Sunday, April 28, 2013

When Its Just A Hot Mess!!!

So sometimes you have a great idea.
A really great idea.
You get excited about it.
And it starts out well.
Kinda.....

I started with a piece of paper that was not my fav
out of my CKC kit.
I put it in my CKC kit, because I wanted it to get used.
So I pulled it out.
I picked out this completely fun picture of 
my grandbabe and I.
I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!
He is so amazing!!!

So I have seen a lot of circles done with sewing machine,
and I've been seeing pen drawn type circles on patterned paper 
lately,
So I decided to give it a go.

So I pulled out my Tim Holtz Distress Markers
and started drawing circles on using the thin side of the markers
and 
then used the larger felt side.


I sprayed and let the paint run.
I liked it.
A lot.
I added my layers and picture,
My button border.
Still liking.
And then......
It happened.
Made me wonder what I was thinking.
WHAT WAS I THINKING??
I added BIG sprays of mist.
It made polka dots.
Ummmm......
I didn't like so much.
Hmmmmm......


But I LOVE the picture.....
And the layers.....
And the Circles.....


But those dots.....
And the Washi just doesn't work.....


They are just a problem for me.
A PROBLEM.


But I don't want to scrap the whole thing.
I don't.
But those misty dots.....
What WAS I thinking?


So I had seen something on Shimelle's blog
by Ashli Oliver, pen worker extraordinaire.
So it's a little hard to see,
but I added some pen work around the misted dots.
It helped. 


I'm gonna keep it.
Its a good lesson for me.
I don't hate it.
I LOVE the picture, 
so I'm keeping it.

Then when all else fails.....
Instagram!
=)


So what do you when it just doesn't work?
Do you scrap it and start again?
Make it work?

Hmmm.....
this was a great lesson for me.

Have a Blessed and Beautiful,
Crafty Kind of Day ~~

4 comments:

  1. I actually really love this! There are so many brave and new creative things you tried. And learned so much doing them. The many different techniques had a fun and free feeling to the page. I wouldn't scrap it and start again. I'd keep it. You've found some fun new techniques through this page!

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  2. Oops how about adding bling to the blobs

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  3. good for you for persevering! A great learning process here.

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  4. I think you did a great job! And, good for you for sticking with it :)

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