE.

My journaling is on the back of the page and says, "Andrew, your groomsmen are kicking you off into a new life with Elizabeth. It’s my prayer that our Lord with be the center of your relationship and direct your paths together. I hope you have many happy years together."

Tips and Techniques

Lots of mixed media techniques to share. This Leaky Shed Studio Bird Branch was painted with blue metallic paint and dry brushed with white gesso. 

Normally I grunge up my Leaky Shed Studio Gears and Watch Parts more, but I likd the natural chipboard color with this gorgeous 7 Dots Studio paper, so I just lightly inked the edges before adhering, then they also picked up some of the ink I splattered across the page. The two Watch Parts I layered over the larger gears were painted with black gesso for contrast. 

There's lots of layered dimension. The washer strip was cut from brown cardstock and dry brushed with gesso. The frame around my sentiment is a blast from the past. It's an old filmstrip piece with a wood grain finish. I swirled paint across it to freshen up the look. The chipboard heart is covered with aluminum tape and embossed. There are also a couple strips of punchinella with a grid - torn and painted. To keep with the masculine, grungy theme, I've dry brushed the photo edges with gesso. This was actually two separate photos taken by the wedding photographer.

The blue and orange color on the background is added with paint thinned with water and Neocolor II watercolor crayons. The silver frame behind the photo was a scrap piece that held wooden cut-outs used on another project. Yes, I tend to hold onto those odd and end pieces. lol I've also added stamping around the page edges and around the photo cluster. 

Stop by the OUAS blog to link your project HERE.

Leaky Shed Studio Products

Watch Parts

Gear Set

Bird Branch

Other Products

7 Dots Studio ~ Nature Walk, Songbird

Cardstock ~ Brown

Wood Frame ~ Scrap

Filmstrip Frame ~ Stash

Want2Scrap ~ 1/8 cup of Bling - Blue Pearls

Punchinella - Square Mesh - Stash

Thread, black, gold - stash

Caran D'Ache ~ Neocolor II

Jacquard ~ Lumiere Metallic and Pearlescent Paints

DecoArt ~ Paint

Folk Art ~ Paint

Making Memories ~ Glaze Paint

Liquitex ~ Gesso, white, clear, black

Clearsnap by Donna Salazar ~ Mixed Media Inx CHOX - Midnight

Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Sizzix by Tim Holtz ~ Sizzlets Decorative Strip Die - Washer Border

Sizzix by Tim Holtz ~ Embossing Fade - Riveted Metal

Heartfelt Creations ~ Large Elegant Words Stamp

7Gypsies ~ Steampunk Clear Stamps

Hampton Art ~ Diffusion Stamp

Tim Holtz ~ Seamless Experience Stamp Set

Inky Antics ~ Guided Path Stamp Set

Helmar ~ Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar ~ Premium Craft Glue

Helmar ~ Zapdots, black 1/2" round

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Darice ~ Heat Tool

Ranger ~ Craft It 

Sizzix ~ Big Shot

Tim Holtz ~ Grid Blocks

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Mixed Media Wedding Card for Helmar

Weddings are such special occasions. I created this card for our cousin who will be married in a couple weeks. I've used Helmar Fabric Glue to adhere layers of lace onto the card and show how I arranged and adhered the circle of lace beneath the flower.

Wedding Card

Tips and Techniques

In the past, I would have stitched the edge of the lace to gather before placing on the card. Instead, I've used Helmar Fabric Glue to arrange, position and adhere. I squeezed out some glue in the center of the doily as shown.

Next, I bunched the edge of the lace together with my fingers to form a half medallion and set it into the Helmar Fabric Glue. This adhesive works perfectly because it gives me time to work with the lace and position it just right, then sets within a minute or so to hold it in place. 

Before adhering the paper doily in place, I adhered a strip of lace across the card using Helmar Fabric Glue, just down the center of the lace where it would not be visible on the finished card. Then once the doily and lace medallion were in place, I adhered the smaller scalloped lace and ribbon roses using more of the Helmar Fabric Glue.

I've been working on cleaning out my scrappy area and had thrown some scraps of white cardstock into the trash. As I was designing this card, I decided to rescue those scraps to create my focal flower using the Sizzix Tattered Florals Die (Tim Holtz). I adhered the flower layers together using Helmar Super-Tac EVA Glue. If you're looking for stamens to use for handcrafted flower centers, check out the wedding floral department of your local craft store.

I know, I know - It looks like I've covered up most of that lace medallion I created; however, the layers add so much lovely dimension as seen here, and the card just wouldn't be the same without those details. 

Because I have created a mixed media background, most of my other elements such as the bow, flower, and die cut leaves are adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

The base of my card front is a piece of patterned cardstock weight paper that I gessoed, painted. stenciled, stitched and distressed. After decorating I adhered it to my card base using Helmar Premium Craft Glue.

Helmar Products

Fabric Glue

Super-Tac EVA Glue

Premium Craft Glue

450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Other Products

GCD Studios by Donna Salazar ~ Spring in Bloom 12 x 12 pad

Cardstock, white

Glossy Cardstock ~ white

Petaloo ~ CMC Canterbery Spray, white

Stamen - can be found in the wedding floral department of your craft store

Hug Snug ~ Seam Binding, white (Really Reasonable Ribbon)

Lace and Vintage Lace ~ Stash

White Thread

Liquitex ~ Gesso, white, clear

Caran D'Ache ~ Neocolor II

Grumbacher ~ Academy Artists' Watercolors

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Martha Stewart Crafts ~ Stencils, Eyelet Lace

DCWV ~ Template, EM-011-000010

Sizzix by Tim Holtz ~ Tattered Florals Die

3 Tailed Chrysanthemum Cut File ~ Silhouette Store Image

Doily Cut file ~ Created from PixelScrapper Image
Zutter by Donna Salazar ~ Distrezz-it-All

Martha Stewart ~ Mini Score Board

Sizzix ~ Big Shot

Silhouette ~ Cameo

Darice ~ Heat Tool

Viking ~ Designer 1 Sewing Machine

Thanks for stopping by today! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~