Sketchy Thursdays 4.1

Here I am in Niagara on the "Journey Behind the Falls" tour in 2006. I've even found my entry ticket to include on the layout. Hoarding everything does finally pay off!

No patterned paper in sight and yet this took ages and used so many different supplies. I've taken to writing what I've used on the backs of layouts so I can remember what came from where. I might not have enough supplies to stock a shop like some of my friends (who know who you are...), but I'm getting more items now from more places and I want to be able to recall which bit came from where!

The tag says "A roaring watery kind of noise" which is a line from Red Dwarf. Bonus cyber cookies if you can tell me which episode it's from! Anyway, it sure was roaring and watery and I needed that fetching yellow mac.

March Week 3

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Challenge set by those Crafty Magpies!

To do a layout based on the men/man in your life, to include a bird, use the sketch and the colour green. I nearly forgot about the green, but I added another bird with a green wing and green highlights!

A couple of pictures to show that he's willing to go along with my crazy ideas. The photo on the left was taken in Cardiff, in Roald Dahl Plas were Torchwood was filmed. We're standing on the slab that goes down to The Hub! It's Boxing Day a few years ago and they were doing repairs - hence all the crud behind us!

I think you can see where the second photo was taken!

Crate Paper - Season

Last night I decided to attempt some layouts with the Season papers as they haven't been inspiring me. It's very unusual for me to use up a whole piece of paper as a background rather than the "normal" method of cutting the papers and putting them on cardstock. In this case I decided to be gratuitous with the patterned paper - and the flower, which is made of five flowers a brad and a pearl!

I wasn't totally happy with it, so I got out my trusty toothbrush and spattered it with paint! Then I added extra doodling and and bling to the flowers.

The picture was taken during Summer School last year at Hundale Point.

And then a detail:



These pictures are very dark, but I didn't take them in natural light and they've turned rather pixelly. Must try and take them again.

This was actually for a card sketch challenge over at Sketchy Thursdays, but they did say that the sketch is for inspiration and you could do a layout if you prefered. So that's what I did!

The photo was taken in downtown Toronto outside the Mill Street Micro Brewery.

Sarah's Cards Challenge

My entry for the December Sketch Challenge on the Sarah's Cards Blog. The pictures were taken at Niagara on the Lake, overlooking Lake Ontario and out to America on the far side.

All the papers and embellies came from my Teamie Sue in our Secret Santa last year.