Stella
01-31-2008, 11:43 PM
Welcome, my dear family of Layout Artists! Are you ready for a daring challenge this month? And you thought that last month's was hard?! Hmmm... But first a couple of things about this Challenge and the Posting Bonuses...
What is Freestyle and how do you do that in a digital scrapping environment?
The art of Freestyling on a layout really sounds simple, but can be full of personal challenges to your usual layout style. Many pages are made by grabbing a sketch, template or quick-page, which is fine for people who have many photos, scrap by themes, etc., but with Freestyle Scrapping, you have none of the above.
What you do have is a blank canvas, minimal resources, a few photos, and your imagination. May I also add your dreams, heart’s desires and unique mode of expression that is yours alone? Because Freestyle Scrapping also invites you to demonstrate the emotions behind that photo, or that element, or that paper colour. Perhaps something happened yesterday that inspires you in an unpredictable way? Serendipity, spontaneity, deep soul-searching... all these and more can bring you inspiring moments for Freestyling a layout.
There's not much more to it than that. We will also look at specific elements of making a page into a stunning layout, so it will be a learning experience, too. If you are looking for a Challenge to improve or implement your own unique style to your layouts, a place to create with flourishes, doodles, journaling, art, anything that specifically says ‘you’ ~ then this is your new Challenge home!
Many of you chose to journal last month in addition to your initials and I was so happy to see that! This time I am also inviting you to tell us your thoughts, and to write at least a few meaningful words. I would like for you to create a really personal page relating to something that happened to you last year that had an emotional attachment to it. Yes, you read right: Emotion. Feelings. Sentiment. Intense. Touching. Heart-wrenching. A personal chronicle of your journey through it, if you like.
Why is she doing this, you ask? Because I listen to the news on tv and I see so much apathy. I wonder where all the caring and feeling has gone in the human heart? Granted, not all of humanity is like that, thank goodness! But since this month we have a special 'loving' day, let's bring some heart feelings into our layouts as well, shall we? I'd love to see yours... freely given, freely shared...
I would ask that you keep the following four points in mind while you create the Freestyle Challenge layout for this month:
1) Scrap a really personal page relating to something that happened to you last year that had an emotional attachment to it.
2) Use journaling to tell us your FEELINGS about what happened, or the result of this event.
3) Use the colour of the heart, RED or SCARLET, to illustrate the most beautiful caring energy we have: LOVE...
As a posting bonus, here is my Cross Your Heart contribution. You can visit and participate in the other SAS challenges to collect yourself a mega kit on this theme.
Please post your layout links in this forum to receive your posting bonus, and so we can leave it some love. Don't forget to give credit to any and all contributors to your layout!
And, lastly:
4) If you make your layout using one or more of the SAS designers’ kits found here in the Boutique, I will send you an ADD-ON bonus + the regular posting bonus! That means that other designers’ kits are welcome, but only the layouts with SAS Ladies’ kits will receive the ADD-ON.
Have Fun and come back soon to post your layouts!
Here is your Posting Bonus for this Challenge, Part the first:
http://soulopen.com/sc_crossheart_pb_prevs.jpg
For the extra Posting Bonus, I'll get back to you on that...
What is Freestyle and how do you do that in a digital scrapping environment?
The art of Freestyling on a layout really sounds simple, but can be full of personal challenges to your usual layout style. Many pages are made by grabbing a sketch, template or quick-page, which is fine for people who have many photos, scrap by themes, etc., but with Freestyle Scrapping, you have none of the above.
What you do have is a blank canvas, minimal resources, a few photos, and your imagination. May I also add your dreams, heart’s desires and unique mode of expression that is yours alone? Because Freestyle Scrapping also invites you to demonstrate the emotions behind that photo, or that element, or that paper colour. Perhaps something happened yesterday that inspires you in an unpredictable way? Serendipity, spontaneity, deep soul-searching... all these and more can bring you inspiring moments for Freestyling a layout.
There's not much more to it than that. We will also look at specific elements of making a page into a stunning layout, so it will be a learning experience, too. If you are looking for a Challenge to improve or implement your own unique style to your layouts, a place to create with flourishes, doodles, journaling, art, anything that specifically says ‘you’ ~ then this is your new Challenge home!
Many of you chose to journal last month in addition to your initials and I was so happy to see that! This time I am also inviting you to tell us your thoughts, and to write at least a few meaningful words. I would like for you to create a really personal page relating to something that happened to you last year that had an emotional attachment to it. Yes, you read right: Emotion. Feelings. Sentiment. Intense. Touching. Heart-wrenching. A personal chronicle of your journey through it, if you like.
Why is she doing this, you ask? Because I listen to the news on tv and I see so much apathy. I wonder where all the caring and feeling has gone in the human heart? Granted, not all of humanity is like that, thank goodness! But since this month we have a special 'loving' day, let's bring some heart feelings into our layouts as well, shall we? I'd love to see yours... freely given, freely shared...
I would ask that you keep the following four points in mind while you create the Freestyle Challenge layout for this month:
1) Scrap a really personal page relating to something that happened to you last year that had an emotional attachment to it.
2) Use journaling to tell us your FEELINGS about what happened, or the result of this event.
3) Use the colour of the heart, RED or SCARLET, to illustrate the most beautiful caring energy we have: LOVE...
As a posting bonus, here is my Cross Your Heart contribution. You can visit and participate in the other SAS challenges to collect yourself a mega kit on this theme.
Please post your layout links in this forum to receive your posting bonus, and so we can leave it some love. Don't forget to give credit to any and all contributors to your layout!
And, lastly:
4) If you make your layout using one or more of the SAS designers’ kits found here in the Boutique, I will send you an ADD-ON bonus + the regular posting bonus! That means that other designers’ kits are welcome, but only the layouts with SAS Ladies’ kits will receive the ADD-ON.
Have Fun and come back soon to post your layouts!
Here is your Posting Bonus for this Challenge, Part the first:
http://soulopen.com/sc_crossheart_pb_prevs.jpg
For the extra Posting Bonus, I'll get back to you on that...