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Believe

I dont recognize this woman any more. Who is she and where does she belong? Have you ever come to a cross roads and knew you had to change your life, knew it with every fiber of your being?
That you knew youve outgrown where you are and need to burst into bloom or burst into flames? That staying in the same place was killing you by inches and it is painful? That you need to be where you can make a difference. This woman knows her life is going to change, and change in a big way. She asks for guidance and listens to directions as painful as they might be. She needs to know when she looks in the mirror that she is in the right place at the right time to do the right thing. In the Zone.

ArtPlay Palette To The MoonArtPlayPaletteToTheMoon
ArtPlay Palette Skys the LimitArtPlayPaletteSky'sTheLimit
UrbanThreadz No. 10UrbanThreadzNo.10
WarmGlows No. 7WarmglowsNo.7
To The Moon WordART Mix No. 1ToTheMoonWordARTMixNO.1
MetroGraffiti Brush {Retired)
DifferentStokes No. 2 (Retired)
My photo processed to Threshold

Process Notes: Using Solid Paper 5 from To The Moon Palette, I stamped the Metro Graffiti brush and clipped my photo to it, resizing and fitting.

I placed my journaling, the flower stamen and bow over my photo. I stamped a tape brush from the Palette at the bottom right corner of my photo mask and gave it a slight bevel to make it pop a little. Then I stamped the line from Different Strokes 2 on the left of my journaling, attaching a thread to the top of it.

Placing the word art, coloring it with the pinks from the stamen by attaching a layer above in the panel and using a couple of AnnaArtsyBlendz brushes and adding a stroke outline and small shadow.

Underneath the photo I placed overlay 2 to frame my photo and trail off the left side of the page leaving it at Normal blend mode, WarmGlow above the overlay set at Lighten blend mode at 90% opacity. And above that I stamped the star and star online from Skys the Limit brushes.

Again, over the photo I place a couple of more splatter and stains overlays from the To the Moon palette leaving them on Normal blend mode at 100% opacity. That completes this layout.
Appreciate your real journaling...been there, or at least some place similar...wishing you well toward the Zone!
 
powerful journaling, Barbara! wishing you well on your journey to a "place where you can make a difference." (hugs)
 
The page design is so simple and yet so visually powerful. A beautiful expression of life and this journey that is sometimes not easy. Thanks for sharing the ART and the emotions.
 
Very strong page--not just visually, but in the depth of emotion. But the visual is a huge component, which is why I love these sorts of pages. Picture your journaling without the light, which symbolizes, to me, courage and hope. And picture it without the froth of embellishments that suggests that this woman will NOT be beaten down. Definitely not the same impact. I am betting that you will really appreciate having this to look at in a few years, when you are quietly reminiscing about your life's journeys.
 
Congratulations! Your page has been featured on the Gallery Standouts blog today.
http://gallerystandouts.com/fingerpointing/2016/finger-pointing-april-10th-4/
 
I am inspired by your honesty and candid self appraisal... Wishing you clarity on your journey!
 

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