Hello Everyone.
Welcome to our Second "Colour of the Month" Challenge.
The colour of the month for March is TEAL One of our favourite colours and with a powerful message as Nat has shared with us.
Our Photo Collage is made up of my personal photos and photos from our Design Team Ladies.
This months photo's are as follows.
A view from the "Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage" at Disneyland. (I even got claustrophobic on this kids ride)
Details of all the beautiful work on one of Nat May's art boards.
Dragonfly wall art at the San Francisco Airport.
Table decorations at Solange's daughter's wedding.
A set of window shutters in Noumea.
If you would like to take up our challenge and come up with a project using our colour of the month, then send me some photos and a list of Imaginarium Design chipboard used. It needs to sent to me by the 23rd of the month. We will show it here on our blog during the month or at the end.
At the end of the month I will choose two winners. Each winner will receive a bundle of our chipboard worth $50. Every week the design team will be sharing their projects to inspire you. We will also be giving way 2 small bundles of chipboard each month as well. All you need to do to be in the running to win one of these is leave a comment on any of the posts we share or on our facebook page. All winners will be announced on the 25th of the month.
So Lets see what the design team girls have been up and have created using the colour Teal.
So first up is Wendy.
Wendy has done two stunning cards for us and they are quite different. Wendy has chosen beautiful colours to use on her cards and has included a bit of a tutorial to show us how she did the chipboard.
Here is what Wendy has to say about her cards.
Just to be clear, I have never picked up my primas until now so I am sure that once I start practicing a bit more my blending will get better. The Hello was also done with pencils and it was so easy to achieve this look and I love the variegated colour that you can’t always get with embossing powders or inks it looks fab and will definitely be added this technique for some up and coming chipboard projects.
IDW0102 Hello 4 in a Board.
Will I actually post them? Absolutely but in an envelope so as to minimize damage I may also do other cards, I have four more colour challenges as really enjoyed the whole process – so for all you colouring in peeps get some chipboard and colour theses as well to make your projects really pop.
Wow, Wendy has done an amazing job on her cards. the colours and shading is amazing. Love the variegated look on her chipboard title. It is just beautiful, and I am amazed that she is going to give them away. I think I will have to put my hand up to receive one of these!
Thanks Wendy for sharing.
Next up we have Nat.
Nat's layout is very personal and the story behind it - very powerful.
Here is what she has to say about her layout.
Teal is a very important colour to me - It's the Colour for Ovarian Cancer. I am a survivor of Ovarian Cancer. I am nearly in remission and thankful everyday that I beat the odds and came out the other side. This page is simple but powerful for me - I am Happy!
I used Lindys Stamp Gang sprays in Tibetan Poppy Teal, Tainted Love Teal and T-Bird Turquoise to colour the backgound and the gave the chipboard a generous spray using Tibetan Poppy Teal and Tainted Love Teal. The chipboard words are coloured with a black posca to get a nice rich coverage. The chipboard I have chosen is also part of the journey - it was all designed by me!
Such a beautiful and strong colour - just like Nat herself.
Nat has used a beautiful photo of herself for this stunning layout along with some her own designed chipboard and handwriting.
IDD0041 Nat's Pin Wheels
Nat has stunning handwriting and you can see it here on her layout. We have also used it for lots of our chipboard words and phrases.
IDW0079 Imagine, Believe and Happy.
IDW0097 You Make Me Happy.
IDW0094 #instagram, #awesome, #happy. #wonderful, #selfie
Such a beautiful and powerful layout to celebrate Nat's strength and courage. She is an inspiration to lot of ladies through her own personal journey and her scrapbooking. She shares her passion for life and art all over Australia and the world.
Thank you Nat for sharing a bit of your journey here with us.
Last up is Karyn.
Karyn has done a lovely light layout and chosen a lovely selection of photos for her page.
Karyn has used one of our new chipboard hearts to create a frame for one of her photos.
Here is what Karyn has to say about her layout.
I've created a scrapbook page for this challenge using a sequence of
photos of Jessica eating Honey. Jessica loves eating with her hands - and honey
is no exception lol. Even at 10 she prefers to use her hands rather than a
spoon of fork!!
I started by using white cardstock and used a
painting with plastic technique to create the background. I used a dye ink pad
and smooshed it on the plastic then added some water with a
paintbrush. I then smooshed across the page. I repeated this until I was happy
with the background. Then I added splatters of the ink (smooshed the ink pad onto
my craft mat, added water then picked up with a paintbrush and splatter)
Lastly on my background I added ink with a sponge
through the new “heart Imaginarium design stencil.
IDT0019 Bird Cage Small
IDD0042 Nat's Hearts 1
IDD0044 Nat's Hand Drawn Leaves
I love the ombre look of natural chipboard with coloured tips.
IDD077 Loolabelle's Chevrons #2
Next it was time to put my page together. I placed
a strip of teal muslin across my page then attached the 4 photos in a line.
Next I added all the chipboard embellishments. They were inked with the teal
ink pad, some completely and others just on the edges. I also added some paper
flowers , tags enamel dots and a flair to finish.
IDD0048 Loolabelle's Piechart and Hearts
What a lovely layout with lots of details included on how Karyn put the page together. I really love Karyn's use of white space on her layout. Her photos are just gorgeous and tell the whole story.
Thanks Wendy, Nat and Karyn for getting our challenge underway for this month. I am hoping lots of you will join in and take part. I look forward to seeing what you all come up with.
Over the next few days, our Design Team Members will be sharing more of their beautiful projects to inspire you.
I will be back in a few days time to share more of our "Colour of the Month" projects from our amazing Design Team. As all the Ladies on our team have different styles, it should be an interesting and enjoyable month of creativity, with something to inspire everyone.
Thanks for looking.
Jane
PS Don't forget to leave a comment here or on face book to go into a draw to win a small bundle of our lovely chipboard. Maybe you can use it to enter next months Colour of the Month Challenge.
