Hello, hello! Happy Monday to you! Its that time of week when Skissedilla has just put out a new sketch for you to join us in playing along with. I've been dying to share my page because I was so thankful to finally have some LO mojo back!! Do you ever get in those slumps? Where it just seems like no matter what you put together it just doesn't seem to flow right? Yeah I was there. Anyhoo, the following sketch helped me get over the hump - YAY!
The lovely Linda created this sketch and whether you're in need of getting over a scrappy slump like I was or just love to use sketches as your starting point ( this is me too! love me some Skissedilla sketches :D ) I do hope you take some time to hop on over, be inspired by the fantabulous creations from the other DT gals, and join on in!
My page started with some background play to create a rainy day effect. I had some fun with mists and watercolors over the top of the stenciling I did with my ScrapFX Clouds and Raindrops stencil (after it dried completely - ahh the agony of waiting!). In my head I had envisioned something bolder turning out but in the end I really like how subtle the effects actually are. Up close and personal they are a tad more vibrant.
This is the entire top portion of the 'rainy' background.
I then moved on to playing with the new ScrapFX stamps!! Oh me, oh my they are fantabulous. More on this soon as I have my reveal coming up for this release, but gosh I'm having a ton of fun with these. I used a variety of mediums to stamp and emboss with and varied the materials I stamped on also to create a little scene. What I love is this is very much what the fields around our house look like!
Finally all of it came together with my picture and some paper layers, my ScrapFX chippies, and some additional embellishments to create my page - A Beautiful Mess. Indeed she was - LOL. After so many rainy days here throughout June our fields were flooded badly. My baby girl decided when it was finally a clear day she'd go exploring and check them out. Well when she walked out in what she thought was a safe area she discovered the mud wasn't so forgiving. She got stuck and had to really work herself out of it and this is what she came back looking like! O.o Totally funny.
So there you have it - after the rain, comes a beautiful mess so always weather the storm.
Have a really terrific Monday friends!
Hello there! Oh this is such a beautiful page, I absolutely love the colors! I have that dark aqua paper from Glitz and you are SO inpspiring me to use it ;) Fabulous job with the sketch, glad you've got your mojo back, please throw some at me!
ReplyDeletethis is SO gorgeous, my friend!!!! Pinned :)
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