Wednesday, July 2, 2014

The Summer of Color: Week 4!

The summer seems to by flying by so quickly.  I cannot believe that today is July 2nd already, and the 4th week of the Summer of Color is here!


Week 4's Summer of Color colors are bright, fun and perfect for a summer layout!

 Pink & Apple Green
with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Dark Green

For this week's challenge, I wanted to use one of the photos that I took at Arrowhead Lake last weekend. My daughter, Anne, my sister, Karen, my friend, Barb and I had a girls weekend together!!  We had so much fun and hated to see the weekend come to an end.  The thing that struck me most this time was how beautiful the flowers and wildlife are there.  Here are some of the photos that I took:

A beautiful dragonfly:

A gorgeous Iris:

The sweet deer:

And an adorable chipmunk:

I decided to use one of these photos along with this week's colors to make a scrapbook page.  The first photo, the one with the dragonfly, is the one I finally picked for my layout.


 And here are some close-ups:





I encourage you to check out Kristin's blog to see what everyone else is creating.  The participants are all amazing, talented, and very different in their own way!  It is really inspirational to take part in this summer challenge.  Thanks again, Kristin!

And thank you for stopping by my blog today.

I will leave you with a photo of Barb, Karen, and Anne taken at Arrowhead Lake!

47 comments:

  1. Gorgeous page! And I love the picture of the ladies at Arrowhead Lake. Looking forward to seeing that one scrapped!

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  2. Hi Sharon. I'm really liking your weekly contributions and how you tell your story with it. Really very nice. Love the dragon fly. Very nice work.
    gloria

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  3. I don't know anything abut scrapbooking but it looks good to me. & the photographs are wodnerful.

    have a great day.

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  4. This is a great post. First your photos are fabulous and then adding them to the scrap book..... very nice indeed. Looks like all of you had a good time.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  5. Wonderful photos, and the Layout is beautiful.. Great pic at the lake, too. Valerie

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  6. The scarpbook page is adorable! But, the thing I liked the most is the photograph that you have put in the end of the post! It's so nice!! I love the smiles :)

    Wishing you plenty more smiles for you!
    Ankush.

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  7. You have the most beautiful photos to choose from, which makes your scrapbook pages stand out. This one is no different. I can't believe all the details you added to this page. There are so many things that caught my eye. This is a beautiful piece.

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  8. lovely to see the photos from your life and how you made it into an art piece.

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  9. Nice use of this week's colours. Your photos are wonderful! Capturing a dragonfly that clearly is no easy feat!

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  10. Wonderful use of the colors, love the layout!

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  11. What a gorgeous layout...so many lovely details...wonderful photos and I love the dragonflies :)

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  12. How beautiful! It makes me really wish I had been introduced to scrapbooking years ago, now I simply don't have time. :D

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  13. Your scrapbook page is lovely, the dragonfly is stunning.

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  14. Oooh! Oooh! What a great way to 'star' your dragon fly with that frame....simply BRILL...& those others on the corner...they look fabulous....LOOOOVE this!!!

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  15. Hello Sharon, so happy to see your new SOC page!! Beautiful and happy!! I love these colors so much this week. I never used them before but have been having fun with them and love this combo now. How fun to have a girls weekend away, YAY!! Hope your summer is going along well and I'm sure you want it to slow down like I do too.
    I just posted my Hello July post and will be posting my SOC on Saturday. Kristin is such a sweet hostess and inspires us with such fun colors.

    Happy 4th of July weekend, enjoy and stay safe! Thanks for sharing and so glad you played along this week again. Will be sad when it's over.

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  16. Sounds like a wonderful girls get away . Gorgeous photo's. Love how you have framed the dragon fly in your layout. A gorgeous, gorgeous layout
    Mary

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  17. What a fantastic layout, Sharon! You do the most beautiful and interesting layouts! I love the photos! Those circles you cut look great on the page! Sounds like you girls had a great weekend. Have a wonderful 4th!

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  18. This is gorgeous! LOVING that photo that you used, the colors and all the circles!!!!!

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  19. You are so creative! First, the photos you took are wonderful. I'd want to frame them! And then, add this great page on top off that and it's a work of genius! One question, how do you find time to scrap during the summer? I'm struggling!

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  20. Beautiful scrapbook page, love how you have used this week colours and highlighted with your amazing image of a dragonfly :-) xxx

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  21. WOW looks like you had an amazing weekend and in such a pretty place. The scrapbook page is great the colours really lend themselves to the photographs.

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  22. Lovely to see your photos and your page is absolutely gorgeous, there is is much to look at there. I love the dragonfly photo and your added dragonflies, and I like the part circles of pink and green.
    The last photograph of the three of you is beautiful.

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  23. you've captured nature beautifully and have made an equally beautiful layout! Love the last photo too:)

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  24. Such lovely work again here, you use the colours in such a great way! Your photos are lovely too, that lake looks like such a beautiful and peaceful spot!

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  25. You are a very talented photographer! The dragonfly photo looks lovely with the SOC colors!

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  26. Amaazing photo's, as always Sharon and super gorgeous page! Those dragon flies and the pretty papers are super!

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  27. Your SOC piece is absolutely gorgeous!!!
    LOVED the dragon-fly pic...Awesome! So are the rest...
    Many thanks for visiting my blog each week...I look forward to your sweet comments :)

    Sorry for being late!

    Deepa
    http://www.deepazworld.blogspot.in/

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  28. Those photographs are amazing, but the dragonfly is my favourite one.
    And your layout... wow, it is so gorgeous that I've pinned it so I can go back and look at it again and again.

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  29. Wow, that's a very nice place to have a girls' weekend! Love the scrapbookpage you made for SOC! Great expression of summer....

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  30. I love your photography Sharon! I love your dragonfly photo and your lo is amazing! Happy 4th! Hugs Lisa

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  31. Love the picture of the deer and the girls. A very creative design.

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  32. What super photos and the scrap page is amazing, so much detail. Maybe I need to strive for more detail in mine. BJ

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  33. beautiful photos and what a pretty way to display them!

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  34. Thanks for dropping by and leaving such a nice comment.Of course,Your pages are always so nice,You've got the touch :)

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  35. I live right down the Mountain from Arrowhead lake in Rancho Cucamunga.Do You live near Me?

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  36. Wow! I love all the details, so pretty. Dragonflies are such beautiful creatures. <3

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  37. great looking layout. I love the photos. I think the wild irises are awesome and wish I could get them to grow in captivity! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

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  38. Love the dragonflies, in particular!

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  39. I love the layout! So cute with all the dragonflies!

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  40. Really love it. I've said it before, I'll say it again - your eye for detail is just amazing. Between you and Virginia you make me want to try my hand at scrapbooking again... or at least get back to trying scrapbook style journalling.

    Love this, ALL your photos are stunning.

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  41. That dragonfly photo is amazing, and I love the way you used the window on the card to frame it. I like the paper dragonflies that you made, too.

    Thanks for finding my photo on Flickr. Hope you had a great 4th of July weekend! :)

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  42. beautiful photos, lovely layout. you are so talented.

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  43. Wow! Again a beautifully captured moment.

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