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

Changing Seasons - 7 Dots Studio April Challenge

Hello Everyone

It is a very chilly day in Johannesburg and just as I walked in the door, the rain drops began to fell! BRRR...
so a very apt page to share with you today! ;-)

I am just in the nick of time to submit this page for the 7 Dots Studio April Challenge here.



“April showers bring May flowers”

So this is my take on the challenge. I apologise in advance, if the photo's are not so great, because with this very dreary weather outside, the lighting was awful.

In our part of the world, May means that autumn is almost over and winter is surely on it's way! So hence the reason for the title of my page. My journalling says: Month of May 2014 - The Aloe blooms twice a year! Once at the start of Spring and then again at the start of winter.  May has come and it's a sure sign of the changing seasons!

I used the gorgeous Love is in the Air papers and an Illumination sticker, along with some of the Illumination stamps. The colouring was super for this page, and I just enhanced a little more of the orange.

I used 2 Enmarc chippies, which I crackled and aged. The blooms are BoBunny and Prima and the stencil also Prima. I have been on a mission to also use my stash and so the title is a mix mash of alpha rub-ons. The washi tape is My Minds Eye.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I really do appreciate your visits!

Denise x