pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}

Week two of our month of colour has been all about photography. Here’s a quick list of all the week two posts and challenges.

This week’s colour challenges are all colour-themed art prints, so the randomly chosen winner for a day for green will win a green themed print and so on. Entries for all the challenges close at 11:59pm UK time on the 30th of June, so you still have time to join in!

Colour photography challenges:
A day for green
A day for red, rose and pink
A day for grey, shadows and black
A day for blues
A day for all things light
A day for earth tones
A day for cool pastels

I love this photo… guest posts:
Rhonna Farrer
Cathy Zielske
Kelly Purkey
Ali Edwards
Karen Russell
Kelli Crowe
Maria Grace Abuzman

I just want to send an extra thank you to these lovely ladies for sharing their photos with us!

xlovesx

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_{© Maria Grace Abuzman}

I am Maria Grace Abuzman and I love this photo because it reminds me of the value of surprises. For this particular shot, I asked two of my friends to run crazily toward me. What they ended up sharing in this single captured moment is their love story. I can see it. Can you? I am continually surprised with how much people share of themselves through photos and am honored that they share it with me.

The adorable Maria Grace has designed for Hambly Screen Prints, Two Peas in a Bucket and Fontwerks, as well as a featured album for a CK kit of the month designed by Ali Edwards. Her pages have appeared in books from Autumn Leaves as well as Creating Keepsakes magazine. She loves eating sushi, reading romances, and people watching. She is a wedding and portraiture photographer based in the San Francisco area and is undeniably in love with life right now. Read her blog, Momentary Bliss, here.

I love this photo… is a special series of posts this week, featuring favourite images from some fabulous scrapbookers and friends. I hope you have enjoyed the series! -S.

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And to wrap up our seven days of colour-themed photography, snap cool colour combinations or creamy pastels today!

Leave a link in the comments below to be entered for today’s prize. You have until the end of June to enter!

xlovesx

_{© Kelli Crowe}

I am Kelli Crowe and I love this photo because of the texture on the dumpster behind Alex. (Yes, I photoshopped this one up real good) I love the colors and his eyes and his expression….and because it is of him:)

kellicrowe is a: messy organizer a homeschooling mommy to 3 boys a wife an outgoing introvert a reader a Trekie a scrapbooker who lives a lovely little messy life in Atlanta, GA Kelli is a Garden Girl at Two Peas in a Bucket, she has contributed to several Autumn Leaves Books such as: Freestyle, Foofalife, Designing with Type and The Designing with Recipes Book. You can see more of her and her craft space The Organized and Inspired Scrapbooker. Read her blog here.

I love this photo… is a special series of posts this week, featuring favourite images from some fabulous scrapbookers and friends. I hope you enjoy! -S.

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Shaking it up just a teeny bit for the weekend as we go into colour combos rather than just single colours. Today, be on the look out for warm earth toned colours like browns, yellows and maybe more green too. See if you find them indoors or out!

Leave a link in the comments as per usual!

xlovesx

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_{© Karen Russell}

I am Karen Russell and I love this photo because I just like the golden tones in this shot and the light reflecting off the sand, the water and the rocks. I also like the little patches of color set against the bright sky, like the blue polkadot swimsuit my daughter Annie is wearing and her yellow beach basket. I also like that it’s a completely candid, unposed shot. I take plenty of planned, posed portraits and I like them just fine, but honestly, I much prefer candid shots. I just love the authenticity of a candid shot; that little moment of (real) life documented. That’s what I REALLY love.

Scrapbooking has changed Karen Russell’s life, as something that started as a hobby, drew her into page design for publications, then into the design of scrapbooking products with her Narratives line for Creative Imaginations and then into her own business running photography classes helping hundreds of others gain joy from their cameras. Snapshots of a Good Life, her blog, shows the style of photography she uses to capture beautiful images of her family and everything they do.

I love this photo… is a special series of posts this week, featuring favourite images from some fabulous scrapbookers and friends. I hope you enjoy! -S.

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The lightest shades of any colour…white subjects from linens to clouds…overexposed shots that give skintones a ghostly glow… Today is all about everything light.

Snap your subject in white and post it here for a chance to win today’s prize. Entries close at the end of the month.

Happy snapping!

xlovesx

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_{© Ali Edwards}

I am Ali Edwards and I love this photo because it is so Simon. The sheepish little grin. The coat & gloves. He’s in one of his most favorite spots in the whole world at my parent’s place on the Oregon Coast in the tall grass. I love how much he loves it there.

An advocate for not making things more complicated than they need to be & embracing imperfection, Ali Edwards shares cool concepts, design, and project ideas in her idea books: A Designer’s Eye for Scrapbooking, A Designer’s Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper, Life Artist, and Sharing Your Story: Recording Life’s Details with Mini Books. She also writes a monthly column, Studio A, in Creating Keepsakes Magazine. Ali lives in Eugene, Oregon. She enjoys travel, reading, politics from the sidelines, and spending time with her husband and two children. Read Ali’s blog here for a variety of scrapbook projects and notes from everyday life.

photo ©shesawthings.

I love this photo… is a special series of posts this week, featuring favourite images from some fabulous scrapbookers and friends. I hope you enjoy! -S.

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