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James St Bluff, Northport, NY

By: Scraphouse
01-Mar-13

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The crystal necklace on the upper right is from my Mom. It might be from the 1920s,I saw a movie with Bryce Howard wearing the same one and that was set in that period.
I put this together after watching Drychas tutorial about journal pages. It inspired me to go faster and to be more free. I dont know how else to say it. Maybe i will later today.
And my sis inspired me , by saying i should use one of my oil paintings in a lo. That gave me the idea to make more of a painting type thing on white paper. What started out here as dylusions spray, then sprayed with water and worked at, got coated with things and torn. I wanted the original thing to look like two big flower things blowing in the wind. I made the background ppr first, then picked a photo to match. Thats the first time ive done that. Fortunately i take a lot of pics with blue skies in them, lol, and i noticed when i got the photo back ,it had purple hues in the sky. Youre looking at eatons neck there, and connecting it to the mainland is asharoken. Every house in asharoken is on the water, im going to have to scrap one of them. It would be so neat to live there, and if i had a couple million dollars, ide probly buy a house .
Eatons neck is in the distance, the thin strip of land connecting it to Northport is Asharoken.
This lo was very easy for me, and you know if youve read about my probs with other los that is just downright weird for me. The embellies were more random and put on in no time, and they were artier looking i think, but i organized them here. I used the same materials we're all familiar with , i dont know if i want to list them,. Ide like to say i used a little lavender from Greenport my MIL gave me . Its under the pic, and the right of the keyplate, and by the metal wing. At my MILs 80th bday she had a family get together in Greenport, 60 miles e of here. We visited a lavender farm there and she bought some for me ,her daughter, and her other DIL. That was 2010 and the bouquet still smells so good. There are beehives at the farm too, and the honey is pretty good!! It tastes nothing like regular honey.
This is near my In-laws house.
pressed flower, a pansy, from my yard here.
Necklace at upper left my Dh bought in Northport.
The gold stuff to the right of the photo is tiny microbeads i got at the dollar store. Its for nail decoration, a bunch of tiny bottles with different colors. Even close up though, it kinda looks like dirt,lol.
I might have gotten the idea of the butterfly wings from one of Drychas posts.

Products Used

Advantus - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Keyholes $7.99 Sale : $7.43	Advantus - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - Adornments - Regal $9.99 Sale : $9.29	Advantus - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - Tissue Tape - Sketchbook $8.99 Sale : $8.36
Martha Stewart Crafts - Crafter's Clay Collection - Silicone Mold - Flower Garden $13.20	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials - Dylusions Ink Spray - Crushed Grape $4.99	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials - Dylusions Ink Spray - London Blue $4.99
Prima - Tasha Collection - Fabric Flower Embellishments - Purple $4.99	Melt Art Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel - Clear $7.50 Sale : $6.99	Advantus - Cropper Hopper - Tim Holtz - Grunge Board - Grungeboard Elements - Stripes Item Discontinued
Cosmo Cricket - Tiny Type Collection - Alphabet Cardstock Stickers - Cream Item Discontinued	EK Success - Jolee's Jewels - Crystallized Swarovski Elements Collection - Flat Back Hotfix Jewels - 5 mm - Tanzanite Item Discontinued	Petaloo - Devon Collection - Glittered Floral Embellishments - Sweetpea - Lavender White and Purple Item Discontinued

Other Products: stampendous halo glitter, lumiere paints,pressed flower

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	By AuntyT 09-Mar-13 Beautiful! Love those colors!

	By Mmlsweet 08-Mar-13 This is so beautiful!

	By Lolka 08-Mar-13 Gorgeous background, your details are incredible!

	By Asoulgirl 07-Mar-13 Just gorgeous colors, and just so happens purple is my fave. The textures are amazing. I love your mixed media creations, so inspiring!

	By Jrabs 05-Mar-13 Your use of color always enchants me. This is one of those pieces that I'd love to see in person.

	By Cwakerdog 04-Mar-13 An artist`s dream,,,you have an amazing talent and all your work proves that,,,Just Stunning!!!!

	By Quick Silver 04-Mar-13 WOW - THIS IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING - love the blended shades of purple, the glimmer, pretty flowers and personal touch using the crystal necklace. Being more "free" certainly paid off. (Sorry I couldn't get here sooner.)

	By Dani Cristina 03-Mar-13 Great boldness in using the purple, I love it! Working super cute and unique.

	By Eapipkin 02-Mar-13 Love the shimmery look and beautiful purples. Very interesting piece!

	By Ccclaw 02-Mar-13 Love your artistry and your detailed story of how each page came together for you - I love to magnify your LO's so I can really appreciate all the details - the colors and textures on this are awesome - love all the glittered layers and assorted embellies - beautiful pic - if I could afford a house in Asharoken, I might consider moving back to NY - you really should do something with one or some of the Asharoken homes - I'm sure they'd make an awesome page ~

	By Drycha 02-Mar-13 I like so many types of flowers here! and lavender :D and colors :D

	By Nancola 02-Mar-13 just as magical in the sun as it is in the shade! :)

	By C Mom Go 02-Mar-13 A real lovely magical page. Amazing job with the bg and I love your added necklace, making this page that much more special. fave

	By Ozmagi 02-Mar-13 wow love this amazing beautiful done so stunning and so awesome love it. wow

	By Oziem 02-Mar-13 Loooove the colours and the beautiful way they blend with the lovely serene photo!! Very creative and artistic!!

	By Scaryscrapper 02-Mar-13 wow this is gorgeous ....simply a work of art....love it x

	By KathyinAlaska 01-Mar-13 I can't believe you do these fab creations out of paper!!! What a masterpiece from a true artist!

	By KVRLVN 01-Mar-13 Absolutely gorgeous! Love the blue and lavender together. Awesome details.

	By Lisasimo 01-Mar-13 Very pretty!

	By RachelUK 01-Mar-13 It's the colour that really attracted me! That beautiful blue/purple ocean with all its twinkly shares - gorgeous!

	By LynneJ 01-Mar-13 wow-looove that background!! The colours blend together so gorgeously; awesome sparkles and textures!

	By Precious310 01-Mar-13 Girl, YOU beat all I ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is delicious gorgeousness!I L O V E it<<<<<<< Do MORE<<<<<<<<<

	By MichelleMc 01-Mar-13 Gorgeous!! Love the background with all the layers and textures! Beautiful design and colors!

	By Abbygirl 01-Mar-13 I am not sure how you create what you do..but I do know I like looking at it. It is so pretty. It's a piece of art. I may not know how this is created because we are each unique in what we do, but I do know and appreciate the work involved. Wonderful job!!

	By CrimsonMama 01-Mar-13 I watched her video too! Learned so much. I think these colors are your signature.

	By Jedco 01-Mar-13 Wow!!!!! I don't know what you've done here, but it's gorgeous!!! Love the layering, colors, and edges. Spectacular looking layout!!!!

	By Rice8994 01-Mar-13 Beautiful,stunning colors!