Women in our lives - blog hop

Blog hop time again. Has anyone guessed yet, I just love participating in blog hops! Today’s blog hop involves members from the "Art with Heart" team which is managed by Claire Daly. Only a small number of us are participating in todays blog hop but there is actually over 90 demonstrators  in the “Art with Heart” team  and we are spread all over Australia. If you wish to join the “Art with Heart” team, e-mail me for more details. We have a fantastic team forum, a business building club not to mention lots of friendly and supportive fellow demonstrators.

The "Art with Heart" team are running blog hops each and every month. (They are to be held on the last day of the month.) Keep this in mind to come back and visit if you are not a regular visitor.

You may have just come from Kathryn Lowe's blog but if not, there is a link at the end of my post (and each post of those involved) and you will be able to make a complete journey to all of those demonstrators participating. If you leave a comment on all of the blogs, e-mail Nikki at nikki@inkyart.com.au and you will be in the draw to win some lovely blog candy. 

Note: There is a deadline of 72 hours to enter for the blog candy, (finishing at 6am AEDST, Monday 3rd of May, 2010) and only non SU demos are eligible to win. Please don’t feel discouraged to comment if you are a fellow demo or if the blog candy contest has closed as I love comments from all my visitors.

For Art with Hearts fourth blog hop, we are celebrating the women in our lives. I originally had a mother's day layout planned (which wasn't finished) but then my eldest daughter said a little gem at the dinner table tonight which I thought captures the main women in my daughters day to day life. Her prep teacher and myself.

The style of this scrapbook layout is called a progressive layout. It begins as a 6" x 6" page and then you add to it to create a 8.5" x 11" and again onto a 12" x 12" page. However, I only took mine up to a 8.5" x 11" page.

6" x 6" page: A drawing of myself and my daughter. She took great care with it including coming to check my eye colour before drawing. Hand stitching reads "Mum and me" which Nikki wrote out for me before bed.

8.5" x 11" page: Added a few more layers and colours of cardstock including the journaling where Nikki called me Miss Bennett (her teacher, Miss Mum and finally Mum. 

Materials list: 

Cardstock: Summer sun, pumpkin pie, tempting turquoise, whisper white, basic black

Accessories: Pink flamingo designer series paper

Other: DMC cotton, sewing machine cotton

Take your time to enjoy all of the lovely creations that everyone has created for your viewing pleasure. I hope it is an inspirational journey for you. 

Click here to stop by the next blog on the tour, the lovely Nikki Sadler from Aspendale Gardens, VIC.

I am including a list of all the lovely other 13 demonstrators participating in the blog hop so if you run into any trouble viewing pages, you can still move onto the next person.

For those who have never viewed a blog hop before, there is no beginning or end, it is a full circle so you can begin anywhere!

Nikki Sadler http://www.inkyart.com.au/inkyart/2010/04/art-with-heart-team-blog-hop-women-in-our-lives.html

Tanja Westwood http://www.tanjawestwood.typepad.com

Kristine Thompson http://www.inkspotcreations.com/ink-spot-creations/2010/04/art-with-heart-team-may-blog-hop.html

Sue Madex http://www.madexcreations.com

Gayatri Murali http://scrapawayg3.blogspot.com

Christine Blain http://www.christineblain.typepad.com

Di Dunk http://www.stampartbydi.typepad.com

Judy May http://www.judymay.typepad.com

Tina Gillespie  http://scissorspapercard.blogspot.com/

Kathryn Mangelsdorf http://klm55.blogspot.com/

Alisha Watson http://www.ratherbstampin.typepad.com

Nicole Rouillon www.simplymade.typepad.com

Kathryn Lowe www.katlodesigns.com

Comments

[Kathryn Ruddick]

That's cute Ros! Love how clean and uncluttered the layout is - and isn't Nikki a gem?

[Christine Blain]

Love your 'out of the box' thinking, and the style of this page. I think kids have such an attachment to their prep teachers that the 'lines' are a bit blurred between Mum and teacher ... both my boys did. Great collaboration between you and your angel, Ros.

[Tina]

Fantastic layout Ros. I love the way you incorporate your children's artwok into your layouts.

[Sue Madex]

Love how you captured the overlaps that happen with those two important women - mum and Prep teacher. Love that progressive layout idea!

[Kristine Thompson]

I love this Ros. Not only is your daughter talented but you are just so creative to bring this memory to life.

[Judy May]

Love the simplicity of the layout Ros and the 'progressive' concept.

[Fiona]

Love that comment - and I can hear the giggle *grin*

[Claire Daly]

That's so cute Ros.I love how you are capturing these everyday moments with your children. Your pages are always fabulous and I'm very proud to have you on the Art with Heart team!

[Nicole Rouillon]

Love the clean and simple layout Ros. Turquoise and black are one of my fave color combos. Thanks for sharing with us

[Alisha Watson]

Ros, that is just so so sweet and gorgeous..now it will be remembered forever

[Di Dunk]

That is so precious Ros. I still have some of the works from my 4 (now adult) kids and wish I had thought to do something like that. Fabulous.

[Tanja]

I love title...and the story and the picture. Just a super cute and fun layout. You are so talented at making a clean crisp layout.

[Kathryn Mangelsdorf]

What a lovely memory you have created. Must get into scrapbooking with all these lovely layouts.

[Kim Colborne]

How lovely to be able to capture that moment in your lives and frame it so well....

[sharna]

wow, what a wonderful and sweet way to capture a young childs work, i love

[Anne-Marie Stephanides]

I love this layout, it focuses on the most important parts and how even more wonderful it will be in years to come! I am so taken with the sewed version of 'mum and me', please tell us the secret, it looks fabulous!