Friday, March 30, 2012

April is upon us

Can you believe it - four months into the year already!

Here are my pages for Kate's art calendar challenge - seeing as we've had an unseasonably warm March here in the UK, it inspired me to use bright sunny colours , although now I hear its going to turn cold - but hey ho.... C'est la vie - my page is here to stay!


This is how it started out. I used Dylusions paint (no longer available but watch THIS space) and spray inks - LOVE the vibrancy of these colours!



I used a She Art text stamp and Rangers coloured archival ink in random places...


...and loved how I was able to utilise that randomness - see its here in the roof of one of the houses - don't you just love when that happens?



This is how the whole page came together...

My mind is occupied with our forthcoming move in June and we get the keys to the house this month hence my use of the houses (from Dylusions 'Right up your Street' plate)



The banner is also Dylusions - 'Bags of Bunting' plate - I feel as though it adds a kind of party feel to the page - and it certainly suits how I'm feeling right now - kinda breezy and free :)



And here's March - just got to complete my last entry which I shall do at the end of today!

25 comments:

  1. Beautiful pages, Sandy and some wonderful colours there. Great close ups x

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  2. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous as always sweetie!

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  3. Lovely colourful pages, love that She Art stamp and all the little houses. Must get on with mine nowhere near finished March or April.Have a great Easter not too many Easter eggs mindst.xx

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  4. Great pages and colours me thinks I nEEd the text stamp. Just think your background for april could be framed on its own its just so fab. x c

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  5. Cool pages - love your use of colour :-)

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  6. Oh all those pages are gorgeous. Your March one is so bright and colorful and April, with the houses, is so cute. Super fun and cheery pages.

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  7. Love your bright and colourful pages, well done.
    Big love
    AJ

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  8. Love the colors for April and really like how your March turned out.

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  9. wow!!! your colours and pages are awesome!!

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  10. Love your pages for April, love the colours.

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  11. I love your colours especially the papers you used for the 30 days. Like the banners too.

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  12. your backgrounds for march and april are soooo awesome ! I love this 2 months !

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  13. Fantastic background, stunning colours & love the houses, very apt xx

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  14. Amazing work, super background for April.

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  15. wow-these are fantastic pages-and I too am hooked on the Dylusion stamps!

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  16. I LOVE these pages...so full of life and tidbits and color....and fun!! I have a serious things for all things Dyan lately so that makes even BETTER in my book. Thanks for taking the time to leave kind words on my blog! Happy April.

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  17. Beautiful fresh colours and wonderful design

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  18. Your pages are so lively, I think it must be the layering amongst other things (note to self: Do more layers). Thanks for the inspiration.

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  19. WOW, love your April page, the background is gorgeous!

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  20. Love the vibrant, cheerful colours on your page. It all comes together really well.

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  21. Gorgeous pages Sandy, and well done for keeping up (you are doing better than me LOL!) The colours and background are stunning :-)

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  22. Fabulous pages :) Thanks for the input on my Vagabond! I had already phoned QVC and they were adamant it was out of warranty, not their problen and gave me Sizzix UK number to phone....which is where I am at.....hoping I really do get that replacement. It was a very considered purchase for me but as I had no die cutting machine of any sort I thought this sounded like the machine to end all machines and would see me out!!!! Looks like It's the other way round! LOL
    xoxo Sioux

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  23. Woweeee stunning pages gorgeous lady. Those colours just pop and love all the detail you put in to each page!! I got some new Dylusions inks and I can't wait to play :) Hope you had a fab Easter me lovely. Finished my book of faces in the gorgeous book you made me and blogging them all today cos me laptop is broken so I don't know when I will get to blog again :-( borrowed DG's today but won't have it for long. Hope you like it if you get chance to see it :D
    hugs n stuff
    Chris xx

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  24. Sandra these are so beautiful and love the colours. It was so nice meeting you at the workshop and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Everyone is admiring my book. Will hopefully see you again at Dyan's
    x catherine

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  25. Hi, I just found your blog and I love the color and detail you put into your journal pages. I'm excited about following your blog and sharing ideas. Your newest follower, Connie :) Please accept my invitation to visit and hopefully follow my blog, too. Have a great weekend!

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