There's a new challenge for the year on the Craft Barn blog. You can read all the details here but to summarise we will be given 2 words every fortnight and have to choose a quotation or a lyric including one of the chosen words. I thought a lot about what format to use and decided to use A5 sized pages which I have punched and will bind together once complete. I found last year, as the year went on, that it was getting harder to stamp directly into the dictionary because of the binding. This should make it easier and give me a larger surface to work on.
The first words are Smile and Up. I love the song 'Smile' written by Charlie Chaplin and sung by Nat King Cole but I decided to go for the other word. My first idea was the song 'Up, Up and Away' by the 5th Dimension (check out the retro clip on you tube here) and I used an old unknown hot air balloon stamp. The BG is tumbled glass, salty ocean and broken china with a cloud mask I tore from a scrap piece of paper. I wanted to include a quotation as well and thought 'If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading' by Lao Tzu the Chinese Taoist philosopher, fitted in well. Hot air balloons are notoriously difficult to steer and rely on the vagaries of the wind to carry them.
So that's the first page done. Be sure to check out the other entries here . I try and comment on everyone's entries but unfortunately I don't do Facebook or Pinterest.
So beautiful and colorful! I love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat page, lovely colourful balloons and a fab quote! xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous balloons and choice of lyrics, great quote too.
ReplyDeleteSylv xx
Gorgeous balloons and great coloring!
ReplyDeleteFabulous first page, love the quote too.
ReplyDeleteVisiting from The Craft Barn - very beautiful colours! :D
ReplyDeletePerfect illustration of the quote and I love the gradated colours on your lettering!
ReplyDeleteA great first page - lovely sky and very colourful balloons!
ReplyDeleteFab! Thanks for the link..I am joining in too :)
ReplyDeleteLoads of colour !!
ReplyDeleteFabulous balloons, so colourful and a quote as well, brilliant!
ReplyDeleteVal x
These really are "beautiful balloons".
ReplyDeleteIt looks really good well done
ReplyDeleteLovely bright spring day colours, fantastic colouring especially the lettering and the sky. Love the quote :-) xxx
ReplyDeleteInteresting quote, but I am currently singing along with your song choice. Excellent!
ReplyDeleteI like your idea to create separate pages & bind them at the end of the year, so much easier. Have a great year.
Love you colourful balloons. BJ
ReplyDeleteGreat page, love the Balloons. xx
ReplyDeleteA wonderful page, great balloons.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant page! Love the balloons and the letters are fabulous! xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous page - love those hot air balloons - I know exactly what you mean about the dictionary being troublesome by the end of the challenge, I think you've hit on a winning format here - loads of flexibility and none of that skinny paper to contend with either. Great page, lovely colours and your lettering is the perfect font choice to go with those vintage balloons. MMx
ReplyDeleteFabulous page I really feel as if I'm up up and away in a balloon, except I wouldn't be because I don't like heights lol. :)
ReplyDeleteMaggieH
Fabulous start and great idea to bind at the end.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
Izzy