Lightning Ridge vacation layouts

This month, Scrap the Boys is looking for layouts featuring boys and their "someone special".

I scrapped a family photo that was taken last September on our trip to Lightning Ridge.  My husband always looks relaxed and photogenic!



I had fun with this layout and my favourite part was heat embossing the flourishes and title:



Materials:
Basic Grey Sultry - Friar patterned ppaer
Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 - Bette patterned paper
Echo Park Victoria Gardens - Picket Fence patterned paper
Collage Press Scrooge & Marley - December 24th patterned paper
Tim Holtz Grungeboard Elements - Swirl Flourishes 
Dew Drops Brilliance - Pearlised Poppy pigment ink
Moon Glow King Midas Gold embossing powder
Lil Davis Journaling 2 stamp 
Buzz & Bloom Rustic Alphabet - Teensy chipboard alphabets
Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type alphabet stickers

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This month I'm joining a Dusty Attic sketch challenge for the first time.

I had a clean-out of my chipboard drawer last week and was shocked at the amount of stash in there.  But it was a pleasant surprise to uncover some Dusty Attic product that I had totally forgotten about!

I used a Dusty Attic Mini Lantern: 



This is the full layout - photograph taken in an underground opal mine:



How I used the sketch:  I really liked how this sketch placed the photograph off to one side, but I had to flip the sketch (mirror image) to make it fit my photograph.  This way, my subjects are facing towards the page instead of away from it. I also moved the title to the edge to give more 'black space' in the middle.

Other materials:
Coredinations Nightfall cardstock
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Golden Terracotta
Basic Grey Motifica patterned paper
Kaisercraft ink pads - black and brown
Celebrations Clear High Gloss embossing powder
Jillibean Soup Alphabeans - Black Text cardstock stickers