This made me really happy. The biggest challenge of being a host of one of these challenges is having to decide whether things fit the rules or not. I am a big believer in being fair but I also understand that people are operating under different levels of constraint. Thank you SO much for being so understanding and flexible. Can't wait to see your layout.
Actually, it seems like it's been pretty easy for most people, after some "digging" as @chigirl so cleverly put it. Glad you have enough in your stash to complete the challenge. As for fake flowers, to each her own. Even though my challenge had to do with real botanicals, give me a page bursting into bloom any day-- fake or otherwise! Being born and raised in Hawai'i (and currently in the thick of winter here in Massachusetts,) I'm a sucker for any flowers and leaves-- the more the better! Also, I would imagine faux blooms are more cost effective for designers to use. They are easier to find on sale and stick around a lot longer if they can't use them right away. Plus, I have found that TLP designers in general stick with much more realistic blooms than not. xo
Here is mine. The list of what I considered to be organic botanicals is in the gallery, along with my credits.
thanks for this "natural" challenge ;-) Twigs (1), dark brown leaf(2) , green leaf (3) from Cozy Up Forever Joy Designs https://the-lilypad.com/store/COZY-UP-PAGE-KIT.html Yellow leaf(4), brown leaf(5) from Lake Life Forever Joy designs https://the-lilypad.com/store/LAKE-LIFE-PAGE-KIT.html Orange slice(6) and pinecone(7) from Chestnut lane Forever Joy Designs https://the-lilypad.com/store/CHESTNUT-LANE-PAGE-KIT.html
@yellowpeep Thanks for your reply. No, I didn't think you expected us to extract them - just clarifying that you meant a designer extracted botanical element. I can probably find five, but I must admit that I avoid buying kits with extracted elements, I prefer digitally created. You can get some strange lighting issues with extracted elements that may or may not match each other.
Stash searching pays off. Fortunately, one thing I almost always tag are 'leaves, branches, trees' - 800+ came up! Not all 'real' of course but still...
At first I really over thought about this as I was reading the challenge...but then it dawned on me that I do this all of the time! I just need to find them in my HD’s and do it, this is a great challenge and such awesome pages!!
Wow, harder to tell artificial than I thought it would be. Here's my best guess! 1. 3 white flowers from Sahlin Studio's pressed petals (one is under the sweet pea and hard to see) Also 6 leaves with these flowers. 2. Magnolia NBK's Art and Nature 3. Pink flower left NBK's All Messed Up 4. Pink flower right NBK's Counting 5. Sweet Pea flower NBK's Art Crust 7
Mommyish- Boho Fall- title, hanging twine with clothespins and foliage, yellow-orange leaf cluster, https://the-lilypad.com/store/Boho-Fall-Kit.html; MPM-Home- S Gleason- flower pineconey, yellow leaf on bottom left; https://the-lilypad.com/store/Memory-Pockets-Monthly-HOME.html Paula Kesselring- Autumn Goodies- foliage (green) https://the-lilypad.com/store/Autumn-Goodies.html; Autumnal Days- green leafy branch, tree bark, green paper, vintage child image ephemera https://the-lilypad.com/store/Autumnal-Days.html Tangie Baxter- Autumn's Poetry- white mushroom, tree branch, red berry sprig, red leaf behind title wordart, dried wildflower bunch on right (lavender colored), cut musical sheet, paint splatter, painted leaves in background https://the-lilypad.com/store/autumns-poetry.html Forever Joy- Homebody- pine sprig (behind title word art) https://the-lilypad.com/store/homebody-mini-page-kit.html Sahlin Studio- Autumn Stories- acorn https://the-lilypad.com/store/Autumn-Stories-Kit.html
Mine is an ATC. BOTANICALS KITS: branch, spotted yellow leaf, pinecone – “Wanderer Frippery”, Bella Gypsy; acorn branch, brown leaf – “Foxy Fall”, ForeverJoy Designs; 2 acorns, yellow leaves – “Fall Pieces #10”, Mommyish; evergreen branch – “Season of Magic”, Lynn Grieveson After I posted this ATC I went back in this thread and looked at the pages that had been posted. When I saw post #53 with examples of kits containing botanicals, I went ahead and bought a couple - even though I didn't need them for this challenge!! LOL!!
Botanical: APennington_LIAA-FWP Leaf.png APennington_Snapshot-Pictures_Leaf.png APennington_TLP Treasured_Leaf.png bellagypsy_twasthenight_pine.png lbw_ATrueFriendBoys_branch.png smd_af_flower 1.png
Oh gosh, I overthink things ALL the time!! Glad you realized that it's doable. Can't wait to see your page!
https://the-lilypad.com/forum/galleries/tlp-moc8-21-organbotan-ketzlers6918-r-web.419810/ Oh My Deer- Lynn grieveson- Branch 2 Summer Camp- Just Jamie- Pine Needle Fireside-Allison Pennington- Branch 2 We All Fall Down- A Pennington- Pinecone, acorn and extra elements Home- Sara Gleason- acorn and leaf