I was blog surfing on Monday evening and came upon a blog I hadn't visited before - Rachel's
In a post from Sunday, September 21 she had issued a SCRAPLIFT ME challenge, inviting everyone to choose one of her layouts at Digital Candy
When the page opened I was immediately drawn to a simple layout called buddies
It seemed to match my simple approach to scrapping, yet would give me some challenge in pulling together a LO using materials that I had.
My first step was picking a photo - I wanted one that I hadn't done a personal, hand-done layout before (no sense in wasting time when I could be creating something for my scrapbook) I picked a photo of a beautiful white painted bridge over the swamp at Cypress Gardens in Monck's Corners, South Carolina. Mike and I had taken a guided boat tour through the swamp. Our guide told us that the bridge is the most photographed location in the garden by wedding photographers. It leads to a small island where many weddings take place! I can understand why ... when the water lilies are in full bloom, I am sure the swamp is gorgeous! (the lilies had barely begun to bloom when we were there, but it was still a beautiful place!)
The next step was a color palette. I collected lots of freebie kits from the August Color challenge at DSO -
and I was sure that I would find the perfect green there! Actually, I used two background papers - the one on top had visibility set to 50% (it's the one with the blue mixed in)
CREDITS -
paper - Digimom (DigimomDesigns.com)
paper - Bunny (admin at DSO)
side papers - Melonie (DesignsbyMel.blogspot.com)
Beads - Bunny
ribbon - Kim B (KimBDesigns.blogspot.com)
Text - Lucinda handwriting (visibility set to 45%)
The title may appear to be an obvious reference to the photograph, but it also reminds me to think back with pleasure on the adventure we had during our vacation in the Spring! We found many places we would like to return to in order to spend a "little more time!" This is definitely one of them - poki definitely found "her happy place" here! In May, and sitting at her computer in September!
WOW- Your layout is absolutely breathtaking. Thank you so much for doing my challenge :) I am so impressed with your talent, and the time you took selecting just the right pieces. BRAVO!
ReplyDeleteTHank you again for doing my challenge. If you would be so kind, please go to my shop and pick an item :) It's yours. You can email me at mrsams@verizon.net and I can get a coupon code to you :)
ReplyDeleteThanks again,
Rachel
creating as STEEL CITY SCRAPS