Monday, June 22, 2009

Trying to make a paper DAISY



I love these daisies you see that are kind of "floppy." While the flat ones are beautiful, these floppy ones just grab my attention. I wanted to try and make them for a layout. Seems the more I tried, the more dissatified I was with the end result. The closeup in the bottom photo shows more detail in the petal, but still not enough. I like the middle daisy the best, but it still needs some "defining." The journaling tells how it will all end. Only God can make the perfect daisy!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Color BLAST

Hard to believe, this is a self-taken photo of my daughter. In high school, she really got into photography and would experiment with taking photos. This was a good one. Even though it is in black and white, a big blast of color all around will bring your eye to the center. Almost monochromatic, the bold colors add drama. Over doing it on embellishments will draw the eye away from the photo.Try keeping the detail in one area. Notice how there are no embellishments except in the flowers...and they are embellished as much as you want with flowers, button centers with ribbon in the button holes. This one was a lot of fun!!

A DRAMATIC PHOTO

This photo turned out very well in black and white. Those big eyes seemed to pop off the page at you and the mood is distinctive...he was tired of grandmama trying to catch a good picture of him! I wore him down!! I wanted the "draw" to be toward his eyes, so I picked black and white papers and embellishments with just a touch of color.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Flower POWER


Detail of the flower I made for the "His Holy Name" project.