Thursday, July 15, 2010

Strip Ease

The July Challenge over at the GPP Street Team is Strip Ease, where you are encouraged to tear your paper or fabric into strips and attach to your page.

Although I enjoyed the tearing part, I made the mistake of gluing them all down and covering them with glossy acrylic medium, which restricted what I could do afterwards.  I'm not sure I like the way this came out, and I was very tempted to "Photoshop" it.  (Yeah, that's become a verb I think.)

But my kind and encouraging sister said it was perfect, so here it is!

GPP Street Team Challenge 42

Go on, give it a try!  I dare ya!

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22 comments:

  1. Sandie RJuly 15, 2010 at 1:10 PM

    Have to agree with your Sis, I love it as it is and the colours are gorgeous.

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  2. okanagan_spiritJuly 15, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    Very nice, I like the look a lot. Can you do some pages for me?

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  3. PassionforstampingJuly 15, 2010 at 5:10 PM

    Looks terrific, sis!

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  4. michelle wardJuly 16, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Susan, I agree with the girls - looks good, or make that Great! Love the colors. Love the black images collaged onto it. Bravo! Shake off that self-criticalness :) Thanks for sharing with the team.

    I think Photoshop is a verb too.

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  5. JesterJuly 17, 2010 at 12:45 AM

    I agree with your sister - I think they are wonderful...and you've used my favourite colours, too! Love the stamping, Susan.

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  6. DebraJuly 17, 2010 at 4:30 AM

    Susan the colour combination reminds me of money, I like it a lot.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM

    Looks great to me...I like the stamps you used...it all works!

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  8. AnonymousJuly 17, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    I think they are wonderful.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 18, 2010 at 7:03 AM

    Love what you did with this challenge!

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  10. LenaJuly 18, 2010 at 8:38 AM

    Great work! Love the colours and combinations!

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  11. EffieJuly 19, 2010 at 4:17 AM

    Great pages. love the colours!

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  12. AnonymousJuly 19, 2010 at 9:08 AM

    Your sister is right--it IS perfect. But as Rainer Maria Rilke said, "No emotion is ever final," so if you want to morph it into something else, you can still do that.

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  13. AnonymousJuly 20, 2010 at 2:35 AM

    I think your pages are lovely too, and the colour really appeals to me (as does your font colour for that matter).

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  14. goudenregenJuly 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM

    Love your pages as they are, always like it when there are human figures on a page.

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  15. MescrapJuly 25, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    Beautiful spread !!
    The images are lovely too.

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  16. DawnJuly 27, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    well i like it! :) Some of my favorite colors ;)

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  17. finnabairJuly 28, 2010 at 3:35 AM

    this is perfect! I love your idea and colour matching :)

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  18. UnknownJuly 31, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    I love these pages just as they are! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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  19. Susan Sager BrownJuly 31, 2010 at 10:36 AM

    Love your color combos! I'm a sucker for those black and white "woodcut" images. Good work!!! xoSusan

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  20. Brigitte aka ScrappassieAugust 1, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    To Photoshop or not to Photoshop ... that's the question ;-) In this case I would say not, because the pages are just perfect like this. You did a great job !

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  21. Beverley BairdAugust 1, 2010 at 6:35 PM

    Great journal pages! Love the effect of the black on the page!

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  22. KristiAugust 2, 2010 at 8:04 PM

    Cool journal pages - love the colors!

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