Sometimes it just "clicks"

In my last post I showed you some pics of when I met some of my online friends. My favourite pics of that day would have to be the ones of Marit and me. I liked her the minute she started waving at me, still sitting in the car but recognizing me instantly. She got out of the car, gave me a big kiss, told me she first had to do something and shoved her bag in my hands and told me to hang on to it until she got back LOL. I guess that's the moment I fell in love ,-) It all felt so natural ... she didn't feel like someone I had just met, she felt like some long lost friend I finally got to meet again. And to me, the pictures that Jenneke took of us while we were standing outside having a smoke really show how well we connected. As soon as I saw these pictures, my hands started itching to make a LO. I don't think I've ever scrapped pictures this fast. I normally wait at least a few months, because I find that after some time, the pics that seemed great to me at first, aren't always the same pics I want to use to tell a story. I hope you like it Marit!

It's a simple LO, I know! I could have finished this one in half an hour if I hadn't stared at it all afternoon thinking I really should add some kind of technique, some kind of feature item to make it somewhat "special". However, my best friend Vicky, who spent the afternoon scrapping with me, told me not all LO's have to be difficult, and I guess she's right. So Marit, because it's a LO of you, I wanted to honour you and make it more of an artsy LO, but ... fate decided otherwise. I told you all once before that once I start scrapping, the outcome of the LO seems out of my control, and this one was no different.

I used Picknik to edit my pictures and give it this green/yellowish look which I totally love ... thanks Jenneke for recommending it, it's so easy to use and the results are stunning! I guess it's because the pics turned out so vibrant that I didn't feel like adding too much colour anymore.

Now, you might not see the resemblance right away, but I started out from this sketch for the Artful Delight November challenge:

Once I started playing with all of the different elements, they all changed place a bit, but they are still there. I used three photo's in stead of 6 blocks, placed the paper originally at the bottom on the left hand side, and used the shape of the round flower to make my title (which says "Sometimes it just clicks" btw - and oops, for the dutchies: I just noticed I miss a 't' ... ah well, too late to do anything about that now!!). I haven't worked with sketches all that much, so I don't know of this is "allowed" or not, but it seemed rather funny to me how you can start from one point and head over in an entire different direction. Still, the sketch really helped me create my take on the design, and I think I will begin to use sketches more often from now on.

Off to make another LO ... so glad my will to create is back again!!!

xxx Peggy