Each Moment Only Once Layout by Helen Tilbury

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Hi Everyone!  HELEN here with my take on Bellaidea's challenge for this month
 - to "Go Crazy!"  I tried my best LOL!   I did several things differently to usual.

We were sponsored this month by 7 Dots Studio so of course that made my job
 just that much easier :)  I mean papers designed by the almighty Finnabair
herself are bound to be anything but ordinary!

I mixed the tags and stickers from 'Hopefully' with the papers from  'Domestic Goddess', along with twine from Purple Pumpkin, a funky Prima lightbulb & some grunged up cogs from Imaginarium Design.

Yeah I smudged the journaling - but it's all in keeping with the  'look' right?!
 I got quite a lot of background texture going on with my modeling paste - that
 is so thick I battle to squeeze it out of the bottle!!  I used WAX CRAYONS through
my stencil, which is certainly a first for me, but the texture was AWESOME!!

Splatting some dots of black mist onto a layout = a sure-fire way to add some manly grunge.  I also freehand cut a strip along the top of my layout & tucked in a few bits & pieces. This is a very trendy new technique I've been wanting to try!

I went crazy with the twine as you can see above & below! I was thinking it kinda reflected my son's inner 'teenage angst' as he is an 'over-thinker' like ME :)

And of course printing out a large photo then backing it onto chipboard, mounting it and inking the edges in black give a 'cardboard cut-out' look which is something I've never tried before either!  Thank you Bellaidea for setting a challenge that 

certainly had me 'pushing the boat out'!  

Still time to enter our challenge HERE!

Supplies List for 'Each Moment Only Once' Layout

Papers - 7 Dots Studio - Domestic Goddess -

 White Apron & Women's Talk

Stickers & Tags - 7 Dots - Hopefully Collection 

Stencil - 6" Reverse Chicken Wire - The Crafter's Workshop

Modeling Paste - Reeves

Mon Ami Creamy Crayon Sticks - Red, Yellow & Orange

Black Mist - Maya Road 'Charcoal'

Twine & Wooden Heart Buttons - Purple Pumpkin

Chipboard Cogs - Imaginarium Design

Inks - Black - Doodlebug - Red - Color Box - Warm Red

Beige Crackle Paint - Ranger - Antique Linen

Black Paint - Making Memories - Asphalt

Journaling Pen - Shachihata

Light Bulb, Wooden Bird & Black Alphas - Prima