Thursday, January 10, 2013

capture the MOMENT

Hi there! Hope you are all having a great week! I am typing this post while enroute to our home away from home in San Diego. Saturday morning we will be driving to Anaheim to attend CHA. I'm so excited because we are meeting up with Kim, the Owner of My Favorite Things (MFT) and several other of the MFT DT members! We will be walking the show floor together, checking out all the new paper crafting products.

I am caught up with my design team assignments so I played around with a variety of products and made a mixed media layout featuring a fun photo of Scott that I took when we were in NYC recently. We were sightseeing at Top of The Rock which is the observation deck at the top of Rockefellar Center.
I stamped a sentiment from Die-namics Behind the Camera Die and Stamp Set below the die cut fishtail banner that was made using Die-namics Fishtail Flags Layers STAX
I used the following templates from The Crafter's Workshop - mini Gears and 12" x 12" Punchinella along with texture paste, Gesso and various colored sprays.
For sketch inspiration, I played along with Keeping The Best challenge:
and for color inspiration, I played along with The Play Date Cafe:
Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you have a great Friday!
Be Sweet ;)
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55 comments:

  1. Mona, this is such a cool take on the sketch. I love your design there and the work on the background and. On the embellishments is awesome. Thanks for playing with us at Keeping the best

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  2. This is so awesome! The stenciling and texture paste work looks seamless.

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  3. What a neat page! Love the pretty textures!

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  4. Beautiful layout! Love the minimal design and the lovely textures! Awesome take on the sketch! Enjoy your time at CHA! I'm jealous!

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  5. Lovely page! I really love the design and the colours! A work of art!

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  6. Beautiful work, Mona! Gorgeous stenciling and texture! Perfect take on the sketch! Hope you have fun at CHA!

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  7. Gorgeous! So beautiful, Mona!

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  8. This is breathtaking ... I adore the colours and the design ... It's so inspiring to visit here and see something amazing and new every time ... enjoy CHA!

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  9. So gorgeous Mona. Have a wonderful time at CHA! Nicola x

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  10. Love the texture on this LO and the colors Mona. Hugs

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  11. This is a fab masculine layout, with a real steam punk theme! Great texture and a lovely layout too.

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  12. LOve love all the beautiful texture and grunge on this LO Mona. Have a fab time at CHA :)

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  13. Beautiful LO, Mona! Love the masculine design with the manly embellishments and textures! Awesome job!

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  14. Awesome page Mona! You are so wonderful with all the stenciling and texture! Hope you have a great time at CHA! Can't wait to hear about all the fun!

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  15. BEAUTIFUL LO Mona!!! Have a FABULOUS time at CHA!! Hope you will share photos!!!
    Have a WONDERFUL weekend!

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  16. Mona, this page is so beautiful! I love the style and the pretty colors and textures you achieved! WOW!

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  17. Beautiful Mona! Have fun at CHA! And congrats on Blue Fern too!
    :)Jill

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  18. WOW!! What an amazing page. I love all the wonerful texture.

    Hope you have lots of fun at CHA...

    Hugs~

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  19. WOW!!! This is fabulous!!!
    Enjoy CHA for me too!

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  20. Fabulous!! Great photo, love the texture and these colours are just perfect for the layout.

    Have a great time at CHA.

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  21. Beautiful layout of your DH! Perfect masculine feel! Hope you enjoy CHA! Have a fun weekend!

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  22. Beautiful!!!! Cool gears!!! Oh what fun to go to CHA and meet up with MFT DT and Kim!!! So fun! Have a great week!

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  23. Wow, this layout is magnificent, Mona! Love your take on the sketch and the masculine look! The gears and clock pieces are so cool! Thanks for sharing this and I hope you have a fun time at CHA! Please share your photos with us!

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  24. Beautiful textures and embellishments! Fabulous layout! Really unique! TFS!

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  25. What a beautiful page Mona - the texture is wonderful and the colours and embellies are fantastic masculine touches! Wonderful x

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  26. Fabulous page, Mona! So artistic and grand! Have fun at CHA!

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  27. Wonderful layout, Mona! Love the cool background and how you captured Scott on the observation deck! Have fun at CHA!

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  28. OMGoodness Mona!!! What Gorgeous Dreamy mixed media Perfection!!! I LOVE this!! Such a Super Layout for this Great pic of Scott! Wow!! Hope to catch up with you at CHA!! 8-)

    Big hugs
    Shannon

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  29. Mona you are so talented! This layout is absolute perfection! I love the wonderful texture and mix of colors! You've created the perfect masculine page! Have fun at CHA and take lots of photos!!!

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  30. Beautiful work, Mona! Great photo and beautiful embellishments! Love the masculine touches! Hope you have a fun time at CHA!

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  31. Awesome page! So inspiring!!! I'm so jealous of your CHA weekend! Can't wait to see photos!

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  32. Awesome masculine layout!!! Love your background; what amazing textures!!! Enjoy CHA!

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  33. YOU are the MASTER of mixed media! LOVE the photo and the timepieces and the colors and just everything!

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  34. Wow Mona, you did such a great job with this mixed media layout! I love everything about it and the super photo! Really gorgeous!

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  35. Gorgeous work!!! Your textured bg is magnificent!!!

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  36. Love your gorgeous page, Mona! Brilliant design! Love all the gears and beautiful texture! TFS!

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  37. What a wonderful pic on this nicely done layout Mona - love the gray colors and fun pieces on this! I'm sure you had a super time at CHA - hopefully you'll share some pics???!!

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  38. Breathtaking page! LOVE your gorgeous textures! Great embellishments!

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  39. Wonderful masculine page, Mona! Great job! I love your background!

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  40. Fabulous LO! All the mixed media elements look amazing.

    Enjoy your time at CHA! :)

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  41. Incredible masculine layout! I love how you created that beautiful background! You are a true artist! TFS!

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  42. Ich liebe die fabelhaften Strukturen, die Sie auf diesem Layout geschaffen haben, ganz großartig, Mona.
    Viel Spaß auf der CHA!

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  43. Mona this is sich a wonderful take on the sketch and the colors. Not too girlie and perfect for a masculine touch:)You added depth, gorgeous details and this is a stunning example of working with Gesso. love this!
    I am still wondering how you are able to catch up with all your DT projects. Impressed by the fact you are able to create so many gorgeous projects with limited spare time besides working. Any tips for me to improve my time management? :)

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  44. SUCH a cool layout. stunning! Thanks for joining us in the Play Date Cafe!
    -Rachel w k
    rwkrafts.blogspot.com

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  45. Mona, this is incredible! The colors and texture are so rich. Glad to see you joining us for this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge!

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  46. Wow, Mona, this is so beautiful! Your background texture and color is amazing!

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  47. Stunning masculine mixed media page!! Great picture of your DH and perfect title!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

    http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

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  48. The texture on your layout is unbelievable. I love the gear, keyhole, and clock and that punch of blue. Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  49. Amazing! You always really know how to create such a gorgeous dreamy look! Impressive, Mona! Too bad we live so far apart, would love to have a workshop with you how to create this effect!!
    Hugs, Wendy

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