RAKWeek Blog Challenge with AmyK
Well, Amy's running this awesome little blog challenge over at RAK to get us all in a bloggy sort of mood. Challenge #1 was to add a header but I just put this one up on the 8th so I think it might be here to stay, lol. Guess I'll have to do a LO to make up for it.
Challenge #2 is to answer the following questions...
1. What colors do you use the most when you scrap?
Well....I suppose because I scrap my boys I tend to use mostly blues and greens. If you look at the kits that are out for boys (which are gorgeous) they are mostly in blues and greens and browns. So I tend to stick to those. For my mom's album I'm trying very hard to keep all of the pages predominantly pink. Not because she's a woman but because it is a Breast Cancer Survivor album so the pink is significant. I suppose with the boys I tend to try to coordinate the colors in the page with the colors in the photos and since the boys are usually wearing blue it spills out onto the LO.
2. What is your favorite kit theme? (like boys, girls, heritage, special event, etc)
My favorite theme...that's a hard one. I HAVE mostly boy kits (see above, lol) but I can't say that those are my favorite theme. I love all the adorable girls kits that are out but have no use for them so I gravitate towards boys kits. What I really love is any kit that has a unique twist to it...something that you don't see all the time. Be it a special element, a really funky paper, anything that sets the kit off from the rest. I was recently fortunate enough, through RAK, to work with Lights, Camera, Action by Rachel Dickson @ ScrapDish. At first glance you'd think the kit was only FOR movie LOs but it is SO versatile. I'm a story teller so it was easy for me to use the movie theme to make LOs about things that had happened in our lives. (See the Ice Cream Follies below, lol.) I love kits that are unique and fresh.
3. What are your favorite elements to use when you scrap?
Looking at my Gallery I think probably ribbon. I like the way you can add a ribbon and draw the eye around the photos. I also like word art (but don't use them often enough) and glass/epoxy elements.
4. Describe your style (even if you don't think you have one!)
LOL Eclectic! I tend to do what I think will look good with the photo. With the exception of my mom's album I'm not big on worrying whether the pages in an album coordinate and are the same style. I do what looks good to me. I'm a big journal-er (LOL) so I guess that could be my style....the story teller style. :-P
5. If you could have one kit made especially for you, what would it be for?
If I had a kit made especially for me it would be to scrap my wedding. I've tried to come up with papers and elements to scrap those photos on but I'm just not happy with them. Josh and I were married in a court house and then held an outdoor commitment ceremony in front of our family and friends. The commitment and banquet were held at a park and it was on Sweetest day in October. Everything was in full autumn glory and we played off that with my flowers and decorations. Another problem I run into with those photos are that we were married (and had our commitment) in blue jeans. I wore a white turtleneck that my mom trimmed in lace and ribbon and a base ball cap with a veil, lol. So all the frilly wedding kits (while beautiful) just don't go with my photos, while the fall kits just don't convey the love and affection of the day.
Challenge #2 is to answer the following questions...
1. What colors do you use the most when you scrap?
Well....I suppose because I scrap my boys I tend to use mostly blues and greens. If you look at the kits that are out for boys (which are gorgeous) they are mostly in blues and greens and browns. So I tend to stick to those. For my mom's album I'm trying very hard to keep all of the pages predominantly pink. Not because she's a woman but because it is a Breast Cancer Survivor album so the pink is significant. I suppose with the boys I tend to try to coordinate the colors in the page with the colors in the photos and since the boys are usually wearing blue it spills out onto the LO.
2. What is your favorite kit theme? (like boys, girls, heritage, special event, etc)
My favorite theme...that's a hard one. I HAVE mostly boy kits (see above, lol) but I can't say that those are my favorite theme. I love all the adorable girls kits that are out but have no use for them so I gravitate towards boys kits. What I really love is any kit that has a unique twist to it...something that you don't see all the time. Be it a special element, a really funky paper, anything that sets the kit off from the rest. I was recently fortunate enough, through RAK, to work with Lights, Camera, Action by Rachel Dickson @ ScrapDish. At first glance you'd think the kit was only FOR movie LOs but it is SO versatile. I'm a story teller so it was easy for me to use the movie theme to make LOs about things that had happened in our lives. (See the Ice Cream Follies below, lol.) I love kits that are unique and fresh.
3. What are your favorite elements to use when you scrap?
Looking at my Gallery I think probably ribbon. I like the way you can add a ribbon and draw the eye around the photos. I also like word art (but don't use them often enough) and glass/epoxy elements.
4. Describe your style (even if you don't think you have one!)
LOL Eclectic! I tend to do what I think will look good with the photo. With the exception of my mom's album I'm not big on worrying whether the pages in an album coordinate and are the same style. I do what looks good to me. I'm a big journal-er (LOL) so I guess that could be my style....the story teller style. :-P
5. If you could have one kit made especially for you, what would it be for?
If I had a kit made especially for me it would be to scrap my wedding. I've tried to come up with papers and elements to scrap those photos on but I'm just not happy with them. Josh and I were married in a court house and then held an outdoor commitment ceremony in front of our family and friends. The commitment and banquet were held at a park and it was on Sweetest day in October. Everything was in full autumn glory and we played off that with my flowers and decorations. Another problem I run into with those photos are that we were married (and had our commitment) in blue jeans. I wore a white turtleneck that my mom trimmed in lace and ribbon and a base ball cap with a veil, lol. So all the frilly wedding kits (while beautiful) just don't go with my photos, while the fall kits just don't convey the love and affection of the day.
posted by Chrissy at 9:37 AM
2 Comments:
great header! Don't change it - definitely do a layout instead. Love the ATC's!
It's like seeing you in the spotlight seat! :) LOVE the header. Very cool!
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