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<\/a><\/p>\nBut he met no devil , no.
\nOnly nice people, and a lot of old blues men…
\nAnd he didn’t sell his soul – Pfew!<\/p>\n
(Some of you – most of you maybe – will have no idea what I’m talking about
\nso a little explanation will come in handy I guess…<\/p>\n
The photo of the sign was taken in Clarksdale!
\nClarksdale Mississippi is the Birthplace and World Capital of the Blues
\nand location of the famous Crossroads intersection of Highway 61 and 49.
\nAt the crossroads – according to the legend – Robert Johnson sold his soul
\nto the devil\u00a0 to become the best blues guitar player of all time)<\/p>\n
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I like the blues – but not today.
\nToday I show you a layout inspired by a happy song!<\/p>\n
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The song at Scrapping the Music<\/a> this week is “Shiny happy People” (REM)<\/p>\n My guest designer term ends with this layout – and this week I donate the prize So what are you waiting for? Here’s what I made – a 12 x 12 layout<\/p>\n The photo of the two hands bound together with ribbon and thread I used all kinds of alpha-stickers to spray the title. I sprayed with Tim Holtz spray ink (Red Pepper) and doodled the frame ..<\/p>\n Talkin’ about sticky… I sticked to the “skinnies” this week and made two more.<\/p>\n I’m still totally The background ..<\/p>\n I found a long poem about It spoke to me right away! I used only a part of the poem here, When I e-mailed Catherine a photo of my skinny card and asked if she ..<\/p>\n I stated in my former post that I find the “skinny cards” not very skinny Let’s make it a shiny happy weekend!!!<\/p>\n Je t’embrasse.<\/p>\n
\nfor the winner. You can win a free spot in my online Art Journal workshop
\nLet it Loose<\/a> that starts September 6.<\/p>\n
\nTurn on the happy music, start creating, be happy and win a happy prize!!!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\ncomes from a magazine. This ritual is called “handfasting” and it is
\nan old custom \/ ceremony to symbolize the bond between lovers
\n(or friends) It is mostly used at weddings, to ratify the marriage.<\/p>\n
\n(NOTE! If you want to use stickers as a mask, make sure they are not
\ntoo sticky anymore. Stick them to a piece of cloth several times to make
\nthem less sticky before you use it on your paper, otherwise it will ruin
\nyour paper when you try to get it off later!<\/em>)<\/p>\n
\nand the black dots behind the title.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBecause the seize
\nof a skinny card
\nis 3 x 5 inch,
\nwhich is slightly
\nbigger then an
\nATC (2,5 x 3,5)
\nI could use my
\nfavourite stamp:
\nthe running lady!<\/p>\n
\nin love with this
\nstamp bought at
\nVivaLasVegaStamps<\/a><\/p>\n
\nis a picture cut
\nout of a magazine.<\/p>\n<\/a>When I saw this image
\nof a little perfume bottle
\nhanging on a cord,
\nI looked for some sort
\nof text to go with it.<\/p>\n
\nperfume\u00a0 “The Scent of Blue” <\/a>
\nwritten by Catherine Czerkawska<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThis poem is not only
\nabout perfume
\n– it expresses how
\na woman gets older
\nand how the scents
\nof her perfume change
\nover the years…<\/p>\n
\nyou should read the original!<\/p>\n
\nwas OK when I publish it here on my blog, I got the sweetest mail back!
\nHer kind words made my heart sing! Thanks Catherine!<\/p>\n
\nafter all… not as much as I thought anyway – so I thought of challenging
\nmyself and YOU today. Make a REAL SKINNY<\/strong> layout.
\nMaybe something like 3 x 10 inch. Or a third of a layout\u00a0 (4 x 12 inch)
\nAh, the seize doesn’t really matter much, but it has to be long and small.<\/strong>
\nIf you play along, e-mail me a photo of your “real skinny skinny” (or a link
\nwhere I can find it) before next Friday and I will publish them all on my
\nblog on Friday, August 5th! (Hey, you could even combine the Scrapping
\nthe Music challenge and make a “shiny happy skinny”!) This is just for fun –
\nno prizes involved here – or you have to send it to STM \ud83d\ude09 – but I’m curious
\nhow much of you will feel challenged by this and what you create!<\/p>\n