Harvest Time (Scrap Africa)

ETA: I was a winner!  Thanks so much to everyone who voted for my layout.

 
Hello!  Happy International Women's Day!  This holiday is not really known in the United States, but it's a big day in Russia, where it's also a holiday to celebrate spring.  It snowed here this morning, alas, so unfortunately I don't feel like it's spring yet.

The layout I'm sharing today is for the current sketch challenge at Scrap Africa.  This was a fun sketch involving both horizontal and vertical elements, as well as some botanical motifs, and I enjoyed working with it.  I made a layout for the childhood album that I'm making for my husband.  He grew up on a farm, and this page, called "Harvest Time," sports a photo of his dad using a combine harvester.

Supplies: patterned paper, rub-ons, and buttons by October Afternoon; brown ink by Versa Mark (Tsukineko); black ink by Autumn Leaves (Stampology); tea stain "ink" drops; faux brads by Candi (Craftwork Cards); vintage twine; lace by Jeanette Crews Designs; pen by Zig.

Here are a few close-ups: 

For this cluster, I layered together a flag (trimmed from the brand identification strip at the bottom of a sheet of patterned paper), a twine bow, a button, and a faux brad.  I love these prong-free cardstock brads called "Candi!"  They are so much easier to use than regular brads.

I made the title with rub-ons, then "underlined" it with a paper strip, twine, and another faux brad.  I added some splatters--here and also in other places on the page--for an "antique" look.

I tucked a loop of lace under the topmost of my three journaling/decorative cards.  There is another loop of lace under the bottom card.

I had so much fun filling each of the three cards with little goodies.  The bottom card houses my journaling, which reads: "Scott's parents grew wheat, oats, barley, and rye.  They also raised hogs and beef cattle.  Harvest time = lots of work!"

Thanks for stopping by to look at my page.  I hope you will get a chance to check out the other challenge participants' layouts as well.