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 :)
