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DARLING HARBOUR

The monthly challenge is up at Once Upon A...Sketch! This month it is Team A's turn to reveal their layouts.

 

 

Theme: "Its The Weekend!"

 What does your weekend look like? 

Maybe you work, or run around like crazy taking your kids to activities etc. Lunch with friends? Movies? Dinner? Or maybe you do all the exciting stuff like ...clean the house, tend to the garden , kinds birthday parties. You might like to tell us of an exciting weekend coming up, or a weekend past. Maybe a weekend getaway? Whatever it is that you want to tell us that has to do with the theme "Its The Weekend" we would love to hear it. 

Your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. 

Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . You are allowed to journal in any language but please tell us where on your page we will find your journalling. Remember journalling has to be a bit more than a title, or a generic comment. Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

 

Here's my interpretation.

Instead of one photo I used 6 smaller ones of our weekend in Darling Harbour, Sydney this past January. Loved the place (loved the whole adventure in Australia!) and took a bunch of photos. My journaling is hidden on the tag underneath the last photo strip.

To create the background I swiped gesso with a credit card, added layers with book paper, patterned paper, notebook paper, Hambly transparency, washi tape, Glimmer mist, stamping, stitching and modeling paste with a stencil.

some close-ups

 

TFL  and thanks for any comment you may want to leave. They are always greatly appreciated!

POWER OF LOVE

 Case file #60 is open for investigation at CSI!

EVIDENCE

I used layers, small brads and circles and also something glossy = Glossy Accent

JOURNALING

used the word "admire" in my journaling

 

I used gesso, stamping, inks, washi tapes and stitching to create layers.

The photo is of my daughter and her partner.

 

closeups

13.02.2012

 

The case file #59 is open for investigation at CSI.

 

Wonderful color palette

 

 

EVIDENCE

bird (die cut and stamped), cage (stamped), numbers (title, stamped and in the journaling), something transparent (overlay), texture paste

JOURNALING

List 14 things about your topic

I wrote 14 random facts about our 30th wedding day celebration last year: one of the best days of my life - 30 years of marriage - snow in Rome - 80's disco music by Roby - the best cake ever - 20 bottles of prosecco - all decorations ahand made by me - the day spent with family and best friends - the wedding movie from 1982 - black and red - rented a bust o tget to the restaurant (snow!) - danced hours on end - loved to plan everything - 30 gorgeous red long stem roses from Franco

 

I used one of Em Stafrace's Birthday release drafts,  the #18.5  

here are some close ups of the layout

LOVE STORY

Valentine's Day is getting near... and also our wedding anniversary which is the 13th of February. Last year Franco and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary and had a big party.

I decided to partecipate with my layout Love Story to ILS = I lowe scrap 's Colors of the Month - February challenge.

Here's the color palette

And this is my interpretation

Loved working on this and used a lot of mixed media as usual to create layers and texture: gesso, mists, Distress inks and stencils,stamping, overlays, rub ons, diecuts, book paper, washi tapes and stitching.

Here are some close ups

 

I used one of Em Stafrace's page drafts from the Christmas release, the #17.5

 

TFL!

MERRY X-MAS

                                            Case file #58 is open for investigation at CSI!

Absolutely gorgeous color scheme and the icing on the cake is Em Stafrace's beautiful sketch to follow.

 

 

 

Here's my interpretation

I took thsee photos this past Christmas in Wellington, New Zealand where we spent 4 weeks at our daughter's house. This was the first time in 4 years that we spent Christmas together as a family. The previous years the girls had been/lived alternatively in London, Japan and New Zealand so it was quite impossible for all of us to be together. "Christmas in flip-flops" was a bonus :) 

EVIDENCE

wood (buttons), metal (snowflake, brad and staples), eyelets, twine

JOURNALING

look at your picture and let your thoughts wander and just write about what comes to mind : I wrote about the importance of spending time (Christmas) together as a family

 

And here are some closeups

@15

is the title of my layout with which I participate to Paper Stories February challenge. Go and check this fantastic new challenge site with Em Stafrace's gorgeous sketches.

This is the sketch for February challenge

 

This is my interpretation

I took these photos of me and Andrea with a self-timer a month ago in New Zealand.

The journaling reads: @15 not afraid to hug Mamma and show her how much you love her.

 

closeups

 

STILL THE ONE

Case file #57 is open for investigation at CSI.

 

 EVIDENCE

I used hearts, vines and die cuts

 

TESTIMONY

I wrote a verse of Shania Twain's song on the back of my layout. It has the inspiration word "love" in it.

"You are still the one I run to

the one that I belong to

You're still the one I want for life

you're still the one I love

the only one I dream of

You're still the one I kiss goodnight"

 

Yep, he's still The One after 31 years :)

Absolutely loved the color scheme! As always I used different media to create layers: gesso, stamping, misting, rub-ons, washi tape, stitching and stickers. I also used my new butterfly punch :) Love those tiny butterflies.

 closeups

TFL!