Exquisite Gown Series (one of many I hope) inspired by Scrap Around the World Challenge

You know when you have that one photo that you have used before on a creation but didn't quite like the end result? This is that photo for me.  So, here's my chance to make it right...well, maybe. ;) Isn't that dress lovely? I adore this color combination of blue, blue gray, and white featured in this months inspiration board at Scrap Around the World. My take on the board focuses on the photo of those little tiny blue gray houses sitting on what looks to be a gray textured and pattern quilt. The warm glow emanating from the windows add a touch of warmth to this chilly cool palette.

My creation was created on a 9 x 12 paper from a mixed media Canson tablet.

I don't normally create with a photo that is not family related, but when I saw this palette, I had to work with that photo. The luxurious and exquisite fabric so rich and ornate prompted me to think about creating a collection of similar photos with these types of gowns. I haven't felt this inspired to create in ages (thank you Tiphanie from Scrap Around The World for igniting my creative muse again.) I started another Exquisite Gown page just after finishing this one.

I am entering this page in the Scrap Around the World challenge.

 

 

 Scrap Around the World Inspiration Board:

 

 

 

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Autumnal Face

No spring, nor summer beauty

has such grace

as I have seen in one

autumnal

face.

 

Fall is here!

And, now as it was

when I was a child, if I

find a little cluster of crunchy

fall leaves in my walking path,

my heart beats a little

faster, I pick up the walking pace

and stomp my feet on

the cluster of leaves just

to hear that sound.

Scrapki Wyzwaniowo has a wonderful fall challenge us us! Check their blog out, and you will
find an abundance of rich, colorful, and innovative art projects to stir your mojo and get to
creating something for the season.

The small leaves were created with a

Sizziz die-cut, and a leaf punch, with lots

of applications of shimmering H2O's.

 

 

 

 

I took this photo of my 10 year-old niece

during a fall day a number of years ago.  She

is my autumnal face. :)



 

 

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A Family Treasure

Every family has

a family treasure.

This little one is ours.

I wasn't really sure

where this idea of

using dusty pink and gray colors

was going to take me as

I lay down the

first foundation

of stencil and stamp work.

And, because of that uncertainty, 

it came to mind

that I was either going to 

love it or hate it, there 

was not going to be a middle ground for me.

Turns out fortunately for me,

that I love it. 

I have a hoard of old paper lines that I have not used and the Prima Rondell collection was one of them.  I was pleased that the papers and patterns were going to help me layer patterns and colors, and to tame down that garish pink stencil work that looked so striking alone next to the white paper.

Some close up of the cluster work. 

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I can't drive by a beach and not get out and get my feet wet....

 

A photo to remind me that I was once young and carefree.

To this day, I cannot drive by a beach and

not get out and get

my feet wet.

Still enjoying working with

 my Canson Mixed Media Tablet.

Organized all my brads, pearls and embellies

this weekend. Loving the feeling and

inspiration of organizing my supplies which

then inspire me to create with them.

Below is a close up of some stencil and stamping to help create some interest around the photo.
The papers are Prima's Cigar Rose Secrets.

 

 

Below is a little happy accident when I dropped some aqua mist over a red drop. Love it when that happens!



A close up of the sewn beads around a sweet little cluster:

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"Laugh Out Loud"....don't you wish we do this more often?

At Tuesday Throwdown this week,

the challenge was

to create a card

without using printed papers.

I was only too delighted to work with my new

Canson mixed media tablet again!

Since I had not yet put away the products I had used

on a previous project ( I know, I know shame

on me for not tidying up immediately

after a project), this card came

together rather quickly.

Hmm..makes me think I should always

leave my work area a little messy.

Oh how I love the freedom of starting

from a blank piece of paper and wondering

where it will take me.

This journey took me to a place of

sweet pansies.

I use to collect them in all forms

and was lucky to find several

vintage post cards from the early 1900's from

a vintage shop years ago before

things like that became in demand and costly too.

 



Need some inspiration?

Visit Tuesday Throwdown here to checkout this weeks challenge
and every week

and see what they

have to offer to perk your creativity.

 

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Fiber, Stencil and some Bling

 

 

Scrap Club

has this lovely

mixed media sketch for their sketch challenge.

You can find the information for the sketch challenge here. 

 

Trying something new on

my new 

 Canson's 9 x 12

Mixed Media tablet.

I'm enjoying adding 

fibers instead of printed papers

to my recent projects, and there

are so many colors, and variety

of fibers out there in our 

fabric stores to choose from.

In this weeks mail, 

I received 

the wonderful gift of the

Kaisercraft "Arty" stamp

from my arty scrapping Muse.

This inspired me to 

create this page. I adore how the

texture stamp fills in the small spaces with

texture and interest. I'm already

thinking of other ways to use this stamp. 

Loving that Two Crafty Leaf chippy too. The surface

is the perfect size to add some crackle paste.

Close up of the wonderful fiber.

I wish I had some in every 

color of the 

rainbow.

Until next time.....

 

Fifty Shades of White

 

A fellow scrapping artists named

my recent posts

created with white backgrounds

and various colors as

"Fifty Shades of White."

I chuckled at that comment, and

found it endearing.

Here's another rendition of Fifty Shades of White

using inks, chalks and a stencil to

work in a subtle background.

 



A close up of a Blue Fern Studios bird chipboard treated with white crackle and a small script stamp.



A close up of the very small cluster work.

 

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