LOAD Day 9

Today's challenge was to use a color from the Paper Source colour palette that spoke to you but that you rarely use while scrapbooking.

I chose 'beet'.

Since I had already picked out the yellow and black polka dot papers to use with my lady bug picture (to play up the lady bug's dots), I was lucky that purple just happens to be the complementary colour to yellow :-).

Here's my page:

LOAD Day 8

Today's challenge was to enhance your page topic/theme by careful selection of colours (e.g. by grounding a layout in place/time by using specific colours).

I decided to use a scanned copy of a photo taken shortly after I was born, paired with a copy of my birth announcement. I based the use of avocado-green on the dark colour in the birth announcement, and the green patterned paper I selected happened to have a purple flower pattern on the back. For a 3rd pattern, I selected a striped pattern (for easy journaling) that had both green and purple in it.

Can you tell, based on the colours alone, which decade I was born?? (don't peek at the journaling! :-) )

LOAD Day 7

Today's challenge was to scraplift an existing LO.
Here's my page:

Left: original by Christa Paustenbaugh, published in Creating Keepsakes Magazine issue 10/2010.

Right: my interpretation.

LOAD Day 6

Today's assignment was to pay attention to allignment (i.e. common margins).
Here's my LO:

The margin to the left and right of the photos was supposed to be the same, but apparently I mismeasured... Oh well...

The title is a play on words.

LOAD Day 5

Today's assignement was to use a visual triangle.
Here's my LO:

LOAD Day 4

Today's theme was White Space (for those of you unfamiliar with design, it doesn't have to be white in colour, but rather empty and uncluttered, giving the rest of your layout room to breathe, so to speak).

This is my LO for today:

I struggled a bit with this one, it kept feeling incomplete. I finally added a distressed edge to the photo in Photoshop and reprinted it, and added the stamped photo corner to create a visual triangle.

LOAD Day 3

Today's theme was EMPHASIS and this is my LO:

I added the burned edge to the photo in Photoshop for a more dramatic feel, using an awesome free action that I downloaded at thepioneerwoman.com.

Life goes on

Despite the difficult time my mom's family is experiencing at the moment, with the recent death of both my grandparents, it's nice to be reminded that there are still joyous occasions to be celebrated as well.

Earlier today, my cousin became a dad for the 2nd time to a healthy baby boy, Alain!
At almost 9lbs and 52cms, he's off to a good start :-)

LOAD Day 2

Today's theme was 'contrast' and this is my LO:

I incorporated contrast in the following ways:
- large (focal point photo) vs small (other photos)
- straight lines vs curvy lines (scalloped edge, rounded corners)
- smooth (patterned paper) vs textured (embossed cardstock, chipboard title)
- light (background) vs dark (photos)

It's time for LOAD!

What is LOAD exactly, you may ask??
It is a month-long challenge hosted by scrapper Lain Ehmann where you make 1 Layout A Day.

I signed up a while ago, and have every intention to just do that: scrap 1 layout a day for an entire month.
We all know how good I am at keeping resolutions (NOT!), so we'll see how far I get :)

Here is today's LO, the theme was 'back to basics', i.e. use only photos, cardstock, patterned paper and minimal embellishments: