{"id":4940,"date":"2009-09-18T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:59:39","slug":"mare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/mare\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mare&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry I haven&#8217;t blogged in almost a week but I was busy, busy, busy&#8230;.<br \/>\n(With what??? I&#8217;ll\u00a0write a post about that soon\u00a0&#8211; with photo&#8217;s.)<\/p>\n<p>But I did get some scrapping done and as of today,\u00a0I&#8217;m back in business!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_sketch142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4950\" title=\"01_sketch142\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_sketch142-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nAnd because<br \/>\nit&#8217;s Friday,<br \/>\nI start with<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lotuspaperie.blogspot.com\/\">the new<br \/>\nLotus Paperie<br \/>\nchallenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa made<br \/>\nthis\u00a0sketch<br \/>\nfor you all<br \/>\nto work with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I did with it: &#8220;<strong>Message in a bottle&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_lotus142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4951\" title=\"02_lotus142\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_lotus142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a bit of a special layout, &#8217;cause it&#8217;s only half&#8230;.<br \/>\nYes, that&#8217;s right. I made a spread!<\/p>\n<p>For the other half, I used the challenge that will be up on the Lotus Paperie blog<br \/>\nnext week. I tried to made each page attractive &#8220;on its own&#8221;\u00a0but they also had<br \/>\nto go well together&#8230;\u00a0I think I managed but you&#8217;ll have to wait one week<br \/>\nto see the other half (and the complete layout)!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_lotus142_detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4952\" title=\"03_lotus142_detail\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_lotus142_detail-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_lotus142.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Detail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scrap-club.eu\/old-blog\/2009\/09\/04\/inspiration-tips-techniques-september\/\">this technique<br \/>\n<\/a>I added pieces<br \/>\nof shell to<br \/>\ngive the layout<br \/>\na &#8220;beach effect&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/petravanosch.blogspot.com\/\">Petra<br \/>\n<\/a>for the inspiration<br \/>\nand tutorial!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0inspiration for the\u00a0Lotus layout came also from the ATC&#8217;s I made last<br \/>\nweekend. I had fun making this serie: <strong>&#8220;Mare&#8221; <\/strong>(for the ones that didn&#8217;t have<br \/>\nancient languages lessons at high school: &#8220;Mare&#8221; is the Latin word for &#8220;Sea&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; and yes that&#8217;s right, you can see my name &#8220;Marit&#8221; shimmer&#8230; the meaning<br \/>\nof my name has to do with sea &#8211; but I&#8217;m planning a page about that too!)<\/p>\n<p>The basic for these ATC&#8217;s is left over tissue paper which I use\u00a0for dabbing\u00a0<br \/>\nexcessive spray ink from my pages &#8211; don&#8217;t ever throw away those left over<br \/>\npieces of &#8220;garbage&#8221;&#8230; see what you can do with it!!!<\/p>\n<p>The images are scanned from a children&#8217;s painting\u00a0book<br \/>\nand coloured with\u00a0pencils.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_atc_mare_shell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4953\" title=\"04_atc_mare_shell\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_atc_mare_shell-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mare\u00a0&#8211; Shell<\/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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_atc_mare_sea_horse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4954\" title=\"05_atc_mare_sea_horse\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_atc_mare_sea_horse-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_atc_mare_sea_horse.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Mare\u00a0&#8211; Sea horse<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\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\/06_atc_mare_mermaid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4955\" title=\"06_atc_mare_mermaid\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/06_atc_mare_mermaid-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Mare\u00a0&#8211; Mermaid<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\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\/07_atc_mare_fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4956\" title=\"07_atc_mare_fish\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_atc_mare_fish-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mare\u00a0&#8211; Fish<\/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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still some more &#8220;sand and water&#8221; to come on next layouts &#8211;<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t seem to stop the waves from rolling through my\u00a0mind\u00a0right now.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m working on a Leonard Cohen Art Journal page and\u00a0I have plans for\u00a0my<br \/>\n&#8220;Miscellaneous&#8221; Art Journal&#8230; I hope I find time this weekend to work on<br \/>\nthose!\u00a0Anyway,\u00a0see you soon with a post\u00a0and a lot of photo&#8217;s of &#8220;whatever<br \/>\nI was busy with last week.&#8221; (Curious? That&#8217;s the intention &#8211; so you will<br \/>\nvisit me again soon!)<\/p>\n<p>And last but not least &#8211; some links where you can get free stuff!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourmemoriescanada.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/september-blog-candy-and-winner.html\">This gal (Allison Cope)\u00a0is giving away a free stamp set<\/a><br \/>\nof your choice!!\u00a0\u00a0I certainly will leave her a sweet comment<br \/>\n&#8217;cause I have my mind set on the alpha stamps, they\u00a0are to drool over!<br \/>\nGo check it out and play along!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artsyfartsyscraproom.blogspot.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4992\" title=\"08_bree_blogcandy\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/08_bree_blogcandy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0my dear friend <a href=\"http:\/\/artsyfartsyscraproom.blogspot.com\/\">Bree<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\nis almost at 100 followers,<br \/>\nand\u00a0she&#8217;s feeling really generous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s going to start giving away<br \/>\ngoodies until October 2nd.<br \/>\n(that&#8217;s MY birthday, by the way&#8230;)<br \/>\nShe&#8217;ll be doing random name draws<br \/>\nfrom\u00a0her followers for FREE<br \/>\nSCRAPPY STUFF!<\/p>\n<p>Bree&#8217;s a sweetheart, so become her follower, send her\u00a0some love\u00a0and get a change on winning something!<\/p>\n<p>And now, let&#8217;s start the weekend!<br \/>\nI wish you all\u00a0to have fantastic\u00a0and creative days\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0See ya soon!<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>Sorry I haven&#8217;t blogged in almost a week but I was busy, busy, busy&#8230;. (With what??? I&#8217;ll\u00a0write a post about that soon\u00a0&#8211; with photo&#8217;s.) But I did get some scrapping done and as of today,\u00a0I&#8217;m back in business! \u00a0 And because it&#8217;s Friday, I start with the new Lotus Paperie challenge. 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