My LO tonight is another one inspired by the ad challenge on Paula's (POD) blog. It is only 6X6, because it will go in my 6x6 BOM, so I had to fit a lot on a small space. I would have liked to handwrite the diary entry, but needed to fit too much text into a small area. The papers are DCWV Retro. Orange is not a colour I use, but I like this spotted paper. I am quite into drawing lines around things at the mo. Hope you like it.
It really takes my mind off work, egos and other related issues. I have been flicking through 'Scrapbook Answers'. I really like that magazine, and must look at the CD tonight. I have also been browsing 'Clean and Simple - the sequel'. It is a great book for learning about design principles, but I don't think it is my preferred style. It is rather like a classic tailored suit- You know it will always look good and stand the test of time, but it is rather grown up and not a lot of fun. I enjoy the challenge of something a bit more funky, and fun, which brings me to 'Freestyle.' I am loving that book! I love that scrapping freestyle allows your personality to come through. I love that scrapping freestyle challenges your creativity and I love that scrapping freestyle gets away from commercial, and somewhat cliched, scrapbooking. However I think there is a place for both styles, and am thinking of making a 'clean and simple' album for my husband to show off his beloved scottish hills. They are so gorgeous, that they do not need a lot of embellishment (which he hates anyway).
en I find the LO comes together much more easily. This LO is one that I did quite a while ago and was one of the 5 I submitted to BEST of BRITISH new talent competition. I was thrilled to be one of the winners, but still disappointed after all this time not to have received my prize. (nor have any other winners it has to be said.)
I like to have a lawn in a garden, especially with kids. They need somewhere to run about, squirt each other with the hose etc. (We don't have a hose pipe ban here in Edinburgh)
ked the threads and followed the instructions, but I suppose Life gets in the way at times. Hubby is getting tired of not getting my attention cause I am glued to the computer trying to chivvy people along. Hopefully though, now that it is finally up and running things will go smoothly from now on. This LO is one that I submitted for the 'Scrapbooker of the Year' competition last year in The Scrapbook Magazine. I was a runner up. This is my gorgeous boy a few years ago. He is now 15 and still gorgeous.
Here is the journalling that won:
Sometimes, as I stand gazing out over snow capped peaks in Scotland, and feel the cold wind on my face, I marvel about how fate has brought a girl, born and bred in the remote Australian outback, to such an alien environment. At such times it is strangely easy for my thoughts to wander back to my beginnings in an environment that is the total antithesis to the one in which I am standing…..
I am five years old. I wake early in the morning to the sound of silence, broken only by the loud cawing of crows. Although early in the morning, the heat is already oppressive and I can tell it is going to be another long, stifling, hot day. I hear my mother and get out of bed. My mother is sweeping up the red dust that has seeped through all the gaps and crevices of our corrugated iron homestead. The dust clings to my nostrils. I sit on an old iron shearer’s bed on the veranda and look into the distance at the flat, red, dusty plain that stretches out as far as the eye can see. It is a harsh and unforgiving landscape, and yet has a beauty all of its own. This is Binerah Downs, the land of my family, my spiritual home.
