Thursday 11 September 2008

Basic Grey Offbeat


This is my favourite Basic Grey range at the moment. I love the slightly old fashioned patterns and the bright colours. I am not usually keen on all the patterns in one range, especially with Basic Grey who has a large set of over 10 patterns. But this range has been very versatile for me, as you can see below. I think I am going to endorse the Basic Grey Offbeat range as being, "suitable for a range of applications!".


This first layout I did for Scrap.n.Crop for Hari Raya/Eid Fitri at the end of this month. There are some other gorgeous layouts in SnC gallery to celebrate this occasion so make sure you take a look.

The photo is a precious one of me and my siblings back in the 70s. We used to visit the grounds of the royal palace (Istana Anak Bukit ) on Hari Raya. The photo is precious because I have so few photos from our childhood.



The second layout shows J learning to sailing. My boys spent a week learning to sail and completed RYA Level I & II. They were in different age groups though. J's group sailed in Laser Picos and looked really competent. H enjoyed the capsizing exercises the most and regale us with tales of how many times he capsized!


I did this layout for Color Combos Galore #88. I have enjoyed seeing Suzanne's LOs on UKS and have been promising to try the combos and I finally did it. I love the unusual combination of colours these girls get us to try.



And last is a photo from our trip to Venice. I think the neat freak in me drew me to photograph these neat rows of gondolas in Venice.

I am so happy, all 3 layouts have just made it onto the Basic Grey gallery. This is the first time I've uploaded. So what do you think ? What is your favourite range this release ?

3 comments:

Chowchow said...

Ifa - these are all beautifully done. Love them all.

May I feature you in the http://msianscrapperssociety.blogspot.com? It is a non-profit blog run by me to spread scrapbooking in Malaysia? Hope you will agree.

Thanks,
chowchow aka MIchelle

Suzanne said...

Oh wow all three of these pages are beautiful. There was I resisting buying any more BG (I have a huge pile already). I had narrowed down my pick of the bunch this release to Urbain Prairie, but now I have seen your work with the Offbeat I'm not so sure!

And what a great page for the colour challenge - so pleased you got around to joining in. the page is so fun, love the little sail boat and such a great way to record your DS's sailing achievements.

Kathy said...

wow love these lo's