Use Your Wings

Today I Created | Another bit of my type tray story.

I believe that creativity is like wings, you need to stretch them and use them to help your ideas take flight.

Wings symbolize so much to me. I wanted to do something that actually showed off my "wings".

I printed a photo of me taken in London. I mounted this on cardstock and cut it out. The wings are acrylic that I first die cut and then added texture using Sizzix products. I adhered them to the back of my photo. I used tiny alphabet rubber stamps to write the words on cotton, adhesive tape from cutetapes.com.

Always remember to Use Your Wings!!!!

Type Tray Flowers

Today I Created | Flowers for my type tray.

The background image, both inside the type tray and used on the grunge flowers, is of pink tulips that my boyfriend had sent to me. They were a very bright pink and the colors were too vivid for my design. I used Photoshop to soften the colors and printed out the background image and a larger version that I applied to some Grungepaper.

I cut the flowers using the Tim Holtz Tattered Flower die. Then I inked and stamped them to wear them down a bit. I used Perfect Pearls in a copper color to decorate the petals.

I used Pearl Brads from s.e.i. for the flower centers. On the larger flower I used a round piece of chipboard that had a shiny coating then applied Crackle Paint in Old Paper. The paint crackled but when I tried to ink it some of the paint chipped off. I sprayed Glimmer Mist in Iridescent Gold to hold the paint on the chipboard.

Behind the flowers in the type tray is an old cigarette card of a rose. I collect cigarette cards and the old roses are one of my favorite designs.

The Beginning of the Story of Me

Today I Created | The beginning of my Type Tray Project.

I was so excited when I found this type tray by 7 Gypsies but I was unsure of what story I wanted to tell with this. I decided to tell the story of Me; who I love, what I enjoy and bits of memories.

Since this became a larger project than I could create in one day, I decided to create a little bit at a time over several days. So I will post photos of my work in progress as I create a little Story of Me.

This detail shot shows my favorite image from the Cosmo Cricket, Nutmeg Elements paper. I have fond childhood memories of staring into the fireplace and letting my imagination wander. I am also going to use a Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag.