So I've managed to blog every day this week - wow! Making up for last
week I guess...{when I was away settling Chelsea into her university
apartment}. I've got a little routine going & now my niece has arrived
to visit indefinitely so I hope I can keep it up :) I like routine.
I'd hate to think that I was boring but I do like doing the same
things at the same time so I guess I am! Darn!!
Anyway, here's my share...My 2nd project for Scrapmatts, which
you can see on their blog
HERE. I've copied and pasted from there
too so I have a record of it on my blog.
Thanks so much for stopping by!!
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Hi Everyone!
Helen here with my first post for Scrapmatts - so exciting!!
Just a little about me before I begin. I'm 45, married with 4 kids - 3 of
them teenagers - and live in Durban, South Africa with my family, including
3 cats. Life in Africa has it's challenges but it's also good in many ways.
We have a maid called Mercy, who saves me from the dreadful chore of
laundry, thus providing me with scrappy time - yeah! This year is all about
new beginnings for me - going back to full-time employment & having to
juggle my all-consuming papercrafting hobby with a very busy life.
With that in mind, I decided to scrap a photo collage I made recently.
It's made up of several significant images of our holiday in Bali in
January. Bali was our last destination of our month long holiday,
where we travelled around 4 different continents, with only a few
days in each place. We were SO HAPPY to arrive in Bali to just
'chill' in the pool, walk on the beach, eat delicious food & enjoy the
wonderful tranquillity of the remote resort where we were staying.
For 5 days we rested & became rejuvenated. During that time I did
a lot of thinking & came up with many ideas & resolutions for 2013.
That's why I called my layout 'The Enlightenment of Bali' - thanks to
the peacefulness of our setting I was able to see everything so clearly
& make some life-changing decisions about my future. I'm hoping the
changes I make will be really beneficial to myself & my family.
I used the CB5089 ferns 02 {3 of the 5 pieces so I still have a couple
left), the CB1036 Dragonflies (plenty still left in the pack) & CB6043
Card Border 05 (one of the four pieces). I simply gessoed them all
then painted lightly with a lime green paint dabber.
I used my chipboard embellishments to create the visual triangle on my
page - this design principle ensures a pleasing balance & leads the
eye of the viewer comfortably around the page.
The dragonflies I used are significant of the freedom I found in Bali, where
I was able to make some tough decisions that I found very liberating.
I utilized my trusty dymo for my journaling, which sums up some of what
was going through my mind when I was deciding on my course for 2013.
Luckily I had these narrow Heidi Swapp alphas, as my title was very long
& I trialled several other alphas first, that simply wouldn't fit!
I added some hand-dyed gauze to the bottom of my page to represent the
sea, which I find very relaxing. I live by the ocean here too actually but
my day-to-day life here means I have to go away on holiday to get to
enjoy the serenity of the ocean as my nearby beaches are overcrowded!
Well I hope you enjoyed looking at and learning the story behind my layout
& that I've inspired you to scrap the beginning of your year too!!