And now for those photos….

Finally I have got some time with my PC and the camera at the same time so I’m thinking it’s about time I added some colour back to the blog.

This first lo I am so pleased with. It’s based on a sketch using just 3 photos, but I think I managed to get the 4th in there nicely. Don’t you just believe that butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth??!! Mr 3 has just been caught stealing “Christmas Trees” of the cookie plate……

The stamps are some Pebbles Inc foam stamps – they are just great to use – they come in various fonts.  These big ones were borrowed from Donna - thank you!

This next one is from the ClourTech classes – the Triadic scheme.  This is where you use 3 colours, each spaced 3 colours apart on the colour wheel.  Here I have used, yellow-orange, blue-green and red-violet. 

There is no way that I would have EVER imagined putting these colour together in a single page.  I was amazed to see how well it actually came out. 

The subjects are Mr’s 3 & 5 with their cousin who is 6 months younger than Mr 3.  Their (another) uncle was trying to get a nice shot of the three of them together for the aunt that was back in the US on a night back on ’05.  So they are all much younger than they are now…. and there was NO way they were all 3 EVER going to look in the same direction!!

Then just last weekend we did the Diadic scheme: Use 2 colours separated by two colours on the colour wheel. I would normally have chosen blue as the main colour- it’s probably the colour I am most comfortable with.  But I couldn’t get the scheme to work for me with either option then.  So a quick chat with the tutor and I started with yellow.  This let me add blue-green into the scheme – and I am again amazed at how well it worked.

I’ve really enjoyed doing this Colour series – we have one more class in the series this coming weekend and we will be doing a Tetrad scheme.  That seems a little daunting to me!

After chatting to Shona, the tutor, it seems she has in mind to perhaps do a follow up series.  We didn’t go so much into the emotions of colours – beyond touching on it as a concept in the first lesson.  I hope she will be able to do that second kind of series because I think that would allow a deeper use of colour to be made.

This lo was one of the ones I did in the Friday night crop a couple of weeks ago.  I know I’m going to end up with lots of these – but it makes my heart sing!  I love how these two are good mates.  Don’t get me wrong: the scrap like anything as well!  But they Do get on well – and what mum would not be happy to see that??!

And finally – a heritage page that I also did a the crop night.

I do need to do the title still – “Opa & Oma” but I haven’t quite found the right font yet.  The journalling will be a translation of the marriage details: names, dates, places of birth etc.  But I’m feeling really pleased to get the first of the heritage pages started. I have my dad and aunt working on their mum and dad’s details; my other nana and grandad on the case of their stories and my MIL for hers.  Phew – busy, busy!!

Me and my quirks

Ok – here’s a little catch-up.  Firstly, *thanks* to Karen – revenge is indeed a dish served cold!      She tagged me with this quirky little thing: to name 5 of the quirks that make me, me.  I have probably got a whole lot more than this but we’ll deal with the ones that spring to mind.  Actually I don’t have any, so there we are.

 Ohhhhh, Ok, those that know me will never let me away with that, will they??!

1. When I go to sleep, I have to begin lying on my left side, then at some point turn to my right.  If I do it around the opposite way, I cannot fall asleep.  Don’t ask!    Just accept! 
2. I like to lick the flavour of potato crisps… especially the really zingy S&Vs (salt and vinegar to the uninitiated).  I do my best to be discrete about this, but I’m sure it has been noted.
3. Actually back to the sleep thing – if I go to bed too early, I end up being awake longer than normal….. probably because a bit of my brain is constantly telling me I should be asleep now………… and I’m not…….
4. When eating marshmallow easter eggs, I like to split them in half first.  Maybe to let the extra calories leak out first….
5. I have an ordered approach to eating my meals…. 1st the least liked or appealing item (of a vegie nature) working my way around and upwards so the yummiest veg item is second to last.  The last item – the meat.  Always one thing at a time, always the meat last.  Do not ask me to taste how good something else is, I need to finish one item at a time!

Looking at this list, I am a little afraid that it is sleep and food that spring to mind first.  Is that another quirk do you think?? 

So, now who to tag next…………………… Keryn, Donna, Christi and Gillian.

 You only need to tag 3 but, hey, I thought I’d help you out with adding to your blog, Donna