Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Inspired to Create...

SO Happy with how this page turned out! I was inspired to enter a 'page challenge' from the Nikki Sivils blog. It's not so easy to find the Nikki Sivils paper here but I did have a couple of her collections in my stash and thought the rainy themed paper with a melancholy looking black and white photo seemed to fit the bill... This is the "It's Raining , It's Pouring" paper line. 

I wanted to make the clouds stand out a little so I spread them with embossing powder... thinking that would just make them all shiny, but then was so excited to see the 'water drops' appear giving the clouds and the umbrellas below the appearance of being wet! I used 'pop dots' to give the clouds and a few umbrellas some dimension and was VERY happy with the results! Can't wait to do another page tonight!
Products:  Cardstock:  Scrapbook Sally,  Patterned Paper:  Nikki Sivils "It's Raining, It's Pouring", Tools:  Marvy Uchida Paper Trimming Buddy - Straight and Scalloped Blades, Xyron 1.5" Create a Sticker, Stampendous Embossing Powder - "Clear", Marvy Uchida Heat Embossing Tool, Scotch Advanced Tape Glider and Colorbox Chalks in various colors
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6 comments:

  1. Love love love this! I loveeeeeeeeeeee that photo and LOVING the clouds!! GORGEOUS! Thanks so much for playing along with Nikki Sivils! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  2. What an adorable photo! Love how you popped some of the umbrellas! Nice take on the challenge!

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  3. I think that is my favorite Nikki Sivils collection! Love your layout, glad you played along in the challenge.

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  4. Such a cute page! Thanks so much for joining us!

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  5. So cute! And you used one of my most favorite paper lines too! Thanks for playing along with us!

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  6. Such an adorable layout with one of my fav NSS lines!! thanks for playing, hugs, Katrina

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