March 17, 2010 1:21 pm
I really love a challenge and today is the first time I entered a lay out for the Scraplife Challenge. The Gotta Pixel forum has such awesome challenges, if you haven’t so already, make sure you check it out.
It’s a nice challenge; they pick a lay out from their extensive members gallery and you get to scraplift it. You can get inspired by all sorts of stuff of that lay out; the colors, the lay out itself, use of papers or elements, etc. You really can’t go wrong here. I got inspired by the lay out itself.
I used the kit Tuesday Morning by the lovely designer Isabel Mendez. And the picture I used is of my lovely nephew Daan. I just love his smile. Whenever he smiles he brightens up the whole room!
March 11, 2010 7:23 am
Don’t you wish sometimes that you could go back in time or at least travel with the speed of light? If so… I’d be going back to the lagoon in Cairns and soak up some much needed sunshine.
I was looking at the pictures of the time I lived in Australia and realised how much I miss the sun. Don’t get me wrong; I love all four season. I think every season has it’s charm, but one thing I do miss is the sun shining almost continuously . The world just looks so much happier when the sun is out.
When I saw the pictures of us swimming at the lagoon in Cairns I just closed my eyes and imagined how I was floating in the water with the sun warming up my skin. So relaxing…
That’s when I decided to use these pictures for the March Font Challenge. And.. I have actually never scrapped those pictures of my time in Australia. So it’s about time.
Kit: Campfire Song by Collie’s Corner | Template: Simply Sketch March by Laura Burger | Fonts: Dirt2 Echo and Berthside
March 8, 2010 6:11 pm
Rachel from Captivated Visions has come up with a new challenge at the Gotta Pixel Forum. It’s called; All Stacked Up With Rachel. It’s a real cool challenge. Rachel provides you with a very nice stacked template and then you have to make a lay out with it.
The stacked template is really pretty, so that’s a bonus on itself, but… If you participate you also get her Bellis Perennis Mini Kit as a bonus. It’s really a win-win situation to take on the challenge. A template AND a beautiful mini-kit.
Ofcourse I already have posted my lay out in the gallery. On the photo you can see a photo of my hubby and me when we were on a long bus trip and started taking pictures to pass the time.
I used the kit Cutie Pie by Captivated Visions.
March 3, 2010 6:19 pm
One of my favorite challenges at the Gotta Pixel Forum is the Simply Sketch with Laura Challenge. Laura always provides us with a beautiful template and the challenge for us is to make a nice lay out with it. I really liked the template for the March challenge as it gave me room for four pictures.
I took four pictures of my mum. The shots were taken in November 2008 when we were out for the day at the Australia Zoo.
I used Kisses from heaven kit by Armina Designs. I really like the end result, but am wondering if maybe it would have been nicer if I had framed the pictures. Anyhow, the picture on the left shows my entry to the challenge.
March 1, 2010 6:03 pm
Another great challenge at the Gotta Pixel Forum; The Grab Bag Challenge. The challenge for March is inspired by St. Patrick’s Day and the luck of the Irish. You get to choose out of seven sayings about luck. Each saying comes with a set of requirements for your lay out.
Here are the seven sayings
1. “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit.” – R. E. Shay.
2. “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” – Wilson Mizner
3. “Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.” – Yiddish Proverb.
4. “Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.” – Arab Proverb
5. “The champion makes his own luck.” – Red Blaik.
6. “I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – President Thomas Jefferson
7. “Luck never gives; it only lends.” – Proverb.
I picked the quote “The champion makes his own luck” by Red Blaik. And this is the lay out I made with the set requirements.
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