Monthly Archives: May 2011

Project 64

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What a fabulous sunny colour this is, and today, at last we have sunshine and not a drop of rain. Have a look over here to see some beautiful sunny finds.

I was in the florist buying some cornflowers when I noticed the card with the colour scribble on in my purse
“Do you have anything this colour?” I asked the florist. She looked at me but didn’t say “of course we have we are a florist!” Off she went and brought me a yellow rose, an orange rose and said “If you mix these colours together you get this!” Ta da! Another purchase made.

This was on my desk when I saw this weeks colour reveal. No my desk isn’t in a field, I thought that although a good colour match a bottle of juice wasn’t very exciting so I found a lovely texture called ‘grasses’ and had a play.

I bought these poppies a couple of weeks ago because they were such sunny bright colours, they have had so many flowers on already.

The crisps were only purchased for photographic purposes mind!

Texture Tuesday

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My local florist had these beautiful cornflowers in this week. I bought a bunch of them and a plant so next year I might have my own.
Kim Klassen’s texture challenge is Garden, how lovely is that? There will be wonderful textures here this week that’s for sure!

Cornflowers

This has two layers of Kim’s Stained Linen texture. The first layer is at soft light blend mode, the second at normal blend mode with opacity set to fifty percent and the big round soft brush over the stems and flowers.

Philadelphus heavy with rain

This has one layer of Not Too Shabby texture at normal blend mode and opacity set to 50% and February Magic edges and the big round soft brush over the blossom.

Alchemilla Mollis looking wonderful in the rain this morning

This has two layers of Golden texture both set at soft light. I set the second layer slightly smaller than the first to give my picture a frame. I used the big soft round brush over the whole area.

Iris
This Iris is so pretty but it grows against a grey stone wall and never photographs well, but then I discovered textures!

This has February Magic edges, one layer of Plaster 2 at soft light blend mode. I brushed the big round soft brush over the flower. I used a tiny part of an overlay and reduced the opacity down to 75% but once again I don’t know where I got the overlay from, it was long before I really knew how to use them. If anyone knows let me know? I have a much better labelling system in place now!

So that’s a little look in my garden on a wet bank holiday Monday. And of course a link to the wonderful Kim Klassen and her Texture Tuesday

Five for the Future

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It’s another Amy ‘scrapping in the moment’ challenge.
Photograph five things that probably won’t be here in five years time.

My printer
It is technology so it will be outdated within 5 years, surely?

My phone
I am expecting to update within five years but the truth might be different, we will see, only because I’ve done this challenge!

My pretty new bag.
This is ‘The One’, this is my forever (summer) bag. Haha watch this space.

My work filofax.
Oh if this is still needed in five years I will be terribly unhappy.

My boys shoe collection.
This is a tiny part of his shoe collection. (He takes after me)
The reason for this picture is that I hope in five years time he will have a place of his own. I would of course really love him to be still with me but that’s not how I brought him up. I brought him up to be independent. He needs to build his own life, that’s the right way. So when I’ve dried my tears I will be happy that his shoe collection is housed in his own place. Let them go, they will always return. (children, not shoes!)

Oh, and I did a layout. Thank you Amy!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 29th May

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Sunday already! where has this week gone? I kept putting this challenge off because it had the dreaded ‘self portrait’ in the list.

This weeks challenge:

• Classic Still Life
• Self-Portrait
• On the Floor
• Lines
• Fresh

Still Life

SOOC

Self Portrait
I had one of my brainwaves this morning. How about a silhouette or reflection, kind of me but not all of me?

SOOC

On the floor
I took a look into my sons room this morning…Oh so many things to photograph!

SOOC

Lines
I wouldn’t have given this stairway a second glance had I not been thinking about Scavenger Hunt!

Fresh
I saw a juice bar in the week but didn’t have my camera with me so when I got home I thought I’d give this a try. It has an overlay on but I can’t remember where I got it from. It is called Enchanted no. 3. if anyone knows where it comes from please let me know?

I am linking to Scavenger Hunt Sunday, there are some fabulous interpretations of the list over here.

Something lovely for a rainy Saturday

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It is a dark morning here with that fine rain that soaks you! We really need the rain so I am pleased to see it through my window today. It will water my baskets bring the garden back to life and everything will be very photogenic later this afternoon.
I took these photo’s yesterday in the sunshine.
Every year these lovely tall Scabios return. In May and June they cover a stone wall that is about 8 feet tall and 15 feet long. They have a lot of foliage! On top of all this stem and leaf sits the little flower. In the group, the flowers are at every stage which is great to photograph. They look lovely swaying gently in the breeze. They get a lot of attention from people that pass by because, they say, they are an unusual colour. I have only ever had this cream colour. Whether they are unusual or not I love them!