November GD, Elena

Today we would like to share with you beautiful work from our Guest Designer

 ELENA

       

I have been scrapping for more than 5 years, and I`m completely addicted to

it in past 2 years.

What about my style?  It`s difficult to determine.

I am exploring at the present moment grunge and mixed media, but

being a very gentle person my projects tend to be more feminine. That is

why I like also some shabby and vintage style. I adore using paints, mists and

lace.

My husband is a great support in every aspect of my life, and I'm very

happy that he accepts all my beginnings and crazy plans without any

objections. My 6 years old daughter inspires me to be creative. And I

have new bundle of inspiration - my new born son.

Why I do paper craft? When I was a child I used to like drawing and

painting, now I have discovered a new way to combine my love for art

with keeping the memories of my family.

This crazy challenge is absolutely challenging for me as I am quite a

moderate calm person, and being very modest I was struggling with some

colors. But then I decided to push this struggle out and here is the

result.

I decided to try this time the colors that I don't usually use on my

projects:

yellow, red, and green

They are absolutely striking for me,but I love pink and turquoise, so I decided to combine the colors andthis mix is so strong for me.

 I even managed to add these colors on my flowers with the gesso, so I suppose they look quite well there. I am pleased with the result.

I tend to use many mixed media techniques on my projects, so the drips

and splashes are my main characteristics,  that is why I was searching

for some phylosophic theme which can substitute the madness of the

expression. So I thought about woman's age and how it can be transformed into my LO.

 I stamped the image of a woman. added a overlay with vintage picture and

use the photo of my friend's daughter.

 Moreover I'm afraid of using yellow and black. Here is the result - it

can be quite cool. The feather's flower from Manor House just grabs your

attention. I love this effect.

At the end I covered my swirl chipboard with 3 different colors -

yellow sand, lilac and turquoise , I want to show the tenderness

according with the maturity so I am finishing my philosophic crazy discussion as it has turned into

some ravings.

Dear Elena, thank you so much for sharing with us your lovely work!

You can visit Elena's blog by clicking HERE

Please, our followers, don`t forget about our current Crazy Challenge, the Winner will aslo GD for us next month!

Our sponsor from Poland -  7 Dots Studio are so generous -  not only

 did they supply the whole design team with beautiful papers, 

they have also given us THREE beautiful paper packs as prizes too - 

so the merit winner AND THE RUNNER UP (2nd place) will also

 win a complete paper pack, then of course a random winner too!

We also are offering our Merit Winner an opportunity to

Guest Design on our blog here too!

So get creating

 everyone - this is your chance to shine and have the

whole world see your work showcased right here on this blog,

together with your photo, bio and link back to your blog.

Check out the 7 Dots Studio Blog for ideas on how to 

use these wonderful papers!