superstition …

You have until the end of the month to  play along with our challenges at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge.  We’d love to see your work there!!! We have a prompt challenge, and a sketch challenge – play along with either or both challenges for two chances to win!!!

Loving the challenge over at SODAlicious this month, where they challenge their followers to art journal about superstition.  Fabulous entries!

Superstition is an interest of mine, having been a student of religions.  Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines it as:

su·per·sti·tion

noun \ˌsü-pər-ˈsti-shən\

a belief or way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck : a belief that certain events or things will bring good or bad luck

Full Definition of SUPERSTITION

1a :  a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation

b :  an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition

Well, I have a similar viewpoint of superstition and the limitations of our minds. Humans are predisposed to irrational thoughts provoked by  ignorance.  I don’t consider myself as above superstitious thoughts, I’m as human as anyone else.  I’ve held on to completely ridiculous fears and beliefs for far longer than needed.  Here’s my entry with a synopsis of my viewpoint:

The night closes in and the dark reminds us of the insane cruelty of our over-active and limited human minds …

sparkle …

Don’t forget that the 15 March 2014 sketch challenge is up at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. And of course our 1 March challenge is still open to join in with. Come play along – we love new friends! You have until the end of March to play.

I’ve been wanting to play along with Black With 2 since I discovered the blog a few weeks ago, and I finally had a few minutes to do so tonight.  It’s a great challenge blog with a cute spin – you start with a predominantly black layout,  add the colours from the mood board they provide, use their sketch as interpretation, and add other criteria for that challenge to your layout.  This month’s challenge uses the colours Lemon and Thyme, the word Sunshine and a sketch.  Here is my take on the March challenge using plain black cardstock, Sasafrass scrap pieces, and some Heidi Swapp embellishments and titling.  I’ve used their sketch,  colours, and the word Sunshine as instructed (top of the circle). My layout features my daughter Mary Pennington hamming it up for the camera:

Anne Pennington

 

you only live once … yolo …

The 15 March 2014 sketch challenge is up at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. And of course our 1 March challenge is still open to join in with. Come play along – we love new friends! You have until the end of March to play. The prompt challenge is to:

Scrap or art journal about a favourite song in from your teens. You can scrap some of the lyrics, or the title, or a photo of the band …

The sketch challenge is:

Meanwhile, it’s been fun looking around on the net for some challenges to spark my creativity.

I found the sketch and theme at Once Upon a Sketch, and decided to scrap a layout of my daughter Jacqueline Pennington. I also journalled  using their theme:

You only live once but if you do it right once is enough.

I also incorporated the fun Bingo theme at Craft-Szafa this month.  I’ve used the top line of the Bingo card – Flowers, Pearls and Metal Element (the metal elements are the brads in the centres of the flowers).

Another easy challenge to play along with this month is the challenge at Off the Rails Scrapbooking where the theme was ANYTHING GOES.  What an easy one to play with!!! Very easy to consider this layout as a qualifying entry :).

Here’s my layout, following by a close-up of the YOLO theme embellishment and journalling:

Anne Pennington

more from markham …

Here are more layouts from Markham.  This one features my granddaughter Brynn:

This one features my daughter Jacqueline Pennington and her fiance Greg Campbell:

Both designs are by Kelly Goree!!!!

crop and create markham …

Some more of the layouts from classes I’ve attended lately.  This one’s from Kelly Goree’s Pop that Layout class and features my daughter Jacqueline Pennington and her fiance Greg Campbell:

crop and create cornwall layouts …

I haven’t been posting any of my class or kit layouts lately, but some of them are just too pretty not to share.  Here are a couple of double page layouts designed by Vicki Boutin featuring my daughter Jacqueline Pennington and her fiance Greg Campbell:

Here’s a sweet layout designed by Kelly Goree, and featuring my daughters Mary, Jacqueline and Stephanie Pennington:

 

you are my rainbow …

The 15 March 2014 sketch challenge is up at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. And of course our 1 March challenge is still open to join in with. Come play along – we love new friends! You have until the end of March to play. The prompt challenge is to:

Scrap or art journal about a favourite song in from your teens. You can scrap some of the lyrics, or the title, or a photo of the band …

The sketch challenge is to interpret this sketch:

Here is my interpretation of it, featuring our daughter Jacqueline Pennington, and her best friend at the time, Kim Mountenay:

Sketch and layout design by Anne Pennington

love … the tiny ballerina …

The 1 March 2014 prompt challenge is up at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. Come play along – we love new friends! You have until the end of March to play. The challenge is to:

Scrap or art journal about a favourite song in from your teens. You can scrap some of the lyrics, or the title, or a photo of the band …

I’ve been playing along with other challenge blogs this month too!  The mood board at Scrap Around the World is all pink and yummy and prompted me to use the colours and photos that I used in my layout:

The sketch at Scrap Africa was equally yummy as usual, and I used it for my layout:

And speaking of Scrap Africa – I was the lucky winner of this beautiful prize pack from 7 Dots Studio because of my participation in their last challenge:

Thank you so very much!!!!

But I digress …

Here’s my interpretation of both challenges.  The photos are of my granddaughter Emma as she begins ballet lessons. The first two photos were taken the first class by her mother.  In just a few weeks she gains confidence – as you can see in the third photo!! I used Basic Grey Mint Julep Carolina paper as the background, and some Heidi Swapp embellishments in the layout:

Anne Pennington

fave freaking songs from the 70s …

The 1 March 2014 prompt challenge is up at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. Come play along with all the lovely scrappers!!! You have until the end of March to play. The challenge is to:

Scrap or art journal about a favourite song in from your teens. You can scrap some of the lyrics, or the title, or a photo of the band …

Here’s my take on our challenge using Basic Grey Bow Ties Tether Ball paper:

Anne Pennington