Using busy patterns together

I was restless and wanted to try something different.

And right there in my Studio Calico kit

was the clock paper.

Sigh.

I decided to calm down the clock paper some by smearing

gesso about and used a grey ink on a dot

stamp for added calming.

That's when I pulled out the wild graffiti paper from another kit. 

And.........

What do those 2 pattern papers have in common?

They both have black and white in them.

Shazam!! I know....

However, picture them bumped up against each other

without a buffer.

Very very scary for sure.

Therefore, a buffer needed to be pondered and I decided on black.

In addition to the black cardstock as a buffer I decided

to use pop dots and pop the entire block off the page as an added buffer

and to give it some distance.

I tied the twine around for some texture and while I was diggin about 

for "what I don't know" I came across this piece of metal.

Its the last of the metal that I purchased umpteen years ago at M's.

Its molding wire and is great for scrapping because 

it bends, shapes and cuts real easy and you can fold over those pesky

edges if you want and adds that something something - especially a boy page.

(I didn't know it was going to be a boy page - the photo came last).

Then I found that perfect journaling card and the adorable clothespin.

I decided another color was needed and red is actually the perfect color

for both pages as it coordinated with the red on the card and clothespin.

Shazam!! again.

I used a sissix die and one is actually a 12x12. I managed to not

cut it correctly in the die machine so rather than begin

again, I just made it smaller. And that was better.

As I was removing the dots and stars and tossing them in

the garbage I had this idea that tossing them about on the page

may add a bit more so - out of the garbage they came.

It was fun, tossed them like confetti and where they landed is where 

they were adhered. 

So digging about in the wayback box I stumbled over this photo that

also had red in it. What are the odds.

I decided another layer was needed because the photo was just blending in

and now it doesn't. 

Karen Foster had the perfect alpha to use as a title, and that's when I saw it.

Drinking coffee at the scrap desk. I should know better.

Sigh.

Left corner on the clock-coffee stain, so in order for the page to not look too goofy, 

I used some Mr Huey shell to make more coffee stains. 

(Because one stain just wasn't enough ). LOL!!!

April said I'm out of control.

MOI?