Out of my comfort zone

I pushed myself right out of my comfort zone today doing a technique laden page when really I am a simple scrapper.

I did enjoy it, but many of the techniques are things I don't use often, such a frilling with fabric strips and making textured emellishments with gesso.

 

It is to work with the Scrapology challenge this month which was to use a sketch and texture.

 

The texture was the textured heart made with blown dried gesso inked and gilded.

 

 

 

but quite hard to photograph

 

 

 

as with most of my pages though there is lots of stitching, lots of inking and distressing

 

It's been a quiet day apart from the scrapping and work really.

We did try and watch a film last night but I had to leave the room as I was too distressed. It was the reasonably new planet of the apes film but I hated the cruelty and confussion of the chimp even though I knew it wasn't real. Just too uncomfortable to watch.

 

I promised I would have a class on here today and planned to write a new one, but this is a revisit.

It was shared a long time ago so many of you won't have seen it and it is a simple page that lends itself to all kinds of subjects

It may just get that mojo going if you are in a rut. There is a sketch, a paper page and a digital page

 

I hope you enjoy it - do let me know

 

You can download the class here Come back class

Let me know what you think

 

Today I am thankful for

• challenges that stretch me
• a productive day
• the fact that the full glass of water I knocked over didn't do too much damage in the scraproom!

 

 

 

Comments

[Lynn]

Wow this is stunning Karen, and thank you for taking part in our challenge this month, what a brilliant start.

[Linda]

Gorgeous layout Karen, love all the details :)

Thanks for joining in at Scrapology this month.

Linda x

[anita macdonald]

Beautiful work Karen and a gorgeous photo to scrap! Lovely to see you join us in the challenge at Scrapology, good luck xxx

[Mary D]

Really gorgeous page,and a lovely photo of you and Nigel

[Kim B]

Love your layout it's beautiful and thank you for the freebie class x

[Alison]

Gorgeous photo of the two of you and well done on getting out of your comfort zone! Makes a stunning layout. BTW - did the old Fiki ever return? I do hope so. x

[Barb in AK]

Lovely, lovely layouts! What a sad story about your li'l monster. Did you ever figure out what had him so frightened? I noticed it was a story about 2008, so hope he's all better now. :-)

[Barb in AK]

Karen, Thank you so much for the free download with instructions for the Come Back layout.

[Sue (aka Scrapcat)]

Thank you for the Come Back instructions my mojo needs some waking up this is just what I need.

[jaket kulit]

I conceive this web site has terribly nice confined subject material posts .

[wendy]

thank you for the class - love the new page its beautiful. Just a little tip on the water - After a couple accidents I always use my Disney refillable mugs with the lid on :)