Wednesday, November 21, 2012

A bit of paint . . .

From time to time, I'll experiment with a little bit of paint on my pages.  I'm yet to find a technique I'm totally comfortable with, but the other night, I was in the mood to have another try . . .

First up, I wanted to try this collage technique from fellow Counterfeiter, Glory Girl, using (what else?) some purple off-cuts!


I had some watered-down gesso left over, so next I decided to roughly brush it over a sheet of very dark coloured cardstock.

So far so good, but would I be able to make something with either of them?
 I came across this photo series of Maddy, wearing a hat of mine.

I've already scrapbooked the photos for her album, but what I actually thought when I saw those photos was, "I used to wear hats".  And the idea for a page was born!

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 Journaling reads "before they became baby photo shoot accessories, I used to WEAR HATS
And here's what is probably the only photo of me wearing that same hat, at a friend's wedding.


It took me a long time to put that page together, but I got there eventually, with a little help from this lovely sketch from Shanna Noel's blog:


The next photo that caught my eye was a very ordinary one of me standing in our current house when we had just moved in, holding a friend's baby.  Like I said, not a great photo, not a family we still see regularly, and just one of many random "holding someone else's baby" photos in the album.  But the story I suddenly wanted to tell wasn't particularly about the baby, it was about me


I was so clucky back then, not that I would have talked about it (although I'm sure my actions spoke loudly enough!)

Remember how I told you I used to tie-dye?  I had to laugh because it was half-way through making the page before I realised that the baby in the photo is actually wearing a tie-dyed purple Bonds suit I made for him as a baby gift!

For this one, I used the monthly sketch at ScrapFriends:






Thanks everyone for stopping by!
P.S. Fellow Counterfeiters and Purple-lovers, if you want to see more you can jump back here to see another post using my kit that hasn't been linked to the CKC blog.


9 comments:

  1. I was drawn to the butterfly embellishments you used on both these pages - nice touch!

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  2. Julie - Wow! Great job on the collage!!! Love how the muted colors of the background papers really make the colors in your photos stand out! I also adore the fact that you have scrapped yourself in the same hat!!! Beautiful idea! Love the colors you've used here as well!!! WAY TO GO! - Julie

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  3. Love the way you have used the doily for journaling...lovely take on our sketch at Scrap Friends:):):)

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  4. Thanks so much fun to see it all come together! LOVE THIS!

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  5. So great to see your experimentation paying off in these lovely pages.

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  6. I love how you came up with your story and made it all come together. Great pages!

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  7. beautiful page! love the flower and how you´ve written your journaling on the doilie! thanks for playing along with us at ScrapFriends!!

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  8. really sweet page and great take on the sketch!...thanks so much for playing along at SF! :)

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  9. what great pages! I especially like the use of the doily for your journalling! And the way your story came about is a great example of recording those almost forgotten snippets of our past that are triggered when when we look through these old photos - great job

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