Tuesday Tutorial: Learn More About Colours

Joey's posted a great article about understanding the colour wheel when scrapping, over at the Daily Digi, if you'd like to check it out and excercise your grey matter. She features one of my layouts in it too, explaining how it uses ...

"Analogous – Colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel.

Analogous color chords are pleasing to the eye and are often found in nature. One way to use this color chord is by using a “gallon” of one color, a “pint” of another color, and a “teaspoon” of the accent color. SkrappyKathy’s layout is a beautiful example of this type of color scheme:

Best part is I didn't even realise I was doing it at the time, hooray! Hope you get some kind of scrapping time in today - even if it's just sorting out your digi files (like my plans for the next few hours ...) Sigh.



New Release and a Friday Freebie

Wow. You would not believe how inspired I was while making this kit! I couldn't stop thinking about it for days on end - while I was grocery shopping, picking up the kids from school - I was even jotting down a notes while eating dinner and chatting on the phone. To say I was completely preoccupied with it, is an understatement!

This is a Valentines Day kit, but I just could not wait a full two months before releasing it to the world! So, you can consider it an early Valentines bonus, or a general lovey-dovey kit, it's up to you. :) Works either way for me! And just so you know, I started making my own pages with it as I went along - I just couldn't contain my excitement!

So, don't know if you would have noticed yet, but I'm naming all my kits after children's names. I look up the meaning of the name and that gives me a springboard to base my kit on a particular theme. I figure I've only got so many "child-bearing years" in me that I won't get to use all my cool names that I've got on my wishlist! So naming kits is the next best thing!

Drumroll please ..... Introducing Valentina!

These are available now in all my shops. Find the shop links in the top left corner of this page.

And here are my pages:

And I've also got these hybrid gift tags out now too. That's my son and my sisters in the photos, heehee!

And lastly, here's today's freebie: a quickpage from the Valentina collection. Hope you like!!

Download here.

It is not included in the Quick Page Album I'm selling, so get it here or forever go without!

Available to download for one week.



Some Layouts to Share

Here's what I've been doing lately - not much scrapping compared to previous months, but that will happen when you stop taking photos for a while!! The lack of photos actually means I've had to extend myself in terms of themes. Scrapping all those little ideas you never get around to. And I've been using some old scanned-in pics as well.

Supplies: Danielle Young Designs @ SugarHillCo

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(Comes Out Tomorrow!)

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Lots of Inspiration Happening!

I kid you not - it snowed here on the weekend! Springtime Snow! It didn't settle as it's been raining endlessly, but it was still fun to catch a few sprinkles and take a few snapshots of the boys running around like lunatics in it! And I finally have a chance to use some of the snow kits I've got in my stash! Yay!

Right now I'm inspired by the oncoming warmer weather. Getting my house and home in order so regular maintenance issues such as laundry and tidying is a lot easier for everyone involved. And I'm working on the part of getting others involved - especially the boys. I'm inspired to see how well Harvey has taken to his new chores. He actually looks forward to the responsibility of feeding the animals each day. He doesn't have to be reminded to do his jobs, like, ever. Riley, on the other hand, is a lot less enthusiastic. He just wants to play on the computer, because he's discovered the wonderful world of the Penguin Club and Moshi Monsters.

Anyway, I said I'd fill you in on my layouts - of which there are many. So here they are. Credits for the products I've used are just a click away if you need them. Enjoy.

Nana Brine's Ride: credits

Fall: credits (Jennifer Fox Designs Funklicious)

Kissed: credits

Thank You: credits

Helping Hands: credits

Devil Child: credits coming (released in November 2010)

You Had Me At Hello: credits

She Loves To Talk: credits

Master Chef: credits

Calendar Months: Riley credits (coming - released 1 November)

Thankful: credits

Harvest: credits

Mine!: credits (coming)

Jac's Wedding Photobook: credits (shhhh! Christmas present alert!)

Anyway, I'm sure there are heaps more that I haven't spotlighted here in the main part of the blog. But you are welcome to come check out everything I've made by clicking on the flashing Picasa galleries up in the top right of the page.