Loooooved this week's color palette #125 at TCR.
Rich, warm colors which made me think of family/love.
So I decided to scrap a photo from Andrea's christening back in 1998.
The background is full of mixed media techniques: decoupaging ripped patterned papers which almost get covered entirely by the following layers of gesso, acrylic paint, misting, stamping and stitching.
Here are some close ups
Thank you for looking and leaving your kind comments.
YIPPEE!!!!!! MY LAYOUT WAS FEATURED AT TCR!!!
Life's Little Moments is my title for TCR #124 challenge. It's been awhile since I played at The Color Room last time. Loved the palette and loved working especially on the background of my layout.
This is Andrea in 2009 only 3 years ago but oh boy, what a change. He's grown so much and not only in height. Love to look at some older pictures and remember how we were.
Played with mists, gesso and stamps and of course my sewing machine and achieved a mixed media look that I particularly like - messy and grungy :)
And here's a sneak of the upcoming challenge at CSI which goes live tomorrow night at midnight (in Italy)
TFL and thanks for any kind comments you may want to leave. They are always very much appreciated!
This is my last layout as a Revolving Door Artist at TCR for their color palette #112. I have so much enjoyed creating these pages and I will surely not abandon TCR.
Loved creating the background here: used gesso to whitewash, added book pages, swiped acrylic paint and then plashed some ink. I usually use watered down (black) acrylic paint and I really don't know where I got the brilliant idea to use Distress Ink re-inker (Black Soot) . It took FOREVER to dry! Even with the occasional warming ups with the heatgun, it still took DAYS! Never again.
I swiped the flowers with yellow and misted just a little with Glimmer mist Dreamsicle to achieve the pale apricot required by the color palette. The apricot/white argyle tape is o-l-d Heidi Swapp tape. At last I stamped randomly, added some number rub-ons and stitched and distressed the edges. I also added some pearls here and there to mimic the pearls I have in my paper bouquet.
The photo is of last February when Franco and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. Quite an achievement if I say so myself;)
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This week I didn't have time to create a page at CSI even thought the color scheme was really yummy! You on the other hand have still the whole week to participate.
is the title for my layout I created for TCR #111 . This is my third week over there as their Revolving Door Artist and I love it:)
I was inspired by Solange Marques after watching her tutorial at Miss Art's.
It was fun to mix colors, gesso, modeling paste and stamps to create what she calls "fusion technique".
This is Andrea at the beach in Crete back in 2006 (or was it 2005?) I doubt he'll play in the sand with a pail and a bucket this summer when we return there:)
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I'll post another layout created with the same technique later on if you are interested:)
It's for CSI and here is a sneak peek to this week's color palette.
of my children for this week's challenges.
The first is for CSI #19. A lovely color palette with soft light blues and greens. I decided to do a layout with a baby picture of Andrea.
I created the background mod podging (I know it's not a word!) book papers and then gessoing over them. Stamping, stitching and splashing glimmer mist completed the work.
I used a couple of strips of Michelle's beautiful downloadable papers and tags.
For my evidence I used book papers, circles in design, circular accents, bird (cut out from one of Andrea's baby books. We got quite a few of them as presents since I had Andrea quite late in life - I was 40 and most of our friends had already older kids so Andrea was "everybody's baby" so to speak). I also used gesso and multiple small patterns.
My journaling is in a circle and tells about what a great 40th birthday present Andrea was for both Hubs and me: I told my Hubs I was pregnant on his 40th b-day in May and I gave birth to Andrea next January only a couple of weeks after my 40th b-day.
here are some close ups
the tiny circles are punched out from Michelle's downloadable printouts and glued onto the page
The bird is from one of Andrea's baby books
Come and play with us at CSI
The second layout is for TCR #110. This time I made a page of the girls when they were about 6 and 4.
The background is created attaching book papers with mod podge, gessoing over them, then painting with acrylic paint (the yellow), stamping the butterflies with Archival Inks and stitching in circles which are connected to each other.
The flowers are from an old Scenic Route paper which I loved when it came out years ago and which I still love. I fussy cut the leaves and the blooms curling the petals with a pencil to give more dimension.
some close ups
is the title of my layout for TCR #109. With this layout I start at The Color Room as their Revolving Door Artist for the month of May.
I am so very happy and honored to be creating with Ana Paula from Brazil as my fellow RDA and alongside such a talented group of artists which compose the Design Team at The Color Room.
So here is my page:
I used a photo taken by my son Andrea last fall because I found it so fitting for the quote "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect. It means you decide to see beyond the imperfections." which I used as my title and journaling for my page.
For the background I used stenciling, Neo color water soluble crayons (the red circles), stamping with Distress Inks and Archival ink and splashing a little bit of watered down acrylic paint (blu)
4 layouts to show you today .
Lets' start with the CSI#15. This is my second week as a Special Investigator.
This is the case file:
This is my layout
The color scheme was awesome this week. I created the background splashing large blobs of gesso, adding strips of paper and metal letters and using random stitching.
For my evidence I used metal letters (letters form words which become books), zig zag border on a strip, stacking and layering of strips of paper and I created a frame around the page with my journaling.
For the testimony I scrapped about my love of books and used the inspirational words "wild" and "fun" in my journaling.
"I have been an avid reader since I learned to read. My first excursions to the world of FUN and fantasy started at the elementary school library. I remember that my Mom took me there the first time and I still remember the first book I took home: Babar the Elephant. I enjoyed reading classical girls' novels and my imagination would run WILD while trying to solve all the mysteries the Famous Five or the Secret Seven encountered. I'm still pretty much omnivorous: contemporary fiction, historic fiction, romance, adventure, thrillers and biographies are my faves. There have been times when I have read a little less, but to this day I can't absolutely go more than a couple of days without a book."
Here are a couple of close ups:
Here are my latest creations for The Color Room:
Two more layouts of Andrea. Just happened to have perfect pictures to go with the color palettes for TCR#102 and CSI#11.
A gorgeous color palette with masculine colors. This is what I came up with.
I created the background with Distress Inks (put some on the craft mat, spritzed them with water and swiped the paper on the inks), gesso, stamping, stitching, book paper and paint splodges.
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This is the case file for CSI #11
My page is about Andrea and his childhood summers spent in Finland.
I WAS FEATURED AGAIN AT CSI!!! YIPPEE!
So Much for You to Discover by Helena Virpi
Helena's photo is so darling! We love how it stand out against the light background. Her page has such a fresh, light, airy feel. Her background is an amazing array of layers and textures. We just keep staring at it to figure out how she achieved those interesting effects. The message contained in her six-word memoir and the supporting journaling seem the perfect story to go with her photo. How we admire Helena's artsy style!
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!
I'VE ADDED MY LAYOUT FOR CSI #10 "Sometimes I wish..."
which I apparently forgot to add when I was writing the post....??!!
Back to business. I have two layouts to share: one is CSI case file #10
Absolutely gorgeous color scheme.
This layout started out in an unusual way: I wrote first a letter to Andrea and then built the layout from there.
As Evidence I've used metal (staples), fabric (canvas heart) and contrasting textures (fabric, paper, twine, gesso, gauze)
As for the Testimony I shed light on my 14 yr old son at this point of his life and I used 'hope' and 'light' in my journaling. The letter starts like this:
Sometimes I wish...we could skip your teen years.
I played with the textures here: the harsh stitching and the entangled twine represent the obstacles and difficulties teenagers encounter, the round chipboard shapes that I gessoed on the background and the circle stamping represent the softer patches and better times. The fabric heart of course is Mamma's love, but there are some staples in there: Andrea's words or actions that make my heart bleed.
Oh, well, I'm sure we'll make through these years without too many difficulties. I hope. :DD
Here are some close ups:
Here you can detect some subtle background stamping. The flower stamp is Studio 490. Love Wendy Vecchi's stamps!
Really loved working on this one.
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Here's TCR #101 color palette
And here is my take
The Best Times ..are those that are shared.
I had the pleasure of sharing a very meaningful time (our 30th wedding anniversary) with my Finnish friends. We lived together for 2 years while at the university, then lost touch for a while and were united again this past February. We live in 3 different countries so it's not so easy to get all three of us together.
I started out by converting my photo to 'antique' so that it would better fit with this week's palette. Once again I was challenged with muted colors but I loved working on this page.
I used modeling paste (colored with acrylic paint) and stamped on it. It's the velvet mauve behind the photo. I learned it from Solange at Miss Art's. A wonderful place and wonderful teachers at The Round Table there!
I also painted the chippy clock with antique blue.
some close ups
Thanks for those who made it this far :)
Yeah, tooting for myself;)
So so proud that my layout You & Me was featured at The Color Room this week amongst so many beautiful creations.
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