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March…is it spring yet? Is the grass sprouting
greener, the clouds giving way to a blue sky or
two and the birds singing more sweetly? If it
is in your part of the world, then its spring in
the making. Springtime means country walks or
bracing rambles over the hills, or beach. Time
for the photos and of course the scrapbook.
Inspiration comes this month from Katey Green of
Handmaid fame’s kit Spring Fresh. Lets have a
look at what the team have done this month with
the kit.
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Editor's
note:
The tranquillity of the photo
is enhanced by the greens and golds from the
background of the kit and gives a sense of
peace. I loved the dotty band across the
bottom.
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Glorious Landscape by Emma
Moore. Supplies: Spring Fresh by
Handmaid Designs, Beaded Thread: Lindsay
Jane Designs, Word Art: Tina Chambers, Font:
Times New Roman.
Journaling: After
going through many long days of snow and
cold weather I long for those first days of
spring. The renewing of life as all the
plants & trees again are covered in their
finery. There is great anticipation for
those flowers to come peeking up out of the
ground. All of this serves to remind me that
God the creator is in control of everything.
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Design
note:
Highlighting the theme of
spring, this whimsical layout features one
of our favorite events of the year: the
spring clean. The dotty paper is a perfect
foil for the plain background and the whole
layout is divided into that magic thirds
with the torn strips. Elements placed 3 at a
time or photos make the whole harmonious,
i.e. 3 photo’s one side and 2 plus similarly
sized journaling strip the other adds up to
a numerically harmonious composition.
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Spring Clean Girl by Susan Wood.
Supplies: Spring Fresh Kit :Handmaid
Designs, Font: Happy Days.
Journaling: Spring Clean Girl. You
can be so helpful sometimes. You looked such
a picture in that ‘belt’ of a skirt. It’s a
good job I don’t let you wear it outside of
the house.
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Editor's
note:
This is another example of the magic rule of
thirds. Unequal but making up the whole, it
brings the eye to focus in on the photo and
the lovely ribbon elements help to highlight
what is already a lovely frame. Never be
afraid to fiddle about with your drop
shadows opacity and distance or height. The
further it is sometimes the more realistic
it can look. It is good to make a preset
within your software if you have that
facility for different settings so that you
get a soft shadowed look rather than a flat,
plonked on the page shadow.
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The Doghouse by Leigh Bossinger.
Supplies: Spring Fresh Kit :Handmaid
Designs
Journaling: He is my other eyes that
can see above the clouds; my other ears that
hear above the winds. He is the part of me
that can reach out into the sea. He has told
me a thousand times over that I am his
reason for being; by the way he rests
against my leg; by the way he thumps his
tail at my smallest smile; by the way he
shows his hurt when I leave without taking
him. (I think it makes him sick with worry
when he is not along to care for me.) When I
am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I
am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I
am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a
fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he
brags. Without him, I am only another man.
With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty
itself. He has taught me the meaning of
devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort
and a private peace. He has brought me
understanding where before I was ignorant.
His head on my knee can heal my human hurts.
His presence by my side is protection
against my fears of dark and unknown things.
He has promised to wait for me...
whenever... wherever - in case I need him.
And I expect I will - as I always have. He
is just my dog. - Gene Hill from
dogquotes.com
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