I don't seem to get as many LO's done for The Color Room as I should these days! I know I should, but there is always something that kind of makes it difficult. I could actually insert the name of Ashton, to replace the word something in the previous sentence! LOL! This week I have been waiting on product to come through for some deadlines for Aussie Scrap Source and some product from Prima, soooooo, that freed up my week to create a LO for the Color Room! Plus I adored this palette!
As you can see it really was a delectibile palette! I create the background using one of Prima's Masks and spritzed it with a combination of of a yellow and pale pink Chalkboard Glimmermist by Tattered Angels. Once that was dry, I used a blue Distress ink and Prima text stamp, to randomly stamp some text across the background of my LO. It is quite subtle, but it is there!
The decorative half circle elements were cut using a cricut machine - the damasks cartridge, compliments of my friend Lorraine, since I don't have a cricut machine. In fact it was my eldest son Lachlan who LOVED cutting things using the machine, he stationed himself at it and worked out how to use it and then cut lots of these gorgeous damask circles in different sizes for me, seeing how many he could cut to one sheet of white cardstock!
Tags have been customised using a Prima stamp, some versa mark pigment ink in yellow and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder, for a wonderful pop of colour and texture. The only other thing I did was to print off a couple of digital stamps onto transparency to use on this LO as well. So now you pretty much know the anatomy of this LO!!
Now.....You know it has been a while since you have taken some photographs when your daughter comes out asking "Mummy can you take some photos of me?" Seriously, how could I resist such a request!! Besides I was feeling like some new pictures to inspire me!!
Honestly I kind of gasped out loud when I saw this picture of Kaitlyn!! Firslty, how did she grow up so fast (but having said that, she has not yet turned 4). Second, how on earth did she end up so insanely gorgeous? She is like a little tyke supermodel! LOL. Well in my Mummy opinion she is stunningly beautiful.
As you can see I have a LOT of beautiful pictures of my little girl to choose from!! I edited them in both colour and black and white, but the colour version is so rich with colour, I think i like those versions the most.
Dont worry, Kaitlyn was not the only child who had a couple of photos taken, the little rascal came out to get in on the action!!
Like I said, he is a bit of a rascal!!
Don't be fooled by the serene look on his face here, I am sure he is cultivating some sort of mischief in his mind! People comment to me how cute he is and I have a standard response, "cute to look at, difficult to raise"!! LOL! Sums him up oh so well. Please note the clever cropping of these images hides his moth eaten hair! I need to give him a hair cut this week to lessen the visibility of his patchiness on his hair! LOL!
I took several more pictures the day before I took these ones, some gorgeous sequence shots of Kaitlyn blowing away the fluffy blooms that a dandelion flower leaves behind after it has finished flowering. So cute, but I will share those in my next post, don't want to give you picture overload in one post! LOL! Thanks for stopping by!
Just beautiful xx
Posted by: Lorraine | June 26, 2011 at 05:46 PM
Your layout is so beautiful! I love the tags that you used and your misting looks gorgeous too.
And gosh, look at all those beautiful shots... your children are the most adorable little models I know and you always take such beautiful pictures of them!
Posted by: Romy | June 26, 2011 at 08:17 PM
you're just too clever.. stop it... lol. Gorgeous!!
Posted by: Louise Williams | June 27, 2011 at 02:36 PM
Believe me when I say that you are not an owl!!! Your daughter is SOOOOOO beautiful!!! And those photos are gorgeous...I wish my daughter would pose for me too! She is the same age! She will be 4 in November! And I laughed with what you say about your adorable son..haha...difficult to raise ...I know what you mean...
Hugs,
xoxo
p.s.no need to comment about your stunning (as always) layout....
Posted by: Vicky Varvadouka | June 27, 2011 at 04:34 PM
Hi! oh what a gorgeous layout with that amazing color combo.. it is delicious! and the photos.. really beautiful..enjoy taking photos of your little girl... as i have a 19year old who does not want to me take photos but she is amazingly beautiful too!! and your son.. he is a champion !! handsome as too!! enjoy your week!
Posted by: lizzyc | June 27, 2011 at 07:56 PM
He looks cute to look at and therefore must be easy to raise, lol. That palette is fantabulous and your layout is gorgeous and so is your child!!! Can't believe how long her hair is!!! gorgeous stuff!
Posted by: Jing-Jing Nickel | June 28, 2011 at 02:40 AM
She is adorable all right and stunningly beautiful just fits her to a tee! Loved that LO you created for TCR. And "cute to look at, difficult to raise" would be just the perfect tittle for a LO, he is just too handsome!
Milagros
Posted by: Milagros C. Rivera | June 29, 2011 at 09:27 PM
Wow, stunning, stunning page! I love all of the mixed media details. I need to do more of that! Miss Kaitlyn is truly a stunner!!! And Ashton is adorable!!
Posted by: Anabelle O'Malley | July 01, 2011 at 07:21 AM
very adorable What a terrifically creative, delightfully design!!
Posted by: carla | July 03, 2011 at 04:41 AM
Wow Janine those pics of both the kids are stunning,Ashton has got so big he looks so much older.And Miss K is such and adorable little girl.Love the layout too.Take care Kerry
Posted by: Kerry Murray | July 03, 2011 at 12:39 PM