July Blog Calendar |2018

July 3  Rikkis Mixed Media 1 post (with video) [SCHEDULED]
July 10 post | Jenn Mc [POSTED]
July  15 Blog Challenge| template freebie from Gaelle [POSTED]
July 17 Font post | San [SCHEDULED]
July 24 Hybrid | Geraldine [SCHEDULED]
July 31 Pretty Pages | Karen W [SCHEDULED]

Jenn - I posted a note under Rikki's Mixed Media 1 blog post thread. If you need a break as the school year winds down ... Rikki can take your spot for July 3rd's post? Let us know if you need that break OK?

lol! Sure, that's my birthday! I'll be ready for August 6.

jk703 wrote:

lol! Sure, that's my birthday! I'll be ready for August 6.

ok ... happy birthday Jenn (early) and enjoy a little time off!

My creation is an home decoration on a plywood borard.

I was inspirated by comics :


I choose colors (red, yellow, bue), Word art and comics layout to create my board.

I printed my photos and some elements from several kits created by Pink Reptile Designs that I detailled below.


I cut the elements :


I began by the last photo in adding photo and differents elements to create a comics atmosphere :


The blue paper is a paper from Today|papers

I added tape and a yellow bubble to complete the roght side. The red tape is from Sea of love|elements, the bubble and the Enjoy WA are printed from Scribbledeedoo|elements.
I took in Scribbledeedoo|elements the arrow tag. The red tag is from Labels & tags|elements. the yellow paper is from Today|papers


To finish this part of my board, I added a WA titled Original Version (Seriously|elements)


Then, I added a second photo thinking about aligning it with the first one. I left a white frame around the photos to recall the comic book frame


I added the last one photo aligned it with the others.
I added two bubbles straddling the two photos (Lables & tags|elements) :


I added two letters, the first letters of my children name. I found these beautiful letters in Hello Austin|alpha kit :


Under the photo, I slipped some elements. A blue paper (Today|papers), and a yellow label (Labels & tags|elements) :


I completed this cluster with a WA Smile (from Me, myselfie and I|WA):


I finished my creation by added a tag cut from a blue paper and with a heart brad (from Bring on the weekend|elements):


My photo board is done !



Some details :

How super cool and cute Géraldine!!!!

that is so adorable ... and uber creative! love it!

Just checking if you are around for Pretty Pages for Tuesday Karen? If not let me know and I can handle it!

Cutting it a bit close but just finishing up now Jenn

Hi Everyone,
Hope you are surviving the heat waves that seem to be sweeping the world at the moment. We are in the depths of winter here, very frosty mornings but lovely clear winter days. Some rain would be nice though – I’m hoping we escape the bushfire year that Sweden,Greece and now California have had. So very scary.

It’s my favourite time of the month, I get to choose some wonderful pages to highlight!  The template challenge has been understandably very popular this month – such a cool template! I like it when you get a template and change it up to make it all your own!
And that is exactly what @honeyandcheese has done with Drummer Boy. The template has been flipped sideways to use those adorable photo’s effectively and the use of cut-outs is inspired. There is so much to like about this page – the arrow peeping out and around the first photo, the mis and match of different kits but still everything works harmoniously together, and the title work is inspired! To weave the Garden Party Alpha in through the copperplate alpha is ingenious!


Next up is from last month’s challenge –Scientific Creativity from @appellief. I remember doing this experiment with white carnations when I was younger, such a fun thing to do – might have to give it a go when my white roses are in bloom over summer… I love the neutral white background, the black sketches and then the pops of colour with the pattern paper and stitches, used in just the right place. It very much echoes the white roses transition to coloured ones very nicely!


Lastly a fun page from @cinderella, Being Silly – I love this kit and think if you have kids then it should definitely be part of your stash! And I want those chip packets in Australia! How much fun are they?? I love the little circle cut-outs as well and the larger zig zag ones that the photos are tucked behind. This technique adds so much depth to a page. The strings, flowers and googly eyes are such fun additions to the fun memories.

Ok, that’s all for this month, stay safe. Leave love at any galleries you are visiting, play with your stash lots, check out the latest challenges on the blog and I will see you at the end of August for more beautiful pages x

Thanks a million Karen!!! Post is scheduled!

thanks Karen! :)