I have made this page for the Flutter by Wednesday Challenge....we were to use a Sketch Challenge and have butterflies or fairies on our card - I have not used a SCS Sketch but definitely did use one for both of these, I am enjoying using the various challenges for my pages as well - makes it all interesting - for me anyway!! It is also for the Flourishes Timesless Tuesday Challenge where we are to use DP....and this certainly does!
I think I am finally finding my way with the scrapbooking, I have done these two pages of my DD2...I am doing double layouts, although the colours through the album will be eclectic the facing pages will flow together....
I don't know what it is about classes but so far, whatever I do there, I usually come home and take apart and redo it...adding different touches to get the end result! With this page I resorted to looking through 'Scapbooking Memories' and found a lovely layout to use by Wendy Anderson, loosely casing a page by Steph Caskey-Devlin - it caught my eye straight away!
I want each page to reflect the person it is about, my DD2 is a 'girlie girl' and these colours, flowers, butterflies are all so very her. I started with the chipboard square - nice thought....but hard to get my head around....as usual I came home and took it apart....I finished it off today and am happy with it too....this reflects DD2's early years so well...I wish I could say she was such an angel now!! LOL!!
Our class was to do chipboard....well that was a challenge in itself...but once I got going it was okay. For the first photo I used the square chipboard frame and covered it, and a couple of flowers with the DP and inked them with Baja Breeze....I also tore some matching DP's and ink....that was as far as I got that night. Over ther next few days I embossed a filagree border around the top right hand corner in white, which doesn't show up too much in the photo but adds so much texture and depth to the page IRL. I also stamped a filagree edge and added it to the frame, sponged some punched butterflies that one of my Twisted Sisters, Lesley (aka Marleygo) had sent me in a RAK (thanks Lesley - they are part of my 'staple' stamping supplies - I need to get that punch! I paper pierced a flight trail between each butterfly....lastly I added layered flowers on the top left corner....
Then...the next challenge - the opposite page - you can see it in the next photo!!!
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Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Posts: 38589
Mon, Jun 15, 2009 @ 7:07 AM
Oh lil Maddie! How sweet is this sistah! Linda, your pages look like you have always been scrappin'! Just beautiful, What a treasure for your children. Maddie surrounded by butterflies, nothing sweeter than that! Great job. LYMI
------------------------------ Pat Smethers "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden." Isaiah 58:11
Registered: July 1, 2007 Location: small town near montreal, quebec Posts: 26677
Mon, Jun 15, 2009 @ 8:01 AM
Just the sweetest little thang you ever did see. Love how you put your letters and the little flowers are pretty, but not as pretty as our little girlie here. TFS Linda, this is lovely.
Registered: May 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 24623
Mon, Jun 15, 2009 @ 6:24 PM
Wonderful page with Maddison at the center of it all!!! Linda, this is breathtaking. I just love your distressed looks and all the details. You can tear paper for me anytime because when you do it, it loos fabulous!!! This is just awesome and I'm in awe of your talents!! TFS!
------------------------------ Pam Co-Founder of The Punchkateerz! Fan Club Member FS149, QFTD44