I was delighted when I checked the Frosted Design blog and
saw that the current challenge was "Up, Up and Away - things that you see in the sky" because the annual balloon festival had just finished and I
had some lovely pictures of hot air balloons that I wanted to scrap! So, this is
my entry.
Originally I had broken the picture up into five vertical
sections and printed it in A4 size, having been inspired by this pin of a layout by Miki Krueger I'd found
on Pinterest. However, it just didn't seem to work. Then I came across this sketch #238 by Juliana
Michaels for Creative Scrappers and it was perfect with a slightly smaller, and
solid version of the photograph. I'm pleased with the final result, despite
it's simplicity.
To make the background I cut a rectangle of the orange
patterned paper (from my TLC stash) and turned it over. I put a dot where I
wanted the central point of the rays, then started drawing lines diagonally
across the page that intersected this point. I marked every second ray with an
X and once I'd drawn the lines I started cutting out the marked rays. I put a
small piece of tape on the central dot and made sure that I didn’t cut past
this point, so that at the end I still had one piece of paper. I backed it with
another piece of patterned paper and then put the layout all together.
The stamps I used were Kaisercraft Check In for the
compasses, and Kaisercraft Up, Up and Away for the hot air balloons, 'spectacular
moments' words and flourish. The calendar is a Kaszazz stamp. I added some
Kaisercraft rhinestones, distressed the edges of the cardstock with Marigold
Distress Ink, cut the letters for the title with my Sizzlets Cherish alphabet
dies and then wrote the journalling. All done!
I still have many more balloon pictures to scrap, including
some of me sitting on a balloon to help deflate it when we offered to help one
crew after they landed nearby. That was fun! While I'm happy to help on the
ground, and I love seeing the balloons in the sky, don’t expect me to ever get into
one though!
I wonder whether any of you know the answer to a question that's
been bothering me? Here in Australia,
hot air balloons fly in the early morning. In order to see them you have to get
up before dawn and we often wake to the whooshing sound of the burners as they
drift over our neighbourhood. In the northern hemisphere though, they fly in the
evening. While I'm sure it has to do with the weather and air currents somehow,
can anyone explain it? I'm really curious. I asked a science teacher once and
he had no idea - hopefully one of you does!
Till next time, happy days!
Francine
It was a sketch challenge. I had intended to make the photos shaped as in the sketch, but they didn't really work, so I opted for the safer square/rectangle option instead. Since the photos had such bright colours in them, I wanted to mimic that in the patterned papers I chose. I love the bright colours on the kraft background. I added some glimmer mists in green, blue and red as well as a ticket, some washi tape, ribbon, jute and coloured staples. I am pleased with the final result. This layout is a great reminder of a fun experience on our Bali holiday.
I'll leave you with a couple of close ups.
