Saturday 18 February 2012

Slushy stuff!


 I received the most beautiful flowers from my sweetheart for Valentine’s Day. Though I must give him credit, he often buys me flowers, the dark tulips and white roses were a lovely combination.
I was very stuck on this layout to start with: I didn’t want to detract from or overpower the flowers, but I wanted a dramatic and romantic piece too. I thought I might use a little piece of the DCWV 12x12 photo stack red roses paper, but in the end I went big with it instead and I’m glad I did. I like the fact that this piece evolved: I wasted paper cutting pieces I didn’t use in the end, but it’s all part of the process. I also considered at one point using the whole of the paper cellar die-cut hearts sheet, but it looked very pretty cut up as a photo mat. I only wish I’d realised earlier it was self-adhesive as I struggled to try and glue it neatly…silly me!
I don’t get too hung up on journalling if I just have a little to say: sometimes the title is enough. For some reason I stamped the writing straight onto my LO when I’d nearly finished everything else, instead of doing it first: brave? Or stupid? Haha. Either way, it worked, and the fact that I used an inky grungy font anyway meant it wouldn’t have mattered if it had been a little messy. The writing is quite subtle and blends into the background somewhat, but this is what I was trying to achieve. To me, it mimics the words, “the closer I look…” because you have to look a little closer to see.
I was inspired by the Feb week 2 team challenge on UKScrappers, and also by the  SJ Crafts february challenge so I put together a combination of the two. Thanks for the lovely inspiration!

12 comments:

  1. Lovely flowers and a lovely page. Thanks for taking part in our challenge.

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  2. Just gorgeous! Thank you for joining in our challenge.
    Sue x

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  3. You are so lucky! Those flowers are gorgeous! Very beautifull layout!

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  4. Gorgeous LO, absolutely perfect level of dramatic to go with the beautiful flowers! Stamping on the LO is very brave, I admire this!!

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  5. Gorgeous!!

    Thanks for taking part in the BB's challenge *hugs* Sarah xx

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  6. Thanks for taking part in our challenge with a lovely layout.

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  7. Fabulous photo and such a lovely subject for a layout. The heart photo Matt is gorgeous - great page.

    Thanks for joining in with sj crafts challenge.

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  8. Beautiful flowers, and a beautiful layout! I really like the look of the journaling stamped straight onto the background, it's so effective. Thanks for joining in at SJ Crafts!

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  9. Great layout!! Love the stamped journalling! Thanks for taking part in the S J Crafts Monthly challenge! Sarah x

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  10. Great layout I love the matt you've used for your photo thanks for joining us this month at S J Crafts.
    Jenny x

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  11. What wonderful die cut heart paper! I hope you had fun with this month's challenge at S J Crafts.

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