The Journey

****Swirldoos September Kit****

Wow!  This kit is so gorgeous.  It was delivered today and I was working a page in my head and when I opened up the box, well, it was perfect!

I was rolling the idea of this page through my head.  SNR was looking for pages that included items you find in a hardware store.  I remembered reading in a book about how someone took foil tape and painted it.  Strange how my mind works because I haven't looked at the book in over a year.  Any way, that's kind of what I ended up with.

This is a pic of my DD at our last camping trip.  I took a few snaps of her on this huge boulder on the edge of the river.  This is one of those shots.  The paper says "journey" and I felt that it went well with the photo.  She has this contemplative look on her face as she looks down the river and I couldn't help but think of it as a metaphor for looking forward, the road ahead, your life is all in front of you.....I think you get the idea.  I printed it in black and white and sanded up the edges a little bit by hand.

This page features my faux metal technique.  It is the black damask-looking strip along the side.  The tutorial is below this post.  This was one of the items that I found in the hardware store.  It is made using foil tape.  In real life I think it is used for heating and air conditioning ducts and things.  I really don't know, but this is what I've been told LOL!  The other hardware store find a set of decorative brackets.  I painted them in Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint and then added a black pear on them.  I placed them at the top and bottom of the faux metal.

There are 3 pieces of Dusty Attic; the long border along the side and the damask flourishes above and below the photo.  The first thing I did was use my Pitch Black paint dabber and paint all 3.  Then I covered them in Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint.  Once that dried I added a little bit of Adirondack Distress Embossing Powder in Black Soot.  I really like the way they came out. 

I made the two white flowers using a tutorial from a really talented and lovely person.  I'm glad to call her a friend.  Wendy posted this tutorial for a ballerina flower and I had to try them.  Click here to go to her tutorial.   I added some decorative buttons that I found at Micheal's.   The reddish blooms are from Prima.  The leaves are from a stamp I got from Heartfelt Creations.  I stamped them using black archival ink and then used Bundled Sage Distress Ink.  I cut them out and then used Peeled Paint Distress Ink around the edges.

Thanks so much for looking!!!!