Friday, August 29, 2014

Keep calm, and drink wine.

TGIF!  I really need this 3 day weekend in a bad way.  Been a crazy couple of weeks, and with school starting next week, it's bound to get even crazier.  Pile a nasty cold on top of it all, and I'm a regular hot mess.  Which makes this layout timely. ;-)  Today I'm sharing my take on CSI's latest case file.  CLICK HERE to see the full design team reveal.  Here is my layout and the case:




When I first saw the color scheme, I was a little worried because I had a hard time visualizing all of those colors together.  To make them work, I took a photo that was taken of me during a recent photo shoot and turned it black and white, sprucing it up with a bokah treatment.  Then I took the color scheme and incorporated lots of black to make everything pop a bit.

I didn't have a ton of embellies in the case colors, so I turned to my gelatos and some Tim Holtz distress paint to bring them into the background. I used a Heidi Swapp mini stencil to add some triangles, coloring them in with gelato and then taking a wet paintbrush to distribute the color a bit, then outlined some with a black gel pen.  Then I used the distress paint to make some drips.  I love the way the drips came out - the one that runs the length of the right side reminding me of a twister tornado, which is what this whirlwind that we call life feels like to me some times.


I literally had no papers in the case colors, so I took a sheet of vellum and pulled out the trusty old typewriter to make a mat to put my photo on.  I love the look of the repetitive days of the week back there.




My little phrase stamps from various Citrus Twist Kits always come in handy and I layered a few of them underneath the photo here.


Finally, I added the journaling.  I loved the testimony prompt about journaling about your attitude about something.  I don't know about you, but when things feel really overwhelming and I am in dire need of some relaxation, I love putting my feet up with a glass of wine and just vegging out for awhile.


On that note, there's a couch and a glass of wine calling my name right now.  (Okay I lied...Nyquil will be standing in for wine tonight.  I told you.  I have a cold! LOL)   Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

xoxo,


Shawna

4 comments:

  1. LOL...add the grog to the drugs & I'm sure you'll sleep. No, seriously, I hope you're feeling well soon! You did a fab job on this one....& so 'real' too....LOOOOVE your photo matt...it's inspired!! And the gelato idea...corker:):)

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  2. Amazing Shawna! Your pages always leave me wishing for mixed media skills! Your background is nearly as stunning as your photo and just love the title and journaling. xx

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  3. If that isn't the sassiest photo I will eat my hat. I think that they should use that as one of the carry on posters :D My kind of a gal. Nothing wrong with drinking wine to keep calm :) fabulous background and STUNNING PIC.

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  4. Firstly, that photo is just AMAZING! You look so beautiful and feminine! Your background work is once again extremely fabulous and how you put all together is just wonderful. Absolutely wonderful <3

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