Free Spirits April 2020

I saw the inspiration and the colours and I just thought of my adventurous cousinettes Vi and Olive, both into sports and the great outdoors.It took a while to get the composition quite right; their spirits soaring. The background is more like looking down onto a beach. Really happy with this.

Artastic April 2020 - digi scrapbooking - Free Spirits 

Take That Coronavirus April 2020

The Coronavirus challenge at Kraft+ was so interesting I just had to give it a go. Answering the set questions in some way and making a page of my responses was my main goal, but also to project what I feel at the moment; and that mainly is proud and grateful. I am proud of myself, proud of the majority of others, those working, those not working, those retired, those in health care, etc. I'm hopeful that slowly we will all get there.. out the other side. But for now I'm one of the lucky ones.

I used my own cross stitched butterflies and bee (from 20 years ago when I had better eye sight!) and was a little suprised how up beat and positive the page turned out!

Take That Coronavirus April 2020 digi scrapbooking page Kraft+ Challenge

Kraft+ Coronavirus challenge April 2020

Fashion Alert!

The Kraft+ challenge for April 2020 was difficult for me; I am not fashion-conscious in many spheres at all. I own three pairs of shoes and one hand bag. I am interested in fashion and artists who create things, and I admire movie stars of the past who modelled wears for several well known fashion houses like Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Doris Day, etc. I think there is a part of me that wishes I had the money to be fashionable.

So I found it difficult to find a subject for this page. Until I thought about those fashion conscious people in my family and the fashions of by-gone eras. So that was what I centred my page on.

Text on page says "I am not fashionable. I’m not into clothes, make up or fancy shoes or handbags. I admire fashion and colour trends tody but I can’t afford to follow it. I love the glamour of Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly and looking back at fashions past. And what better way to do that than to look back at my own family. Dad in 1948 in his trenchcoat (like a spy), Auntie Ros in the 1950’s in what to me looks like a lampshade hat, my Mum in the 1960’s the casual carefree look, my Auntie Lauraine in 1967 looking like Jackie Kennedy, and my Auntie Ros (same year) with matching coloured gloves, handbag and shoes like a model. APR 2020"

Fashion Alert! digi scrapbooking page Kraft+ Challenge April 2020

Kraft+ April 2020 challenge