Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Canvas Art - Take 1
Always looking for new and original ideas for Christmas of 2009 I decided to mount pics of the kids on canvas. I had 3 sets of two to make, and a set of one.
Drawing on inspiration from paper I stumbled across by Heidi Grace Designs ( which I didnt end up using lol) I came up with the theme "Faith Hope Love Peace Joy".
The single canvas for the boys Grandparents in Perth just had Hope & Love on it.
These canvas were my first time of using Glimmer Mist as well. There were a learning curve all around and the ones I did last showed improvement in LO and design compared to the first ones (which I forgot to take pics of :-/ )
I had considered adding to the 3D element by mounting the signs they held over the signs in the pics but I only had one set of signs & I couldnt choose which set of canvas to add them to!
I am very proud of what I created :-)
My Scrapbooking MASTERS entry from 2008....
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| Calendar |
BUT that is probably my pride pushing through.... :-(
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| Super Granny ID Card |
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| close up |
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| 2 paged LO closed |
The 'gates' of the front page opened to reveal the LO inside that recorded our visit to Elsie Cemetery, NT. It was my second visit & the kids first. But what took my fancy particularly was the plaque. Original pic below, and that was what I based the whole LO on.
This touched me so much, to come out into the middle of the Never Never & find a reminder of one persons Faith from so long ago....
And now my Single LO which I am super super proud of. These Masters entry items still remain the most intricate items I have ever worked on, over a short time period (couple of months).
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| FRESH! |
Mike took this pic with my old Fuji camera. So cool. I was off wading in a stream with Novalee while the kids cooled down in a mini waterfall on the big hike around Katherine Gorge.
Oh I should mention my whole Master Entry journey was started by my winning a Kaiser Kraft prize from Scrapbooking Memories. My wrist was broken, I was bored and miserable, feeling sorry for myself and the parcel came. I didnt even remember entering the comp. I had entered heaps for years and never won so I had resigned myself to my 25 words or less entry "I have never won and really want to" and what do you know?? LOL The box was so huge the Postie had to put it inside the door for me. I rang mum so excited and unpacked it while i was on the phone. The papers were gorgeous as you can see from all the LOs and it there were rubons galore! Also a lot of chipboard albums which I'd never been brave enough to try. All in all it was a $500-600 prize and I knew that Masters entries involved a lot more product and time than a regular page so I put my whole heart into it! I have been in love with Kaiser paper ever since :-)
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I've always been a lousy journal writer....
As much as I love to write, I have always been terrible at keeping a diary or journal, which is why I've resisted having my own blog for so long.....
Will I remember to keep it up? Considering my nickname is 8 Second Ali...(yes that is my attention span)...probably not, but I thought I might be a little more successful with a blog than a journal because I can update through pics which I love.
I have always, always loved photographs and my Mothers father was a keen photographer (the pic below is one of his self portraits), but for some reason my mum went the opposite way and even now does not like pictures of people or the children.
When mum sees me creating a canvas or some other OTP item for Mad Nana I see her look of horror & am quick to reassure her, "Dont worry, I'm not giving you one of these...."
:-)
Will I remember to keep it up? Considering my nickname is 8 Second Ali...(yes that is my attention span)...probably not, but I thought I might be a little more successful with a blog than a journal because I can update through pics which I love.
I have always, always loved photographs and my Mothers father was a keen photographer (the pic below is one of his self portraits), but for some reason my mum went the opposite way and even now does not like pictures of people or the children.
When mum sees me creating a canvas or some other OTP item for Mad Nana I see her look of horror & am quick to reassure her, "Dont worry, I'm not giving you one of these...."
:-)
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