Last week, I received an e-mail with an invitation to join a new scrapbooking
(challenge) community. It’s called “The Color Room” and after I checked it out
and lurked for a while, I joined in. I found a lot of my online friends did too,
so I felt right at home! Here’s what “the color room” says:
“Do you want a new challenge?
Something to whet your creative appetite?
This is just the place.
Here in the Color Room we strive to push your creativity through
new inspiring colour palettes, sketches and tutorials.”
Check it out here if you’re in for new (colour palette) challenges!
I never played
challenges like this
before – palettes
I mean, so it was
quite a challenge
for me! (The sketch
that comes with the
palette is optional)
These colours are
“sweet & girly” and
that’s so NOT me…
but I like to push
myself a bit so I
decided to accept
the challenge and
went on with it.
I pushed myself even harder by making a 12×12 layout
(I don’t do much of those lately)
..
It was about time I scrapped my mum… and this sweet photo, taken back in
the eighties, is very dear to me.
I printed it in “pink” (sort of…) and of course (sorry, I can’t help myself)
I “gel medium transferred” it…. here’s my layout:
Mum and me
The background paper is “October Afternoon”, some old chipboard alphas
from my stash and I cut the “envelopes” (and some glittering shell images –
click on the image to enlarge for a better view) from “Scrapbour” and
K&Company
Journaling:
We don’t speak each other very often. That’s not necessary.
There is a deep connection. We don’t need to talk to feel that.
We enjoy each other’s company when we get together.
We giggle like young girls. I know she’s always there for me,
and besides… we write!
Here’s a detail pic from the transfer.
Some people say I look like my dad and yes, I do when you look at my face
UNTIL you see my mimic and motion. When I start to talk or move I look just
like my mum! This photo shows it just a little bit…
..
And I made an ATC
with the same colour
palette! This really IS
a girly card! The “blue”
part on the photo is
a little bit different
then the colour on the
palette, it looks more
like it in real life!
I also made this card
for Mixed Media Monday.
The mission was to create
something that fits with
the phrase “hello dolly”.
The stamped image is
again one I got from
Glenda, and by using it
this way, I made her look
like a “Dolly, coming home”.
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Last Saturday we went to Nijmegen to take a look at this place:
There were “open days” at the Radboud University of Nijmegen (on the photo
you see a part of the campus) and becouse my son wants to study there next
year, we went to check it all out. It looked like a nice place, with great
facilities and the information we got was promising. In the afternoon we went
to a “publicity hour” (don’t know if that’s the right word, but you know what I
mean) about the study my son is thinking about: “Artificial Intelligence”.
It was brought by an enthusiastic professor with a lot of humour… the way he
talked about studying “AI” almost made ME want to go for it… so it is no
surprise that my son’s mind is made up. Once he graduate high school (only
one Month to go ’till the exams… eeeeckkk!) he will be a student AI on this
University! Can you believe that? My little baby… a STUDENT!!!
Well, he sure looks like one already… and I think he choose wisely.
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After a weekend filled with University stuff and fooling around with colour
palettes I have to go back writing my lessons for the online Workshop.
I got a little bit nervous last week because there weren’t much registrations
yet, but now they seem to start rollin’ in and it looks like there will be
nice and talented women in my classes again!
If you’re interested, registration for both workshops is open!
go here for more info.
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The sun is shining, the tree in front of my house is almost bursting and
will be filled with blossom in about a week or two… (remember to take a
picture and show you!) and temperatures are rising… even it’s just a little
bit and I still need my coat when I go outside, it looks promising!
Time to start the “evening walks” my beloved and I talked about – it should
be relaxing to go for a walk after diner to let go of the “stress” from the
day, talk a bit and get some fresh air. We live on the edge of town and within
five minutes we walk right between fields, into the forest or on the heathland!
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Oh, and I almost forgot…. do you know what a “flashmob” is?
“A flashmob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a
public place, perform an unusual and pointless act for a brief time,
then quickly disperse.”
Here’s a video of some (uhmmm, A LOT actually- keep watching)
girls – fellow students at my son’s school – and this video proofs that not
every young person nowadays is lazy, uninterested, egoistic and all that…
there are a lot of young, enthusiastic and inspiring persons surrounding you!
Enjoy their spirit!
I hope your week will be nice and filled with spirit too!
Je t’embrasse!