Saturday 15 October 2011

October Colour Combo - autumn infused

Amy gave us a choice of three combinations this month and I plumped for this one.
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That burnt red is incandescent, against that steely blue and grey it is vibrant and very, very cool.
I prefer the cooler side of the spectrum and so I started thinking about what sort of layout or project would suit this as a backdrop.
I decided on a layout and then decided on my photo of Louis, my eldest son, taken fairly recently; he was being told a tale from his Nanny Smile

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Enthralled. I loved the look on his face so I scooched back and snapped him.
I do believe that this will be a photo that I will treasure (and scrap) till the end of my days.  I also very much need to add that this layout looked quite sparse until I saw Sian's layout here that I loved and inspired me to add the strips which has finished it off. Thanks Sian.
So usual colour combo blog hop info applies. I hope you got here from Bunnyfreak’s fab blog-she’s clever, well you know that if you have come from there.
If you made it all the way here then many thanks, I appreciate it.
Here is the full blog hop.
www.abstractsmixedwithextracts.com
http://suealthouse.blogspot.com
http://xnomads.typepad.com
http://michelleroycroft.blogspot.com
http://throughthecameralens.typepad.com/
http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com
http://scrapyourlife.net
http://spud-pickle.blogspot.com/
http://curlyscrapbooker.blogspot.com
http://1200somemiles.blogspot.com
http://sugarandscrap.blogspot.com
http://alyssephotographs.blogspot.com
http://istampscrapcraft.blogspot.com
http://handmadebykirsty.blogspot.com
http://adriennefalzon.blogspot.com/
http://helenascreativemaven.blogspot.com
http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com/
http://scribblesstickingstitchingstroking.blogspot.com/

14 comments:

  1. This is such a wonderful photo! I can see why you will treasure it. The colour scheme works with it really well, especially those lovely yellowy tawny shades which suit the photo perfectly.

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  2. Those colours are so lovely :) They give such an impression of warmth! It's a great photo, and a great layout xx

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  3. This is a fantastic page and I love that you have captured how caught up in the story he is - a wonderful page.

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  4. That color scheme really compliments your son's complexion. And you are telling a lovely story. Nice work.

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  5. Love the use of strips of paper. Adorable layout.

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  6. A sweet memory captured. Love the sepia tone to your photo to coordinate with your lovely layout.
    Cheryl M
    http://scrapyourlife.net

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  7. I just adore how you used so much patterned paper on one page! What an amazing photo. You can definitely see how interested he is.

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  8. Great photo and layout! It is one to scrap again and again :)

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  9. What a lovely photo. I love how you've used so many little strips too

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  10. Thanks for the comment on my blog.

    That's a really lovely colour combination, I would never have thought of putting the blue in there but it really makes the page pop. I also think you've found a clever way to use up all those annoying little scraps!

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  11. What a sweet photo and I love all your patterned paper strips! See you in the Pretty Paper class!

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  12. Not that's a "scrap page" - love all the strips you used. Nicely done.

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  13. What a great photo and I love the page you've done to show it off. One to treasure, Jen.
    Sue x

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  14. Wonderful shot! The patterned paper strips are too fun!!

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Aren't you lovely, you have made me smile =)