tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49237295566052897652024-03-05T16:26:36.695+11:00Rosy CheekArt & InspirationRosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-13667940238247779732016-04-06T19:01:00.002+10:002016-04-06T19:01:53.172+10:00Faux Watercolour Wildflowers Card<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvVDYAEMj01Sz2WT7usB5yjxIdC1dbfXBLYaykGthmk09toAFFEMQRlT77uW1deaeF3rNy7tndXu9jYtNK8IKPbVwSjc9xndnMkckMekGdylLZT2PTp2gZKMWKLdk3ZI1_t60qSKVMOI/s1600/160320_035057-EPL54243+EDIT+CROP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvVDYAEMj01Sz2WT7usB5yjxIdC1dbfXBLYaykGthmk09toAFFEMQRlT77uW1deaeF3rNy7tndXu9jYtNK8IKPbVwSjc9xndnMkckMekGdylLZT2PTp2gZKMWKLdk3ZI1_t60qSKVMOI/s640/160320_035057-EPL54243+EDIT+CROP.jpg" width="459" /></a>I'm sharing this card for the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge</a>. <span id="goog_2056262783"></span>This week<span id="goog_2056262784"></span> it's an <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-25/" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a> challenge with a focus on Ranger products. <br />
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After inking my stamps with distress inks, I spritzed them with a little water before stamping onto heavy watercolour paper. I layered up lots of stamped images to create a meadow of wildflowers. I'm really happy with how this technique turned out!<br />
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Mounted on a dark brown card with a strip of embossed green shimmer paper down the side, trimmed with scallop scissors.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey,
Shabby Shutters, Faded Jeans, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain and Brushed
Corduroy. Anna Griffin Cuttlebug 'Poppy' border embossing folder. Kaisercraft Metallic Brown blank card. Stamps - Stampendous 'Scripty Stems' plus another set I don't have the details for. </span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-67565065386061876092016-03-31T22:57:00.000+11:002016-03-31T23:24:13.595+11:00'So Round' (26 May 2012) Layout for Kraft+ Challenge <br />
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I made this layout using the awesome digital template provided by <a href="http://kraftpluschallenges.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Kraft+</a> for their <a href="http://kraftpluschallenges.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/march-challenge-hint-of-hound.html" target="_blank">March 2016 challenge</a>. The challenge is to use a kraft paper background and to include a hint of houndstooth pattern. I love using templates and making them my own :)<br />
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<span id="goog_1288991997"></span><span id="goog_1288991998"></span><br />Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-8388511341670802792014-07-13T02:58:00.001+10:002014-07-13T02:58:56.157+10:00Third Birthday CardThe little boy just turned THREE! Here he is the morning of his birthday. Sleeping bag off, gumboots on, hat on, and off to mow the carpet with his lawnmower. That's his little routine lately. So cute.<br /><br />
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I was at a complete blank for ideas for my son's card, so I turned to some inspiration challenges. I found lots of great ideas and combined a few to come up with my design. <br />
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<br />First I liked the shaker pocket idea on the Simon Says Stamp <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" target="_blank">Wednesday Challenge blog</a>. I'd never made one of these before, so that was a bit tricky and took a few tries to get right. I re-cycled items from <a href="http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-2-around.html" target="_blank">Around the House</a> for this, as per the <a href="http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Mixed Media Monthly Challenge</a>. <br /><br />
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I used some plastic from packaging and a clothes tag, to add a bit of space (not visible in the final piece). I also used some red craft foam which I was given, because I like to add different textures to my son's cards.<br /><br />
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For the layout I drew inspiration from this sketch by <a href="http://retrosketches.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Retro Sketches</a> (I was too late to finish my blog post to join the link up for this and Simon Says Stamp). I love the sketches there and will definitely be seeking more inspiration there for cards. <br /><br />
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<br />I used the <a href="http://www.scrapitgirl.net/" target="_blank">Scrap It Girl</a> colour scheme Navy, Cream, Red & Kraft, from the <a href="http://www.scrapitgirl.net/index.php/2014/07/01/color-challenge-month-july/" target="_blank">July Color Challenge</a>. I don't usually use navy, so that was a bit tricky, but I found some navy thread and some dark blue paper to incorporate, and I stamped my son's name in dark blue too. I like the final result!Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-18559012768758189602014-06-29T03:31:00.000+10:002014-07-08T17:53:11.700+10:00Project Life: Montrose Community Adventure Playground (November 2013)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr align="left"><td>I'm still very behind in my Project Life. I just work on whichever month appeals at the time. Here I've done the start of November, which incorporates my 30 Days of Thankfulness project, so there is a lot more journalling than usual. I try to record a note each day of something I'm thankful for. This page is about going to the park with lovely friends. It was SO hot that Ted got his first ever sunburn. Just realised I didn't journal about that! I might add a little tag on the bottom right photo. I thought it needed an extra something there anyway<span style="font-size: small;">. [Updated - see end of post.]</span><br />
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This Project Life spread I have worked on for the <a href="http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Stuck on U Sketches</a> <a href="http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/project-life-challenge-add-texture.html" target="_blank">Project Life Challenge - Add Texture</a>. The challenge is pretty simple: <br />
<i>"Create a PL card/cards that has an embellishment/embellishments on
it that adds texture... meaning, add something using foam tape,
thickers, chipboard elements, paint splatters, modeling paste and masks,
etc.. something that does not lay flat on the card."</i><br />
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Despite being so simple, this is a tricky one for me, because I like to keep my album VERY flat. For me, wood veneer is too thick. I've only ever used it on my title pages. Thickers are too thick. I've used them once. I've never used a flair button. Soooo... it's a challenge that's out of my comfort zone, but I'm up for a challenge, so I had a go. I added a flair badge. On the outside of the pocket, so it doesn't stretch the pocket. And so if I really don't like it I can remove it. But it looks cute. It's staying. <br />
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Then I decided to go in a painterly direction for my title card. Sprayed
it with some mists. Added stamps. (The black arrow stamp I carved from
an eraser.) I thought it was a bit dull at that point, despite the
glimmer sprays and gold ink, so I added washi tape to brighten it up.
Then I stuck on a little bit from a die-cut journal card which I had
previously used as a mask with gesso.<br />
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Finally I topped it off with wood veneer shapes. I do like them, I just don't usually use them in my album. I use plenty of 3D items on handmade cards, but prefer to keep my album flat so that the photos don't get warped. Now I'm trying not to stress out that there are photos opposite each of these bulky elements. It will be okay. Breathe. <br />
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For the final touch of texture, I added a bit of stitching in embroidery cotton. My colour scheme comes from the <a href="http://timelesstwine.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Timeless Twine</a> 'Twine-ology' <a href="http://timelesstwine.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/june-color-challenge-red-white-aqua.html" target="_blank">June Color Challenge</a> - Red, White & Aqua. I love this colour combination so much!<br />
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from Clementine, Honey & Jade core kits, Summer themed cards
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veneer, flair (Valley High) and label die cuts. Chic Tags journalling tag. Maggie Holmes
Styleboard gold stripe paper tape. Amy Tangerine calendar stamp. Kaiser
Craft label stamps. October Afternoon Catch Phrase stamp. Pebbles </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">From Me to You Date Stamp. Rasberry Rubons (Boy). Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm phrase stamp.</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Smash* roller date stamp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />UPDATE:<br /><span style="font-size: small;">I added some journalling about the suntan and my sunburn on the back of one of the cards, and a tab to indicate it can be pulled out. And also added a little stamped and stitched label on one of the photos at the bottom that needed an extra something. </span></span></span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-57490239016285245292014-05-28T00:02:00.000+10:002014-05-28T03:08:09.726+10:00Simple Pleasures: Mar-yee-yo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I've done this page for two different Australian Challenges. I figure I
spend SO much time on each of my layouts that I should double up ;) So
given that both these sites allow combined challenges, I decided to
try that this time, which is a first for me. My page is based on the
theme <a href="http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/simple-pleasures-with-tracey-gregory.html" target="_blank">"Simple Pleasures"</a> for the <a href="http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Berry 71 Bleu</a>
challenge. The mood board images for the challenge are gorgeous and the
inspiration layouts shared over several posts are amazing! So so pretty. There are some stunningly
beautiful projects shared on this blog. Lots of fabric flowers, crafty
techniques and textural goodness. I love recreating a bulky look in
digital<span style="color: #0000ee;">...</span> so I can actually fit the page in my album! I'm definitely
going to try the over the top flowers look soon, just have to find a
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I scrolled through my recent photos for a picture to scrap for the theme 'Simple Pleasures' and found
these cute ones of my son with his Yoshi soft toy. <br />
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Edward's simple
pleasure is watching Daddy play Mario Bros on the Wii. I went with a positive take on this
for my title, "Easy to Please", because he is so happy just watching his
Dad play, even when he doesn't have a go himself. There are times though when this
current obsession is NOT convenient; requests for "Mar-yee-yo Running"
at 2am are not appreciated. Perhaps I'll mention that on a journal card
on the opposite side of the spread (which will be a divided page
protector with some photos of Edward and Daddy on the couch, playing Mario). I want to keep my album mainly about the cute and funny, the
milestones and happy memories. I don't complain very much in there,
though occasionally I will throw in a real life downside or sad moment,
so long as it's not something that could be embarrassing or hurtful. I
want my album to be about real life, but it doesn't have to contain
every single part of life. It's the things we want to remember and
celebrate. Tantrums and night wakings might be frequent occurances right
now, but they don't get much coverage in my scrapbook!</div>
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For the design, I worked with the <a href="http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Sketch N Scrap</a> Birthday Bash: <a href="http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/sketch-n-scrap-birthday-bash-scraplift.html" target="_blank">Scraplift Challenge</a>. The layout by <a href="http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Jennifer Haggerty</a>
is just so perfect, that I actually copied it quite literally. I don't
usually scraplift so closely, I tend to really adapt the inspiration
image a lot. But this time I loved the original so much, and it went
with my pictures so well that I made my layout very similar to
Jennifer's, and I love it. <br />
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This is her sweet layout (love those chubby baby arms!):<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Two Peas-Erica Hernandez-November 2010 freebie tape</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Two Peas-Michelle Underwood-That Was Yesterday-Banner</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Design House Digital-Daydream Believer-Collab</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Design House Digital-Tayler Mitchell-Wishy Washi Tape</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pixels & Co-An Innocent Heart-Charity Collab</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pixels & Co-Collab-Love Actually</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pixels & Co-Deena Rutter-Scenic Route</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pixels & Co-Gennifer Bursett-Elemental Snippy Alphas (Graph)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Shabby Miss Jenn-Grandma’s Scrapbooks-Stitching</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">OTHER CREDITS:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">CVW_SupplyTracker</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Font: Underwood 1913</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sketch N Scrap Scraplift Challenge layout by Jennifer Haggerty<br />Camera: Olympus PEN E-PL5</span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-90223924883167190892014-05-09T03:36:00.000+10:002014-05-17T16:36:17.797+10:00Rye Pier (February 2014)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This layout is for the <a href="http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Stuck on U Sketches</a> April 25th Sketch <a href="http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/sketch-challenge-april-25th-2014.html" target="_blank">Challenge</a>.
I really enjoyed putting this layout together using <a href="http://www.sweetcarolinestudio.com/" target="_blank">Celeste Knight</a>'s
<a href="http://pixelsandcompany.com/shop/Birds-of-a-Feather.html" target="_blank">Birds of a Feather</a> kit with the challenge sketch. I bought this kit a
while ago but hadn't found the right project to use it for. </div>
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This 12x12 layout will go opposite some more photos and journalling in my Project Life album. The colours of these papers, and the rain drops, birds and feathers patterns are all perfect for these photos. We went on a beach holiday and it was rainy and cold most of th<span style="font-size: small;">e time. Aft</span>er walking down the pier until we were so cold we had to turn back, my husband and son ran around to warm up, and to scare sea gulls so they could see them fly away. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P&Co-Robyn Meierotto-Chipper Chipped Paint Alpha<br />Viviane-Photo Frames Freebie<br /><br />Camera: Olympus PEN E-PL5<br />Software: Photoshop<br /><br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>UPDATE!</b> 17 May 2014<br />I made the <a href="http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/3d-die-cut-challenge-and-new-team.html" target="_blank">Top 3</a> for this challenge! Yay! First time playing along at <a href="http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Stuck on U Sketches!</a> So I get a badge. It even matches my layout ;)</span> </span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-13498698936262844862013-11-21T06:21:00.001+11:002013-11-21T06:21:24.152+11:00Becky Higgins on Creative Live - the development of the Project Life memory keeping system<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So it's 4:30am here in Melbourne, and I'm up watching Becky Higgins live on Creative Live! Yes, I will pay for this tomorrow... but here I am, watching it on my iPhone (low resolution - I had trouble with it on the PC, I guess my internet connection wasn't fast enough). This is going to be three full days of live online classes with Becky Higgins, on memory keeping with her system, <i>Project Life</i>. And it's FREE to watch live!<br />
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Her Introduction has been about Memory Keeping, going back to the beginning of photography. Becky shared an old family album, with photos of relatives, a very precious family keepsake.<br />
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Then she shared three of her early scrapbooks. <br />
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Oh my, how I love Becky's teenage scrapbook! I did the same thing! But
with a lot more writing. I covered notebooks, made my own books, altered
old books. All before I had heard of the term "Scrapbooking". I knew
about scrapbooks; my Mum showed me her scrapbook from her teenage years,
the same sort of thing in an exercise book. But it wasn't called
ScrapbookING, it didn't have special products, I never saw those until I
was quite a bit older, and honestly I thought it was pretty dumb,
because I knew you didn't need to buy special papers to make a
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<br />She spoke about the advent of the "Scrapbooking Industry" in the 1990s, and then the downsides of this hobby - it can be time consuming and expensive. Knowing where to start can be hard if you don't feel creative. It can be overwhelming.<br />
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Now Becky is talking about the upsides: organising our photos. Scrapbooking can be a social experience. A creative outlet - it's FUN! It's meaningful, its personal. And she is now talking through her personal journey from her high school scrapbooks, into college, and her career, beginning with asking at local stores if she could run classes! She joined Creating Keepsakes magazine, writing and teaching Creative Lettering, and then layout Sketches. She published nine books on Sketches between 1999 and 2007.<br />
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Then Becky moved on to talking about the time-consuming aspect of the
hobby while having children. She has three children three years apart.
After already scrapbooking for many years, spending a lot of time and
creative energy on her hobby, "reality set in!" when she became a
mother. At a time when she had a full and busy life, and wanted to "keep
up", with her scrapbooks, particularly for her children, Becky needed a
quick and simple solution to memory keeping. <br />
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So in an attempt to solve her own problem, she experimented with a concept she'd seen photographers do - "Project 365". She decided to capture a picture a day to represent her year. While doing this she got pregnant and it hit her hard. She was very sick, and didn't manage to finish her memory keeping project, but the two months she worked on Project 365 were so fulfilling that she knew she was onto something. From here, she developed the idea from Project 365 into a more complete solution that would present the photos better than in a regular photo album, and allow room for journalling. Becky launched the product "Project 365" through Creating Keepsakes. This was the precursor to Project Life - no embellishments, just photos and journal cards slipped into pockets. It was so popular, it sold out within hours! <br /><br />Next Becky further developed the concept, so it was no longer about a
daily photo, it was much more flexible so people could capture and record whatever was meaningful to them. <i>Project Life</i> was born! So in 2009, Becky resigned from the
magazine and began a company with her husband to launch her memory keeping system. More than
a photo album, the journal cards allow you to capture the important details, and also add a creative touch. It looks like a scrapbook,
but there are no added embellishments. It's beautiful, but simple. "Back
to the basics of Photos and Stories." Yay!<br />
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The benefits of <i>Project Life</i> are greater than just getting your photos printed and in an album. "By doing something with your pictures, you will become more aware of how you are blessed." And also more aware of what you need to do and do more of. It can help you to be thankful, to recognise the blessings in your life. <br /><br />"We'll do it, if it's manageable" - by making whatever we need to do in our lives simple and manageable, we'll be much more likely to do it! There is a little audience interaction at the end of the session. The host says he regrets not finishing his son's album, and Becky says, yes, there is often a feeling of regret, or guilt, a wistful "I wish" I had finished this or done that. But over the next three days Becky is going to cover this. She says she's going to break it down and make it achieveable. Sounds fantastic!<br />
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The next section is "Getting Started". It's 5:25am and the first 90 minute session has just finished. I'm going to add some pictures, proofread and then I'm off to bed! Oh, and I will definitely be watching more of this, as I find Becky to be very inspiring. Apparently Creative Live run replays of the day's show throughout the day, so I may be able to watch the rest at a more civilised hour ;DRosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-48014920021599053582013-11-08T12:08:00.000+11:002013-11-08T12:08:00.077+11:00Edward & Grandma (August 2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm sharing this layout for the <a href="http://www.lifepaperscrapbook.com/" target="_blank">Life.Paper.Scrapbook</a> October Colour Challenge. Check it out <a href="http://www.lifepaperscrapbook.com/2013/10/october-colour-challenge-team-a.html" target="_blank">here</a>
to see the gorgeous inspiration image - a sweet old typewriter and
classic garden rose the colour of buttery lemon icing. So pretty... mmm, now I'm hungry ;)</div>
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<br /><br />I often find myself working in brown and turquoise, or yellow and turquoise, so it's great to bring the three colours together - perfect for a boy layout, and just right to complement these pictures of my Mum and son taken on the piece of furniture known as 'The Yellow Couch'. My little one was just five weeks old - how time flies!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Credits:<br />2Ps-Jennifer Pebbles-Winter Deer; 2Ps-Scrap Originals-Ocean Breeze-String Frames; Aprilmouse & Hanulienka-Spring Vol 2-Postcard Frame; Emily Powers-Blossom; Gunhild Storeide-Paper date wheel, Retro style tape, & Tab; Lettering Delights-Hero 12x12 QP; Little Dreamer-Michelle Coleman-Frosted & Wild Sorbet; Pixel Scrapper-Marisa Lerin-Hinge tag; Raspberry Road-Susan Darter-Travelogue; Shabby Princess-Promise; Thaliris-A Precious Moment Sampler; CVW_SupplyTracker.</span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-35294568315693402452013-10-19T00:16:00.000+11:002013-10-19T07:30:16.115+11:00You are my Sunshine (November 2012)I'm sharing this for the <a href="http://www.lifepaperscrapbook.com/2013/09/october-project-life-challenge-square.html" target="_blank">Life Paper Scrapbook October Project Life Challenge</a>! The theme this month is "Square or Instagram Photos", so here is an example of how I've included these in my Project Life album.<br />
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On the left I've used a WRMK page protector with three 4x4 inch pockets across the middle, holding Instagrams. They are all printed by <a href="http://persnicketyprints.com/" target="_blank">Persnickety Prints</a>. The first two are their special 4x4 Instagram prints and the third is a regular 4x6 photographic print which I've trimmed down. The first Instagram print is on Matte Card Stock with 1/8 inch white border (if anyone wants to order one!) I tested quite a few of their different print styles to see which I liked best. These card stock prints are not that great for photos. In my opinion, the card stock is better suited to graphics, and works well for journal cards. The middle Instagram print is metallic photographic paper and is absolutely gorgeous! I'll have to try to get a good photo of it. It's a bit pricey, at 85 cents (US$), but just so beautiful. Next time, instead of printing at the 4x4 Instagram size, I'll print them 4x6 inch and just trim them down. 4x6 metallic is 39c.<br />
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On the right side I've used Becky Higgins' Design A. I often used Adobe InDesign to lay out two 3x4 inch designs on a 4x6, and print these with the rest of my photos at Persnickety Prints. I usually cut them in half to put in the 3x4 pockets, but for this spread I've left two of them uncut, to fit in 4x6 pockets.<br />
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Each day I recorded something I was thankful for, using the Memento app. Then I included those notes in my Project Life. Some are very brief notes and I've handwritten them on journal cards, or typed them on my photos before printing. Other notes are longer; some I've written on the back of the cards, and some I didn't have room for, so I've made a little concertina book to contain the notes that didn't fit anywhere else (bottom right pocket in the photo above).<br />
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I found it challenging some days to come up with something to be thankful for, but it was a great discipline to TRY, and I really enjoyed it. It seemed to help me to be happier and more positive, because I was making the effort to be thankful. I will definitely be doing "30 days of Thankfulness" again this year! I have seen people work on "One Little Week" or "Week in the Life" projects and also "December Daily". While I love looking at what others do with these, as a personal project they didn't really click with me. My daily life is already recorded in my photos, and December is the busiest month so it's too stressful to think of adding another project. November is a good month for me to look back on the year, and pause each day to spend some dedicated time thanking God for His blessings in our lives.<br />
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P.S. I didn't manage to take the best photos; I had to stop after a few shots, because THIS started to happen...!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Products used: Simple Stories Harvest Lane, and Summer Fresh 12x12 papers. Becky Higgins Project Life Wellington Childhood Mini Kit and Design A page protector. WRMK #50064-3 page protector. Typo bird ribbon. Tear out notes from Kikki K 2012 Sweet A6 weekly diary. Digital papers and embellishments from Lori Whitlock (clouds paper), Gennifer Bursett (doily paper), L Riches (Lil Angel-red swirls & hearts papers), E Giovanni (Christina Renee-red paper top left), Gunhild Storeide (Friday Freebie-file tab), Raspberry Road (Botanical Bliss-stamps frame) and Dydyge (DigiCrea-Rainy Day Kit-umbrella).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Apps/Software: Pic Frame, Rhonna Designs, Bubble Frame, Snapseed. Adobe Photoshop & InDesign.</span><br />
<br />Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-67553011346134317042013-10-06T16:06:00.000+11:002013-10-06T17:49:18.058+11:00My Project Life ApproachEveryone approaches Project Life differently. A lot of people do it in weekly spreads. I like my monthly approach. I don't worry about keeping the photos and journalling consecutive, so long as it's in the correct month. I also use as many spreads and inserts as I need, so not restricted to a set number. I include a calendar each month, but it can be anywhere within the month, and any size. I have a few packs of dividers which I might put in at some stage to make it clearer where the months start. Some months are one spread, others are five! It just depends how many photos I have that I want to include. <br />
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When I first saw Project Life, I thought it was a strictly weekly project as that's what everyone was sharing online. Then I looked at Becky Higgins' website and realised it's completely flexible! She's designed it to be used however you want, and she wants it to be fun and freeing, not a guilt-inducing chore. I also liked how her examples are really simple! Not the highly embellished "scrapbook" style layouts that I was seeing in galleries. Going by Becky's philosophy, I realised it was something I wanted to do.<br />
<br />I've used the Collect App a little too after seeing Persnickety Prints' Chari post about it on Instagram. I saw <a href="http://annetteharing.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Annette Haring</a>'s and also <a href="http://rukristin.com/" target="_blank">Kristen Tweedale</a>'s
Project Life pages using the Collect app and it certainly is a quick
way to include small photos. I still use 4x6 pics too, and the Becky
Higgins kits, as well as bits and pieces of patterned paper and whatever
I find. Amanda Obanion has a great video showing her Project Life
process using the Collect app, over on <a href="http://amandaobanion.typepad.com/my-blog/2013/09/project-life-simplified-part-1-my-album.html#comment-6a01910452fc12970c019aff793c6c970c" target="_blank">her blog</a>. She'll be adding a second video soon too. <br /><br />Here are some of my Collect pics for my June spread. I've combined them into 4x6 inch pics to print. <br /><br />
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Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-20384949540275358742013-09-19T23:42:00.000+10:002013-09-20T01:01:57.124+10:00Little Ted's Big AdventureThis is a page I created to document Edward's first plane trip, for my Project Life album. I took a lot of photos that day, so I decided to tackle it digitally. I originally made this for a Design House Digital 4-Play challenge, so it used just the four specific kits from the challenge, and then I later added the compass under the title. <br /><br />I'm SO sad that DHD closed down a few months ago :( It was my digital home. BUT, I have found a new community to belong to, the Project Life Australia group on Facebook. That's how I heard about <a href="http://www.lifepaperscrapbook.com/" target="_blank">Life Paper Scrapbook</a>... and so with this post I'm entering... <br /><br />...the Life Paper Scrapbook <a href="http://www.lifepaperscrapbook.com/2013/08/project-life-challenge-1-layering-in.html" target="_blank">Project Life Challenge #1: Layering in Project Life</a>! How exciting! <br /><br />I've used lots of layers on this page: the patterned papers as a base layer, transparency and text over a photo for the title, and then many clustered and overlapped photos to fit as many in as possible. The pictures are jostled a bit to get a sense of movement, and the order they're in shows the progression of our journey.<br />
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<img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BO46GqhtPD5NhhWsRYCWguo52ad08mLXckRUhMwgvJ8-uRfeQ-b8X_DKV3SwV22Uz8k_km9XhZus3K2PFp2Ur6N7-BrugKEsRfTwsrciyiYekS-5wEq71z5nOg9DcMgs2XW9PnBXo0Y/s640/Rachel_Lotherington_(Rosy-Cheek)-Jan+Digi+PL-Little+Ted%27s+Big+Adventure.jpg" width="640" /><br /><i>About my layout:</i><br />On the TV channel ABC4Kids, there's a cute little show called "Little Ted's Big Adventure". Yep, it's Little Ted from Play School, he has his own show! Actually I just saw today that Jemima now has her own show too: Jemima's Big Adventure :) Anyway, because our son Edward's nickname is Ted, that's what we called this holiday from the start! <br /><br />This was the first time we used the car DVD player, so I have pics of that (VERY thankful that it kept him calm, as we'd hoped). Although Edward was <i>able</i> to walk from 15 months, he rarely did until Christmas, so going for a long walk was still a big deal, and I took a bunch of pics of him walking along. He has a little toy that we call "Pizza Man" as he looked to me like a little pizza chef (but someone pointed out he is probably a traffic controller - oh well, the name has stuck!) So it was pretty cool to see a real live Pizza Man - he was such a nice guy too. Edward fell asleep before we took off, so he probably didn't realise we went up in the air at all!<br /><br />I followed the configuration of Becky Higgins' Design F page protectors, which I love, and used InDesign to create the entire layout, as it's much easier work in a grid and to crop images to frames than in Photoshop. I'm trying to avoid Photoshop for my Project Life, as it's a major time sucker for me! I only edit photos if they really need it, and I'm a lot less tempted to edit when designing with InDesign. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Credits:<br />DHD-Inkling & Wit-Destination Word Art<br />DHD-Tayler Mitchell-Tags & Tape<br />DHD-Tisha Chestnut-Photo Journal Papers<br />Compass from <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/" target="_blank">StockXchng</a> User: Kalilo, Image: 490615<br />There were four DHD kits used originally, but I later removed a stylised flower (from Mary Moseley's Reminisce-Flowers, Frames & Borders kit), and replaced it with the compass, so there's nothing from that kit on the final layout. The flower was quite geometric and resembled a compass, so that's where I got the idea, but I wanted a proper compass to complete the look. </span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-91500525197565292972013-09-12T18:09:00.000+10:002013-09-20T01:10:29.832+10:00Project Life: Dear Lizzy Fifth and FrolicI started working on a Project Life album last November, as a creative way of displaying my photos and recording memories. I bought the Neutral Baby kit and Wellington Childhood kit and have also used a lot of papers I already had, digital scrapbooking kits, and some Simple Stories Snap papers. I have loved the process so far!<br />
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I pre-ordered the Dear Lizzy Fifth and Frolic core kit the day it went online at Australian stores. This beautiful kit was an exclusive for a store in the USA, so I had already admired it from a distance but a limited amount of stock was then released to international sellers. Yay! I recently received it and absolutely love it! Here are some creative photos I took highlighting some of my favourite cards:<br />
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This is my September calendar page. It's my first and only nephew,
Elliott. What a cutie pie. I was so happy to have another boy in the
family! This photo was taken on his first day outside the womb - and now
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This layout was "scrap-lifted" from Hutchie; I drew inspiration from her
gorgeous layout and made it my own. Here's Hutchie's layout, <a href="http://www.mscraps.com/galleri/showphoto.php?photo=3436&title=sisters&cat=500" target="_blank">'Sisters'</a>. Love it! </div>
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<br />Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-43067352600254362652013-08-01T19:58:00.000+10:002013-09-21T19:14:44.288+10:00August 2013 Calendar page<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my August 2013 Calendar page, featuring my beautiful sister and niece with my son Edward. These photos were taken two years ago when he was a newbie :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Credits</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Quick Page: DHD-November 2011 Bloghop-Liz Jutila</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Alpha: Sahlin Studio-Sunshine Sticker Alpha</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bookplate: 2Ps-Michelle Underwood-Bright Smiles</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Backwards Brad: Pickleberry Pop-Anne Marie-Kit Bash</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Resin Button: Christina Renee-Scorpio Sue-A Walk in the Park</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">CVW_SupplyTracker</span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-14924054530481362902010-09-02T00:57:00.000+10:002013-09-12T01:08:36.338+10:00My September 2010 Calendar - Monet's Garden at GivernyWhile in France, Mum and I absolutely had to visit Monet's house and
gardens in Giverny. Claude Monet is her favourite painter, and I adore
his work too. We had a fantastic day and really enjoyed looking around
the house and the two large gardens Monet so lovingly created. I took
over 100 photos. The gardens are separated by the road that leads to the
tiny village. This photo of his famous waterlily pond is taken in the
lower garden, which has a free Japanese inspired design, in contrast
with the formal upper garden with its symmetrical flowerbeds. You can just see the grey roof, pink walls and green shutters of his house through the trees in the centre of the picture. Many of
Monet's best loved artworks were painted in his gardens, but of all his creations, the gardens themselves are the works Monet spent the most time perfecting.<br />
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Credits:<br />
2Ps-Rhonna Farrer-Pink October Free Template 1<br />
KISM-Keepsake-Flower 1<br />
Thaliris-Just for me-el84<br />
Fonts: American Scribe, Bookman Old Style (Bold)<br />
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I also clipped a small section of one of Monet’s most spectacular waterlilies paintings to the “M” for Monet. This was from a photo I took at the Musee de l'Orangerie.Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-60654432412695285272010-08-11T21:59:00.001+10:002010-08-12T01:39:32.249+10:00Vintage Sunkist-inspired postcardPostcard for a bowling night to encourage the many people serving in leadership at <a href="http://www.stjudes.org.au/">St Jude's Church Carlton</a>.<br />
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I illustrated it myself, but based my design on this vintage advertising image from <a href="http://www.doverpublications.com/">Dover</a> clip art:<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Layout: </i>"My Boy" free template by Michelle Filo (Mushy); <a href="http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/">Little Dreamer</a>.<i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Background (layered): </i>"AA Freebie 1" by Scorpio Sue, <a href="http://www.christinareneedesigns.com/blog/?p=203"><i>Soft & Sweet</i> Free Kit; Cristina Renee</a>. "Paper 19" by Kirsty's Scraps, <a href="http://kirstysscraps.blogspot.com/2010/03/keepsake-full-size-kits.html"><i>Keepsake</i> free kit</a>. "Future Rock Star Grunge Overlay" by Chris Ford, <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/digital-kits/kit-price-free/chris-ford/"><i>Future Rock Star</i></a> free kit;</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> 2Ps</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Stamped letters: </i>"Handstamped Alpha Freebie" by Michelle Coleman; <a href="http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/">LD</a>.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Flourishes: </i>"Headpiece (19)" from <a href="http://www.oldbookillustrations.com/pages/headpiece19.php?lng=en">Old Book Illustrations</a>. "Think Pink" by Rhonna Farrer, <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/digitalKits_free_200710.asp"><i>Pink October </i>Free Kit</a></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">;</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> 2Ps</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> "Blue Title" by Rhonna Farrer,</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/digitalKits_free_200707.asp"><i>Colour My World</i> Free Kit</a></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">;</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> 2Ps</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">.</span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-4763136536463965612010-07-17T16:12:00.047+10:002010-07-17T16:12:00.438+10:00Guilt Free PrayerImage created for the <a href="http://www.stjudes.org.au/">St Jude's</a> website to promote an upcoming Women's Morning Tea, on the topic of "Guilt Free Prayer".<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Vintage birdcage and bird images are from the wonderful (free!) collection at <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">The Graphics Fairy</a>.Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-53506009463688533062010-07-14T23:53:00.006+10:002010-08-12T01:47:05.320+10:00Cathe Holden: Just Something I Made<div class="" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://justsomethingimade.blogspot.com/2009/12/faux-engraved-jewelry-from-acrylic.html"></a></div>I love to see what other people have made! <br />
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Cathe Holden has a wonderful blog, <a href="http://justsomethingimade.blogspot.com/">Just Something I Made</a>, with lots of photos and instructions for craft and d-i-y projects. I love this idea for creating beautiful "engraved" jewellery from clear stamps: <br />
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Cathe's also giving away some sweet <a href="http://justsomethingimade.blogspot.com/2010/06/free-blog-headers-repurposed-designs.html">blog headers</a> she designed:<br />
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Inside:<br />
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Many thanks to these photographers, whose stock images I found on <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/">stock.xchng</a>:<br />
<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/wfwatt">Will Watt</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/Matin">Matin Dadfar</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/boletin">Heriberto Herrera</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bjearwicke">Benjamin Earwicker</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/missyt">Milissa Thompson</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/abcdz2000">abcdz2000</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/checha">Cecilia Alegro</a><br />
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Other images are from St Jude's Church.Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-3330325327062920262010-03-27T22:36:00.111+11:002010-08-12T01:51:01.436+10:00March Calendar page: Wedding PhotoAnother page from my 2010 Calendar. This one celebrates our wedding, six years ago! <a href="http://www.tingewick.com.au/">Allison McKellar</a> took our photos.<br />
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This page was really easy, because I used a beautiful template from <a href="http://www.pickleberrypop.com/">Pickleberry Pop</a> (an <i>Australian</i> digi scrapbooking site). But I did alter it a bit and added some extra embellishments. I created the resin "&" in Photoshop.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Template:</i> by Deb Fisher, Kitbash Vol 4 (no longer online); <a href="http://www.pickleberrypop.com/">Pickleberry Pop</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Elements:</i> "Flower 6" and "Doodle 2" </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Kirsty's Scraps, <a href="http://kirstysscraps.blogspot.com/2010/03/keepsake-full-size-kits.html"><i>Keepsake</i> free kit</a>. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"Jewellery Tag Coffee", <i>Springy Weedy Freebie</i> (altered);<i> </i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"Cream Button", </span><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Grandma's Scrapbooks Free Add On Pack</span></i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(both no longer online)</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <a href="http://shabbymissjenndesigns.com/">Shabby Miss Jenn Designs</a>. "Shadow White Butterfly" </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Sherrie JD, from <i>Shadow Dance</i> free kit </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(altered colour)</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">; "Charm Topper" by Tangie Baxter,</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <i>A Walk in the Park</i> Free Collaborative Kit (altered colour) both from </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <a href="http://www.christinareneedesigns.com/blog/?paged=2">Christina Renee's Block Party 2008</a></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Glitter by Thaliris <a href="http://www.digiscrapdepot.com/freebies/theme-kit/just-for-me-by-thaliris/1045765.aspx"><i>Just For Me</i> free kit</a> (altered).<br />
<i>Stamped letters: </i>"Handstamped Alpha Freebie" by Michelle Coleman; <a href="http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/">LD</a>.</span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-77082108177891493002010-02-27T20:36:00.002+11:002010-07-15T00:57:52.740+10:00The Resurrection of Theism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfmlpEqavzuIPHbGNtVJTFJEqF4ub_JtQlJk7QZACws5LGU8LRnAj3lxs8t1oHrr1RtWoeG_kljeBCP1TkWtBNf_GENOAsEzwZJVmn_FJR4jkehjr6_3pI3ChdxE3BVAoGn-vk1I6UcM/s1600-h/theism-event-ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfmlpEqavzuIPHbGNtVJTFJEqF4ub_JtQlJk7QZACws5LGU8LRnAj3lxs8t1oHrr1RtWoeG_kljeBCP1TkWtBNf_GENOAsEzwZJVmn_FJR4jkehjr6_3pI3ChdxE3BVAoGn-vk1I6UcM/s320/theism-event-ad.jpg" /></a></div>Design I created for a series of events called "The Resurrection of Theism", in Melbourne in March 2010. See details on <a href="http://www.stjudes.org.au/">www.stjudes.org.au</a>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-70591183181205340122010-02-01T17:06:00.000+11:002013-09-12T01:26:01.660+10:00February 2010 Calendar artwork<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the February page from my calendar, which I printed at <a href="http://www.snapfish.com.au/">Snapfish</a>. The photo I took in the British Museum (and was promptly told off for! - oops!) </div>
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All the design elements here are my own creations. The butterfly is a scanned image of a watercolour painting I did on holiday at the beach :) The yo-yos I made myself, photographed and recoloured (originally pink). The buttons I photographed were vintage buttons belonging to my grandmother. There is also some of her lace there and some scanned torn cardboard. The stitching, ribbons, and fabric flowers I created in Photoshop. The doodled flowers were hand drawn and then refined in Illustrator, and the background paper was created in Illustrator.Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-29020648912445491702010-01-01T19:25:00.000+11:002013-09-17T21:31:06.166+10:00January 2010 Calendar pageHappy New Year! This is my January Calendar page, featuring pictures from my visit to Versailles, France. This is at the little hamlet, the miniature village created for Marie Antoinette. It's absolutely beautiful there and probably my favourite part of the whole day. I went there with my Mum in April 2008. <br />
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Some of my family lived in Paris at the time, and my husband and I went there for a visit. My Mum also visited, after my husband went home. We had to stagger our visits because my family only had one spare room and we had to take it in turns. My husband and I spent a few nights in hotels too. It was such a lovely time seeing family, visiting art galleries and sightseeing, spending time with my Mum, and even enjoying my wedding anniversary in the city of love!<br />
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I printed two copies of my calendar through Snapfish, and was extremely happy with the quality. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Credits:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2Ps-Anne Langpap-May Freebie (Leafy pattern used as overlay)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2Ps-Rhonna Farrer-Color My World Free Kit (Brown Distressed Paper, floral stamp)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2Ps-Rhonna Farrer-Free Love (Tiny stamp on tag)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2Ps-Shannon Freeman-Proud To Be Digi (Filmstrip)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2Ps-Tia Bennett-Apple Blossom Free Kit (Felt Flower)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Prima Hybrid-Vera Lim-One Season (Lime green paper, flower sticker)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Shabby Miss Jenn Designs-Grandma’s Scrapbooks (notepaper, pink and green ribbons, leaves)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Shabby Miss Jenn-Springy Weedy Freebie (tag, zig zag stitching)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fonts: Pegsanna HMK & Century Schoolbook (Regular)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">CVW_SupplyTracker</span>Rosy-Cheekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893801942007814973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923729556605289765.post-32035905813440501172009-12-29T01:38:00.000+11:002013-09-17T21:29:09.471+10:002010 Calendar Sneak PeekI've designed my own calendar for 2010! I wanted to capture some of the most special moments from our trip to France and London in 2008 and give my Mum a calendar of special pictures to enjoy throughout the year. This collection of pages has been my first attempt at digital scrapbooking. <br />
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I first heard about digital scrapbooking from the Two Peas in a Bucket website back in 2007, but I found it a bit of a funny concept. The products available didn't seem very inspiring, and I wasn't into scrapbooking anyway, so I didn't look any further. Through my interest in pattern design, though, I have come to love scrapbook paper and particularly the Basic Grey designs. I found myself looking at digital scrapbooking products as well as paper products, and I must say, over the last two years the quality seems to have improved dramatically! So what better way to document our trip than with some of these lovely products. I also had a go at designing some of my own, which feature in my calendar too. <br />
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Here's the cover of my calendar, called "Belles Memoires" - that's French for "Beautiful Memories".<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Credits:<br />2Ps-Anne Langpap-May Freebie (Leafy pattern used as overlay)<br />2Ps-Rhonna Farrer-Color My World Free Kit (Brown Distressed Paper, floral stamp)<br />2Ps-Rhonna Farrer-Free Love (Tiny stamp on tag)<br />2Ps-Shannon Freeman-Proud To Be Digi (Filmstrip)<br />2Ps-Tia Bennett-Apple Blossom Free Kit (Felt Flower)<br />Prima Hybrid-Vera Lim-One Season (Lime green paper)<br />Scrap Matters-Happy Scrap Girl-CU cardboard_sample (Cardboard)<br />Shabby Miss Jenn Designs-Grandma’s Scrapbooks (green ribbon, leaves)<br />Shabby Miss Jenn-Springy Weedy Freebie (tag, zig zag stitching)<br />Fonts: Pegsanna HMK & Century Schoolbook (Regular)<br />CVW_SupplyTracker</span></div>
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