Hello lovely friends! I am finally getting back into a rhythm of playing and I have to say it has been good for my tired soul. Also - those of you who have been praying for my kiddos - thank you so much! The oldest is doing so much better - he is on some medication that helps with his anxiety and the drama has come WAY down - YAY! and the little ones are too as life calms down a bit here at home. Last month I gave you some photos I had found in my Grandmother's house while traveling this summer - and I LOVED seeing what you all did with it. This month I have something new, but it actually came out of my playing with some of those old photos. I like to keep my hands busy while I talk to my Mama, and I ended up making this over the course of a week's worth of phone calls. The photo is my grandmother with (l-r) my mom, two aunties and my uncle on one of their beach trips. I made the background paper in stages - the bottom layer is a collage of old book pages I have torn out for art journals. The painting on top is arious layers of gelli prints and then some paint from cleaning my roller, all layered up. I added some digital elements when I pulled the page together that you can find links to in the gallery. And here are some of the goodies I made myself that you can have to play with: ZIP File: HERE Just the Elements: HERE Share something from your own summer adventures, present or past, or use a vintage photo in some way - if you don't have any you can grab the ones from last month HERE Can't wait to see what all you do - I JUST LOVE seeing all your creativity!
Thanks for finally making these photos "scrappable!" ...and for the goodies. https://the-lilypad.com/forum/galleries/08-19_playdate_lostmemories.402855/
Hello There!...Another Great Mid-Month Playdate...I'm Still Feeling The Summer Vibes Over Here Where I Live...Still Lots Of Hot Going On Here...I Love Creating Summer Layouts So Much...I Have Been Dying To Use Foreverjoy's "Vitamin Sea" Kit To Create Yet Another One Of My Summer Collage Layouts...This Was The Perfect Challenge For This Layout...I Loved Your Inspirational Layout...I Used The Large Circles(ReColored) That You Supplied...Twice In My Layout In The Background...I Even Put A Photo In One Of The Large Circles...So Much Fun!...I Took Your Background Paper & Copied It 4 Times In Different Color-Combos & Re-Shaped Them Into Stars & Used Them As The Backdrop & Basis For My Whole Layout...And Added My Photos & Elements In Layers As I Went Along...Oh! So Many Fun Summer Layers...Thank You! For The Inspiration!... *For My Sand:Beach:Summer Layout-I Used:Vitamin Sea-ForeverJoy
Thanks for the freebies & challenge. I took your background paper, duplicated & flipped the copy, butted it up against the other, rotated it all and then applied a B&W adjustment layer to it. Added a couple of other papers & blended it all together. Added a few more elements & a photo of my godmother & mother. Called it done.
Thanks so much, Erin. I'm sorry to hear about your kiddoes, but glad to see they're improving. Sending hugs.
Marilyn! You're my kind of girl. I did similar stuff to this second posting. https://the-lilypad.com/forum/galleries/08-19_playdate_expectation.402873/
I used your paper, then blended two other papers on top, then blended your paper again on part of my page and used your circles. I found these long lost relatives online. Thanks for the great challenge.
I chose a few older & not as old photos, but went with a vintage feel. The Carolinas are so varied in what these states offer. Love that! Thanks for the challenge, even if I leaned more toward scrap than AJ. Seems to be a trend for me lately, LOL!
