Born To Run... 55

Mona Pendleton | Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 2:31 AM | , , , ,

Hi there! To all those who celebrated Thanksgiving, I hope you had a wonderful holiday celebration with your family, friends and loved ones! We had a great holiday. Scott and I had completed about 90% of our holiday dinner preparation Wednesday night so we had time to start our Thanksgiving day off with a mountain hike then Tina came over and her and I took a bike ride. Jerry and April joined us for dinner :)

I have been playing around with modeling paste and various texture tools and created this page in my art journal featuring my sweet furry little four legged friend, Gretchen :) For the title, I used a stamp from Die-namics Girly Graphic Tee Die & Stamp Set and the white dots were stamped using LJD Darling Dots.




Once I felt a little more comfortable with the products, I made a layout featuring a photo of April and Jerry that was taken while on a recent trip to San Francisco.
There's just something about the Melissa Frances resin embellishments that I love. For a more aged look, I applied Distress ink.
Using Die-namics Hearts a Plenty, I die cut a few canvas heart embellishments 
For the title, I stamped the Love sentiment from Inspired By Love on a die cut piece made using Die-namics Place Award Ribbon. To create the layered canvas fishtail banner strips, I used Die-namics Jumbo Fishtail Banner STAX and Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX:
Shown below is a rose made using Die-namics Layered Rose.
For sketch inspiration, I played along with ScrapFriends Sketch challenge:
and for color inspiration, I played along with 13 arts pl blog:
Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)
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55 Sweet Comments So Far:

Caroline said...

WOW this is stunning I love the colours and design and all the different textures are gorgeous. Caroline xxx

Ros Crawford said...

So glad you had a lovely day ... your art work takes my breath away ... Just lost for words ... so beautiful!

Evgenia Petzer said...

wow! smth different from you, but looks nice as always! love the texture

Lizzy Hill said...

What beautiful, beautiful work! You did a marvellous job using our Scrap Friends sketch - the textures & colours are sensational ...thanks for playing along with us:):):)

Mary J said...

Amazing detail, Mona! If I tried this, it would just look a mess!

mamaLeka (Olga Ryzhkova) said...

what a wonderful texture and colors!love it!

Erum Tasneem said...

WOW! Check out the texture on your creations!!! Beautiful!

Heather Rogers said...

Both journal pages are stunning Mona! I love the pastel colors and pretty MF embellishments. Gretchen is so darn sweet. :)

Hugs~

Lisa Elton said...

Sounds like a wonderful day Mona! Look at sweet little Gretchen surrounded by your pretty art work. Give her a little pat on the head from me ;) Lovely Mona full of so many wonderful details!!

Julia Aston said...

You certainly got in a lot of exercise to make up for your turkey dinner Mona! A hike in the mountains sounds wonderful!

I just love these art creations - your backgrounds look wonderful - and all the embellishments are so pretty! How sweet little Gretchen looks with the flowers and swirls around her!

RobinH said...

Two gorgeous pages, Mona! Amazing details in each! This is the work of a true artist! Thanks for sharing with us!

Veronica said...

Mona, you are so amazing! These projects are jaw dropping! Love all the beautiful colors and textures and the photos are wonderful! What a treat it always is to visit your blog!

AimeeOh said...

Gorgeous pages,Mona! I love the detailed textures you created with the moulding paste! These colors are amazing and I love all the little embellishments and detail!

Nancy L said...

So beautiful, Mona! Both of these are works of art! I love the beautiful colors and textures you achieved and those photos are so wonderful!

Diane Jaquay said...

These are WONDERFUL, Mona, absolutely beautiful!! I'm finding modeling paste a totally addictive product lol!

Kat Hill said...

So much amazing detail in both of these magnificent pages! Love them both!

GabrielleH said...

Wow, Mona, these two pages are absolutely stunning! Love the texture the molding paste gives and I love the pretty dies and resin embellishments! Super creative! Great photography too!

Regina said...

So beautiful, Mona! I really love the gorgeous texture! Really makes these pages standout! Darling photos too! TFS!

Ashley said...

So lovely, Mona! Love the texture and all the pretty embellishments!

Stacey Pembroke said...

Really gorgeous designs! I LOVE the wonderful textures you've created! Looks amazing! So many gorgeous embellishments!

Trudy said...

Very beautiful pages! Amazing details!

~Tammy~ said...

Gorgeous! Looks like you've mastered it!!!

Sounds like you had the perfect Thanksgiving!

Holly - Wild Wyoming Art Cafe' said...

I adore modeling paste as well, and haven't used it much lately. Thanks for the amazing project full of inspiration! hugs

sandi said...

Wow! Both of these are just stunning!

Pauline said...

Stunning journal page and layout, so much rich texture and fab elements provide so much interest. These are beautiful keepsakes.

Teri Holister said...

Awesome pages, Mona! You are really so incredibly creative! Love both of these so much! Hope you are having a fun weekend!

Margie Higuchi said...

Love this idea, Mona! This is on my list to do - molding paste & stamps. Great inspiration - thanks! xo

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

Love the colors and the textures, this is so fabulous.

Aida Domisiewicz said...

Wow! Mona I am speechless!!! This is just incredible, love all the texture, you know this is what I love the most!!! I am totally in love with your work! Thank You so much for playing with 13 arts! Regards form Poland, Aida :*

Donna said...

Amazing pages and amazing details! Love the pretty textures and gorgeous embellishments! Really want to try to learn these techniques! Thanks so much for all the inspiration!

Unknown said...

Love the creamy colors Mona and the amazing texture on both of these LO's. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Hugs

Cathy B said...

Wow, what gorgeous works of art, Mona! Love the texture the molding paste gives! SO beautiful!

Unknown said...

Incredible work Mona! So gorgeous and creative! I just love seeing your mixed media work!

Sue Hester said...

Absolutely stunning!!! Love the gorgeous texture you created on both! The colors are amazing! Sounds like you had a terrific Thanksgiving Day!

Cecilia said...

I'm always so impressed and inspired by your designs Mona! These pages are absolutely fabulous works of art! TFS!

Crystal said...

Magnificent pages! Stunning texture-work with amazing colours! Very inspiring! Thanks!

Stella said...

These are masterpieces. I am laways impressed how you pair up all the dies, colors and on top of the that; the design. Good to hear you had a great Thanksgiving!

Unknown said...

These are both beautiful, Mona! Love the art journal page of Gretchen and the lovely layout! The background designs and textures are fabulous! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

GinaB said...

OMG, both of these pages are absolutely breathtaking! Such beautiful colors and textures! I would love to learn these techniques! Your results are fabulous!

Martha W said...

Wow, these are so beautiful, Mona! I really love the pastel colors and the gorgeous texture you created! Beautifully photographed too!

Andrea M said...

The layouts are STUNNING! And how can you not love little Gretchen?!?! She's a sweetie!

Unknown said...

Both these pages look wonderful. So much wonderful texture.

Sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Hugs~

Carol Reisner said...

Wow, sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving day! Lots of activity and exercise; I'm so jealous! :)
LOVE these two gorgeous pages! Your mixed media work is so inspiring! Love the textures!

Helen Watanabi said...

Wow, Mona, these projects are jaw dropping! Love the gorgeous textures!

HeatherCz said...

So creative, Mona! Both of your art journal pages are magnificent! The colors and textures are so amazing!

Bärbel said...

Mona, das sind so wunderbare Werke, auf denen es so viele interessante Dinge zu entdecken gibt.

Laura said...

Beautiful work, Mona! Love these gorgeous textures and vintage distressing!

Helen Berry said...

Absolutely beautiful pages Mona - aww, your westie is such a cutie and love how you framed her with the doily, flourish and flowers. Fab pic on the second layout too and so many beautiful elements. Just wonderful x

Pamela_U said...

Wow, two gorgeous pages,Mona! Love the detailed textures created with that molding paste! I would love to learn your techniques! Amazing colors and I love all the little embellishments and detail!

Fiona said...

What fabulous pages! The colours and textures are phenomenal! I love the resin embellishments and the wonderful photos!

gracescraps@gmail.com said...

Wow, your work with the modeling paste is simply amazing!! Love the texture and color. Your LO is simply stunning. Love your photo detail putting the two photos together!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

Bellaidea said...

Thank you so much for playing with our challenge at 13 arts, I like your work a lot! By the way, you have a chance to winn 13 arts papers in my Candy:)

sanna said...

gorgeous background work and page!! love that photo too! thanks so much for playing along with us at ScrapFriends!!

zenevak said...

Gorgeous layout! Love all your texture and colours - so mucn interest, yet the beautiful photo still stands out! Just lovely!

Gina said...

gorgeous page..amazing texture and details!..thanks so much for joining in at SF! :)


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