Tuesday 25 June 2013

Summer of Colour Week 3


This week's yummy combination is purple and lime green! To join in the fun and see what everyone else has created in this colour scheme, click the Summer of Colour 3 button in the sidebar. 

I had a bunch of gelli prints in the right colours so I cut them into bricks and built a wall on the page. That set me thinking about building and how we need to build on a solid foundation. I have recently revisited Marcus Buckingham's The Truth About You which talks about building on your strengths rather than concentrating on improving in your areas of weakness. 

It makes sense. 

You don't erect a building on shifting sand - you find the solid rock to give you a firm foundation. The wise man builds his house on the rock. It's the same with life. We need to build on those areas that are strong. Our strengths are the gifts we've been given to to contribute to the world. 

What are yours? And what are you doing about building on them?



20 comments:

  1. Very inspiring page, Tracy! Love that you made the bricks from gelli prints.

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  2. Elegant and delicate!Lovely art work!

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  3. love the built wall from printed papers and the idea of building on strengths rather than focussing on weaknesses

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  4. I love your thoughts that led to this beautiful artwork, Tracy!

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  5. That's a very deep and thoughtful page. These are things that are on my mind as well lately. Strenghts and what to do with them....I mostly learning that my strenths are also my weakness and how to deal with that.
    xx

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  6. How wonderful that you used the bricks to show building a strong foundation. Perfectly executed with the colors too!

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  7. Love your page and the toughts behind it.

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  8. This is so clever, and wise, on top of being just lovely.

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  9. Nice spread!. I LOVE to read about your contemplation while doing this journal pages, wise words :).

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  10. Beautiful and thoughtful! <3

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  11. Love your page and the thoughts behind it. Nice job.

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  12. Oh! I LOVE your message! I try to teach this in my classroom...I need you to help me, I think!! Wonderful, beautiful!

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  13. Very creative, I also love the message. I could stand to apply this message to myself. Is Marcus Buckingham's The Truth About You, a book or a website? I'd really love to check it out. Thanks so much for sharing this. (((HUGS)))

    Kim
    SOC#68

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  14. I love it great work Tracy!
    ManonX

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  15. A great message and fantastic use of the colours. Love this page.

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  16. Such a beautiful page and a wonderful thought to convey to us!

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