Deer and Fawn September challenge

This month at Deer and Fawn designs, the challenge is to use orange in a layout. Orange is my new favourite colour, I love it, it's so bright and cheery.
I had this photo of my nephew Lachlan, taken nearly 4 years ago at Christmas, and used it for this challenge. He was happily eating his Christmas lunch, I was an interrupting aunty and asked him for his photo, he was obliging  - love this little guy.
For my layout, I was inspired by a sketch designed by Ana Castro, I love her designs, they are awesome. I chose Websters Pages patterned paper, as well as Basic Grey for the orange. I spattered some orange paint onto the background. I backed the photo with Project Life journaling cards, added washi tape. I embellished with Charms Creations starsand mini tab, and Scrap Fx chipboard which I embossed with Lindy's stamp gang embossing powders to make them look a little rusty. I also added the button from Birdies embellies and resin stars from Cocoa Vanilla.
I'm just a little pleased with this layout.
Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.

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National Scrapbooking Day 2nd May - Scrapping with Charms Creations - challenge

Happy National Scrapbooking Day. So you know what that means, you HAVE to scrap - lol.
So at Charms Creations, there is a superb challenge for you to all be inspired by and do some scrapping on this auspicious day.
The challenge is to use this awesome sketch from Ana Castro:

Isn't this just a divine sketch? So yep, now you have to scrap. 

I used a photo of moi - as a baby - (gosh so long ago) - and kept to really muted tones. I had these gorgeous Charms Creations  heavenly hearts - mini and regular size, which set the tone for my layout. I added some bits of lace and ribbon onto the patterned paper that I altered using texture paste, spray and metallic lustre. 

This is the sample I have done using this sketch:

Captured Memories

I hope you feel inspired to have a go at this challenge, and maybe you will be lucky enough to win a prize. Happy scrapping xxx