MMDT #6 Imagine

Claude Monet - Water Lily Pond

Vincent van Gogh - Starry Night

This assisgnment was perplexing to say the least.  I have not studied art professionally. So my familiarity with this subject is very small. I checked out the website suggested and found out what I liked.  Monet and Van Gogh were some of my favorites.  Monet for the bright colors and the look of water colors and van Gogh for beautiful colors and interesting brushstrokes.

I have a small handful of photos taken with cell phones.  One of those photos of my oldest step daughter is close to my heart. I had it enlarged to a 5x7 at Walgreens and was disappointed it turned out so poorly.  But, I kept it because I truly liked the photo.  When this assignment came up I knew I wanted to use this photo. 

I also like the look of watercolors used in art. Wanted to make my own watercolor paper for this assignment but ran out of time. So after shopping I found some perfect watercolor inspired paper in shades of purple.  Using white grid paper from Mosaic Moments. It took me all night at a crop to do the blank pages without photos on Friday. The page on the left has a log cabin quilt theme with the floral areas of the paper kept intact.  All the edges are inked in purple. The page on the right started with the bottom grid row of flowers followed by 2x2 squares. Just finished this side Tuesday. The left side is my oldest stepdaughter Cheryl and her sister Amanda the youngest on the right.   I used an unknown stamp "imagine" with versa mark ink and then chalked with purple dry chalk from Stampin Up. The right side used Cuttlebug to emboss the 2x2 squares then use versa mark ink on the raised areas and again chalked in dry purple chalk.  The quote used is from Quick Quotes. The bottom grid of flowers to given some dimension used Flower Soft.

After the pages were completed I struggled with where to put the journaling. I was reluctant to cover up any of the log cabin strips and ran out of room on 2nd page.  I toyed with the idea of printing around the white edges, but it didn't seem to fit.  So I narrated what would be there (sometime down the road I will put a letter with these pictures).

"Cheryl and Amanda I am so proud of the beautiful souls that you both are.  Both of you wear many hats from Mom, Spouse, Sister, Daughter, co-worker, friend and Christian. You should be proud of your accomplishments and your beautiful families."  These photos I call my Pixilated Picasso's!

 Thanks for taking a look and hope you enjoy!