Saturday 14 May 2011

Colour combo bloghop.

Good morning everyone and welcome to my part of the Colour combo bloghop arranged by the lovely Amy and featuring a lovely group of bloggers who apparently met on a Shimelle class called Beyond Blogging for Scrapbookers. I have taken part in a number of hops now so I have enjoyed preparing my page for today.
As you have probably gathered the idea is based on a combination of colours which Amy found and sent us, here is the picture and colour combination...............

 You should have arrived from the lovely Rebekah over here , she has the most beautiful blog header and some wonderful tutorials' cards and recipe ideas. Yummy. If not and you are just a routine friend popping to see where I've been please do pop on over to visit the rest of our hop, the list of the whole hop is at the end of this post.

I have been having a rough time recently with my Bipolar and I have wanted to do a page which reflects something simple but important about me. I have been listening alot to Lady Gaga which is pretty cool and love ''Born this way'', the lyrics seemed to have been written for me. So here is my layout entitles Born this Way......


I used a piece of Bassill cardstock and then 2 strips of patterned paper cut using border punches. I inked the edges of these strips to match the colour combo and then added a strip of ruffled ribbon at the bottom and the ricrac for the neutral colour shades.The picture is a favourite of me at my sister's 40th a couple of years ago and I used a Photobooth application.


All you have to do is upload 4 pictures of your choice and hey presto. I used the same one as I only had one but I like the effect. I made the rossettes myself and punched the edges again to reflect the patterned paper background strips. They were inked with a brown soft ink and then I had Tim Holtz button and another from a kit I added. The doilie is neutral lace again, and the flower is from Prima.



I then had some Jenni Bowlin butterfly stickers and some bling for their trails from Basic Grey which I added to pretty them up more. The flower is from a recent Scrapbooking from the Inside out kit. 

 So that's my layout and I enjoyed being restricted to certain colours, it focussed me more so I might have to try this more often. So now I have a small giveaway for you. I have a place on Shimelle's little class called ''When I grow up''. All you have to do is leave me a comment by Monday of this week and I will draw a name out of the hat on Tuesday to let you know who has won.

 The final stop on our hop is over the other side of the world in Asia with the wonderful Xnomads who not only does some brilliant classes and photography, but tells us wonderful tales from her life in Asia with her family.

http://www.calendulafitzpatrick.blogspot.com
http://1200somemiles.blogspot.com 

22 comments:

  1. Jo

    Fab scrapbook page using to Colour Combo from Amy. I too enjoyed being restricted by the colour combo which I think are just brilliant colours.

    also so happy to be commenting on your blog first on this Great Blog Hop - so many talented ladies all thanks to Shimelle of course!! and thanks to amy for organising too

    Love Lesley xx

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  2. It's a great page,Jo....and incorporates the colour beautifully.

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  3. Gorgeous page Jo. It's powerful and pretty all at the same time - cleverly done!

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  4. Really pretty. Love the bling & Butterflies!

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  5. Beautiful Lo!! love all the rosette's!!

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  6. This has worked so well - I love the honesty of the story behind it too. Will have to listen to the lyrics more. She was on TV last night and I thought she was brilliant :0)

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  7. Your lo is fab and so carefully made! Love your explanations of the techniques you've used. Thanks for your honesty..I suffer from depression but scrapbooking really helps to lift my mood! Thanks for the giveaway!x

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  8. Love the rosettes and th fact that this is do personal.I tend to only scrap the good times

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  9. Hi Jo, I love your layout. My favorite parts are your homemade flowers, they are so creative! Thanks!

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  10. What a neat layout. Lots of fun embellishments and rosettes...really need to figure out how to make them!

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  11. Gorgeous layout! I love the butterflies, flowers, and lyrics to the song!

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  12. Everything looks grand - I haven't found enough time yet to play around making rosettes - yours look fab.

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  13. Love the rosettes. I really neat try and get some or make some and scrap them.

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  14. It is a gorgeous layout Jo :-) I really like his colour combination and you have put it together very well indeed - I also love how you have used the lyrics as a springboard for thoughts and journaling - fantastic! :-)

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  15. I admire you for scrapping your bipolar. And what a beautifully creative layout it is! AND.....thank you soooo much for a chance at that awesome giveaway!!

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  16. Love the flowers and all the clustering. Glad to be in the hop with you.

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  17. Jo this layout is fantastic! I just love the rosettes, the butterflies, the bling..... everything!

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  18. Lovely soft colours working so well together, and I love your delicate interpretation with all those frills and delicate lace-like bits!

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  19. A beautiful LO and as usual your honesty shines through sorryI missed the blog hop yesterday lovely colours xxx

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  20. Beautiful page! I love all the details. Very creative! And thanks for the lovely blog introduction. This was a fun blog hop.

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  21. Sorry, I'm only just catching up on some posts, Jo! It's crazy-busy here (but in a nice way).

    I love the colour combo you got from Amy and your scrap page that uses it is fab. The idea behind it is lovely and it's so nice to see your smiley face on the photos! I do like the punched-out butterfly shapes and those great rosette/flower things. The little sparkly butterfly-flutters are a fun idea and very pretty. Great page Jo!

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  22. What a beautiful take on the colors. I love that you've taken this particular song and created a layout using it as a title.

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Hello and thank you so much for stopping by. It is always a pleasure to read the comments I receive and to meet new friends. I try and reply to comments on friend's blogs as much as possible. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog and look forward to seeing you here again soon. Love Jo xxx