28 - The Real Us?!?

These colors are soooo not me but I plunged in and really like the result!

I sprayed the kraft background with gesso (mix liquid gesso and water), added some brick red paint with a sequin waste, stamped here and there, added my photo and the word strips, stitched around and as a final step added a bunch of eyelets. Since I stitch quite randomly, I didn't want the eyelets to be in the way (been there, done that and it almost broke my sewing machine! Live and learn, LOL)

For my evidence I used circles, metal, eyelets, repetition of an element and I stamped some words upside down.

For my journaling I documented something silly: I was practicing with the self-timer on my camera but after awhile we got tired of doing the "normal" portraits which can get somewhat static and boring, so we started to make faces and act silly. In doing this, maybe we revealed our real character?

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Comment by Sylvia Mellander Ekman on July 19, 2012 at 5:23am: Isn't it great when you experience that -not quite liking the colours, but ending up pleased with the result!? Sometimes those LOs can even become the ones you're most happy with of all:) Love your arty look Helena!

Comment by Debbi Tehrani on July 18, 2012 at 2:04pm: What an awesome picture, Helena, and so perfect with these colors! The artsy background is, as always, phenomenal, and I love the collection of words climbing up the side.

Comment by Debbie Standard on July 15, 2012 at 10:46am: What a fabulous page - love the funny photo and how you used the paint and stamping to design your page

Comment by Sandi Taloumis on July 15, 2012 at 8:02am: So goofy and fun! Love it!

Comment by Anna-Karin on July 15, 2012 at 5:47am: Such a fun photo! Love the background with the misting and stamping, and all those word strips. Fabulous layout!!

Comment by Heather Jacob on July 15, 2012 at 1:33am: Divine Helena, love it so much but then I love all your work , so much talent lies within you x