I was a little stumped by this weekÂ’s Inspiration Challenge (IFC53) that Tamcam came up with. We were to be inspired by the artwork from the Mexican holiday Dia De Los a Muertas (Day of the Dead), which, even though it has skulls and skeletons and stuff, is actually not a mournful occasion but a celebration of deceased loved ones and makes fun of death.
Our challenge was to create a colorful, fun layout, using pics of someone special to us. The man in the photos is our dear (very much alive) friend, Jeff, from Sydney, Australia whom I met several years ago thru an internet group we both belonged to and who came to visit us in the U.S. on four different visits between 2002 and 2006. We visited him in Sydney in 2008.
Most of the elements are from a freebie kit I was excited to find after Tami posted this challenge. I used some brushes from the freebie brush kit she mentioned in one of her posts too.
This was a true challenge for me, and I think I managed to meet the requirements. Hope you agree! Once I got going, I had trouble stopping, I wound up making two versions. The second one has a border around the original page. CouldnÂ’t decide which I liked more, so IÂ’ve posted both.
-I started out using Colies Corner For Starters 2-template 03, tweaking it down from 3 photos to 1 photo and flipping it to landscape.
-Day of the Dead freebie kit (papers/most elements): Day of the Dead freebie kit by Touchme at Scrapmaniafree.blogspot
-Other papers & overlays: by JM Art Fusion (Julie Makotinsky, Little Dreamer Designs),GC Watercolor (Gypsy Chick)
-Flowers on journaling: Spring Rain by Laurie Ann at Heavens Gate Design
-Gold button: Summer Freebie by ChezBlueCat.blogspot.com
-Glitter & Flower: All Summer Long by: ScrapU
-Pink “bubblewrap”: by Loloden Designs
-Day of the Dead brushes (bg skulls & designs): by: MelsBrushes.co.uk
Fonts: Title: Matisse ITC; Journaling: Wee Bairn
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009 GMT Views: 680
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Sat, Oct 10, 2009 @ 6:59 PM
Both are fab. this version adds even more color! love it!!!
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