Suz had the one photo challenge, and turned it into a bit of fun. As the journalling says... every now and then her dear partner decides to pull everything out of his garage, rearrange it and then put everything back in again. As you do.. So the risk of weekend shopping is that you may well come back to find your home looking like this ... complete with people in passing cars actually stopping to ask if they can buy stuff!
When photos are as busy as this one, too many embellishments clutter the page, but here Suz has used the rich colours of BasicGrey Marrakesh on this fun layout, combined with Heidi Swapp Chipboard Tags and Journalling spots to create a simple but slightly whimsical layout. For her title she's used two different colours of the new Paper Trunk alphabet stickers - you'll probably see Suz use these a lot as the size is just perfect for her characteristically longer titles.
While looking for photos of what might go on in the Howard home on any given weekend, these older photos stood out for Nic. She remembers taking the photos as the boys were listening to a story on the radio... obviously it was a little scary for Braden, but big brother Jacob was there to tell him it was just a story. While these days it is Pokemon, Bakugan or some other imaginary battle, most weekends are filled with some sort of quiet play.
Nic chose a mix of Jenni Bowlin, Pink Paislee and BasicGrey for the base of this layout. The black swirl embellishing is a Hambly overlay, cut to suit requirements. Other transparency elements are Heidi Swapp and the title is nic's current favourite BasicGrey Micro Alphas.
Caz's son Jesse decided that he was going to teach himself to ride his bike with no training wheels on the weekend. Thanks to his determination and sheer stubbornness he pushed his bike up the small slope in their backyard and then rode it down again until he could do it without falling off. Then there was no stopping him, it was on to turning corners, riding in circles and setting up a slalom course with the outside chair cushions.
Caz created a simple photo story showing Jesse sorting out his pedals, getting off to a wobbly start and then the determination on his face when he finally gets moving.
Chris had the task of creating a weekend layout using 4 photos. Chris decided to dominate her layout with one major photo and 3 smaller ones to the side. The main photo was the one she thought best depicts her families new favourite weekend activity.
Chris lives just 10 mins from a place called Dohles Rocks on Brisbane's Northside where her and her family can take their dog Skip for a walk at low tide, enjoy a bbq and generally have a wonderful time together. Chris put this layout together using SEI Oasis range with a little SEI Dill Blossom thrown in.
To create the collage of 5 photos, Mel mounted all the pictures of their remote controlled car outing onto a piece of white cardstock before adhering onto the background piece of patterned paper (Rose Moka, Equinoxe, Solstice). The large bracket on the paper made the perfect backdrop to add embellishments and a title. Mel used Basic Grey rubons (Archaic) which worked well with the deep earthy tones of the paper. Some Scenic Route chipboard circles completed the layout (Ready for this?).
