Hunting Swans

An Ali Edwards inspired layout. Love, love, love how it turned out. So simple and yet it works so well. That's what I love about Ali Edwards - well, that and her great use of patterned paper. I definitely learned a lot from her latest book, A Designer's Eye on scrapbooking with patterned paper. I think she has a new book coming out later this year - can't wait!
I had tried a couple of times to get some pictures of these small swans, born earlier this year. But every time I brought my camera, they weren't there. Typical! And when my camera wasn't with me, they were everywhere it seemed. But this day, Peder and I walked Kayleigh and I had my camera with me so not only did I get a picture of the cute ones, I got a picture to illustrate the story about Kayleigh chasing a swan...
By the way - all four corners are rounded - I know the top right one doesn't look that way, but it is!

Materials:

• Cardstock: Club Scrap Retro
• Patterned paper: Basic Grey Stella Ruby
• Rub ons: Scrapworks
• Ink: Colorbox Pigment Brush Pad Black
• Font: Kayleigh

Journaling:

• English version:
  Try looking at that swan. See the open mouth. Be happy there there's no sound - otherwise you would hear it hissing. Loud. At Kayleigh.
  At my sweet little girl.
  How can that be?
  Can it be because it's protecting it's kids and sees Kayleigh as a threat?
  Could it be because it's a cranky swan and because swans simply just take advantage of the fact that they are huge and that everybody is afraid of them and walks in huges circles around them? Or could it be because it has heard from another swan about the time Kayleigh got away from me down at the Slotssø (Castle Lake) and went straight for a full grown swan and chased it down into the lake even though it bashed it's wings and hissed - nothing happened - into the lake with it and Kayleigh then came trodding back to eat the bread people had thrown for the swans...
  No matter the reason, this swan did nok like Kayleigh!
• Danish version:
  Prøv lige at se den svane. Se den åbne mund. Vær glad for at der ikke er lyd for – hvis der var, ville du kunne høre den hvæse. Højt. Af Kayleigh.
  Af min lille søde pige.
  Hvordan kan det dog være?
  Kan det være, fordi den beskytter sine unger og ser Kayleigh som en trussel?
  Kan det være, fordi den bare er en muggen svane og fordi svaner bare udnytter at de er kæmpestore og at alle er bange for dem og går i store buer uden om dem.
  Eller kan det være, fordi den har hørt en anden svane fortælle om dengang, Kayleigh slap fri fra mig nede ved Slotssøen og fløj lige i hovedet på en fuldvoksen svane og jog den ned i søen, selv om den svingede med vingerne og hvæsede – lige meget hjalp det – i søen med den og Kayleigh kom så traskende tilbage for at spise det franskbrød, folk havde smidt til svanerne…
  Lige gyldig hvad grunden er, kan denne svane i hvert fald ikke lide Kayleigh!