Thursday, October 17, 2013

CF# 93 - Touch the Sky

I haven't been able to do a CSI case file in a few weeks, so it felt great to work with one of Debbi's lovely schemes again!  And, being that it is the 2nd week of the month, there's a fabulous Emma Stafrace sketch as well!  (Unfortunately, while I had the best intentions to follow the sketch, the layout ended up going in a bit of a different direction).  Here's the case file and sketch.



And here's my layout.


I have gone back and forth on this one and whether I love it or hate it, but as often happens when I'm working with mixed media, getting my hands dirty and playing with the different textures and mediums trumps any discipline I have to "see" a page as complete until it's so layered up and over the top that there's no coming back...nonetheless, I love the colors, I love the quote, and this was a TON of fun to create.  (P.S.  I am going to have to order more of those metal birdie clips...I love putting them on my photos like they're my little guardian angels sitting on my shoulder.) ;-)

(I forgot to put the birdie on the pic for this one!)





Thanks so much for stopping by!

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5 comments:

  1. Val-Belle10/17/13, 9:50 AM

    WOW! This is amazing. I love that quote and your guardian angel... so how come your page doesn't look all buckled and warped... Did you use your gelatos? I love the background you created and that is such a pretty photo of you to. I think this is gorgeous.

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    1. Unknown10/17/13, 10:08 AM

      Thanks, Val!! :-D I used watercolor paper for this one (holy huge difference in how the paper takes the color), but it is still a bit warped because I used A LOT of wet mediums and water. I usually take double sided paint tape after I finish a mixed media layout and smooth it out and tape all the corners and "puffed up" parts to my desk and let it sit so it straightens out a bit. But on the watercolor paper you can't really tell there's warping in photos, thankfully!
      I started out with my blue gelatos for this one, and cut a chunk off, smooshed it up and dissolved it in water. The effect wasn't nearly dark enough though so I ended up dumping some Heidi Swapp mist in with it to darken it up. Then I poured it on, stood the paper up and tapped to get the excess to drip off. Then I dried the hell out of it with my embossing dryer and repeated the same process with some watered down gesso and some yellow acrylic paint.
      I need to get over to your blog, woman! Heading there now. Have you broke out the gelatos yet???

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  2. Unknown10/17/13, 6:52 PM

    Wow this is stunning Shawna!! Love the background and the quote! I have got my gelatos and haven't the confidence or time to really experiment with them.....you seem to have it all under control! Beautiful!!

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  3. Lynn10/17/13, 7:29 PM

    Love this Shawna! Your background is amazing! Love the colors and texture! ...so inspiring!
    You convinced me to buy gelatos!!! Haven't opened them up yet... but I will soon.

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  4. Lizzy Hill10/18/13, 6:46 AM

    I'm in the middle of gelato-ing, spray misting & stamping a bg & it's an absolute MESS/disaster......thinking of gesso ing the whole lot to make it more blended ...so it was good to see you'd just done this one...which looks AMAZING...& I just loooove that texture you've got going .... Interesting reading ur reply to Val, too. Haven't gone to watercolour paper. Yet!!!!!!

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