Im Back!!- Gimme a Clue 2009 Number 4

[Lauren]

I know I said I was going to choose the colours this time but Im good at putting off things so inspire me once again with your rainbows

[PacificTonz]

Well it really is a rainbow .... time for another one of your fun, funky, creations

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/Colour_palette_1_copy.jpg?359

:pray::pray::pray:PLEASE :pray::pray::pray:

[jemtred]

One day I will participate at this stage I promise! I am going to build up a collection of colours I love at half term and then I will be throwing them at you but for now I will wait for your descision and make suggestions further down the line. Have missed this for a week!

[swatkins56]

How about these colors inspired by the dresses of three women in Morocco?
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/6754/Morocco-Ladies.jpg

[mariafer]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/3215348231_abf8a15a5a.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3204311925_e981d3c185.jpg?v=0

[Corgi Lover]

In Honor of Donn - a Texan Rose

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/texan-rose.jpg

[JenniferG]

Here are a few from me:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/6620/Bittens_Swatch.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=299953)

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/6620/Mirabelle_Swatch.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=299957)

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/6620/Zen_and_Tea_Swatch.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=299833&ppuser=97003)

[mariafer]

Corgi what a great thought. I love the 2nd and last one...

[Kathleen]

Welcome back, Lauren ... hope you had a FABULOUS time on vacation!!

Here is one from me ... a picture I have not scrapped yet (although it is a favorite), because I just haven't found the right kit. When I put it into Kuler (http://kuler.adobe.com/), I think I learned I was looking for the wrong colors!

http://cdn-1-service.phanfare.com/images/external/1466784_1419796_58501720_WebSmall_3/0_0_b98424fcf4a17d93096e3ebbbb232f7f_1

[JanP]

The Texan Rose is a great idea. I love all three. It would be a lovely tribute to Donn for Caro.

[mariafer]

A couple more because I just took these pics of my kids today.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3233995293_3f68980ace.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3233995275_b473eeec06.jpg?v=0

[Lauren]

How about these colors inspired by the dresses of three women in Morocco?
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/6754/Morocco-Ladies.jpg

I like this one because it just might work with my photos of Bodie the Californian Ghost town!!- lets go with this

[mcbowersox]

Those are great colors! How about a nice stripe or small plaid background? Or maybe a patterned stripe like the woman on the left?

[swatkins56]

I like this one because it just might work with my photos of Bodie the Californian Ghost town!!- lets go with this

Oh Lauren, you've made my day! This is only the second time I've submitted colors, though I spent a couple evenings making swatches inspired by travel photos. Look for more from me!

One thing, mine displays way too big. I couldn't figure out how to make it smaller. Should I upload at a smaller size?

I keep these all in a private album. Don't know how others do it.

Thanks you again Lauren! Welcome back. Sheryl

[mcbowersox]

Welcome back, Lauren ... hope you had a FABULOUS time on vacation!!

Here is one from me ... a picture I have not scrapped yet (although it is a favorite), because I just haven't found the right kit. When I put it into Kuler (http://kuler.adobe.com/), I think I learned I was looking for the wrong colors!

http://cdn-1-service.phanfare.com/images/external/1466784_1419796_58501720_WebSmall_3/0_0_b98424fcf4a17d93096e3ebbbb232f7f_1

Ok, I've been playing around on Kuler. When you download a swatch how are you opening it? Mine are saving as ASE files. The only way I've been able to do anything with them is to load them into my color palatte. And then they just kind of show up at the end. Is there any way to save the swatch it creates as a jpeg?

[JanP]

Oh that is lovely. How about a watery sort of bg like the middle woman's headscarf?

[Kathleen]

Ok, I've been playing around on Kuler. When you download a swatch how are you opening it? Mine are saving as ASE files. The only way I've been able to do anything with them is to load them into my color palatte. And then they just kind of show up at the end. Is there any way to save the swatch it creates as a jpeg?

You have to load the ASE file into your swatches, and it just adds the colors to the swatches. As for making your swatch to post here, I made a little template for Photoshop users. Just like a quick click, put your photo on the bottom layer (under the Color 5 layer), and then use the paint bucket to fill each color swatch layer.

Then save your JPG image to upload. Let me know if this works ... maybe I can figure out how to do this as a quick click so non-Photoshop users can use it also.

If I have done this post right, there should be a link to the ZIP file.

[janetklm]

Loooooooove these!
How about a small striped woven texture background.

[Lauri]

I love these colors!! How about a straw-y background/texture like the hat on the right??

[Lauren]

I havent spent a lot of time with Kuhler - Ive just been loading them into my color palette .

[mcbowersox]

You have to load the ASE file into your swatches, and it just adds the colors to the swatches. As for making your swatch to post here, I made a little template for Photoshop users. Just like a quick click, put your photo on the bottom layer (under the Color 5 layer), and then use the paint bucket to fill each color swatch layer.

Then save your JPG image to upload. Let me know if this works ... maybe I can figure out how to do this as a quick click so non-Photoshop users can use it also.

If I have done this post right, there should be a link to the ZIP file.

Thanks Kathleen! I guess I was hoping there might be an easier way. . . That maybe it would just put the swatch together for me :) :lol:

[shawsi]

Mine are in my gallery, but I haven't seen any others in there. How do you get them to the forum from your personal files?

[shawsi]

I love eaac4f and would love to have a background with it. If you are going to do a ghost town, a western look would be good.

What are your ghost towns like over there. I am sure they are different than ours.

[mcbowersox]

I love these colors!! How about a straw-y background/texture like the hat on the right??

I was thinking the same thing! Like a straw hat/basket weave-type of texture.

[shawsi]

I forgot to thank Kathleen. You keep coming up with all of these helpful tools. Thank you so much.

I love the straw hat idea weave idea too. It would make for a warm feeling.

I also thought about turquoise...like the stone with feathering type of lines through it. Am I explaining this ok? Kind of like you do marbleing...but like the stone instead. Later on we could have silver elements maybe.

[swatkins56]

You have to load the ASE file into your swatches, and it just adds the colors to the swatches. As for making your swatch to post here, I made a little template for Photoshop users. Just like a quick click, put your photo on the bottom layer (under the Color 5 layer), and then use the paint bucket to fill each color swatch layer.

Then save your JPG image to upload. Let me know if this works ... maybe I can figure out how to do this as a quick click so non-Photoshop users can use it also.

If I have done this post right, there should be a link to the ZIP file.

Kathleen, thanks so much for the template. It'll make my life so much easier!

Sheryl

[swatkins56]

Mine are in my gallery, but I haven't seen any others in there. How do you get them to the forum from your personal files?

The way I did it was to upload them just as I would any other post. They're in their own album. When I want to post the swatch, I go to the gallery and open the particular swatch. Right click on the image, and go down to "copy image location."

Then come back to the forum. In your reply, click "go advanced."
Up in the right-hand corner is a little symbol that sort of looks like A/A. Click on that.
Then on the tools manual is one that is a picture with a mountain in it. Click on that. You'll get a pop-up for the URL. Put the URL for your image in there, and you should see your image right away.

Hope it works.

Sheryl

[Lauren]

I love these colors!! How about a straw-y background/texture like the hat on the right??

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_1.jpg

[Dani B]

I really like the colors you have chosen Laren. I love that swirly pattern in the headscarf on the second lady and it would make for a great paper - and so would the pattern on the dress of the first lady.

[dinaben99]

I really like the colors you have chosen Laren. I love that swirly pattern in the headscarf on the second lady and it would make for a great paper - and so would the pattern on the dress of the first lady.

you read my mind, I was thinking the exact same thing!

[shawsi]

Okay, so I looked up ghost towns in New Zealand, but I didn't find much...so don't think the cowboy theme would be appropriate there. Were they mine towns?

Still think a paper that looks like the stone would be pretty.

Or a turquoise paper that looks like a homespun type of fabric with little nubs of the other colors here and there.

A calico print with the colors in it on a turquoise.

[Lauren]

my ghost town phtoos are of Bodie in California not in NZ !!!

[Lauri]

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_1.jpg

That's perfect Lauren!! :yahoo:

And I know you want more background suggestions, but I am going to throw out a border/edge/ribbon idea - how about something like the dark red edge design on the top of that hat, a western pattern or something similar, also with a basketweave texture? Or like the sleeve of the lady on the right!

And I've been to Bodie, what a neat place for you to visit!

[swatkins56]

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_1.jpg
Wow, I love the background. Can't wait to see how this comes together. Sheryl

[shawsi]

I am sorry Lauren. It seems like I am always off a beat around here. Did you say you went there? So maybe the western theme would work. Hope I didn't offend...I really didn't know. Edit: I went back and yes you did say California. Guess when you quit making sense, it is time to go to bed. I will try to be a little brighter tomorrow.

[Lauren]

Yes I did go there Shawsi!!- it was a fantastic experience !!- Im not sure its a very " western" town - more a mining town - if you are every in California its definitely worth a visit.

[Lauren]

I also thought about turquoise...like the stone with feathering type of lines through it. Am I explaining this ok? Kind of like you do marbleing...but like the stone instead. Later on we could have silver elements maybe.
Oh that is lovely. How about a watery sort of bg like the middle woman's headscarf?
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_2.jpg

[JanP]

Oh that's gorgeous - thank you Lauren! Just what I imagined. It could be stone or water-ish. :) This kit is going to be a must-have for me I think :lol:

[JanP]

How about a textured bg - linen or canvas - using the light yellow and the brown to grunge it up a bit?

[dawn-in-nz]

Oh geez I completely missed the start of this one! :cry:

BTW the chosen swatch has disappeared from Sheryl's post, here's the thumbnail of it.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Morocco-Ladies.jpg

[swatkins56]

Oh geez I completely missed the start of this one! :cry:

BTW the chosen swatch has disappeared from Sheryl's post, here's the thumbnail of it.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Morocco-Ladies.jpg

Oops, that's because I moved it out of it's original album. Still learning here. Thanks for your patience!

[shawsi]

What about something like the first lady's dress, but using the two darkest colors...the dark turquoise and the dark rust. A stripe and a figure in a stripe fashion.

[newbienfr]

what about a grungy/"worn" patterned paper that looks like a vintage western shirt. Maybe using the blues and browns together. Here are some pics that I found.

[pinky7]

I am glad you are back! I feel lost without you!!

How about a background that looks like slats of wood, like you would find on old buildings.

[mariafer]

How about a swirly ornate gold on gold backgrd. I didn't say striped because I already have a western kit like that (think it is Lisa's) but I don't have a swirl one

[janetklm]

I'd love to see a background in both orange colors with some golden embroidery swirls

[JenniferG]

I love that blue background Lauren! It's so pretty! Well, they're both pretty! LOL!

Can we get a background like the covering on the first woman's head? Something a bit silky...But in brown...unless cream looks better, of course!

[Lauren]

What about something like the first lady's dress, but using the two darkest colors...the dark turquoise and the dark rust. A stripe and a figure in a stripe fashion.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_3.jpg

[JanP]

Beautiful! What about a really pale one in the yellowy colour? Maybe with a canvas or linen texture? :)

[pinky7]

A grungy paper out of the reddish color. I also like the idea of a background that looked like calico.

[shawsi]

Oh Lauren, I really like that. That will make such classy layouts. Could even be masculine.

I see a dark turquoise...maybe with a black print, like a diamond print or something subtle.

[Lauren]

A grungy paper out of the reddish color. I also like the idea of a background that looked like calico.

I tried a calico bg and then I tried a dark brown linen background and I think the brown looks better - although I coudl make a torn calico mat if you wanted

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_4.jpg

[honeymoon]

Love the brown and the idea of a calico mat.

Can we have some horizontal rubber bands to go around a chipboard frame.

A plainish stamped frame to go round the whole page.

[Lauren]

Love the brown and the idea of a calico mat.



http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_5.jpg

[JenniferG]

This is gorgeous so far! I love that mat.

[mcbowersox]

This is great! I couldn't picture what you meant by calico. All I could think of was a calico cat, and that would look kind of weird. . .

[newbienfr]

weathered barn siding wood frame

weathered "split-rail fence" type of frame

[pinky7]

LOOKING GOOD!

Now we need a frame, maybe old weathered wood.

[Dani B]

a worn leather or braided leather strap of some kind - maybe holding frames together.

[JanP]

Love that mat! What about stitching of some sort - on it's own; on a frame; on a leather strip?

[sandygb]

Well I am way late here. I'm off to bed, but I'll be dreaming of elements. lol.

[janetklm]

I see these ladies wearing golden juwelery so how about a big golden jeweled swirl.
Double (twisted) gold woven ribbons.

[Denise Witmer]

I see these ladies wearing golden juwelery so how about a big golden jeweled swirl.
Double (twisted) gold woven ribbons.

:yes: wonderful idea... love the papers lauren!

[mariafer]

I had to go google calico when I saw the mat... apparently calico in the US doesn't mean what calico means in New Zealand... Now it makes perfect sense to have a calico mat :)! (I wonder how many of you will go search for calico now?)

For ideas... I think a brown paper tree would be cool or a rustic branch. I also think a nice looped lasso (thin please) or raffia or something lasso colored would be nice around an edge.

[mariafer]

I felt bad making you go look so here is what I found out: (from wikipedia)

Calico has different meanings according to which country the word is used in. Originally calico was a plain-woven textile which originated in Calicut, Kerala, India in the 11th century. The fabric was made by the traditional weavers called chaliyans.

In the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, "calico" refers to fabric made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton, which may for example contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but because of its unfinished and undyed state, it is still very cheap. As it is an inexpensive and readily available fabric, calico is often used by tailors in the construction of toile — mockups of a garment for the purpose of testing a pattern.

[edit] In New Zealand
In New Zealand this same fabric is known as "mutton cloth" and is used for wrapping food for cooking underground, in a hangi.


[edit] In the USA
In the US however, the word calico is used quite differently. In American English, calico is a word for inexpensive printed cotton fabrics that have a colorful small, all-over pattern, which is often floral.[1] These colorful, small patterned, printed fabrics are what gave rise to the use of the term calico in the name of a cat coat color: "calico cat".

The fabric that is called calico in the UK is called muslin in the USA.

[Lauren]

Was that from wikipedia?? Calico here is pretty much exactly what is descibed as for the UK. I've never heard it referred to as mutton cloth, but then I've never cooked a hangi either. Funny how they make it sound like something we do regularly.

[mariafer]

and you don't? LOL! I guess that is why they don't allow it as research in some schools.

When I heard calico suggested though I thought calico cat also... that is why I had to go see... I know how to ask for this type of texture though from now on...

[sandygb]

Interesting....calico to me is exactly what is says for the US......cotton fabric with a tiny colorful print - like the kind you would often find in a handmade quilt.

[sandygb]

How about a string of beads in the kit colors, to be used as a border element. It could be plain beads, or have some scrolly gold metal behind it.....or it could have groupings of 3 beads, separated by gold swirlies.....and continuing along the border.

[tape]

How about a smattering of dew drop like gems (turquoise, yellow and clear)?

[Kathleen]

What an interesting language lesson we have here! Regardless of how the clues were meant and understood, I like the brown paper and the "calico" mat.

How about a brown, rusty, tarnished, iron/copper frame, tall and thin.

[sandygb]

Totally off-topic here Lauren, but I think it was Sueya who had asked if winners were ever chosen for "Gimme a Clue 2009 number 2". I don't think any were listed in the thread for it.

[JanP]

I was one of the winners Sandy - but can't remember the others. That was for "Time After Time", right?
Jan

[sandygb]

I was one of the winners Sandy - but can't remember the others. That was for "Time After Time", right?
Jan

No Jan - It was for the Skip Into Spring kit.

[Corgi Lover]

How about a hemp ribbon (brown twine?), three strands knotted together going across page.

[newbienfr]

what about a tooled leather strip (leather strip with designs branded into it)

[JanP]

My goodness - have we done that many already! This year is going to go too fast again!

Going back to calico / mutton cloth - the latter is a loose knitted stockinette in which cuts of mutton were wrapped once upon a time - hence "mutton cloth".

[shawsi]

http://www.pueblodirect.com/images2/103008006.jpg

I am like Sandy, I pictured a printed homespun like cotton fabric in many colors...often with flowers.

How about turquoise and silver like a stick pin or beads. The Native Americans make them here in the US. It would go perfect with this kit.

[Lauren]

My goodness - have we done that many already! This year is going to go too fast again!

Going back to calico / mutton cloth - the latter is a loose knitted stockinette in which cuts of mutton were wrapped once upon a time - hence "mutton cloth".

Yeah but not calico eh Jan??- Calico and mutton cloth wouldnt be classed as the same thing??

[Lauren]

What an interesting language lesson we have here! Regardless of how the clues were meant and understood, I like the brown paper and the "calico" mat.

How about a brown, rusty, tarnished, iron/copper frame, tall and thin.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_6.jpg

[JanP]

Oooh nice!!! (My immediate reaction) I love this kit even more now!

Yeah but not calico eh Jan??- Calico and mutton cloth wouldnt be classed as the same thing??

Definately nothing alike. I always think of calico as curtain lining and mutton cloth as straining cloth (for when I used to make crabapple jellie).

[JanP]

If I'm not being too boring :lol: what about a matching frame in 5 x 7 landscape - normal photo shape?

[mcbowersox]

I'd love a flourish and some other elements to group around that awesome frame!

[Lauren]

I'd love a flourish and some other elements to group around that awesome frame!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_7.jpg

[JanP]

Wow you're quick! Me thinks you had that idea already. :)
What about a leather strip with belt buckle or similar?

[sandygb]

OMG...Love that skinny frame and flourish!!!

[shawsi]

Those go so well with the stripe. Amazing.

Calico is what we use in quilts and pioneer dresses...it was the cloth the American west was made of...or at least the female west...the males wore buckskin and denim.

How about a leather tag? Did someone already suggest that?

[sandygb]

I would love to see some tied dried flowers or maybe something like the leaves on this money tree plant:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/Money_Tree2.jpg

[JanP]

Oooh yes, Sandy. Those leaves would go so well (IMHO) - Lauren?

[bamabreeze10]

how about some feathers? the side of that paper reminded me of them, or a "wax seal" look. The flourish looks kind of like melted wax, so some kind of circle seal pattern would be cool!

[mcbowersox]

Love the flourish!

[honeymoon]

Love it.

Cream flower with a touch of the brown around the petals and a middle made from the bluish metal. Maybe with frayed edges on the petals.

A plainish stamp to go round the page maybe with a little bit of the leaves flourish on it.

[sandygb]

Oh, that flower sounds wonderful too Fiona. Maybe with some of the money tree leaves behind it too.

[pinky7]

Oh, I am not feeling creative today....but I do like the suggestion of something leather. Maybe a leather strap with etched in flowers or stripes or dots or something. It could go lengthwise, like a ribbon. A Belt!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff17/pinky076/belts.jpg

[newbienfr]

what about a tooled leather strip (leather strip with designs branded into it)

Thought I would mention this again.

[Kathleen]

Love the frame and flourish. The coloring in particular is quite lovely.

How about a deep, 3" - 4", tear that was really just the torn fibers in the color of the mat so it could easily be recolored to use with any of the papers.

A double sided scalloped element, maybe with small dot cut outs. Kind of like either of these (which I cheated and made using Lisa's Decorative Edges Set 1 (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7294)
Decorative Edges Set 2 (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7295)), but kind of folded up along the lines down the middle, and wrinkled along the edges. Maybe in the blue color, with bits of the yellow or neutral color.

http://cdn-1-service.phanfare.com/images/external/1466784_1419796_59932375_Web_3/0_0_a9e6ba776c3c9bbafb9e8180e97591e0_1

[coyotef]

hmmmm, just a note on the "Calico" term.. it is also what we call a Cat/ animal that has a fur with several colors in it - mostly mentioned in regards to some sort of orange or rust color.

I adore what this kit is becoming!

[JenniferG]

Definitely would love the leather belt suggestion...with an awesome looking buckle! This kit is looking awesome Lauren!!!

[bamabreeze10]

a ribbon with a pattern like the striped paper (I'm imagining one thats got a pattern like the light blue stripe with the dark blue) would be a really nice addition! I still like the idea of a wax seal looking thing though too hehe

[dawn-in-nz]

Wow loving this kit so far. How about a loop or something to hang the frame from along with a rusty nail or brad.

[dawn-in-nz]

I know I know - a rusty spring - you haven't done one in a kit yet, have you?

[Dani B]

Could we still have something leather. I have seen some of the leather belts and hat bands done with the leather embossed and the raised areas of it painted or dyed in the same colors that you have in this kit.

[shawsi]

I really like Sandy's money tree idea. Any dried flower would be pretty, but the money tree is light and airy.

How about a closely woven thin basket that could be used on the bottom of the layout.

[Dani B]

Belt (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=300643)

Not sure I will ever get the hang of makeing a link here, but I tried anyway.

[newbienfr]

maybe some brads that look like the tops of rusty nails or old railroad stakes

[Lauren]

Love it.

Cream flower with a touch of the brown around the petals and a middle made from the bluish metal. Maybe with frayed edges on the petals.


http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_8.jpg

I THOUGHT i posted this this morning - must not have pressed submit!!!!!

[Lauren]

I know I know - a rusty spring - you haven't done one in a kit yet, have you?

oh yes the spring - i must go and grab that spring out of the kit I didnt put it in!!

[Lauren]

I know I know - a rusty spring - you haven't done one in a kit yet, have you?

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_9.jpg

[JenniferG]

Lauren, this kit is awesome!!!!!

Can we please have a leather belt? either with or without the buckle?

[newbienfr]

I LOVE how this kit is turning out. The flower is great!

mentioning the leather strap (with burned/tooled designs on it) one more time

[dawn-in-nz]

Fantabulous spring thank you Lauren.

[swatkins56]

I'm loving this kit!

[sandygb]

Beautiful! Thanks for including the money plant leaves too!

[JanP]

This is awesome!

[Wanda]

The frame makes me think of a large mirror. How about a reflective surface so it looks like someone is looking in a mirror?

[Lauren]

what about a tooled leather strip (leather strip with designs branded into it)
So I must have dreamed posting this last night because i hadnt even uploaded the picture!!!!!!!- Im losing it !!!!!!!!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_10.jpg

[Corgi Lover]

A circle of metal brads

Stitched journaling strips

a ribbon that is like the teal dotted part of the strip paper

[Lauren]

Well no one asked for this but I just thought it needed a second smaller frame .....
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_11.jpg

[Kathleen]

Love all the additions, Lauren!

How about a worn, stapled ribbon, frayed a touch along the way, in the blue? Darker cream?

[JanP]

A teal, spotted, frayed-along-the-way ribbon? Not straight but not too twisted either :)

[mcbowersox]

This is beautiful!

[JenniferG]

Can we get a rusted buckle? Either rusted or not...maybe the same type of metal as the flourish and frames...

Love the leather belt!

[pinky7]

Oh, a buckle sounds nifty! or a bookplate.or a staple or something!

[pinky7]

Hey, Jennifer, I have been looking for the Gimme More flair! Where did you find it?

[newbienfr]

LOVE the leather strap!!!

mentioning rusted metal brads again - look like the tops of old nails or old railroad stakes

[JenniferG]

Hey, Jennifer, I have been looking for the Gimme More flair! Where did you find it?

It was given at one of Lauren's crop chats. You have to attend to get the flair.

[Lauren]

Stitched journaling strips



http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/gimmeaclue/2009_4_12.jpg


Now we need a name

[mcbowersox]

Cowboy's Sweetheart

[mcbowersox]

Calico
Calico Cowboy/Cowgirl
Rusty Blues

[pinky7]

I am a regular attender at the Gimme More chat. It must have been the one time I missed, or did I have to leave early? Lauren, could I have a Gimme More flair?

Rusty Romance
Rusty Sunset
Rusty Charm
Rusty Daze

[Corgi Lover]

Turquiose Dreams

[pinky7]

Rusty Blues is good! I wanted to get the blues in there, but I was thinking of turquoise. Rusty Turquoise??? It just didn't go!

[pinky7]

Rustic Retreat
Sweet Dreams

[Lynnie]

Forgotten Roads - it feels as though we have rambled off the main highway and headed down a forgotten road where there are old things, a little rust, a few flowers, but somewhere completely charming and amazing.

[Lauren]

Oh yes thats it!!- Forgotten Roads it is

[pinky7]

Good Name!

[newbienfr]

Cowboy Up
Worn in the Saddle
Old Home Place

[newbienfr]

I guess I'm too late
oh well

[sandygb]

Absolutely gorgeous and a perfect name!!!!

[swatkins56]

Oh yes thats it!!- Forgotten Roads it is

I love that name, since the original photo was from a forgotten part of Morocco.

[dawn-in-nz]

Great name - reminds me of the Forgotten World Highway (http://www.newzealand.com/travel/getting-to-around-nz/driving-routes/themed-highways/forgotten-world-highway/forgotten-world-highway.cfm) that DH & I got completely lost in on our way home from New Plymouth recently! :annoyed: :yikes:

[bamabreeze10]

beautiful kit Lauren!! I really love how it turned out :)

[JanP]

This is beautifaul! It will be on my wish list asap.

[Kathleen]

Love the name, and the final kit! Well done!!

[Lauren]

Great name - reminds me of the Forgotten World Highway (http://www.newzealand.com/travel/getting-to-around-nz/driving-routes/themed-highways/forgotten-world-highway/forgotten-world-highway.cfm) that DH & I got completely lost in on our way home from New Plymouth recently! :annoyed: :yikes:

Thats on my list of wants to do Dawn

[Lauren]

Winners of this kit are
mcbowersox
Formbygirl
pinky7

I will pm you later tonight

[sandygb]

OMG You lucky girls!!! Big congrats on winning this beautiful kit!!

[JenniferG]

Lucky Ducks!!! Another kit to add to my cart!

[JenniferG]

It's in the store now!!! In my cart! Woohoo!

[pinky7]

:yahoo:Yeah!:yahoo: I was hoping but I didn't want to get my hopes up!:yippee: This is a beautiful kit! Thank you, Lauren!

[dawn-in-nz]

Thats on my list of wants to do Dawn

Don't get lost ;) - it's really worth it if you like lots & lots of beautiful scenery & views. I drove DH nuts wanting to stop to take photos!

[mcbowersox]

Thank you so much! Do you do a random draw or something?

I just love this kit, so I can't wait!

[shawsi]

Congrats guys! You really won a great one.