I bet you all have been thinking “where’s that lay out she would made
for her post #100 – the one Angèle challenged her to do…?”
Remember that?
“I choose picture one. I think the photo was taken in early spring.
I see little yellow flowers. Or are they winter violets?
I choose this yellow to be the main colour for your scrap!”
Angèle is the only one who knew this: I had it finished more then a week ago!
I had fun working on it and – although it wasn’t my intention to
combine things – I used a technique that Lotus Paperie would come up with
for today’s challenge #137 – use watercolour paint/pencils.
So I e-mailed Angèle to tell her I finished the lay out, but that she could not
see it yet ’cause I would publish it not earlier then today… but that it would
be published on two blogs then – mine and Lotus Paperie!
And today is that day! So here it comes…
The lay out was long done when I realized that I also conformed to
the challenge Michelle posted that same “post #100” which was:
“I challenge you to scrap the first photo – any size, any colors,
but you must use a song lyric”
Consider it as a bonus: I used a sentence from the song “Born to be wild”
Yellow is not a colour I work with very often.
I’m not the “bright type” scrapper, I stick to natural colours mostly,
so this was a real challenging lay out to make!
Thanks again, Angèle, for getting me out of my comfort zone,
and I hope you like what I did!
I used plain white card stock, felt flowers (I think they came in a RAK once)
embroidery thread (it’s one thread that’s running into a different colour
along the way) and yellow water colour paint.
The characters for the title are cut out from a Cosmo Cricket paper
and I inked the edges. The rest of the text is handwritten.
I used a chain-stitch
to hand stain the
border.
Some bling-bling
from my stash
on the felt flowers.
(totally “not me”
but I like it anyway!)
I printed the photo
several times on
a Polaroid frame
to create layers.
At the Lotus Paperie blog you can see what the other DT members
did with water colour. Go take a look and get inspired!
And another page for my “Book of Me”
This was prompt #11
Happies & Hurts
“No book about me would be complete without a declaration of feelings
and so here’s a page where we’ll share the things that make us happy
or make us hurt.”
Again, I bend this prompt to my own will and kept it in general.
Journaling in Dutch:
“Happiness: I’m not the exuberant type. You won’t see me dance and
jump up and down when I’m happy. I rather relish in silence, from a distance.
Just me and my joy. The happiness isn’t any less.
Hurt: I’m like a cat. When I’m sad, I hide myself. I don’t speak, I don’t want
to talk to anyone and I hide in a corner or go to bed.
I rather be alone with my sadness.”
And some random things I’ve been wanting to say:
- The A – to – Z photoblog stopped (and I don’t know if André is going
to pick it up again) so I don’t make a big deal about taking a photo
weekly. I will make one if I feel like (I’m at “K”)
(Edit: André wrote a post that he will start again, he’s going to pick it
up where he left – with the “G” – look here if you wanna know more.)
- My dear blogfriend Bree has started a new challenge blog!
She compiled a talented Design Team (Congrats again Angèle!) and
it’s all about cardmaking. Today the first sketch/challenge will be
launched, so let’s cheer for her, send her some love and go play
at Get Sketchy
- I applied for the Cocoa Daisy DT last month but I’m not in.
I want to congratulate Vee, Danielle & Anita (couldn’t find her blog)
for being the new Cocoa Diva’s!
- My son went on vacation to Scotland with his dad (and “stepmother
/ sis / brother”) and I haven’t seen him in 3 weeks – but tomorrow
he will come and stay with us for two weeks, YEAH!!!
Soooo looking forward to it! I planned relaxed time with the family;
watching movies, visiting (grand)parents, my friend Lena will visit us…
Summer Pleasure with a capital P! I did a lot of lay outs and BOM pages
the last weeks, but I guess the tempo will go down a bit and my scrapping
and blogging will not be that frequent.
I wish you all a very happy weekend!!!
Don’t forget to look around and enjoy little things!
Je t’embrasse!