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Monday, January 28, 2013

Hold my Hand- C'est Magnifique reveal part 3


Only three more days to enter my giveaway!!


This is my fourth layout revealed on my blog for C'est Magnifique February Kit:

"Royal Tea Party"


These pictures were taken this past summer by the lake as I was helping my daughter catch minnows with a net.

This was the first layout I designed after my winter holidays. I had so many ideas in my head but I guess I was a little rusty after such a long break. It took me so many hours to design it and no matter what I did I wasn't happy with the final outcome. I got so frustrated with it that I took the whole layout apart and re-built it. I originally had it on a dark blue background and I couldn't figure out what wasn't working for me. I finally lifted the whole layout out and transferred it to the light beige background and then I relaxed.

I really think its important for designers to share their good and bad experiences. Showing how it can be so frustrating sometimes to find the right "look" for your project, the one that makes you happy. However when you finally do, it is so rewarding.



Now I really wanted to share what I did with the Blue Fern frame. As you can see, I cut it in half to frame my two photos at the edge of the paper. I roughly painted it in light blue acrylic and then stamped it with white script. Finally I lightly painted it with brown Shimmerz paint in different areas.







Kit 
Maja Design: Let's Have Some Coffee: TVA FROKNAR
Maja Design: Let's Have Some Coffee: BLOMMOR PA BORDET
Blue Fern: Blue Fern Frame
Prima: Resist Canvas: Swirls
Glitz: Teeny Alphas: Tan

Flower Add-on:
Prima: Coventry: Serene
Prima: Botanical: Marri 
Manor House Creations: Romance

Embellishment Add-on:
Leaky Shed: Keyholes
American Crafts: Thickers: Rainboots
Prima: Craftsman: Velvet Trinkets

From My Stash
Martha Stewart Punch
Glitz Script Stamp
Blue acrylic paint
Color box white ink
Pear pen-brown, ice-white
Shimmerz Pearlz- brown, ice blue

Hope you have a wonderful day!!

15 comments:

Desire Fourie said...

Another awesome creation Keren. Love the aqua/sea theme and all the little finishing touches - a real feast for the eyes.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Sabrina Scrapbook said...

Beutiful layout, Karen! The colors are gorgeous!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

This is sooooooooo beautiful! I love love love those photos, the flowers and LOVING that gorgeous framing!!!

Sandi Smith said...

Stunning Keren...you did amazing creations with the kit and a big congrats on Guest Designing at Pion!

Unknown said...

Wauw wonderful page my new fave of you!

Sonia said...

This is a fairy^_^
Ooooooh wonderful my dearest friend^_^
Sweet and cute photos and fantastic papers,color and details,magnificient^_^
Hugs,
Sonia

sandi said...

This is just beautiful! The pics with the flowers look so nice together.....fabulous lo!

Juliana Michaels 17turtles said...

Love this design!!! The placement of the chipboard frame is fantastic!!!

Lynn said...

Absolutely gorgeous! I love the frame and all the details..

cebelica said...

Another gorgeous layout. I love it! Hugs! xx

Lizzy Hill said...

I agree! It's good to share how things might not 'gel' & then how you fixed it...helps us to realise sometimes LOs come together easily - but not always!!! And I LOVE ADORE that big flower....yummy:):):)

Bente Fagerberg said...

Gorgeous layout! Love that BF frame and even though you yourself say you feel rusty this looks spotless to me... :-)

Eila Sandberg said...

I've played with those Maja papers for many years and thought I had seen any variations that could be had with them. Seeing them in the CEM February kit and what you in the DT have created with them made me literally swoon and drool! it proves that seeing things with fresh eyes makes the creative process rejuvenated. I can SO relate to the frustration when a page simply won't finish and the feeling of "yes!" when I finally get it right. Your page is GORGEOUS in so many ways Keren!! Do I need to say I LOVE it? mwah!

Ella Swan said...

Well I think that ultimately it turned out wonderful Keren!! I know just what you mean and I'll be sharing a similar experience myself soon!! I've decided that this year I'm going for a 'warts and all' approach too and sharing the bad experiences too! You certainly turned this one around for the better and I would never have guessed tho!!

li-bee-ti said...

WOW!!! you rocked with this layout! I don't know how it looked with the dark blue background, but now it's looks fab!