He"artful" Validation of Vicki: My Sketch World...May sketch!

Here today to share another fabulous layout sketch from Lucy at My Sketch World for the month of May.

I love the hexagon shapes that are spaced throughout the sketch. However, it was the journaling placement that caught my eye and helped me make the decision which photo I would use on my layout.

This layout is the second in an album I am making of my nephew and his dirt bike racing. When I see photos of him flying through the air or doing some kind of wild twisted turn, my heart skips a beat. Talk about living dangerously! I have a motorcyle and although it's not a dirt bike, it's still a two wheeled vehicle. I can't imagine doing what he does with his bike.

Recently, his sister took a photo of him at the beginning of a race and caught him at a very poignant moment of prayer. Apparently, something he does at the start of every race. I typed the prayer and copied it onto vellum paper to use on the layout. The placement of the prayer coincided with his image in the photo perfectly.

"He Prays"

Using mists and stencils, I created a pattern of hexagons on my background paper. Next, I cut numerous hexagon shapes in different sizes and colors using scraps from my stash and die-cuts. I sprayed the stenciled pattern on a handful of the die-cuts also.

The placement of the photo was next. This was integral to where the journaling would go. I cut the vellum journaling strip and placed part of the prayer above and the remaining part below the photo of my nephew praying. Now it was time to work in the details and embellishments.

Following the sketch I added the hexagon die-cuts around the photo. I used pop dots on the back of some of the shapes for added dimension. In the upper right corner of the photo, I inked around a sticker that I had of a dirt bike racer. Then, I mounted it on cardstock and cut it out. Using more pop dots, I gave it "air time" and off set it from the inked image.

I made a pennant banner using die cuts for across the bottom border of the layout. Just above the banner, I added the chipboard title, "He Prays". His racing number is "338", so I took some numbered patterned paper from my stash, die-cut hexagon shapes, pieced them together for a tag and popped it up in the bottom right corner of the layout. I also placed another of the biker stickers adjacent to it in a hexagon frame.

I was thrilled with the overall appearance of the layout when it was finished. Everything seemed to fall together and I got the effect I was looking for.

From my stash

Chipboard Letters - Doodlebug

Crafters Workshop Templates - Chicken Wire, Chicken Wire Reversed

Dylusions Mist - Calypso Teal, Squeezed Orange

Papers: 7 Dots Studio, Basic Grey, Bo Bunny, Prima, October Afternoon

Ranger Distress Inks - Black Soot, Peacock Feathers, Walnut Stain

Rogue Redhead Designs This N' That Stamp Set

Spellbinders Hexagon Nestabilities *

Spellbinders Nested Lacy Pennants *

Spellbinder Nested Pennants *

Spellbinder/Pagemaps Tags & Flags *

Stickers - Recollections