Saturday, February 21, 2015

A Farewell Visit?

My parent's put their Nova Scotia cottage on the market in 2011.  We hurried up for a visit that Summer for fear that it would be our last one.  They, finally, took it off the market this year as it hasn't sold yet. 

I completed this layout with my February Counterfeit Kit.  It has been a tough month to stay scappily, (my invented word), motivated partly because life has been busy, but even more so because of my kit content.  Having prepped a Project Life:Week album and finishing a Disney mini, this is my first 12x12 page all month.  The travel themed, brown papers have me trying to pull pictures that would work and papers to brighten the tone of the page. 

I used a simple graphic sketch from Let's Capture Our Memories to help me too.  I worked with the sketch below to create the layout above to resemble a classic, clean page. I added a muted pink patterned paper, orange and navy cardstock, two alphabets, a few ribbons and the wooden clouds to my kit.
Hope that you are staying warm!  It's snowing and frigid here. 

Blessings,
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16 comments:

  1. Julene MatthewsFebruary 21, 2015 at 11:39 PM

    Looks fabulous! I love the colours and the little details at the top and under the photo.

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  2. DeannaFebruary 22, 2015 at 4:23 AM

    I love your choice of papers for this, Janine and especially the diecut paper at the bottom. Nice work with the sketch too! It's really cold and snowy here too. Looking forward to Spring!

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    1. Janine RachauFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:27 AM

      Thank you, Deanna!! Spring can't come soon enough. :)

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  3. SusanneFebruary 22, 2015 at 3:52 PM

    Looks great, Janine. I think you were successful in brightening up the darker papers - love the clouds!!

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    1. Janine RachauFebruary 23, 2015 at 8:32 AM

      Thank you Susanne!! The clouds are from Creative Embellishments. They have a terrific assortment of wood veneers at very reasonable prices. http://creativeembellishments.com/

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  4. VirginiaFebruary 23, 2015 at 11:09 AM

    Lovely layout, fabulous photos and create paper colours - perfect!

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  5. LCSmithSAVEDFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:46 PM

    I think you made a great success of this page, in spite of the limits of your kit! I'm glad you reached "outside the box" for some of the details that make your page work. Makes a nice boy page!

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  6. UnknownFebruary 23, 2015 at 8:17 PM

    Great take on the sketch. What a fun color combo. I love it! Thanks for joining us at LCOM.
    - Cher

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    1. Janine RachauFebruary 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM

      Thank you Cher!! I was happy to join LCOM! Thank you for the inspiration!

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  7. JimjamsFebruary 24, 2015 at 4:55 AM

    Love that sketch and your take on it - my kind of colours in your kit too xx

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  8. MargieFebruary 26, 2015 at 3:56 PM

    Love your take on the sketch!

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You're so sweet to take the time to comment! Thanks!!

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