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Monday, 27 October 2014

Enjoy the Simple Life - 7 Dots Studio Oct/Nov Challenge

Hello Everyone

I hope that you had a good weekend and also found some time to scrap.

Yesterday was an overcast and cool day and so was the perfect day to do some scrapping.  I completed a page for the 7 Dots Studio Challenge here. The challenge is about Textures.



So here is my take on it.


This is a page of my sweet boy...just doing the simple things, like riding his bike, playing with the dogs and just being outside. Here he had stopped for 1 min to check something on his hand....and then he was off again, tearing up the grass and the garden , and playing with the dogs.

I have some journalling on the back of the page.

I used the Love is in the Air and Illumination collections. They were so super for this boy page.


Here's a close up of the layers, gesso, watercolouring and stamping.


I added some string for extra texture and then a bottle cap for a different texture altogether.


The photo corners were also heat embossed with Rangers Distress powder - Weather Worn. This gave them a nice rough texture too.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
I really do so love your visits.
Have a super evening!
Denise x

22 comments:

  1. Beautiful 'secret' shot of your lsweet boy. You chose the perfect colours to showcase it and all those textures and techniques look wonderful. I love the neat painteffects and the layering.

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  2. A fun "happy snap" of your darling boy, doing what boy's love to do. Love the sketch and the central layering. Nice work with the texture and watercolours too :D

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  3. great page Denise! love your background and how you add texture paste over hexagons - great idea!

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  4. WOW, Denise! You used textures to perfection here on your amazing layout! I love how creative your are and your creativity really shows on your pages. The photo is awesome, too!

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  5. A lovely layout of Joe enjoying the simple things in life. Just perfect. Love the watercolour background ... great design too.

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  6. lovely lo!!! so fun and bright! thanks for playing with 7Dots Studio!

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  7. Lovely layout Denise! I love the design and all the layering.

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  8. fabulous page Denise, love the bright green touches....Thanks so much for stopping by my blog while I was away..... I trying very hard to get back to some kind of normal again, it is not easy, i keep day dreaming about my next holiday .!!! :)

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  9. Another great layout Denise. Love the bottle cap , the distressed photo corners and the embellie clusters

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  10. So fresh and modern! Love that photo! Great page all together! Thank you for joining the 7 Dots Studio challenge!

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  11. Denise how beautiful! I just love all those layers behind the photo!

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  12. This is just gorgeous, Denise! You should frame this layout!!!

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  13. Great boy page Denise! I love everything, the colors, shapes and cute photo...great layers...your son looks about the same age as mine :) ... Lisa xo

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  14. Once again stunning Denise. I just love the vertical layers. The perfect masculine design.
    Hugs Desíre {Doing Life}

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  15. wow this is brilliant .... created with love x

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  16. This is such a fantastic masculine page Denise. I love the bottle cap & all the layering. :)

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  17. Such interesting work!
    Thanks for playing with 7Dots Studio!

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  18. Beautiful page Denise. I love all the mixed media and the flow of the layout.

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  19. Great, joyfull layout :-) Good job Denise :-)

    Thank You very much for taking part in 7 Dots Studio challenge this month :-)

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  20. Very lovely indeed! Love your design here. Thanks so much for joining in with us at 7 Dots this month!!

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  21. Beautiful layout!!! Thank you for joining the 7 Dots Studio challenge!!!

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  22. Denise, you've made a beautiful work of harmony, it's fabulous ! thank you for joining the 7DotsStudio challenge !

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