Tuesday 11 June 2013

Swan Lake Layout

Entering the challenges at:
Scrap Around the World
Let's Get Trendy 3
Inkido

The summer is here and I just realized this is my first summer themed layout of the year! Can't believe I've been scrapping wintery pictures long into May. Maybe it's because we did have a very long winter in Finland. The ground was still covered with snow in April!

This photo is from a summer trip of 2008 to our neighbouring Estonia's capital Tallinn. There's this beautiful park Kadriorg with a swan pond, which is definitely worth seeing if you ever visit this charming medieval city. The swans even have their own little built island with a lovely boathouse-styled hut for them to nest! See end of post for pictures.



Tallinnan joutsenlampi

Halusin tälle sivulle valokuvausaiheisen kesäkuvan, ja kiva kuva löytyi viiden vuoden takaiselta kesämatkalta Tallinnaan. Ihana Kadriorgin puisto, suosittelen. Lammessa on pieni saari ihan joutsenia varten, ja siellä sievä pikkuinen venevaja niiden kodiksi. Puistoon on nyttemmin tullut myös japanilainen puutarha, jonne täytyy ehdottomasti päästä käymään seuraavalla reissulla!


This is my first time joining the new Scrap Around the World challenge. Inspired by their mood board, I looked for a photography themed picture. I'm the one taking the most photos in my family, but I also like to be in them. When I noticed I was being photographed, I did this funny pose inspired by Swan Lake the ballet!

Here are the mood board and the sketch. The colours don't have to be those of the mood board, and although I too wanted summery colours, I left out my favourite turquoise which I use often enough as it is.

I chose instead the lavender, pink and green from my photo. I turned the sketch once to the left and took the film and camera theme as my main inspiration from the mood board.



Valokuvateeman valitsin Scrap Around the World -haasteen inspiraatiokuvista, ns. mood boardista. Mikähän tuo olisi suomeksi?

Värejä ei tarvitse tässä haasteessa ottaa mallista, mutta kesäiset värit minäkin halusin. Yritin valita jotain itselleni vähemmän tyypillistä, ja kuvan pinkki, vaaleanvioletti ja vihreä sopivat siksi hyvin.

Minä olen perheessäni useimmiten kameran käyttäjänä, ja kuvia on laatikkokaupalla myös matkoilta ennen perhettä ja digikameraa. Tykkään kuitenkin olla myös itse kuvissa mukana, ja välillä innostun poseeraamaan hassutellen, kuten tässä Joutsenlampi-baletin innoittamana!


I printed a mini photo of one of the swans to put in the die cut film frames, and did some stamping with a small camera stamp.







Tulostin yhden pikkuriikkisen joutsenkuvan Big Shotilla leikattuun filminauhaan sopivaksi ja leimasin leiskan laitaan muutaman pienen kameran.

I'm also entering this for Let's Get Trendy Now 3, which is not a regular challenge site but a free one week workshop. There were altogether five challenges posted and they all run till the end of June, with a giveaway in each one. You'll need to sign up in their main page Linky to qualify, though!

The Let's Get Trendy Now 3 prompt was to use sequins. I had this sequin velvet ribbon that had not suited my recent pages but now the colour was great for this. I also used sequin waste aka punchinella below the photo.



Let's Get Trendy 3 on viime viikolla julkaistu maksuton verkko-workshop, jossa tuli viisi haastetta peräkkäin, mutta niihin voi osallistua koko kesäkuun. Arvontoihin osallistuminen edellyttää ilmoittautumista tapahtumaan, mutta senkin voi tehdä koko kuun ajan! Tuolla päivän tehtävä oli käyttää paljetteja. Violetti paljettinauha sopi väriltään hyvin ja lisäksi laitoin kuvan alapuolelle paljettien jäännösmateriaalia eli punchinellaa.

At Inkido, this month's theme was scallops. I repeated them in the mount of the photo, stenciled some paint with a doily and finally also found a scalloped tape I added at the top border of the layout.

A great final touch was the deli paper feather I did last week with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's tutorial. Do take a look, it was really quite easy! (Never mind the black wire that still sticks out of the feather. It was too heavy for scissors and I have yet to find the tool to cut it!)



Piparireunat olivat Inkidon haasteen aiheena ja niitä edustavat kuvan kehystys, sabluunamaalaus kakkupaperilla sekä viimeistelyvaiheessa sopivasti löytynyt vihreä teippi, jota käytin sivun reunoilla.

Viimeistelin leiskan leivinpaperisulalla, jonka olin tehnyt Julie Fei-Fan Balzerin ohjeiden mukaan. Kannattaa kokeilla! Rautalangan pätkä oli liian paksua saksille, joten sehän jäi sitten odottelemaan paremman työkalun löytymistä.



While always looking forward to new travels, I really enjoy spending time with the memories from the previous trips! Happy travels to all of you this summer.

Tulevia matkoja odotellessa on antoisaa ajanvietettä uppoutua muistelemaan aiempia. Hyviä reissuja kaikille tänäkin kesänä!



19 comments:

  1. Ihania juttuja olet taas tehnyt. Niin raikkaat ja kauniit värit, voletti ja vihreä miellyttävät minuakin näissä sävyissä. Tuon puiston kaivan kartasta - en ole siitä tiennytaiemmin.
    Oikein hyvää kesää sinulle Salla :)

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  2. Lovely layout & great take on the sketch - looks good sideways!! Thanks for playing at Scrap Around The World :)

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  3. What a beautiful and funny layout and really fabulous decorated.
    Hugs Anja

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  4. How fabulous! Love the fun colours on the background and the sequin velvet ribbon!

    Thank you so much for joining us at Let's Get Trendy Now!3.

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  5. Such a great layout...love all your details! Thanks for playing with us at Let's Get Trendy Now!3

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  6. Very cute page and I also love this town! Thank you so much for joining Inkido and SATW challenge this month, what a great combo you made!

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  7. Soo beautiful page and lovely background!Thank you for joining in our challenge at Scrap Around The World.

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  8. Thanks for joining in at SATW. Your page is lovely. :)

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  9. Lovely work Salla, I love the little feather you have added Tallin looks a gorgeous city, I would love to visit one day. So happy winter is gone! :)

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  10. Love that feather, looks really fab! great bold background work too! Tallinn is such a cute little town, just perfect for a weekend visit. Love the Kadriorg park, my fave.Thanks ever so much for sharing your page with us at SAT!

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  11. What a beautiful scenery ! ...and that feather looks so realistic...at first I thought it was a real swan feather!! Nice work Salla, good luck on your challenges!...love your photo too!

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  12. The photographs you took are truly amazing, and you did an excellent job building the scrapbook page around them. Blessings!

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  13. beautiful page! Those photos are also wonderful. Looks like a beautiful place to see. Thanks for playing at Inkido

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  14. Love your travel page! Thank you for playing along with Scrap Around the World & Inkido.

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  15. Thank you for joining us at Inkido! Love your page! Hugs!

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  16. Fabulous artsy page! Thanks for joining us at Inkido!!

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  17. What a lovely layout! Thanks for playing along at SATW!

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  18. Such a gorgeous page - wow!! Love that fun feather detail. SO glad you joined our challenge at Inkido!

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  19. Wow wow wow! This is gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with Let's Get Trendy 3!!!!

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