VICKY

Esta es la plantilla para el reto de Once Upon a Sketch de esta primera quincena de julio

Estuve mirando con detenimiento los trabajos que presentan las chicas en este sitio y veo que utilizan mucho color y muchas capas superpuestas de papeles y flores. Decidí entonces experimentar un poco con estas características que definitivamente no son mi fuerte. Tengo dificultades con los colores fuertes y el tema de "capa sobre capa" no me resulta práctico porque no me imagino un álbum con taaaanto volúmen!!! Este es el resultado:

As I browse through all the layouts posted on Once upon a Sketch there are a couple of things which always attract my attention. I see a lot of bright colours used ( I'm a pastels girl!!!) and also a lot of volume and layering. Pleeeease somebody help me here: is this the way you actually put together your family albums or are all these beautiful layered layouts made more for an exhibition purpose? If your albums are all layered this way, don´t they end up being huge? I would really appreciate somebody helping me with this query since it's something many of my pupils ask and I really don't know what to answer.

Sooooo, in honour of OUS I decided to work completely outside my comfort zone and give bright colours and layers a chance!! This is what I came up with:

La verdad es que el resultado final me gustó bastante aunque todavía me cuesta unir "bebé" con "colores brillantes" Supongo que es una cuestión de edad. Yo me crié en la época cuando las nenas se vestían de rosa y los varones de celeste!

I was quite happy with the final result though its still hard for me to put a "baby" togeteher with "bright colours" Guess that's a question of age. I was brought up in the times when baby girls were dressed in pink and baby boys were dressed in pale blue!

Aquí se ven algunos detalles: Armé las flores con puntilla de papel, con pirotines y hasta con una flor de crochet que había tejido mi abuela y que tenía guardada hace más de treinta años. Sé que ella estaría muy feliz de saber que sigo dándole buen uso a esas cosas que ella hizo con tanta dedicación. A las hojas las corte a mano.

Here are some details: I made the flowers with paper lace, candy cups and even a crochet flower which my grandmother knitted and I have had put away for over thirty years. I know she would be very happy to know that these things she made with love have been put to good use. The leaves I cut out by hand.

También usé ramitas de la enamorada del muro

I also used branches from a climber growing up against my house's walls

Y reemplazé los banderines de la plantilla por esta guirnalda de hojas y mariposas:
And I replaced the banners in Nadia's sketch by these leaves and butterflies:

Gracias por todos los lindos comentarios que siempre me dejan. Lo aprecio muchísimo!!

Thanks for all the lovely comments you always leave. I really appreciate them!