Crafty Pastime

I created this layout for the challenge over at Rochelle Spears and Scrap with Stacy blogs. The inspiration for my layout is Bob Ross! Found the perfect Vicki Boutin ephemeras and a light bulb just turned on. Of course the vision in my head and the reality was slightly different. The layout took longer than I expected because I had no idea how to work the water colors but this is the best that I can do.   Thanks for stopping by!    Entering this layout to the following challenges: Rochelle Spears - Sketch Challenge Scrap with Stacy - I used square photos, I used a ticket punch for the fortune from the fortune cookie, I used stitching in my layout. 

Hi, thanks for stopping by, it's been awhile since I have updated my blog.  I was able to get some scrapbooking time in this weekend.  Today's layout is created for Challenge YOUrself blog #107. This month's challenge is to show some handwritten journaling. It was a bit of challenge I don't like my handwriting. LOL.  I didn't have much time to create the layout because October had been a very busy month but it came together fairly quickly.  I think it was because even though I didn't have much time to work on it, I was envisioning it in my head.  I took some inspiration from a magazine I saw awhile back.  The first photo is my inspiration, I wanted to create a tear across effect as if you are unfolding a secret word. I attempted to do that with my title.   In case you cannot read my handwriting, the photo was from an orienteering event with my son's Boy Scout troop.  My son needed to attend the even to complete his requirement for Boy Scout, he was paired o