Aussie Pub Calls - November Sketch

My Guys

Here is my take on the Aussie Pub Calls/Roadmaps sketch for November. Sine has done a great job with this sketch, I love the simplicity of it which has allowed me to add my own personal touches - dont you just love the squiggly arrows by Buzz and Bloom :)

My Weekends Effort

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues.

This started out life as a layout for the Arty Pants Challenge, but I didn't finish it in time to upload. The task was to creat a layout using 'something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue". To me the word 'blue' stuck in my mind, and the old Elton John song that means so much to me. The rest of the page is made up of quotes and emphemera that are significant to me on a personal level.

Here is a layout I created using some photos from our Fort Lytton trip earlier in the year. I loved playing with PhotoShop on these pics. The weathered walls were a great background for the boys to pose against.

The grungy look was enhanced by dropping the saturation of the images to create black and white prints.

More Males!!!

This layout shows two more of the males that I live with - Kipper and Tux. They are just starting to loose their silly puppy ways and become as sensible as two border collie x blue heelers can be!

Back from the holidays...

Wooli beach, just beautiful

Well sadly the school holidays are over, and it's back to work.

Our time down at Wooli was wonderfully relaxing, refreshing and re-energising.

It was great having all the boys together, even tho it was only for one night. The three older boys conquered the giant sand dunes - checkout the layout below. There was plenty of fishing, swimming, body surfing and relaxing ... just how a holiday should be.

Unfortuanetly, being hemmed in by a bushfire did mean that my whale watching intentions didn't materialize as often as I would've liked. Between smoke and dust storms vision was practically zero for a couple of days, but I did managed to get some lovely 'me' time on the hill with my telescope, and some great bushfire photos!

PhotoShop Playtime...

This gorgeous little man is my great nephew ... dont you just love those eyes!!
I was having a play on PhotoShop Elements the other night and this was the result. Thought I would show it off for all to see. The original photo was very dark, and had shadows around his eyes, I edited the pic by adjusting the lighting and colour, and then applied some great grungy brushes.
Hope you like it
g

In Control

Here is my latest creation for the Aussie Pub Calls September sketch. My initial plan for this sketch was all feminine, strips of lace and shabby-chic fabric, but one look through my photos reminded me that 'girly' is not in my forte - something that comes with having 5 boys I guess.
This is a pic of my youngest son taken on our road trip to Victoria last year. The title really comes from the fact that I want him to be 'in control' of his life. I have always taught my boys to be very self reliant and I love to see them 'drive' their own life.
On this layout I have used a variety of Basic Grey paper, old book pages, some hand stitching, ribbon and rub ons.
Hope you like it,
cheers
G