Monday, June 23, 2008

well i dont know about you but....

i am starting to shake and get a bit jittery.



It must be blog withdrawrals ;)

so here we are - back again! Thanks regulars for letting us have a little break to advertise our new retreat date :)




I have had a few lovely entries for last weeks challenge.




The first one to come in was Maryannes who was inspired by some footy guernseys! Black and red are an absolutely STUNNING combination to use on the page.

she writes -


Anyway bit slack because Im using just the color factor for inspiration, sorry!

some of you would be aware of my liking for black and red, and have done a LO today of our dog molly, when she was a puppy.

Have been wanting to do a LO of her for a while and have always planned on red, black combo, mostly because shes mostly black with a bit of white and has always had a red collar.Also have a liking for red and black because take lots of photos of the kids playing footy and of course being cougars its the red and black combo also.





Thanks Maryanne and i think you have done a brilliant job here!



The second entry was from Sandra who did a fantastic job being inspired by an old canister she had in her kitchen.




The choice of photo and subject that she chose is excellent as it almost seems a bit psychadelic and hippy so it transfers over to the page, using the photos that she picked really well.


Sandra wrote -

Here is my entry for the challenge
I found it really hard..... LOVED IT!
I found this old canister... and used the different colour pears as my inspiration... might try the wardrobe next.
great challenge!



The last entry is mine. I saw this book cover and thought that the placement would work on a page. The journalling is in the strip of paper - just explainin that as some others i have shown haven't realized and actually thought it was that Jenni Bowlin book print patterned paper!





The journalling says -



When you and Georgia were tiny babies i would read to you. I hoped with all my heart that you would grow up to love reading as much as i do. As you got bigger and started school, it became clear very quickly that you would really struggle to learn how to read. We would listen to your readers every night and i felt like you would never get it. With lots of extra help at school, and your perserverance, bit by bit we finally got to a stage where you could read well. Last year Granny bought you some 'go girl' novels and ever since then you have been devouring these with great gusto. I am so proud of how well youread now, and i love hearing the reply to my lights out call at night by you saying 'just one more chapter please mum?'


we are at long last at that place i wished for.



So there have only been 3 takers on this challenge - come on girls! It really isn't that hard. Dig out some of your son's rip curl t-shirts, dig in the pantry, look at magazines, at catalogues and in you bookshelf and see if you can find yourself a dose of everyday inspiration!


Learning how to transfer the things you see everyday onto a page is so exciting! To look at something and say 'ooooh how cool would that look as a layout??!!' is a very handy skill - and kinda an obsession LOL.





4 comments:

SueP said...

Hi Mary-ann, What a cute puppy!! Great LO & I love the red felt that you have used!!

Hi Sandra, What a groovy hippy page!! You have put that together well!!! Love the tin as well:)

Well, we had to be quick to see your page Amanda- WOW, out for publication!! It was goodie. I like the way you put your journalling into one of the strips!

Tiff Firth said...

ooohhhhh Sandra. You did enjoy this one didn't you. Very Psychedelic.
Mary-ann. Isn't amazing how they can turn on THOSE eyes.
Lovely.

Meredith said...

More stunning pages!
Maryanne ... I always love flippy dog ears!! Very cute.

Sandra ... that is such a great transfer to a layout. Very well done!

Amanda... couldn't see your page you lucky duck!! But the inspiration page is fantastic. Might even give that a go at some stage too!

Anonymous said...

Hi Maryanne, what a beautiful little dog ,looks like it might be a bit spoilt. Nice page well done.

Sandra This page looks fabulous. Teagan looks so happy, hope she had a good time at the social.

Amanda ,Yours being removed for publication says it all. It is Fantastic. Congrats, well done.