My February 2012 Challenges at Funky Playground Designs

Funky Playground Designs had 6 challenges for the month of February, and I have completed them all ...

TEMPLATE CHALLENGE

The template for this challenge was designed by Trish B

Here is my layout based on this template ...

Digital Credits: Jen C Designs SHABBY SPRING; Jen C Designs COFFEE TIME (brad - recolored); Font - Milk and Cereal; template - Feb template challenge.

Photos - Water garden at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center May 8, 2010.

 

SCRAPLIFT CHALLENGE

 

We had to scraplift the person who posted before us.  Here is my LO

 

Digital Credits: FPD Facebook Fan Blog Train kits (RoseyToes - paper 3; Farynar's Wings flower; MHK Scraps Jan alpha; Trixie Scraps - paper 06, ribbon Jen C Designs COCOA AND CANDY CANES (strip - recolored) Jen C Designs IN THE WOOD (my FAV leaves)

TECHNIQUE CHALLENGE

Our challenge was to show how we color corrected a dark photo.

Digital Credits: Jen C Designs COUNTING DOWNFont - Just Another Hand (cu OK from fontspace.com)

Photo - our annual family photo from Christmas 2009. Didn't get one in 2010, and haven't worked on 2011 yet!

 

COLOR CHALLENGE

 

Digi Deborah provided this color palette

 

and here is the layout that I did with the colors.

 

 

 

Digital Credits: Jen C Designs FEBRUARY TEMPLATE GRAB BAG LOTS OF FRAMES#4 flower from JCD CHANGE recolored; brad JCD COFFEE TIME with new inserts clipped from paper.

MADE BY ME: I made the papers for this layout using CU Overlays designed by 3 Li'l Monsters, Kimberly Cameron, and Katussia using the color palette colors and blending modes in PSP.

 

DOUBLE DUTCH

We were to use two separate templates and make two pages for a spread.

 

LEFT SIDE

Digital Credits: Jen C Designs SHABBY SPRING; pink elements recolored from photo color; Jen C Designs OFF CENTER Template #4 (altered somewhat) Made by me - pink fabric texture paper (KCameron FABRIC OVERLAY cu) green gabric texture paper (KCameron FABRIC OVERLAY cu) green distressed paper with butterfly (Kim Broedelet VICTORIAN OVERLAY cu)

Photo water lily in full bloom at water gardens at Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, TX 11.19.2011

 

RIGHT SIDE

 

 

Digital Credits: Jen C Designs SHABBY SPRING; Jen C Designs OFF CENTER template 1 (flipped): some elements recolored. Made by me (textured pink paper using KCameron FABRIC OVERLY cu)

Photo - new water lily about to open in the water garden at Zilker Botanical Gardens 11.19.2011

 

PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGE

 

Description:  These six steps were provided by the first 6 people who posted steps in the challenge.

1.  Select 5 papers, 2 for background and 3 to cut into shapes

2. Choose 3 photos, 1 large and 2 in smaller size.  Place them in 1 corner of your layout.

3. Use at least 6 flowers and two ribbons (may duplicate as needed.

4. Use an alpha in the title

5. Add a border

6. Blend one additional photo into the background (This was my addition to the challenge!)

 

My layout

 

 

Digital Credits: Jen C Designs FRESH START; Jen C DesignsSHABBY SPRING(one paper for arrow); Jen C Designs A MOTHER'S LOVE (flower recolored)

Photos - March 14, 2011 - earliest days of blooming Texas Spring!