"Even Angels Will Fall" (or a section of...)

I'm loving Basic Grey's 'Out of Print' collection at the moment, having used one of the paper's in in two LO already. Here's a wee preview of the latest...


















                                     I cut out some of the feathery paisley leaf-like (what IS it?) shapes from  this paper and decided they'd be suitable as whimsy kind of wings to add on to Char's back. She was actually wearing black wings, but they didn't show up in the photo. I'm also loving the My Minds Eye papers that are behind the photo - they just seemed to go so nicely with the colours in the 'wings'.

Char came up with the title for me. 'Even Angels Will Fall'. These photos were for a Bebo competition, where she was portraying a lost/fallen angel, or something to that effect...



Although the layout is 95%  finished, there's still something not quite right that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it's the lack of journalling, or the title placement. Meh, it's in the 'things to get back to figuring out' pile, where it may likely sit for a really really long time.

Okay, time to go. Visitors have arrived, and past history has taught me that if you remained zoned out on the computer when you have guests over, they soon wordlessly leave again... *shamefaced*

"Little Dryad"

This layout was put together a couple of days ago for September's challenge on the NZ Paper Chase blog. 

The challenge is to create a layout based on a sketch, and to add something altered, or a frame to the photo.

I've been wanting to make a page with this photo of Bree along with the striped Kaisercraft paper for some time, and the 'frame' element of this challenge gave me the push to get a move on, with an inspiration to make a swing out of twine and willow branch to form a kind of frame. A sheet from Basic Grey's 'Out of Print' collection was used to resemble a strange assortment of leaves/branches for a whimsical twist.

I tried to leave the edges of the striped paper clean and tear-free, but it just looked too flat, so I had to scrunch, sand and tear them. Probably should have stopped there. The black ink I went on to add makes the page look a bit like it's been plucked from the smouldering remains of a burnt out building.
Probably should work on improving my range of ink colours.

The size of the alpha was annoyingly big, so 'Little Dryad' had to become 'Dryad', but it was all I had to go with, and then I was one 'd' short so a 'p' had to suffice. Would've been a good idea to have used the scissors on those two letters to make them match up better...  Probably should work on building up my stash of alphas.

In fact, it probably would have been a good idea to go to bed at 1am instead of trying to get it all finished in one burst.  Meh.  Too many layouts are collecting dust in the 'incomplete projects' drawer of my scrapbooking closet because I have decided to come back to it the next day. You know how that day never comes...

Anyway, I will be making another post shortly with another layout of made for  the challenge at Scottie Crafts. It's due by midnight tonight, and I am currently stuck on my title and where to place it. Titles. They kill me.

Stay tuned...

Indie loves to wander through the beautifully designed playground at Hobsonville Point, and Basic Grey's 'Out of Print' collection worked really well with the 'lines and circles' style I used in this layout (the lines and circles were in turn inspired by the fall of shadows cast by the sculptures in the photos).  

Here's a hint, stay tuned (oh non-existent followers!) for the completed layout in a future update...