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Friday 29 August 2014

Quotes & Lyrics - Grace


For the 17th challenge in the Craft Barn's Quotes & Lyrics competition the words to choose between are 'Grace' & 'Peaceful'. As my choice last time was a quote I wanted to do a lyric this time however I had a tough time finding a lyric I could work with. I felt that grace and style ought to go together and a quick search unearthed this old Tom Jones song ( I later remembered that 'Vogue' by Madonna also had grace and style in it). Here's the first verse:

Well she's all you'd ever want,
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.
 Now I'm not sure that I would want to be 'flaunted' or referred to as 'the little lady' even by the legend Mr Jones so I decided to cherry pick the bits of the song that worked for me.
I recently bought some new stencils and this Dina Wakley silhouette which comes with the negative and positive fitted nicely. The background is a wash of Fresco orchid (a discontinued colour) and white acrylic. I used a diamond stencil and edged the page with Brilliance Victorian violet. The numbers are by Paper Artsy stamped with a Kaleidacolor ink pad. There are also some random white dots which I highlighted with a pink Uni Posca pen and 'chic' stamped with Brilliance platinum planet.
Although I had pencilled around the silhouette, I felt it lacked something so I cut another image, gave it a shaded effect with wild honey, spiced marmalade and barn door DIs and ran it through an embossing folder for extra texture. The arrow was shaded in the same way - I have a stencil of the awesome arrow but unfortunately it was pointing the wrong way so I made my own. The main title was cut with Sizzix petite petals and I die cut some flower shapes for my lyrics. The butterflies were punched from paint chips (more on that in a later post). Unfortunately with all the paint etc the page has curled up so I have scanned it for now but this has flattened the butterflies which are quite dimensional IRL. Here's a close-up of one of the butterflies:

19 comments:

  1. Excellent page! And I am a fan of the song, but perhaps because I'm a fan pf the man himself. I knew straight away from your page whcih song it was :D The silhouette is fabulous as are the colours you chose and the wee butterflies :D
    Many thanks for your comment on my blog. Have a great weekend :D

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  2. Well done, I'm struggling to find something this time... Beautiful page, great choice of lyric and images to fit.

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  3. Love your silhouette, the texture is great and the shadow works well. I now have the song in my head...

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  4. Your page is awesome! Love all the detail.

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  5. love the pastel purples, the lady is very chic and am intrigued by the butterflies

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  6. Oh no that song is going to stick now - an ear worm for sure :) A wonderful piece Rukhshana, love the colours you have chosen and the silhouette works so well. She looks great being embossed xx

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  7. Fab page, love the background and the embossed silhouette :)

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  8. That's a wonderful page, love the colors.

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  9. This is my first time playing along with the Q&L Challenge.
    What a great blast from the past with those Tom Jones lyrics...thanks for that!
    Your page is beautiful and I am really drawn to your silhouettes and color palette.

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  10. Such a fantastic page! Fun lyrics and you have illustrated them so well, humming the tune as i type... :-) xxx

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  11. You truly have a way with those dies. From the focal image(s) to the lovely butterflies, you know how to put a page together that matches your choice of lyrics, too. I like how you chose just the words that had meaning to you. Lovely page, dear.

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  12. I forgot to mention. Congrats on winning last time's challenge.

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  13. Love your page and the silhouette is "awesome" with that embossing

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  14. You have me singing that song now! Tom Jones was a favorite of my late mother's and we saw him in concert together. You brought back a happy memory for me tonight. Thank you.

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  15. Great page - I`m singing here too now! Lovely and very graceful lady!

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  16. Great page, love the lady and song choice! xx

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  17. Gorgeous spread! Love the textured silhouette!

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  18. I love the textured silhouette with the shadow behind it. A super page.

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