Lucky - OUAS September Challenge

This is usually a very slow time of month for me for blogging while I frantically prepare projects for the beginning of the month, but this month has been a bit of an anomaly.  Thanks to Canada Post being painfully slow this month, I found myself with a little extra playtime and made full use of it.  It was a great excuse to pull out the new 7 Dots 9th Wave papers sitting in a box by my desk - I've been salivating over these papers ever since 7 Dots posted the first sneaks.

One of the challenges I couldn't resist playing along with was Once Upon a Sketch.  Nadia always prepares such beautiful sketches, and I love the added challenge of having to stick to a theme.  This month's theme is "Lucky", which was an easy one for me - I have been so blessed in my life that the inspiration bubbled over and it was hard to narrow it down to just one photo.  But I did, picking this photo of Evan and I on our trip to New York City for our 10 year wedding anniversary this summer; I can't believe he's been in my life since I was 13 and a permanent fixture since I was 16.  Like I said, I have truly been lucky.

Lots going on here - lots of colour, lots of pattern, lots of background work, but I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I started by layering strips of washi and tissue tape horizontally across the layout, then covered that in gesso and started building up my paper layers, including a white cardboard coffee cup sleeve (can you see it tucked under the Lucky title below?) that I coloured with chalk edgers and mist to bring out the checkered surface.

Layers of gorgeous 7 Dots papers.

To build the background I used gesso through the Prima Woodgrain stencil, then added Shimmerz Dazzlerz through the Prima Checker stencil.  I used Prima Chalk Edgers to build up the colour, as well as Distress Ink and Stain on Canvas Tape.

The chipboard pieces are remnants from a Scrap FX chippy I dissected for a previous project.

Supplies:

7 Dots 9th Wave: Coral Reef 12x12, 6x6 paper pack

Gesso

Prima Stencils: Woodgrain and Checker

Shimmerz Dazzlerz: Lemon Drop and Sour Apple

Prima Canvas Tape

Distress Ink: Shaded Lilac

Distress Stain: Bundled Sage

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape: Symphony and Nostalgic

Washi Tape

Colorbox Cat's Eye Dye Ink: Lemon Drop

Pitt Artist Pen - Black XS

Prima Brick Stamp

Prima Chalk Edgers: Black Coal, Blossom Tree, Summer Field, Turquoise Stone

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray: French Lilac Violet

EK Punch

Martha Stewart Punch

Prima Divine Vine & Divine Flowers

Prima Divine alphas

Prima Zipper

Scrap FX chippy

Polaroid Frame

Sharpie Poster Paint Pen: White

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!