{"id":3845,"date":"2009-07-03T13:15:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T11:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:32","slug":"come-into-my-gardenlotus-challenge-131","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/come-into-my-gardenlotus-challenge-131\/","title":{"rendered":"Come into my garden<br>Lotus challenge #131"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is gonna be a short post!<br \/>\nJust some photo&#8217;s&#8230; and a few words.<br \/>\nIn Holland, we&#8217;re not used to hot temperatures &#8211;<br \/>\nmost of the time our country is cold and windy.<br \/>\nAnd in Summertime pleasant, easy-going weather,<br \/>\nlike 24\u00ba Celsius (75 Fahrenheit)<br \/>\nIt is\u00a030\u00baC right now! (86 degrees Fahrenheit)<br \/>\nThat is &#8211; outside it is,<br \/>\nat my computer it must be more&#8230;.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m melting!<br \/>\nThe computer is melting!<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t visit blogs or talk on the boards &#8217;till this heat is over&#8230;<br \/>\nThe forecast says it should be over this weekend.<br \/>\nOr at least on Monday.<br \/>\nKeep your fingers crossed, or I will end\u00a0up as a puddle.<br \/>\n\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_detail_challenge131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3853\" title=\"01_detail_challenge131\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_detail_challenge131-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I have<br \/>\na tiny little bit<br \/>\nof energy left<br \/>\nto show you<br \/>\nmy take on the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lotuspaperie.blogspot.com\/\">Lotus Paperie<br \/>\nchallenge #131<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\nwhich is:<br \/>\n&#8220;hand cut the<br \/>\npattern out of<br \/>\npattern paper&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You won&#8217;t see that (much) on this photo though&#8230; this photo is a detail<br \/>\nof my self made flower. (Remember the sneak peek?)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my complete lay out!&#8221;<br \/>\nI had paper with white roses on it, very romantic!<br \/>\nSo I cut those out and\u00a0glued it in the left corner.<br \/>\nI found an old picture of myself, and by editing that I created\u00a0the atmosphere I wanted.<br \/>\nThat was the basic, and\u00a0I &#8220;build&#8221;\u00a0my lay out around it.<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t this the sweetest, romantic, vintage lay out?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_lotus_challenge131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3854\" title=\"02_lotus_challenge131\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_lotus_challenge131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_detail_challenge131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3855\" title=\"03_detail_challenge131\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_detail_challenge131-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLast week, <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisaiton.blogspot.com\/\">Chris<\/a>\u00a0published<br \/>\na tutorial about making flowers<br \/>\nout of ribbon, and I used that<br \/>\nto make mine out of lace.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_detail_challenge131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3856\" title=\"04_detail_challenge131\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_detail_challenge131-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nI made the photo<br \/>\nlook old by using<br \/>\nPhotoshop,<br \/>\nafter that I made it<br \/>\nlook even older<br \/>\nusing\u00a0distress ink.<\/p>\n<p>Embroidered\u00a0circle<br \/>\n(cut out afterwards,<br \/>\nand glued again)<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_detail_challenge131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3857\" title=\"05_detail_challenge131\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_detail_challenge131-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is an old,<br \/>\nvintage picture.<br \/>\nI got some from<br \/>\nmy mum a while<br \/>\nago, and this one<br \/>\nconsummates<br \/>\nmy lay out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>OK, I showed you everything.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m off to sit in front of my fridge now&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8220;Those who are about to melt, salute you!&#8221;<br \/>\nJe t&#8217;embrasse!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/\">back to homepage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is gonna be a short post! Just some photo&#8217;s&#8230; and a few words. In Holland, we&#8217;re not used to hot temperatures &#8211; most of the time our country is cold and windy. And in Summertime pleasant, easy-going weather, like 24\u00ba Celsius (75 Fahrenheit) It is\u00a030\u00baC right now! 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