nature boy

I love everything about the Happy Camper collection from Imaginisce!  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find it for sale in my area, but my scrappy friend Cathryn was kind enough to get me some and ship it to me, all the way from Canada!  I love the fun colors and the great texture of the papers, some of which are even embossed.  The only problem I have with these two sided papers is that I love both sides and can't decide which side I want to use.  I guess that's just a good excuse to buy more.  Actually, if I win this month's challenge at Imaginisce, I can WIN more.  That would be sooooo awesome!

I decided to break out my new collection and do a layout for this sketch challenge.  Here's what the original sketch looked like:

I love the grid pattern which allowed me to use a variety of the patterned papers that I love.  I only switched around a few things so that it would fit the photos of my little guy.  Here's my version of this challenge:

I distressed the edges of my "blocks" and added ink to rough them up a bit.  I made a "frame" from jute that I picked up at the hardware store and I added a homemade sun with twine stitched rays tucked behind the cloud die cut from the Happy Camper collection.  I love the way it turned out.  And most importantly, I love the chance to win more amazing products from Imaginisce!  We've done lots of camping this season and I can't wait to make more projects using our camping pictures! Thanks for looking!