Saturday 25 June 2011

A couple of things with an artistic bent

Artastic

Shazza's latest challenge at Artastic is Argenteuil by Manet ( see below)
she asks you to include
a photo with two people
a boat
some striped paper

I really would have rather use all spotty paper but thankfully the Echo Park paper has stripes on the back in the same colour so I used those.
there is a boat on the journalling card but I chose a photo of Nancy and Arthur because it had a boat in it as well- on our recent 31km cycle ride with the children we stopped of for lunch at a lake with a beach- within seconds they were in the water, within minutes they were down to their pants and not long after that their pants were soaked through and had to be abandoned for the rest of the trip- the journalling and title is all about our impromptu paddle
the art for inspiration



Fave things
The fave things challenge at the moment is to scrap your favourite artist- I don't really know who is my fave artist but I do know my favourite museum to visit is the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam- until recently when Nancy started school, we would visit together- arriving at 10 am when the museum opened and to avoid the crowds who all started conscientiously on the ground floor we would go upstairs to the main exhibition of his work and spend about 20 minutes alone , just me, Nancy and Van Gogh's sunflowers and Lilies- Nancy would dance around the rooms, pointing at the pretty paintings and then as the crowds arrived we nip off to the cafe for a quick drink- it didn't matter that we were only there for about half an hour- it was all i could expect from a three year old and we had museum cards that let us visit for free any time we want- so what I'm saying is Van Gogh's paintings hold special memories for me of our time In Holland

On the LO I've journalled about what I said above- I "stole" a few of the information leaflets in different languages to use as the PP on this LO and punched some circles from the leaflets as well.

15 comments:

  1. Love love love these Karen!!! I loveeeeeeeee the story of you visiting the museum together!! Thanks soooooooooo much for playing along with FAVE THINGS! :):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  2. Oh I love your layout, the boat in the background of the photo is just perfect. I love the strips of striped paper. Gorgeous work. Mel from ARTastic

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  3. Great LO, Karen! Love the colors and picture and that cute epoxy button. Thanks for playing along at ARTastic!
    Hugs, RobinJ

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  4. Great work Karen!Love the boat on the journaling card and cute photos of your two playing in the shallows. Thanks for joining in this month!
    cheers
    Shazza

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  5. Awesome idea to use the leaflets as a background, I love it! Thank you for playing with us at fave things :)

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  6. Your layout for the ARTastic challenge is lovely! Great photo and wonderful journaling. Love the use of twine and tape. Thank you for playing along :)

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  7. Great work Karen...I love your layout, the boat in the background of the photo is just perfect...Thank you so much for playing along with US over at ARTastic... hugs...xoxo

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  8. Wow, Karen, these are both fantastic! Thanks for playing with us at Fave Things!

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  9. this is great, thanks so much for playing along, i love this layout

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  10. What a gorgeous photo... Love the colours you have used here as well.. Thanks for playing along with us at ARTastic this month xxx

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  11. A fab page Karen! Love the colours & papers you have chosen, & that little string embellie just perfect & sets it all off! Thank you for joining in with us at ARTastic!

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  12. Great layouts Karen!!!! Love how you used the information leaflets!!! Thanks for playing along with These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things!!!

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  13. Amazing layout! Love the twine. Thanks for joining us at Fave Things!

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  14. Wow! This is fantantic! Perfect use of colors and the pic is perfect!

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  15. Beautiful!! I love the colour combination, that bold red title and that piece of string ... well, I guess I love just about everything :-) Nice work!! Thank you for playing with us over at Artastic.
    xxx Peggy

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