Wednesday, August 15, 2012

A Special Kind Of Love - Scrap Africa Challenge 8






















It is time for a new challenge over at Scrap Africa and this time we were to use the poster below as inspiration for our projects. You can use the phrase in your project or you can make a mini-album to tell your story. I chose this beautiful photo of Josie and Beauty. Beauty was Josie's first love, and the pony who taught Josie to ride.  When Josie and her parents lived in the Middle East Josie took every opportunity during the summers to visit Beauty in Norway. She also took Beauty on her first ever riding camp when she was only 6 yrs old. Beauty belonged to Penelope Ponyfarm, the place where her Mom  grew up, and where she too learnt to ride and care for horses. On days when Josie struggled with her confidence Beauty was there to help her along and if the lesson didn't go too well, there was always cuddles and special moments to compensate for that and so a very special bond formed between the two of them. After Beauty retired Josie still went to visit her and just spent quiet moments cuddling and grooming her. Sadly Beauty passed away in 2011 due to a severe bout of colic at the ripe old age of 25. She was a legend to all the kids at Penelope Farm. Josie and Beauty's story is written on a tag which I tucked away. Combined with this challenge  I also made this layout for a DT project at Flourish With A Bling. I used pieces of the beautiful FWAB Bella Rhinestone Flourishes Wine and saving the rest of it for another project.:) 

FWAB Bella Rhinestone Flourishes Wine
And here is the "inspiration poster".                                                                                                                     
That's all for now :) Thanks for looking and have a great day!!xx

12 comments:

  1. Such great detailed work( not expecting anything less from you ), and a heart-warming journal as well! Love it!!!

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  2. Omigosh, this is so gorgeous, Cathy! Your details are always amazing!

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  3. So exciting LO!!!!!! So emotional !!!

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  4. Brought tears to my eyes.. such a tender story and such an amazing picture~!! You can tell that Beauty loved that little girl as much as Josie loved her :)

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  5. Cathy I really love this layout, I probably say that frequently to you but its true, the detail and the colours are just gorgeous. The truth is I love your work and as I've lost my creativity at the moment I might just scraplift something of yours (not for challenges or competitions just to make me feel good and get back into my scrapbooking).

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  6. OH my word! this is Stunning! Your attention to detail is fi-nom-i-nal!

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  7. Wow my friend,this is a stunning layout! So much to look at and the colours are beautiful, I agree with Sandra, but your layouts blow us away!

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  8. Wow..I had to come to your blog for another look!!! This is just amazing work...I for one have a soft spot for the relationship between a girl and her horse. Nothing else like it and you have captured it perfect here!!!

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  9. such a special story and such a beautiful way of telling it, Cathy! the photo of the two "maatjies" is adorable and I love the colors you used on this LO!!!and oh! those beaded strings - this is such an awesome idea and it makes your projects very unique!

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