7 Dots April-May Challenge - Rainbows Entry

Hello Everyone,

As soon as I saw the 7 Dots Studio challenge I knew I wanted to do and I knew exactly what I was going to scrap about. Here is the challenge:

As I was reading the challenge blog post and looking at the DT's pages, one in particular stuck a cord with me:

Riikka wrote about how when she thought of rainbows she thought of treasure, and when she thought about treasure she thought about her family as her treasure.

When I thought about this I thought about the 10 years of my life and of all the trials that I had been through and especially about being a cancer survivor. To me each day is the treasure, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. That turning 40, next month, is the first goal I set myself after the shock of my diagnosis wore off. I wrote a list of all things I was going to do and see when I beat the cancer, a list to focus on and to fight for, to be my pots of gold to look for after the rain had moved on. That I could remember that the trials/rain will always move on and the will always be something on the other side.

This was the inspiration for my page, and as such it has no photo, it is more about my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and the colors for me represent my joy that I have just about reached this first goal and my excitement to continue on to my next, a bridge if you will.

So here is my page, the colors are not really shown in their full beauty, but I will try and take another picture later and add it at the end:

And here is a close-up of my pot of gold, lol:

Chat to you all again soon.

Love

Michelle

P.S. My next goal is to see my children graduate from school, my first will do so at the end of the year :-)

CSI #160 Challenge Entry

Hello Everyone,

From the first moment I saw this case file I knew I wanted to do it. This is CSI, Case File #160.

Once again I decided to work in my hand made paper bag journal. This has definitely turned into my challenge journal, lol.

This is my completed layout:

I decided that I didn't want a big picture so I used the map paper instead. The evidence I chose to use include: map print, frames, flowers, transparent items (tags, butterfly and title), metal (hearts and frames on transparent tags), resin accent (cream heart), chevrons (background). The testimony I chose was journal about a trip.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Chat to you all again soon.

Love

Michelle

Tuesdays @ Scrap Matrix -14/04/15

Helllo Everyone,

Today was CSI day at Scrap Matrix. We decided to create with one of the two current challenges, and I chose case file #161.

This was a very unusual Color scheme for me, so I really enjoyed the "challenge". The evidence I chose to use were: circles (the polka dot paper and embellishments ), wet medium (the texture paste), triangles (on my background) and something that flies (there are 2 birds and a butterfly). The testimony I chose was Inspo Words fly and imagine, I used them in my journaling.

I start this page by going through my stash and I found the perfect paper pad to complete this challenge: Sweet Pea by Kaiser Craft. The colors just matched perfectly. I then went through the pad and pulled out all the papers and die-cuts I thought I would use. I then went through my embellishment collection and put all the bits and pieces I thought would go with my idea of the page. Packed them all in a plastic file folder and headed off to Scrap Matrix.

I really enjoyed putting this one together and the photo of DH and DD was perfect. This is the second time I have played in my paper bag journal, I think it has just become my challenge journal, lol.

Here is a couple of close-ups of the page:

Chat to you all again soon.

Love

Michelle

Tuesdays @ Scrap Matrix -07/04/15

Hello Everyone,

Here is the April Retro Recipe Challenge for Kraft+.

I love this challenge/moodboard. The colors are not really a combo I would usually use and the mixture of extra was also very interesting.

Here is my finished journal page:

And here is some close-ups:

Chat to you all again soon.

Love

Michelle