Wednesday, March 30, 2016

My bliss!

Hi everyone!  Today I would like to share a layout that I made for the More Than Words challenge this month.  Remember how I said that I was going to try to participate in a blog challenge at least once a month for my new year's resolution?  Seems like I made it just before the end of the month!  And . . . here it is:

Word Inspiration - BLISS
Creative Challenge - GESSO

 I was fascinated by this challenge:  the word bliss was so easy for me to use:


When I think of bliss, I think of my adopted daughter, Anne, and her friends that were adopted from China that very same year.  Some of them were even from the same orphanage!  Nothing makes my happier than seeing them together after all of these years.  They are all 13 now!  Where does the time go??

For the creative part of the challenge, I used white gesso on my stars and under the yellow sunbursts:


I used black gesso in my scallops and I stamped with black gesso on the strips above the scallops:



I had so much fun making this layout!  I want to thank More Than Words for inspiring me to add gesso to my page and to use the word bliss!  

I actually started this layout at a recent weekend crop I attended with a wonderful friend of mine who is a mom of one of the girls in the photo.  Isn't that something?!  Thanks Lisa!!!

And thank YOU for visiting my blog today!  Hugs to all of you.

16 comments:

  1. Gorgeous take on our challenge Sharon & what a lovely story too. Thanks for sharing it with us. Love your layout & thanks so much for playing along with us at More Than Words.

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  2. Gorgeous! LOVING the stars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Wonderful LO, and how lovely that you are so happy with your wonderful daughter. Hugs, Valerie

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  4. Love the sunburst and stars and such a special layout. The black looks so effective with the Yellow. Hope you are enjoying your week
    Mary

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  5. beautiful Take on our challenge!!!
    so pretty page! thanks for playing with us at More Than Words!!!xxx

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  6. Hi Sharon! I hope you are having a great week! This layout is so special and that photo touches my heart as you know! What an extraordinary bond for these precious ones. And a lovely layout too. Love the stars too! They sure do light up our lives! Have a happy day!

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  7. Ooo, I like that. Love it from the center photo to the very edging - great star treatment!

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  8. Love your layout! What a beautiful tribute to your daughter and her friends....love your design :)

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  9. This is simply stunning, Sharon. You are such a talented artist.

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  10. Gorgeous colour combo Sharon and great LO,love your design and sweet photos x

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  11. Absolutely beautiful layout. I especially love the picture of the girls!

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  12. Oh how special that they would have all kept in contact! Absolutely gorgeous layout! Thank you for playing along with us at More Than Words!

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  13. Love this page! The stars are adorable! great take on the challenge!All the Best from More Than Words! :) I would like to invite you to my blog this month for a giveaway! http://mybeaner.blogspot.ca/

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  14. I love the sunburst, such a lovely layout!

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  15. Oh this is fantastic Sharon! Great pic and I love the page. So glad you could join in at More Than Words!

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  16. I love the way you can make your photo the centre of your art. It is very nice to see Anne and her friends.
    I like the stars and the yellow rays.

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