Inspiration can change

It all started with this gorgeous paper from Studio Calico

and those two bows.

Until a photo came my way.

 It's okay to kick off from an inspiration piece and

let things go and make changes that are even better than the original.

I loved those two bows on the green strip but

they were too much and I wanted to bring out the yellow in the photo.

I also wanted it to be a bit girly so break out the flowers.
I haven't done real flowers in like forever.

I am also trying the tissue paper backing that Missy Whidden

loves to do and it does make it a bit airy and girly too.

 I was also having issues because there's a bit of

blue-green in the photo that I was originally gonna roll with

 but I loved this paper so I decided no one will notice.

So.....don't notice. LOL.

I also thought about using some mixed media

but.....I just couldn't do it.
I know!!!!

I love all the "white space" that makes you concentrate on the photo

which is totally adorable Annie.

Some prima, Maggie Holmes, Heidi Swapp and EK success.

Making a page with a 5x7 Photo collage

This is a great photo collage of the lil Miss

eating a donut.

And enjoying the donut.

Becoming one with the donut.

I love the everday moment.

And a sweet treat.

Its an instagram collage that I printed out on my canon printer as a 5x7.

I wanted all of the pictures in the collage to be seen and with

 a 4x6 you'd be getting eye strain.

There's doilies and a frame peeking from behind the photo

and I just started layering on the gesso and watercolors.

Then Kaiser Craft bits and pieces, that I gessoed over to tone down 

the black and beige. 

Broke out my lil girlie stamp and painted her up. 

Thanks to soaphouse mama I'm getting the hang of incorporating

those kind of stamps on my pages.

 I love all the layering and even managed

to work in the very girly ribbony crepe paper

that can be very trying with sticky fingers.

And doesn't the adorable bow in the corner make you swoon.