Showing posts with label Emilio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emilio. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2018

JV "Create a Moment" - Stage 1


I am participating in Stage 1 of “Create a Moment” at the BusinoknetBlog.
Repeating geometric shapes is the requirement for this stage.
Some light stamping with a “bubbles” stamp, and then layering some pieces of paper from an adorable set of ScrapMir paper.
I have black hexagon enamel dots, and some heat embossed chip shapes.
These old photos of my kids are the reason I began scrapbooking, and I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve made a LO. This "baby" is now 21 years old. I have a lot of catching up to do!
I’m really hoping to participate in all NINE stages of this challenge.
I want to thank the DT at Businoknet for allowing me to participate and for providing such beautiful inspiration.


...some close-ups...







I have sponged green and yellow triangles through a stencil with a sponge dauber.


Join the fun HERE!


Thanks for stopping by!
Nora

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Just be you - September SATW

Here’s my entry for the September Scrap Around theWorld mood board.
I'm still digging the green/brown/yellow combo from this 7 Dots collection.
I also like how the embossed feather chippie turned out ;)


Here's a close-up.


And here's the moodboard. I was inspired by the quote.
I want my kids to be moved by the littlest details that surround them every day.


Thank you for stopping by!
Nora

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Berry71bleu for June - YOU

This LO is for Berry71bleu this month. They want to see a lot of stamping!


 
Here's a close-up.

 
And the sponsor for this month is Viva Las Vegas Stamps.
 

 
Thanks for stopping by!
Nora
 
 

Friday, March 13, 2015

going up? - W & P February

Here’s a LO of my son Emilio as a younger boy at the ruins of Teotihuacán outside of Mexico City. I’m entering the “Embrace the Past” Challenge at Words & Paintery with this. My son was mystified and excited to visit this part of his heritage (from way, way back). Climbing the pyramids was one of the most exciting parts of the visit to this magical place.

 
...a couple of close-ups...



And here's the fresh and citrusy moodboard at Words & Paintery.

 
Thanks for stopping by!
Nora

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

me and you, Sketchabilities #133

13@rts is the sponsor at Sketchabilities,
and here is my entry for Sketch #133.

 
...and a close-up...
 

...and the sketch…

 
Thanks for stopping by!
Nora

Monday, January 26, 2015

CSI CC-4 - Magic

This is my entry for CSI Collaboration Case CC-4.
This is one of my older son’s first Christmases.
 
 
and a close-up
 
 

I’ve used the inspiration word “Celebrate” for the Testimony with my journaling below the photo: Thankful for being able to watch you enjoy and celebrate the magic of the season.
For the Evidence I’ve stamped light gray snowflakes, stenciled some stars with texture paste and made the title with glitter alphas.
All of the colors were used for the Scheme.
And here is the wintery inspiration board.



Thank you for stopping by!
Nora

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

13@rts - Lean on Me

 The challenge for October at 13@rts is Color My World. I’m showcasing this black and white photo of my boys with the beautiful theme song Lean on Me by Bill Withers.

My white background has a layer of gesso and then it’s watercolored, splashed, and stenciled with Ayeeda mists in pastels (turquoise, yellow, and salmon) and then stamped with text. The chip music and feather were also gessoed in white and then painted with the same colors (the feather was also stamped with text). The resist chip hearts were also white as well as the cheesecloth and fabric alphas. The die cut leaf is from white cardstock that was dabbed with the yellow mist and then stamped. The pretty Ayeeda flowers were also white. The photo is matted on white paper that was stamped with text and then distressed and inked with the yellow mist. I used the same yellow mist to color some texture paste that was brushed on the background and then mixed with Ayeeda 3D powder for some texture through a star stencil.
  

...and a close-up...

 

Rules of the challenge # 23:

1. Use a white background for your project. It can be cardstock, watercolor paper or patterned paper. You can have motifs and designs that are coloured but the base must be white and the white should still be visible after all your alterations.

2. Use a black and white photo. For cards or art journals, your sentiments/journaling should also be in either black or white.

3. The colours on your project should come from paints or mists, or any other colorants (distress inks, water colors etc). This applies to embellishments as well ie. if you use flowers or letters, they should be white or cream and you color them with your paints or mists. There's no restriction on what colours you want to use - you can have rainbows or you can have all black and white.

4. A song (title or words are ok, in your language of choice) as your theme/title.

5. Publish your project on your blog and add link directly to the post using Inlinkz tool at the end of this post.

6. Please add link and info about our challenge, where your work is published.

7. You may submit as many entries as you like.

8. You can enter with your project to maximum 2 other challenges and your work must be new, not published before our challenge has started.

9. The challenge ends on October the 26th at 23:55. Winners will be announced on October the 30th, 2014.
 
 
Thanks for stopping by. Here’s the song… Enjoy!
 
 
 

Saturday, August 9, 2014

CSI #133 - Life is Sweet


I’m back, baby!
 
Very glad to have found this lovely case for the week at CSI.
LIFE IS SWEET
  
TESTIMONY – inspiration words: delight and simple
This photo is special to me.  As my journaling states, we were on a road trip in Norway, where we made an unplanned stop.  There was a little park, and the simplicity of something so common together with my kids gave meaning to what little time we got to play.  It was completely unexpected, but I will treasure that moment forever.

EVIDENCE
There is a tree stamped next to my journaling, and I have used a vertical strip of polka dot paper along with splashes of hot pink watercolor and circles of white acrylic paint.
 
All five colors have been used.
 
 



 
And the lovely Case File...
 
 
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!
Nora
 
 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Skipping Stones - 13arts Challenge #16

This month’s challenge at 13@rts is to create your own background.
 
FUN!!!
I prepped some white cardstock with gesso and started off with some black and brown stamping with some words and patterns.
For texture I have stenciled some modeling paste as well as glued some die cut stones at the bottom. There is also a piece of dyed cheesecloth.
I sprayed and dripped some mists and inks and water and then more dripping and inking and misting…
Of course, some more dabbing and dripping and spraying with white paint and gesso J
 
...and a close-up...



And that is just a bit of the mixed media that I’ve been hoarding…
Thanks for stopping by ;)
Nora

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Scrap Lifting - Georgia Heald

Playing along at Scrap Lifting with this entry…
 
and a couple of close-ups...
 
 
 
 
 
Inspiration from the wonderful Georgia Heald – and this is her LO…

 
I was inspired by her layers of ink and paint and stamping as well as the clustering and layering under the photo.
 
 
Thank you for stopping by!
Nora
 
 

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Love - OUAS August


I’ve been inspired by songs lately. “Stubborn Love” by the Lumineers is already an awesome song. But do you ever hear a song, and you know right away that you have the perfect photo for that?!?! I love this photo of my boy, Emilio.
I found the song perfect to scrap him a LO of how love comes into your life and then you have to let go when the time comes. As painful as it may be, we find love and it makes us really happy, but when the time comes, we learn and we move on. (This bit of advice I have journaled on the orange tab to the left of the photo that you can pull out).
Thanks, OUAS, for the theme which could have gone in so many directions. Nevertheless, it helped me to unload a piece of advice to my son. “I will never forget” can apply to so many events in life, and although some of them are sad, we wouldn’t have had it any other way…
 
it's better to feel pain than nothing at all
the opposite of love's indifference
 

Here's the lovely Lumineers tune...


...and a close-up...

 
...and the sketch...
 

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, July 19, 2013

OUAS July Challenge

Here’s my entry for the sketch with this month’s “GROW” theme at OUAS.
Of course my LO is of my boy, Emilio, of whom I found this sweet photo…

 
a couple of close-ups...
 
 


 And here is the sketch...
 
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

Friday, July 5, 2013

Sweet Baby Boy - Scrap Friends June Color Palette

There’s a really cool and minty color palette at Scrap Friends this month. Here’s my LO...


 
 
…and here’s the color palette…

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend J

Thursday, March 14, 2013

CSI 62 - Brothers

Here's my take on the challenge this week at CSI...
I have fulfilled two Testimony elements by journaling a friendship in a circular journaling spot. There are four Evidence elements with a couple of wood bingo numbers, some ink circles, and some tone-on-tone musical pattern. For the lovely sketch, I have pieced together the grid in the form of puzzle pieces. All the five colors of the palette have been used.




And here is the Case File...