Wednesday 25 April 2012

Feed The Birds

Talk about working your visual triangles on this one! :) I have commenced 13 days leave from work today so thought I'd kick it off with a LO. There's no journalling to this one yet, because I am the little one in the yellow raincoat and can't remember much. I have emailed my parents to see if they have further details to share. Feeding the lorikeets is a daily scheduled activity at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast. I think my sister was petrified by the birds as they are very loud and can be quite demanding. It's a bit weird scrapbooking about taking a family holiday to a location that is now a 30 minute drive from where I live.

Papers, ribbon and chipboard for this LO came from a kit I had purchased 2-3 years ago and never got around to completing. I was originally going to use the black alphas included in the kit but at the last minute decided to go for the bright title, really happy with the end effect.

Drat, I just noticed I spelt 'Sanctuary' wrong!


This LO was inspired by the current challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. The theme was "April showers bring May flowers" – scrap about a rainfall, or storm.  I think it's pretty obvious from the raincoats that the photo was taken during a rainfall. I also used the background paper upside-down to simulate rainfall. I also had to use the sketch below, which I stuck pretty close to.


I also found that Use It Tuesday and StuckOnU Sketches are both running April Showers Bring May Flowers themed competitions, so I'll enter this LO in both those comps too.

14 comments:

  1. Hi Lauren! I just wanted to swing by and thank you for your great feedback on my Earth Day project over at Scrap FX. I LOVE this page! GREAT photo, wonderful embellishment of the journaling spots and I love how they are elevated off the page. Another Freaking scrappy challenge has to be the funniest challenge blog name I've ever heard- I think I may have to swing by and check it out.

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  2. Super layout! Love the papers :) I am pretty sure I have some of the blue flowered one in my stash! Thanks for joining us at Use it Tuesday!!

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  3. Great page Lauren!! I love how you've added the spots of bright colour... looks fabulous!

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  4. Great layout.....perfect photo for April showers.
    Thanks 4 joining us at SOUS:)

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  5. What a great layout and I didn't even notice the misspelling..LOL
    Thnx for sharing this with us girls over at SOUS
    hugs
    Nanné

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  6. Very cute!
    Had fun reading your blog post and hope that your time
    away from work is just wonderful...VERY perfect way to start it
    by scrapping! That made me smile!
    Thanks for sharing in our Die Cut Challenge!

    ~Leah

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  7. Lauren - this is a sweet take on the sketch. Lovely layout, treasured photo I am sure! Thanks for playing along with Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge ... hope to see more of your work here again!!

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  8. Oh Lauren I just love what you've done with the sketch! This looks fab! Tks. for playing along with us at AFSC!

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  9. Hi lauren - Great take on the sketch I love your page. Thanks for playing along with us at AFSC

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  10. great take on the sketch challenge & also the die cut challenge on SOUS .. thanx for playing on SOUS X:)

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  11. A great page for April showers! Very pretty. Love the addition of the flourishes on the left side. Sweet! Thanks for playing along with us at SOUS!

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  12. What a fun layout! Thanks so much for joining us over at SOUS!

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  13. Awesome layout! thankyou so so much for playing along at another freaking scrappy challenge

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  14. Awesome Die Cuts. Thanks for playing along with out Die Cut challenge!

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