Saturday, November 27, 2010

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

19 comments:

  1. Ben 't helemaal met Vicky eens: niet alle layouts moeten 'moeilijk' zijn! Hier valt toch helemaal niets meer aan toe te voegen? De foto's en de titel (met of zonder t) say it all! En wat grappig dat je ze nog bewerkt hebt in Picnik, had ik nl ook al gedaan en ook met dezelfde kleuren ;-)
    Dankjewel dat ik ook mee mag doen op deze heerlijk vrolijke layout!!

    Fijn weekend Peggy!

    XXXJenneke

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  2. Peggy, this looks amazing girl!! I love your take on the sketch and think you did a great job of capturing this moment between you and Marit. :) Awesome job my friend!

    Good luck in the drawing for December's Kit over at Artful Delight!
    - April

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  3. Wat is ´ie mooi!! Ge.wel.dig gemaakt Peggy!
    Leuk die "kleine" fotograaf bovenop de foto ;)
    De foto´s spreken voor zich, daar hoef je niet veel aan toe te voegen.
    Super die geel/groene gloed.Ga ik ook eens proberen.

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  4. I soooooooooooooo love love love love this Peggy! I absolutely ADORE those photos of you and Marit...and loving that you added Jenneke's photo in their too!!!!! Just GORGEOUS! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  5. Love your take on our November sketch! Love the use of multiple photos! Thanks for playing along with Artdelight's November sketch!

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  6. YAY!! SOooooo glad that your will to create is back too! FIrstly, these really are stunning photos and I love the way they've been edited. They look awesome. And secondly, the layout is also just amazing. I love how you've done the title, and the vibrant colours work so well together. So awesome!

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  7. Ooooh Peggy.... ook de lay-out 'klikt' meteen (met of zonder t maakt niet uit!) Ik ben sprakeloos en vind dit zoooo bijzonder!!! WAt een prachtige lay-out, en hoezo niet "artsy" genoeg of te weinig bewerkt? Kom nou! Het is helemaal geweldig zoals-ie is, en dat 'dametje' van Graphic 45... ik heb haar al maanden (jaren?) in huis maar vind haar steeds te mooi om te gebruiken... en jij plakt die zomaar op "onze" lay-out... alsof je het kon ruiken! Ik ben zeer vereerd, en zend je vanuit E'hoven een hele dikke knuffel!!! Hoop je snel weer te zien want inderdaad, 'wij komen goed overéén' (alee, ik neem je taal zelfs al over zenne!!!!

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  8. Ahh that program looks like it did a fabulous job, I love the tint to the photos too!! Simple is often awesome, as shown here. I love it too when I meet people and you just click right away. Fabulous stuff!

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  9. oh peggy wat een ontzettend vrolijke lo is dit geworden zeg! ik kan wel zien dat jullie een hoop lol hebben gehad in heesch!

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  10. Kan er niet veel aan toevoegen aan al deze mooie comments hé, maateke, behalve dan dat ik alweer deze LO geweldig vind. En aan een speedtempo, goe van U zene.
    Love you
    xxx

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  11. I love love love this. I think it is stunning! Thank you SO much for participating in the Artful Delight Sketch Challenge! LOVE it and I hope to see you play next month!

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  12. Peggy, the mojo sure is back with a vengence by the looks, I just love this gorgeous layout, Marit will just love it, I loved hearing about your meeting, I have to tell you I met one of my online friends recently and the very same thing happenned, we didn't get much scrapping done but it was like we had known each other for years. lol re: doing Marit proud with the layout, I haven't scrapped our meeting because of the very same reason, my story is I am searching for the perfect papers. Melxx

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  13. Your layout is perfect, Peggy and those photos are amazing. I love the idea that you included the photo of Jenneke too.....beautiful.

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  14. Wat een leuke en vrolijke LO, Peggy!! Aan de foto`s kun je echt zien dat het klikt. Leuk!!!!
    En wat maakt het uit dat je snel klaar was met deze LO, daar zie je niks van hoor :)

    Groetjes Viv

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  15. oh Peggy, this is sooo beautiful!

    I am sooo jealous (but very happy for you all at the same time) that you got to meet online scrappy friends!!! if only money and time would allow it, right? Most of mine are all far away. anyways, I am so happy for you that you hit it off instantly and it all clicked!!! your photos look soooo happy!!!

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  16. How wonderful. great friendship is a blessing.

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  17. totally fabulous LO, peggy! i seriously adore those pics - pure joy!

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  18. fabulous photos to scrap too ! & sounds like a fantastic friendship alrite ! way to go , hun !

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