LESSology #40 and Our Beautiful World - Music

 

 

It's been too long since I've played along with LESSology, though when I saw 'Travelogue' that's a great excuse to get another page done of my Trip album!

 

 

 

 

 

 

My up cycle are these vintage Asian book print papers...

 

 

You can find the challenge HERE

 

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ANother Challenge I haven't played along with for a long time is

'Our Beautiful World'

 

and this week its

'Music'

 

I managed this photo of Paige a couple of weekends ago after she got out of the car with her violin case to go in early for a final rehearsal for a concert later that afternoon. 

Paige loves her violin and has been playing for 11yrs now.  She still goes in twice a week for 2-3 hours to keep practicing.  I shouted out to her to turn, and 'snap' - got this pic!

 

Makes me smile....

 

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Last Sunday afternoon I had the privilege to attend an art exhibition of a wonderful local landscape.... tulip farm.  The artist sold painting after painting.... so quickly!

 

 

After my friend Wendy and I left, it was dusk and I managed to snap the nearby Dutch Iris field in front of where the car was parked

 

 

Richard works in colour pencils on pastel paper

 

 

 

 

last year when out in full bloom.... our family history is tied up with this lighthouse

Here's a link here on this blog about this back to 2008

 

 

xx

 

 

 



Amiche di Scraps LO # 12 and Counterfeit Kit - October

 

 

Amiche di Scraps LO Challenge #12

 

is about using paint (watercolour/acrylics etc)

 

So I got out my much neglected watercolour pencils...

 

and gave myself the excuse to create the other side of my Project Life LO (re the previous post)

Week 24 in 12x12 format...

 

Meaghan moving to New Zealand from the UK and purchasing her new car,

and Hannah battling with her old computer so much it was time for a new touch screen one.

 

 

Using a dark brown watercolour pencil, outlined all the edges on the LO including the big lettering 'Week 24' which was drawn freehand and cut out

 

then used a brush with water

 

 

You can find the challenge here

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Next is getting my October kit together with

 

Counterfeit Kit Challenges:

 

ANd I've had a bit of fun...

 

First off.... here's the kit to counterfeit:

 

Weeeeeell, I cant go past colour when I shop my stash!

Its the be all and end all in my thought process...

 

So... this time I put this photo to

 

CHIP-IT

 

Its FABULOUS and will spit out colour swatches! And if you haven't used it before/or known about it... have a go!!! ......

 

SOOOOO.....

 

this is what happened:

 

(there were three extra colours - browns and a mauve so with photoshop, I rubbed them out - didn't want them, too much to consider)

 

Aaaaaand from these colour swatches...

 

I came up with this:

 

'Scrappy Camp'

(because I'm off on a 3 nighter, not this weekend but the next weekend - full of scrapping!!!

This will be great to take away with me, hence the size!)

Dark Blues/Blacks

 

Blues/Mints

 

 

 



Pinks/Reds 

 

 

You can find the Counterfeiting HERE

 

 

 

So exciting - roll on Scrappy Camp!!!

 

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And to top it off...

While getting the washing in this afternoon, glancing across to the greengage tree area, I noticed blossoms breaking out of buds...

 

There is something about 'first blossoms' of Spring...

something that melts the heart......

 

 

 

SPRING!!!!

 

(sigh :)

 

These came out so quickly...it was like - one minute.... nothing... and next minute....voila!

 

xx 

 

 

 



Creative Scrappers #278

 

 Creative Scrappers #278

Just getting this sketch in with no time left before the time expires!

Nevertheless its a fabulous multi-photo sketch that I can use in my Project Life album as a 12x12 LO... and its great to add that size in for a point of difference now and then....

 

This is a lost starling that came down my chimney in the dining room... tore at my curtains, knocked over ornaments (none broken thank goodness) and pooped everywhere - I'm sure more in fright than anything! Anyway, I managed to exhaust it and catch it in tea towel and it was very happy to be let go off into the blue horizon....

 



 

Phew.... done (uploaded with only minutes to go!)


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PL Card





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Having lazy holidays with the girls at the moment!

Today, I'm going to get some jobs done that have long been ignored... Hannah is reading from her bookshelf which she misses when she is away studying, and Paige has gone off to a group
get-together for Dungeons and Dragons  .......


Yep, lazy days....
:)



 



Let's Get Shabby Challenge #59

 

 

 

Love this!!!

Let's Get Shabby's

Challenge #59  is to.......

  Create a ‘Shelf’

 Interpret it any way you like!

 You could create an off-the page shelf, draw one, create one with embellishments or you could paint/spray a shelf for instance.... whatever you choose.. have fun with it!

I've created with another little quote for Hannah's German little antique book..

and this time I sketched a little shelf nook ....

 

It was great there was a space between paragraphs already there,

that became my space for a shelf..., so the sketching begins....

 

 

and it begins to grow, who knows where it will end???

 

 

Got rid of the pencil and grabbed a brown fine-liner



 

and add in a few embellishments and lettering...

 

 

We hope you will play along!

 

HERE

 

 

 

 

 



Paper Dvizhnik Colour Challenge

 

 

Here's a couple of PL sized cards....

(with limited time, these sizes where perfect!)

 

One for Paper Dvizhnik....

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PL card...just cos

 

 

 

 

 

 

School holidays are nearly here.... hanging out for Friday this week!

This past weekend Friday - Sunday I spent on an audition panel for 'Beauty

and the Beast' for the stage musical season set for Feb/Mar 2015... it feels weird writing 2015!!!

How fast is that happening!!

Anyway, at the same time I had casting done and first rehearsal beginning at my studio for Nutcracker... which Paige and the senior girls handled very well.

Things always happen at once!  Cant WAIT to have two weeks off!!!

Bring on the holidays...

I'll be hoping to catch up with everything here in blogland...too.. my apologies for my hit and miss

xx

 

 

 



Project Life - Week 21 and Map Necklace...

 

Today I took a little time to scrap.... really - REALLY wanted to settle in for the day!!!

But cant, though, still managed to do this....

Paige's midyear dinner....

 

 

And just before 'Maelle' (our French exchange student) went home, I made her this necklace. 

Luckily among my travel scrappy stash was a tiny little map in French!

 

She loved it, and wore it immediately... made me smile!

 

 

xx

 

 



Life Less Busy..... and Project Life Card

 

 

Yep, ballet exams are over after three long days and we are all exhausted!!

Nothing left energy-wise and I'm having a week off!





 

 

Paige and her exam partner at our studio in her very last exam ever...



 

Done and dusted!



 

 

For the rest of us though... its only over for another year, now attention is turning to the end of year production.... 'Nutcracker'.

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 Project Life style card for my Project Life album.

 

 

 xx

 



OLW Word Up #86 - LOST

 

 OLW over at Ronda Palazzari's blog.........

Did this a couple of days ago and trying to squeeze in a late night post...

(we are full on ballet exam mode here - one day down, two to go!)

 

 

The word is 'LOST"

 

and got another page done for Hannah's little quote book...

 

 

xx

 

 

 

 



Project Life Week 21, PL Card......... and Happy Fathers Day

 

Played with my Counterfeit Kit to get another PL page done and am making a concerted effort with small amount of time to get somewhat caught up.

If ONLY I wasn't such a SLOW scrapper!!! (rolling eyes)

 

Anyway,  here it is, and how appropriate.... Scrappy Camp.  Oooh I LOVE these weekends.

We have 2 or 3 a year and its a 3 nighter each time.....  its the best and all we do is EAT! (and scrap)  All catered with the best group of scrappy friends. 

 Cant wait because I have another next month!!  Maybe I should dedicate it for just doing PL and that will help get my album a little fatter!

 

These are my two lovely SILs and neiceIL 

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PL Card......

and had a little fun with this and cant wait to use it in my album!!!

 

 

 

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And lastly, because its soooo important....

 

HAPPY FATHER's Day!!

My dh is rather shy when it comes to the camera, being scrapped

 and even celebrating days for him....he's a worker.

Here he is showing the girls the workings of under the hood of the car (learning to drive)

 

 

Anyway...

Here's how our morning went...

 

Dh gets up about 8am...

 

Me:  Where are you going?

dh:  To the farm....

me: Why? Its Father's Day!

dh:  The cows need drenching today, I've organised ddad and db

me: But its Father's Day!!!

dh:  (sighing with a smile) Weeeell, you know its not a big deal, and the cows need bringing in

me: (exasperated) Listen here... today is not about you! (did I just say that!!! )

 

dh:  (laughed head off and skipped out the door)

 

Paige: (at 10am) Where's Dad?

me:  Gone to the farm

Paige: It's Fathers Day!

me:  I know

Paige:  I organised for Meaghan to Skype from New Zealand at 11am for him

Me:  well, cant now...

Meaghan (on Skype early)  Ugh....

Hannah (on phone)  Double Ugh....

 

sigh.... when will he learn Father's Day is not about him!

 

LOL  

 

Consequently if you cant beat them, join them... so off to the farm we went this afternoon complete with computer for skyping sessions. 

We all had a lovely afternoon with dh and his mum and dad, sister and bil, and niece...

And Meaghan and Hannah on Skype!

AND his surprise when he got home....

A 'Cold Rock' ice-cream cake!

Now he wanted it all about him!!!

 

(very big smile)