Finally got inky......

Finally....got inky with it!!!!  I had so much fun with this page.  You know for the longest time I struggled with the concept of what a scrapbook page is and what is isn't.  I can tell you that what I thought it was did not seem to fit me and who I am.  My vision; my concept; what fit me and my style was a scrapbook page that literally pulls you in and takes on a life of its own.  One that embellishes its subject and seems to unlock secrets. It should stretch your mind, your capabilities and constantly make you want to take it a step further.

So, with this particular memory strand I took a perfectly beautiful paper and added layers to it.  I used SCAL software and my cricut and downloaded a few svg files of trees.  Believe it, or not, these trees come with labels like "spooky tree" and "fright night".  I also used svg files of leaves from a 3-D flower file.  I cut them out with manila colored paper and then "got inky with it".  I got out my Distress Inks and ink blending tools and had a blast.  I got my fingers all inky and loved every minute of it.  I got out some pieces of grunge board and inked those up too.  I took a B&W photo and printed it in sepia as well.  I then cut my DD out of the sepia picture and placed it over the top of the B&W so that she stood out a little more.  I took a postage stamp from K and Company and stuck it to a hand cut tag.  The postage stamp is a woman's face that is slightly off the page.  To me, this fit.  A face slightly of-center; a road less traveled or perhaps a random life on purpose LOL.   I inked it up and then used Rock Candy Distress Crackle over the top.  I used some Prima flowers and printed out on vellum the last paragraph of Robert Frost's poem A Road Less Traveled.  To me, this page pulls you in and the woods come to life.  The poem invokes thought about the girl in the picture.  What is she doing with her life that is maybe not so main stream?  Then the thought inevitably turns to focus on your life.........