Hi there! Hope you are having a great weekend! It's time for a new sketch to play with at Once Upon A Sketch. After a fantastic year, my DT term has come to an end so this will be my last post as an official DT member. Thank you Nadia for the wonderful opportunity! This month we ask you to journal about "Your Favorite Month".
Here's the fun sketch that we will be playing with:
My favorite month is June because Scott and I love to take an annual summer vacation. I scrapped a photo of us that was taken while strolling the streets of Pompeii during one of our summer vacations.
I combined a variety of stamps including Winged Beauties and Distressed Background Blocks along with a variety of mists, paint and metallic rubs to create the background.I embellished with a variety of die cut chipboard and paper die cuts as well as manufactured flowers:
For the title, I adhered a fun light bulb embellishment:
VIDEO
If you would like to take a stroll down a typical ancient Pompeii street, please check out this short video! Enjoy!
Thanks so much for visiting! Please feel free to visit the OUAS blog for some fab inspiration from the DT.
Be Sweet ;)
33 Sweet Comments So Far:
Great video, Mona! Lovely to see you there as well! :) Love this creation as well, the soft focus is so pretty and the mint and grey are wonderful together. And all those details! Wow! Love the die-cut flowers too!
Hugs, Wendy
Love the BC composition Mona, lovely colors!
I love the pops of blue! Gorgeous!
Stunning page!! I love all the attention to detail ... and I've been to pompeii too ... Did you get to go to Herculaneum? I actually preferred it ... seeing it from up above gave it more perspective to the tragic event.
Stunning!!! Love all the pretty layers and die cuts!!!
Oh my word!! This is a total masterpiece! Thanks for sharing your lovely project so we can all stare at it! :-)
Just stunning Mona!! You are a mixed media genius!!
You are a mixed media genius and I love the way you mix elements together. Looks like you guys were having an awesome trip. :) Hugs
Beautiful page Mona, the background is great!!
What a gorgeous page, Mona!! I know your beautiful work and sweet spirit will be missed at OUAS. I've been so inspired by your work with Nadia's challenges!! ~ Blessings, Tracey
Garden of Grace
This is fabulous Mona! You have a way with weaving all of your elements together so the flow beautifully!!
Just amazing, Mona! What a masterpiece! Love the pretty colors and those lovely embellishments!
Lovely page, Mona! So amazing what you can do with all these elements! How inspiring! Thanks so much!
Fabulous page, Mona! Your work is always so inspiring! You will be missed at OUAS!
Love this beautiful creation, Mona! Absolutely breathtaking!
Beautiful layout! So many gorgeous details to look at!!! Love the video!!!! SO cool!!!!
Beautiful project with so many pretty details! Very inspiring! Love the video too!
Lovely page, Mona! Really amazed by all the beautiful embellishments and detail!
Fabulous page! Love all your little details! Gorgeous mix of colors too!
Amazing layout! Love all these mixed media details!
So pretty! That butterfly set of yours has got to be my favorite. I love the long tails on the wings. :)
Absolutely gorgeous page!
Wow, Mona, your mixed media layouts are always so inspiring! This is so beautiful! I really love those butterflies and the die cut flowers!
Beautiful Mona! Love the color combo and all the different elements, like the clock die cut, the gears, the black die-cut flowers with the teal ones... oh, I love everything about it!
So gorgeous Mona! I love those soft colors and all the pretty butterflies.....
Mona,
Could you tell me where the lightbulb embellie is from? Thanks!
What a GREAT GD you have been! Your pages are always BEAUTIFUL! LOVE all of the details on this one, the colors, the bulb, and the flowers peeking out! FAB LO!
Your background is gorgeous !!Love those butterflies on the background and the chipboard die cuts are awesome! Pretty!!!!!
thanks for sharing the video, too!
Amazing and artistic page. What an awesome place to sight see.
Wow!!! Super Gorgeous Layout Mona!! Love the pretty color combo and wonderful textures and your Awesome embellies too! Great pic of you and Scott too! ;-)
Hugs
Shannon
Amazing!!! Love love this! Awesome!
What a great trip this must have been, and you have documented this memory in such a beautifully creative way. Amazing mixed media techniques done in outstanding colors that compliment this photograph so well. AMAZING, as always
Gorgeous!! Love the pops of aqua & teal in there!! :)) :))
Pompeii is so cool (but really really hot...lol !!) -- great video w/ your cameo in there. :))
Thank you so much for leaving a sweet comment!