Do you ever wonder why we do what we do......Scrapbook? For me it is too leave a footprint on this world, a window into how my family lived its life...our history, our heritage...........how much we were loved, by family, by friends, by the Universe.



To scrapbook or not to scrapbook this is the question? For me there is no contest, scrapbooking became a way of life, my passion, my obsession, my sanctuary. I am a firm believer that the photos we take are a bonus, that its about the story we tell, what we leave behind for future generations so they too can know us.................so that they can feel the love I have for my family even when I am no longer around to share it with them.



I hope that if I cant inspire you to join the ranks of the Scrapbooking community at large that you will at least leave a journal of the well trodden road you have travelled, sharing your adventures, your family traditions, the story you have to tell.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Happy Birthday to a Wonderful Friend


To my Wonderful Friend Vanessa, heres wishing you a wonderful Birthday. Vanessa loved some other monochromatic cards I had done so it was only right I did one for her Birthday. I know she loves this little Tilda with presents so I just had to use her for this card. I have used warm greys for this card from W0 through to W7. So that it was not so harsh I added a very pale pink RV10 to her cheeks and B000 around the edge of her apron. I have also used G000 and R02 on the the ribbons on the presents.

I used the magnolia flag banner on the inside of my card. Again I have used very muted colours underneath my pale greys add a bit of depth to the image. Overall I was very happy with the results, monochromatic colouring is one of my favourite techniques.
I hope you enjoy checking out my cards.
Darelle
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

November Mingle Card




This is my November Mingle card for the Magnolia-licious group. I had lots of fun playing with the feathering technique that I learned at the acreditation class. On this card I Feathered with 3 colours, a lavender, pink and aqua blue colour (BG000, RV00, V01). The teacup is also a Magnolia stamp, when I coloured this I wanted to give the cup the look of fine china so I started with a really pale Beige (E40 or E41) and added pink colour by using R81, R83, R85 and R89.


My favourite skin colour at the moment is Roooo, Rooo, R20 for Blush and E21 for shadow and the hair colouring I have used is YR20, Yr 23, Yr24 with a hint of E99 for highlighting, it gave a nice golden blonde finish.
I finished off the card with some Kaisercraft pearls and some Prima flowers with some Tulle and some seed beads. I love participating in the mingles on this yahoo group it is so nice to put together a card and package for the my mingle partner and its so nice to recieve one in the post as well. I bug my postman waiting for the delivery, the anticipation of it arriving makes it very exciting. My daughter rushes home from school everyday and asks did it come today, i think she is more excited than me.
Bye for now
Darelle
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