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This barn has been intriguing me on my drive to work daily. So ratty and rustic, yet so darn cool. I really wanted to shoot it in the starkest of winter days, yet did not have the courage to pull over and photograph this.
It is located on a dangerously busy and curvy road. Lies right on a blind curve, meaning if you were to take a stroll.....lets say to photograph this.... cars could not see you and you could not see them.
So winter in NY is NOT the time to be playing photographer wannabe with the snow covered icy roads.
In May, I got some courage up. Told my co-workers I was leaving and made a list of who was to get what should this be my last photo shoot.
It all worked out great, got my shots and I was happy. UNTIL I stepped back to my office. My desk was stripped clean. Office supplies gone, favorite coffee mug freshly washed - GONE. picture frames gone too - with MY photos left behind.
Bunch of office jokers and pranksters. Yeah real funny people. I'm still working on getting my stuff back!
Thanks to MelindaK of Scraps of Darkness for giving me this opportunity to play with the June kit. wow - tons of fun. You can tell from my gallery I am having a ball with it.
I used Dusty Attic chicken wire. The butterflies are from Scraps of Darkness, the background was made from paper towels that had been used to soak up excess Tattered Angels Glimmer mist - Olive green and other various colors. The I used Modpodge to adhere to the cardboard.
I made the trees by ripping a box, and glimmer misted old pattern tissue paper - like a dress pattern. then I modpodged the tissue paper to the cardboard.
Thanks again Scraps of Darkness and YOU for looking.
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Incredible....that a great word for this superb LO! Love the colors and the pic. Great work!
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WOWZA!!!!
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Your work is so beautiful and complex, the layering, the colors. It's just incredible!!!
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I love, love this design and the story behind it!
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Beautiful! I love the photo! (Another funny story.)
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I'm so glad you took a chance! The photo turned out great. Hope you get all your stuff back. I love all that you've done.
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This is absolutely gorgeous! Love everything about it, especially the paper towel, tissue paper and ModPodge work. How do you come up with this stuff?! You know I"m going to lift this, right? I too have an old barn photo or two!
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What a captivatingly beautiful page! I adore the dark, wonderfully aged feeling hues, the fence wire, the fantastic distressing - everything about this top-notch LO!
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So much texture and dimension. You did some magic with that corrugate cardboard!!! Awesome job my friend.
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OH. WOW. Talk about THE perfect photo for this amazing page! Wow! I just love the mix of layers and all of the textures you have going on! Stunning!
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I can see why you would risk your life to take photos of this structure - it's fabulous! As is your layout!
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FABULOUS work with all the texture & deminsion!!!!! Love the photo & so glad you're still around to tell the story!!
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Wow, you really helped me see different kind of style...very cool!
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You have did it ths time!!!! I L_O_V_E BARNS!!!!!!!!!!!! You made a masterpiece here. But dangerous,girl.... Only you would do it. A fave for me. I would have stopped too. Hugs
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This is just beautiful!
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This is positively stunnng! Love the colors and all the details! Oh, and that is an awesome photo as well!
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Wow Jen, just when I think you can't possibly impress me even more than you do, you take a lo and you don't just hit a home run, you hit the thing right out of the park! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this. It's amazing. The design, the techiques and the photo. Love how you layered the DA chicken wire over the corrugated card, gorgeous flowers. <Sigh> Page envy, again. Absolute delish page.
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Great textures and photograph. Lovely colors. I have to get some of that chicken wire! Sorry about the desk prank.
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Amazing and then some,what else can i say,brilliant LO and techniques,great story also
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Holy Smokes! This is beautiful!! Paper towels?! Wow! I never would have even thought of using them! Wonderful recycling talents here! The barn is gorgeous...I would be one of the idiots, so curious that I would have gotten run over! Love old buildings with history! You captured it well!
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WOW!! This is another masterpiece. That card board is great it just sets this whole Lo off. Of course I love everthing about it. Oh, hold up do I see chicken wire? Oh, but yes it is and how perfect it is.
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AWESOME!! LOVE IT!
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wow...love everything about this page...now i dont know which one i will be lifting first....love the cardboard and the butterflies....all of your details are amazing!! And how funny are your coworkers...love it!!
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*Picking jaw up from floor now* Gorgeous page, from the photo to the butterflies!
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as usual, a fabulous layout!!!! and loved your story!!! :)
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This is gorgeous! Love everything about it! Love all your distressing!
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Well this was certainly well worth risking your life for, but I am more than pleased that you came out unscathed so we could see this wonderful creation...oh, and because I would miss you dearly if anything were to happen to you :0 Your creativity is amazing and the colours and textures just blow me away!! Absolutely love it!!
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You have to be the most creative person and a great recycler. Your pages are so inspirational and fabulous.This page is a stunning page of details.Love the office story and the barn it's beautiful.
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Gorgeous, Jen!
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this is art!
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wow-it's amazing what you do with bits and pieces,girl! paper towels?? I thought those were just for wiping up pet...accidents!!The photo is so awesome...I always think about stopping and taking shots like that but don't get around to it(shame shame on me!!)awesome page-fave!
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Jen-Abler says.....Dear AshleyLadd, take your 40% coupon to Michael's and grab some modpodge. Make it happen! :)
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One of my alltime favorite LOs. Love all the texture and colors. I've definitely got to try the modgepodge. I was looking at it in Michael's yesterday but didn't get it - yet.
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Super cool pic - love the textures and colours.
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From one who has seen you work the paper towels and make the trees, WOW!!!!! Love the torn cardboard and twine, too and (of course) the chicken wire!!!!!! Stunning page, Jen!!!!!!
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Oh Jen, this is stunning!
And I have to say thank you for being GDT this month - you've done amazing work with the kit!
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super,, love it,
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Beautiful work, I love that barn and the colors you used...so creative with the tissue paper and paper towels, love it!!!!!!!
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AMAZING!!!! Absolutely gorgeous!
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wow amazing l/o!!!!! totally beautiful!!!!!!!!
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Every new layout I see of yours, I say this is my fave one!! Totally amazing work!!
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Wow Jennifer! You just rock this old barn! This layout is quite stunning! Love this paper collection and the grunge looking! Straight into favs!
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WOW! You totally nailed the old barn look on your layout! The color is FABULOUS ~ I love the corrugated cardboard you tattered & ink, and the pieces of wire & all those gorgeous butterflies. This layout is a TOTAL compliment to that photo!!!
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THAT'S what you meant when you said you were using old paper towels! Inky ones, no wonder you refused my offer of my barbeque-stained one from dinner! no close-ups? Glad you got your precious photo after risking life and limb!
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OH MY !!! Too amazingly fabulous!!! Love!!! Favorite!
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You are killing me Jen-paper towels-OMG who would have thought that was what that gorgeous background was!! Amazing work! Love that photo, the colors, and the gundginess of it! BTW those butterflies look fantastic on this layout! You know it is a FAV!
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so awesome,stunning!!!!
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What an amazingly beautiful page! You and your co-workers are too funny! And you are very courageous to even attempt to get this shot!!!! I love all of your textures and rustic features here. Did you stop at another church sale??????
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beautiful work all that rustic look that goes perfectly with that very special photo, you are very brave x
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Lovely rustic look!
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Freakishly Fantastic x
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I love the rustic look and all the neat texture...amazing!!!!
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Stunning, gorgeous and love all your cool techniques!!
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This is really awesome - wow, so beautiful! Of course loved reading your description - the up side to the office jokers is at least never a dull moment at the office :)
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STUNNING,STUNNING,STUNNING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL - I HOPE THIS ONE IS GOING IN A FRAME.!!! STUNNING!!!!
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Couldn't help smiling when I read your story.... so cute. Yes, you did a great job on this lo. the photo is perfect and it matches everything. This is an awesome lo....
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so very cool Jen..love all the techniques here and all the layers of goodies...stunning photo :)
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love "LOVE" this lo..everything about it is awsome..glad you got the photo safely..it was so worth it!!!
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loved your description of how the lovely photo of this old barn came to be. apparently your co-workers have a great sense of humor. hmmmm.... not that YOU would EVER play a joke on one of them??? Your lo is TOTALLY AWESOME. Trees made from tissue paper, background from paper towels - your creativity is AMAZING. Is there nothing that you won't turn into a scrapbook embellie??? Thanks for always entertaining us with your stories and inspiring us with your talents.
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LOL!!!! I love the story of the pic! I love it sooo much!!!! I too love taking pics of beautiful scenery! OMG know for the lo AMAZING all of your distressing look awesome F A V E!!!!!
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Your bg is so neat to look at and now I know what you mean about the paper towel...it is a very cool add on to your page. fave
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awesome creativity!!! great techniques....I can't believe how realistic your chicken wire turned out!! love the photo too! fantastic LO!
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This is just beautiful, beautiful paper, beautiful embellies, beautiful photo!
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Love Barn pictures, beautiful.
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outstanding page Jennifer! love the techniques and the darkness you achieved here! lovin' the look of the mod podged paper towels!!!! So glad that you successfully took this picture.....darn those pesky elves :)
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WOW!!! I love this...and I still plan to use the technique you use for the tree's sometime...this is totally amazing as usual! I just threw my several paper towels I had used from misting that I was going to keep to use on my layouts and chickened out! I love the look!!!
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Great story...stinkin co-workers! Super awesome photo! Love this LO it fits perfectly with the photo!
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All I can say is WOW!
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gorgoeus page you have created with all the wonderful detailing..and that old barn looks awesome bet the walls could tell a few stories....my there the risks we take for a great foto intriguing journalling
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Glad you got your shot and that nothing happened to you! I can see why you wanted a photo of it too! Fantastic lo as well!
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