The October challenge over @ Scrap the Girls is to create a layout with the word 'love' in the title & to use distressing on your layout! This challenge was set by Marelize...to see her gorgeous creation & the other CT layouts, visit here.

I had received this very gorgeous Echo Park Paper pack from a special & generous friend, & couldn't wait to play with it :) Thank you my dear friend!
My bit of 'distressing' is the black paint in the background...I admire Crystal's use of black paint on her layouts & wanted to give it a go...especially as I had the paint out after completing my WW1 challenge.

& whilst the paint was still out...this time using the template again ;) hehe I'm already totally in love this this one & can see it featuring in my layouts over & over again!

This next layout is for Scrapboutique's Passion 4 Fashion wk 4 - Western (country). This layout came together surprisingly quickly for me. Again using another Crafters template, though I wished I'd use some texture paint rather than simply inking...next time ;)

I added the button hole section of an old pair of kids jeans, adding the extra large brads as buttons.

Thanks for stopping by...& a huge thank you for your lovely comments! I really do appreciate each & every one of them x

Happy scrapping!