Guest Designer @ Scrap Africa!

Good morning everybody :). It's an early one for me today- 5:30 AM...my mom called me this morning all excited because after five long days her beloved cat finally came home after getting out of the house and gone missing. This was a huge relief to her- she's owned this cat for 10 years and is like a child to her. So she was so excited that she had to call me! And I'm the type who- if you wake me up- I'm up.

So here we are! But it's okay, I needed to get this post up as my guest designer layout is up at Scrap Africa! After being one of the winners of a challenge the previous month, I was asked to come back and help provide some inspiration alongside their fabulous design team! It's for Sketch #7, and for this layout I decided to go in a different direction and scrap myself. In this photo, I'm out fishing at the lake for the first time this year. I don't know what it is about fishing and hunting, but that time is so peaceful for me. I'm a rather impatient person by nature but for those two hobbies I have endless patience!...

"Moments"

Here is Sketch #7 from Scrap Africa:

And a peek at the details:

Who doesn't love a delicious flower cluster? Really loving those yellow Melissa Frances sprigs I picked up in the C'est Magnifique store- they're so delicate and pretty!

 Gotta say this is my favorite part of my layout. The frame here is actually a part of a gate chipboard set from Scrap FX (Gates A, large scrolls). I cut it down, painted it with gesso and then with texture paste. Then I took a Prima flourish stamp and some ink to stamp the pattern over the top before finally adding some pearls. The "Moments" title is also from Scrap FX.

 Hidden journaling, as usual! If you're like me, you have a lot to say- and it doesn't always look so great right out there front and center. So I usually stick it on a hidden tag so I don't have to restrict how much I write.

For the textured pattern on my background I used the "Fence Frame" template from The Crafter's Workshop along with some texture paste and ink. 

Supplies Used:

~Pink Paislee "Butterfly Garden" paper

~Scrap FX chipboard gate & title

~Prima Marketing flowers

~Melissa Frances yellow sprigs

~Melissa Frances pearls

~Prima Marketing "Fairy Belle" journaling tag

~Martha Stewart Texture Effect

~Prima Marketing Chalk Fluid Edger Pad: Knotted Wood

~gesso, book page, cheesecloth, chain, lace

Scrap FX Chipboard used here:

Gates A, large (scrolls)

Remember Wordlet Theme Pack

Thank-you so much to Svetlana and Evgenia for inviting me to guest! And I hope you all take a moment to check out this fab challenge site if you haven't yet! Always great prizes up for grabs and tons of inspiration :).

I hope you're all well...I'll be back soon! Take care,