Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Bird is the word July challenge entries

 My interpretation

 Interpretation by Aelira, aged 8

Interpretation by Michelle, aged 9
 
After a recent decision to begin homeschooling my children, we decided to scrapbook together to fulfil the art and craft side of their studies. We chose a challenge that included a strong journalling theme - Bird is the word made use of the word 'courage' and included the above sketch so we decided this would be a great challenge to complete together. I spoke to the children about what courage means to them: Aelira decided it took her a lot of courage to dance on stage at Disneyland, placing her hands on a boys shoulders - being a very introverted and shy child I can understand how she struggled with that one! Michelle decided her moment of courage was riding down the hills at the BMX track, as she is always very cautious. I decided to combine my layout with the Artastic challenge this month, to use black and white plus one other colour (red), inspiration picture shown below (and it is stunning). My layout is about my daughters gymnastics, and whether it takes her more courage to perform the skills or for us to support her dreams, knowing that we are sacrificing alot of time and money for something that may never lead anywhere.

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13 comments:

  1. Elisabeth Sarkis4 July 2013 at 04:35

    beautiful pages,thanks for joining in at BITW

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  2. Kirsty Vittetoe5 July 2013 at 15:39

    This layout is really lovely! It reminds me of my daughter, she was a gymnast when she was young too!

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  3. Lizzyc5 July 2013 at 15:46

    These layouts are wonderful, and I love the creations from your DD, I think they look amazing, and thanks for joining in at BITW too!

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  4. DebiJ7 July 2013 at 14:23

    Fabulous page Renee...love your photo & that great background paper!
    Your DD's LO are wonderful - how great they can scrapbook too.
    Thanks for playing at ARTastic with us.

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  5. Irini10 July 2013 at 17:52

    Love your layout and your children's creation are fabulous for their ages!!
    You must be a proud mum!!
    Thanks so much for playing along with us at Bird Is The Word!
    hugz
    irini

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  6. Helene Bogren11 July 2013 at 06:19

    Thanks for playing along at ARTastic! You made a beautiful layout!!

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  7. Nicole Doiron18 July 2013 at 09:43

    It's so special that you can transfer your inspiration and your creativity with your kids!!! Awesome layouts! Thank you for playing along with Bird is the Word!

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  8. Tone-Lill22 July 2013 at 05:47

    A realy beautiful page, love what the children made as well. Thank you for playing along with our art challenge over at ARTastic :)

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  9. Unknown22 July 2013 at 17:14

    Wow, great photo! And beautiful layout! Thanks for playing at ARTastic with us.

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  10. http://blog.timetocreate.com.au/25 July 2013 at 19:39

    What a lovely thing you are doing with your children Renee. Encouraging them to be storytellers is wonderful. Loved your layout and thank you for joining us at ARTastic this time.

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  11. Unknown28 July 2013 at 17:00

    I really like your choice of background paper Renee. The swirls really reflect the movement and action in your photo. Great layout. Thanks for joining us at ARTastic this month.

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  12. Maja Stokk / eyovine1 August 2013 at 17:09

    Great page =) Thanks for joining in at Artastic this month.

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  13. Marcia Dehn-Nix6 August 2013 at 00:15

    Fabulous layout!!! I love the swirls in the paper and the jewels as they help to show movement as in the photo. I love that your kids played along too. Thanks for playing along with us at Bird is the Word.

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