#90 inspired by favourite children's books

This one was easy as I had just done one for this prompt recently on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, so the thought process was fresh in my mind.

Deciding to take it a slightly different direction, I picked up Now We Are Six (which is part of a beautiful vintage book set bought and sent to me by my very good friend Leslie :-)  ) and on the first page found a familiar poem that could have been written for me today just as it felt way back when I first had these books.

And so the poem drove my design and my page.

I used my April Counterfeit kit, Opposite, and added in a few extra items such as the Studio Calico polaroid die cuts which I am in love with and you can expect to see more of them very soon.

Counterfeit Kit Challenge April kit, Opposite, #4

The inspiration poem

I made this sitting outside on my terrace on a lovely warm, sunny, spring day and it felt great!

Please don't forget to share your creations over at our Flickr gallery here with the tag WM#90 - looking forward to adding some children's books to my list of gifts for the young readers in my family!

Challenge #90 week of 13th May 2013

I hope you're all fine this lovely spring morning.

I've been delighted to be able to spend some more time than usual with some of you over at the LOAD gallery this month, and yes, we all miss Pam desperately, so I'm looking forward to getting back over there after a weekend away from the hustle and bustle of daily creating.

I got caught up with three prompts which is great and the wonderful tone on tone is on the agenda for this evening... all being well.

Which leaves me pondering this week's challenge.

Should we have something a bit off the wall; product based; sketch or colour maybe? Or should I go with something that occupied me last week with a Counterfeit Kit Challenge prompt that I needed to make a layout for and ended up falling in love with the memories?

I bet you can imagine which one I've gone for!

Yes, the memories.

So this week, I'd like you to be inspired by your favourite books from your childhood.

This can be taken in just about any which way you like so have some fun with it. You can talk about the book/s themselves, the characters, tell us why or how you loved/hated reading, be inspired by a book cover or plot, talk about school books you can remember (although that might be unlikely to be a favourite book of course!)

This is the page I made last week. I love how it turned out and for all the memories that it kicked off. I think there might be about 10 stories coming out of that single page of journalling.

So, brush off those dust jackets and pay homage to a favourite book from all those years ago.

We'd love to see what you create this week so be sure to share over here in our Flickr group with the tag WM#90.

#29 Inspired by Dr. Seuss

Well, I have to say that I have been blown away this week by the response from you, our readers. I have browsed our gallery and loved the projects you have come up with this week. They have exceeded my expectations of where I thought this inspiration could lead us... And as such I have been inspired to create as well.

I have to say I had to narrow down my choices of story. I really felt there was a lot of material I could explore with this. Ultimately the three stories I told feel real to me and go right along with my style and have a home in a albums.

I Do Not Like
This layout was inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" - something I posted in the Discussion board on flick'r sparked this idea, since my name - Pam, rhymes with "Sam, I am" and "Ham". We often do pages about our faves, but I thought how fun it would be to also make one about our dislikes.

 I chose to use quirky whimsical shapes to replicate the Seussical feeling. And I added other little lines from the book to reinforce it.

 The stamped flowers were from a technique I picked up this week from Studio Calico Blog {here} of embossing an image and then coloring it in with markers.

 Oh The Places*
This layout was born of a strong memory I have attached to this book and the boy in this picture. I had never told this story and I really wanted to remember it. I recently received a care package from him {don't you love snail mail...?} So I thought it was perfect to document him/us/this memory while the feelings were fresh on my mind.

 I tried to use color, shapes and patterns that resonated with the theme of going places. The book is filled with graphics of flowing mountains and these travel papers were perfect for it. I started with the bottom paper and then worked myself up from there choosing coordinating papers.

 I have been focusing less on embellishments these days, so it was hard for me to come up with something to add to this corner, but I found a little flair button with a seuss-like creature and the ever present butterfly and buttons to round things off.

 A&P
Not a lot of journaling on this one. it doesn't need it. This one is all about fun. In looking for quotes to use, I found the one below and immediately I knew which pictures to use. This friend brings out the child in me. The layout I featured on the Challenge post was also about her. She is like a big child and when I am with her, I am too. This quote was perfect for us.

 Again I used colors that reminded me of the books and with the quirky stamped letters mixed in with my handwriting, I think I achieve the playful and whimsical look of a children's book. Simple page under 20 minutes straight out of my scrap bin. Just the way I like things.

Thank you so so much for playing along this week. If you haven't already, please upload your Seussical creation to our gallery with the tag WM#29. {which is coincidentally my favorite number}.

Have another great week and see you soon on the message boards.

xo,
Pamage