Wednesday, March 23, 2011

STRIVE....

OK, I said I wasn't posting again until Friday, but I forgot that this page was going up on the blog today at SEI!

One of my favorite scrapbookers/artist is Ronda Palazzari.  I love her loose and artsy style.  I love how she meanders ribbons and paints across her pages.  So this layout was a bit of a try at her style.

My word for 2011 is STRIVE.  I am still trying to figure out what it means to me.  Sometimes you don't realize it until it has passed.  Anyways, I wanted to take a photo and do a page with an iage of what strive meant to me.  For me it means to reach for and to TRY. 


When I got the White Elegance papers from SEI, I knew they would be awesome for misting.  This piece of paper was actually just my "test" page, but I ended up loving it so much.  I really wanted to contrast the purple and blue in the page so I added some yellow flowers.

I tried doing some free motion stitching on my page, and I probably should have practiced a little more, but it is what it is, and I like it!



I used some synonyms of the word strive and wrote them all around the outside edge of the page.

I'm glad I posted this today because I need to reflect a bit on my word...I have lost it a little....

8 comments:

sophie said...

this is just awesome!!!!the photo is beautiful, the hand made flowers are perfect and the overall effect is very touching!! congrats!

Diana Waite said...

wow! This is AMAZING, I really like the misting, tearing, sewing, and flowers--just BEAUTIFUL!

Unknown said...

Love how the misted paper turned out! Great embellies too. I think you are doing a great job at excelling with your chosen word. The BAM! just hasn't hit you yet!

Donna said...

gorgeous layout audrey.

Bente Fagerberg said...

Love this Audrey, and those hand made flowers are darling. I dont know how you get yours so tight. Mine have a great big hole in the middle...lol!
Tfs!

Michelle Hernandez said...

The photo for this page is BEAUTIFUL!!! Great subject and wonderful design- love the ripped edges framing the page.
I just read your Featured Artist article over at SNR- WOW- it's fantastic! I rarely scrap with an ending in mind and it blows my mind that you sketch out the whole layout before you start- that must make actually building the page tons easier. It must be great for improvising too. I scrap alone and have never attended an event to it really helps to see what other designer's methodology is like. I am going to try it on my next layout.

Donna (My Mothers {favorite} Daughter) said...

sooooo beautiful! donna tullis

Donna (My Mothers {favorite} Daughter) said...

so very beautiful!