Tarisota Talk: Prompts

Prompts

This month the Designers were asked what is their go to tool- can't scrap without item-

see their answers below

My can't live without tool is my Tonic Scissors. I use them all the time. They cut through absolutely everything with ease including unmounted stamps and chipboard and delicate ribbon.

"The corner rounder has been a long time favourite tool of mine. I love to include a few rounded edges on my scrapbook layouts and so far, this is one tool in my collection that has never worn out"

"a french knot here...a french knot there...a bit of backstitching just to make it special...and i'm trying to learn the chain stitch so i can do titles...
yes...absolutely...my sewing needle & embroidery threads are my favorite tools at the moment. i find myself reaching for them each & every project. & by the way...the fabulous ngaire made my super cute pin cushion. it makes reaching for my sewing needles a little bit more fabulous don't you think :)"

" My favourite tool is this ratty piece of sandpaper I found on the ground outside one of the building sites my husband is working on. It was wet but I picked it up knowing full well that the piece I had at home was worn out and that this one would dry.
I use it for sanding the edges of my photos to reveal a white edge, as well as distressing papers and embellishments".

but

"I also love my MM hole piercer and have issues if I can't find it. I use it to pick up tricky little bits and pieces, as well as push them around on the page to where I want them. Especially little bits and pieces such as sequins sliding around on dimensional magic!"

"My favourite tool.. and the one I have owned the longest: my fiskars soft touch scissors. Small Light easy to use and sharp! I have used then since i started scrapping ten years ago!"

"My favourite tool at the moment would have to be my Making Memories sanding block. I use it all the time. I especially like to sand the edges of my photos with it.”

"I use a combo of things - my Tarisota mouse mat, Bind it all awl and Timeless Touches Template - for making holes in projects to make my sewing - almost straight! I love how perfectly my cross stitches turn out."

Prompts

This month's collection focused on the rainbow of colours - Each designer chose the colour that best suited them and now shares with you some aspects of their homes.

Red - Nic Howard

Love and War:

Red is hot. It's a strong color that conjures up a range of seemingly conflicting emotions from passionate love to violence and warfare. Red is Cupid and the Devil.

Nature of Red:

A stimulant, red is the hottest of the warm colors. Studies show that red can have a physical effect, increasing the rate of respiration and raising blood pressure.The expression seeing red indicates anger and may stem not only from the stimulus of the color but from the natural flush (redness) of the cheeks, a physical reaction to anger, increased blood pressure, or physical exertion.

Yellow - Rachel Tucker

Hope and Happiness:

Yellow is sunshine. It is a warm color that, like red, has conflicting symbolism. On the one hand it denotes happiness and joy but on the other hand yellow is the color of cowardice and deceit.

Nature of Yellow:

Yellow is one of the warm colors. Because of the high visibility of bright yellow, it is often used for hazard signs and some emergency vehicles. Yellow is cheerful.

Pink- Gigi Kennedy

Cotton Candy and Little Girls:

Pink is a softer, less violent red. Pink is the sweet side of red. It's cotton candy and bubble gum and babies, especially little girls.

Nature of Pink:

While red stirs up passion and action, studies have shown that large amounts of pink can create physical weakness in people. Perhaps there is a tie-in between this physical reaction and the color's association with the so-called weaker sex.

Green - Jill Geraghty- Groves

Life and Renewal:

Green is life. Abundant in nature, green signifies growth, renewal, health, and environment. On the flip side, green is jealousy or envy (green-eyed monster) and inexperience.

Nature of Green:

Green is a restful color with some of the same calming attributes of blue. Like blue, time moves faster in a green room.

Purple - Tamar Bostock

Royalty and Spirituality:

Purple is royalty. A mysterious color, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color.

Nature of Purple:

Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious. Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool color it has both warm and cool properties. A purple room can boost a child's imagination or an artist's creativity. Too much purple, like blue, could result in moodiness.

Orange - Ngaire Bartlam

Flamboyant and Energetic :

Orange is vibrant. It's a combination of red and yellow so it shares some common attributes with those colors. It denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. But orange has a bit less intensity or aggression than red, calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow.

Nature of Orange:

As a warm color orange is a stimulant — stimulating the emotions and even the appetite. Orange can be found in nature in the changing leaves of fall, the setting sun, and the skin and meat of citrus fruit.

Blue - Mel Goodsell

Calm and Cool :
Blue is calming. It can be strong and steadfast or light and friendly. Almost everyone likes some shade of the color blue.

Nature of Blue:
A natural color, from the blue of the sky, blue is a universal color. The cool, calming effect of blue makes time pass more quickly and it can help you sleep. Blue is a good color for bedrooms. However, too much blue could dampen spirits.

Source : http://desktoppub.about.com/od/choosingcolors/p/color_meanings.htm

Prompts

Totally inspired by Nic's must read must watch notebook we have decided to share with you this month whats on our to watch and read lists. Hope you find something from here to add to yours!

Jill

My fave book is one from my childhood, "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Must have for every book collection. I love it, I love it, I love it.

Movie....I would say "The Piano".... You know, I was a publicist for Village Roadshow for many years and, it takes alot for me to sit through a movie now....think I got movied out.

Nic

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Domonique Bauby
This was recommended to me by a close friend. It was written by a man that was totally physically paralyzed - he 'dictated' the words to a writer by blinking his eyelid at the right time as she recited the alphabet. It was a number one bestseller across Europe and has been made into a movie. Sounds intriguing, huh?!

DVD - Good old Mama Mia. Abby rang me from the beach saying she had watched it with her grandparents and "It was AMAZING, Mum! I sang all the way through!" I look forward to sharing it with her again.

Tamar

Books - I love to read and get drawn to pretty covers . I have just finished The Good Mayor but also on my hit list are

DVD -would have to be doubt I love Meryl Streep

Gigi

Man on a Wire
it's a documentary when Philippe Petit illegally strung a tightrope wire between the world trade centers & walked across...

and as for book...do cookbook's count? lol!
because I totally want to get jamie oliver's latest one...jamie at home

Mel

I missed out on seeing Mamma Mia! at the movies when it was first released, so this month I'm going to treat myself and buy a copy to keep and watch.

I'm more of a magazine girl, I just never seem to find enough hours in the day to sit down and get all the way through a book. What I do want to make time for this month is to read the latest issue of Real Living magazine from cover to cover.

Ngaire

Rachel

Australia - I really want to see this!

and here is a little blurb on the book In these times of recession, not many people can afford a $37,000 diamond necklace. But what if you didn’t buy it just for yourself? What if you and 12 friends bought it, and shared both the necklace and your stories of what the necklace brought you? In this remarkable true story, the remarkable women who did just that share their lives, and what the necklace meant, and continues to mean, to them and their community.

What's on your to read list? share it with us !

Prompts

Each month we offer some ideas to get you off and racing on a project - it may be a prompt for journalling - or for photos or something else creative

This month Gigi suggested we focus on a couple of the challenges that are out in blog land at the moment.

Gigi says ...After working with my January Tarisota collection: Timeless Beauty, I had still had so much gorgeous paper and embellishments left on my craft desk & I just wanted a bit more of a play with the beautiful black, red and cream color scheme so I decided to make a quick ATC for my ATC spinner. I love how it turned out & since have come up with a plan for the year that will make use of my beautiful Tarisota scraps, bits & bobs and also create a spot for me to display my favorite (and most of the time not scrapped) photos.

If you are anything like me, you take LOTS of photos and most of time they remain on the harddrive of your computer. And it drives me crazy because these "everyday" photos are so often are my favorites. So in order to get more of my precious photos out where I can enjoy them, I'm going to use my ATC spinner to display them. What I figure I'm going to do is each month after finishing my Tarisota Collection projects, I'm going to then create an ATC card and label it with that month. {If you've never created an ATC card, let me tell you, they are so quick & so fun to create. I love them because I get to have a bit of a play with my crafty supplies without any of the pressure of a big project or journaling or theme.} That month's ATC card will then be popped into my ATC spinner. At the end of the month, I'll print out a sheet of my favorite photos from the month, all sized to 2x3, cut them & pop them behind that month's ATC card. I think it will look so great displayed as a running photo calendar of our family's treasured everyday moments.

I'll keep you posted with how the project is coming!