Monday, July 16, 2012

Friendship ~ ScrapFIT Workout #72 - Color Inspiration

It is always a joy and blessing to scrap pages about our children. Maria entered public school this year as a junior after being home educated for the previous years. One of the things she looked forward to is being in Choir. She was selected to sing a solo at the spring concert shown here. The lighting was less than ideal, but with a bit of Photoshop, I was able to fix up this photo. 

This is my final project as a FITgirl. I have spent two amazing terms working with Sara's fabulous challenges and can hardly believe a year has passed so quickly. The new team is full of talented scrap artists who will continue to inspire you. The new challenge at ScrapFIT is to use the gorgeous colors in the inspiration photo found below my layout.


Diana, our Creative Trainer is at it again! She created another color inspiration Workout that is sure to leave you breathless! Let this color inspiration direct your Layout/Card/Paper Craft Project! Have fun with it!!

Here is my layout based on these fabulous colors: brown, sage, and coral:


Here is the inspiration photo provided by Diane


This workout is being sponsored by:
$15.00 Gift Certificate to the Paper Issues Store!

Be sure to head on over to ScrapFIT to be inspired by the talented Design Team and to link up your brown, coral, and sage project by July 31.

Along with these amazing colors, I used the July sketch from Once Upon a Sketch for inspiration:


To join along in the challenge there, I journaled about the wonderful friendships Maria has developed through her choir experience: "Friendship .  .  .  found among those who share our passions." 

A Close-Up of the flower cluster:


I also thought I'd join in on the Helmar July Challenge this month to take inspiration from this image:


If you look very carefully, you will see that under the the Perfect Date Night section there is a lovely doily under the heart boxes so I decided to use a doily layer under my photo. I used three different Helmar adhesive products on my layout. Some of the flowers were placed in uneven territory and the Scrap Dots were the perfect adhesive to pop them up on the uneven surfaces. I love the V2 Vellum adhesive with it's low odor - so much more pleasant than the other spray adhesives I've used. Here I used it to adhere the doily and scalloped circles. Then I had an issue of certain layers like my photo having layers under one part and not under other parts, so I used the Zap Dots to adhere the sections that needed just a bit more space underneath to keep them nice and flat on top. 

Products Used:
Bo Bunny Gabrielle papers, chipboard, stickers, and trinkets
Prima Flowers, Leaves and Distressing Tool
Zva Crystal Flourish
Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All
Martha Stewart/EK Success Punches
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Smooch Spritz
Doily and Lace from my stash
Helmar Scrap Dots, V2 Vellum Adhesive, and Zap Dots

Yesterday I posted the card I created for my husband for our 30th anniversary coming up later this month. If you missed it, you can find it here.

I have entered this layout in:
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #148 Based on Matthew 5:13 ~ "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot." The challenge is to use sparkle on your project. ~ I used a crystal flourish, shiny pearls, and sparkly glimmer mist. **
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #36 ~ Use the Word Art of the week or an encouraging sentiment. The verse this week is Isaiah 54:13 ~ "And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children." Although I did not use this verse on my layout, I did create a page about one of our daughters, Maria, making friends through her involvement in choir. **
Scrapbook Sisters July Challenge - Spring or Summer ~ Maria's Spring Choir Concert. (July 31)


Thanks for dropping by! I Treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~ 

36 comments:

  1. Oh what a beautiful color combo to use.. It is quite soft and really lovely.. and the flowers look amazing!!

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  2. Beautiful - love all the distressing and fantastic layers. Thank you for playing along with us at OUAS!

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  3. This is GORGEOUS!! I loveeeeeeeee the colors, the photo, the flowers and love love love the stitching!!!!!!

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  4. Oh Tracey, this layout is absolutely beautiful! Fantastic job on incorporating the challenges into the layout! It's just gorgeous!

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  5. beautiful lovely details greetings Janneke

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  6. Lovely layout Tracey! Great save on the photo and pretty colours...

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  7. Wow! Stunning work! Love the punched border! And those gorgeous blooms! :)

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  8. Love your layout you did a great job - soooo pretty tfs!!!

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  9. So pretty! Love the burst of red! Thanks for joining along with OUASC!

    http://cupcakescreations.blogspot.com/

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  10. this is stunning project! the color combo is just perfect for this photo!
    thank you for joining us at OUAS!

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  11. Absolutely gorgeous work, Tracey! I love how you scrapped this wonderful moment in your daughter's life! I love your page and the one tiny pop of red!

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  12. This is amazing .. love those colors .. my grandkids are home schooled .. some all the way through hughschool and have gone on to graduate from college .. very proud of them!

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  13. Beautiful page the colors are so cool...yummie lace you have used to!
    byebye,Lean

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  14. Love the splashes of red! thanks for sharing your pretty page with us at OUAS!

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  15. Just gorgeous! Thanks so much for playing along with us at OUAS =)

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  16. What a gorgeous page, Tracey! Lovin' all the textural details and embellishments! I think I've got a bunch of that BoBunny paper stashed someplace still. I must go dust it off! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  17. Beautiful LO Tracey.. love the colours, stitching and gorgeous flower cluster!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at OUAS :))

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  18. Beautiful layout, beautiful daughter! Thank you for sharing this amazing layout at Word Art Wednesday!

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  19. Tracey, I am just stopping by to thank you for your wonderful comments left at my blog. You always say the nicest and most thoughtful things! thanks so much!!!! Again, I absolutely LOVE this page and the moment in time you scrapped for your daughter.

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  20. WOW.. amazing layout! absolutely amazing. The colors do go fantastic together too! Great embellishments, fantastic!

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  21. This is lovely! Love the old look to it.

    Thanks so much for sharing your art with us on WAW.

    Wendy

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  22. this is gorgeous!!! Love those colors together!

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  23. Your layout is fabulous! I found you through Scrap Fit and Word Art Wednesday. I love the grouping of flowers and the swirls of pearls! Beautiful.

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  24. Beautiful page! Love how you incorporated the challenge where you picked out the doily!!
    ~Kim

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  25. Your page is gorgeous!! You have an amazing style :)

    Linda

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  26. Wow, this is gorgeous!!!! I'm loving that amazing flower cluster, and definitely an awesome take on the color challenge! Have a great day!!

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  27. Wow, Tracey! I love the vintage look of your layout and you did an amazing job of incorporating all the challenges :) Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  28. I meant to also say that I love the name of your blog :)

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  29. Hi Tracey! Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my blog - I soooo appreciate it & thanks too for featuring my sketch as your inspiration of the day over at Scrap Friendzy - that is so kind of you :)

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  30. Ha, ha, I'm back again. Can't get enough of this layout! After looking at it again, I am just amazed at all the bits you used. They all go together so perfectly in one gorgeous layout. I just wanted to thank you for your input on my organizational dilemma. I think I'm just trying to hard. I do like your separation into types, and then color within the types. That just might help! Again, thanks loads! :)

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  31. Wow, this is gorgeous! I love all the vintage items and beautiful flower cluster! Congrats to your girl for the solo! Thank you for sharing your page with us this week at Stampin Sisters in Christ! ~H

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  32. Oh wow, it's such a stunning layout! I am in love with your beautiful colour combo and wonderful flower arrangement. A perfect way to show off this photo! Thank you for joining us at OUAS!

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  33. I love your layout for your page. I like the little butterfly embellishment as well as how you put the sentiment on strips.

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  34. Such a wonderful page, Tracey!
    Thanks so much for playing along with us at OUAS:)

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