On behalf of everyone at October Afternoon, I would like to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May you be surrounded by all the things that bring Christmas cheer.
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Here's the sketch for this week, if you have some quiet moments to spend some time with your October Afternoon stash in between the festivities, I say come play along!
Here's my take on the sketch
I kept pretty close to the sketch, cutting strips of Story Time pp from Public Library and arranging them towards the top portion of the layout. I adore that patterned paper, I guess I will always have a soft spot for papers with text on them. I'm a bookworm if you can't tell. :D
Then I took two banner shapes from this Sew Fun Banners pack, used one of them to draw attention to the number 15 (we've been married 15 years this year!) and another as some sort of a mat for my journaling strips. I also added a stamped tab underneath one of the paper strips before I machine stitched everything in place.
And oh! I absolutely think that Just sayin' tin pin is perfect for my layout! Don't you think so? That's just how we roll. In fact, if you follow me on Instagram, you'd have known that I dropped Sam on his butt right after this picture was taken. LOL.
I added a chipboard heart and my last strip of journaling on the lower part of my layout because I really love how it looks. I consider that my own spin on the sketch even when I was the one who created the sketch in the first place.
Once again, Merry Christmas everyone! If you play along, please share what you make with us in the OA Flickr Gallery. You can also share with us on Instagram. Use the hashtag #octoberafternoon and tag me @sashafarina as I'd love to see your take on this sketch.