Precious, Once Upon A Sketch

Addendum - this piece has been hiding for the months of July and August 2014 since it was featured in Scrap n Art online mag :)

Happy Sunday friends!  How is your weekend going?  I'm back with a layout I did for Once Upon A Sketch, another of my favorite challenge sites.  Have you visited them yet?  Click on their title to check it out.  Great inspiration and awesome sketches by Nadia :)

This month's prompt is "An event that changed my life."  I love the thought provoking journaling prompts that Nadia gives.  I know some of us hate to journal, but this challenge says you have to, and it has to be at least 3 lines.  Of course a sketch is always the star.  If you play along, remember to follow the rules, they're pretty lenient, but you have to be in the ball park, especially if you put the same project in more than one challenge.  If you don't get close, you can't be chosen.  Here's the sketch -

I did a few techniques in my take, and I did step out pics so you can see each layer.  The paper is from Blue Fern's new line, simply gorgeous!  Hope you like -

Many things change our lives forever. Marriages, deaths, a new job, the loss of a job, I chose to write about becoming a mom for the first time.  I know for most of us mothers, this changes us forever.  The birth of a child is life altering like nothing else.  My journaling is on the white tag tucked behind this precious pic of my Victoria who was maybe a week old here.  It says -

"On a winter day in January of 81 my life changed forever.  At 10:18 am my beautiful daughter Victoria was born.   People tell you how it will be, but your don't really know till you experience it yourself. Being a mother is like nothing else."

So true is this.  No one ever imagines what holding that precious gift for the first time will do to you. Your heart fills up with this immense love that comes pouring out. Victoria, my first, a wonderful treasure that God blessed me with at 16, and 33 years later, she is a beautiful mom herself.  I'm proud of my daughter and I think we have reached the point where I can say she is my friend :)


Products Used

Bazzil- Fussy
Blue Fern - Boudoir, Calling Cards
White Scalloped Border
Lattice Stencil, homemade
Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays, Cockle Bells Coral, Cotton Candy Pink, Mad Hatter Mint, Rusty Lantern Lime
Distress Ink, Walnut Stain
Studio G Ink, Green, Olive
Prima Flowers, large and small
White Foam adhesive squares
Michael's foliage
Chipboard leaves,vine Cricut and Gypsy cuts
Creative Embellishments Chipboard, Flourish Set 10
Silhouette Stickers, Precious, Clock Face
Tags, two sizes
Tissue Paper
White Lace

Thanks for stopping by!  Give Once Upon A Sketch a go, it's a lot of fun!