Kicks Wish

Hello there!

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was jam-packed and didn't leave me much time to create. :o(

This week's prompt over on the super *awesome* Pink Ninja's blog is "Kicks". It can be about your kicks, what kicks you into gear, in the butt, etc. It's a prompt - it's up for interpretation!

This layout is what I WISH my kicks were. Soooooooo pretty! I've discovered, too, that I'm a fan of Harajuku shoes. Oh, my! And who doesn't love some yummy Betsey Johnson goodness? <<<<>>>> I've also discovered that I could pick out the most expensive pair of shoes in a warehouse of shoes in a split second. I have a knack. Too bad I can't put it to use!

The color scheme on this layout is this week's color combo over on Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Combo blog. There's a new color combo challenge everyone Monday!

I swear my browns on the layout are very close to the Soft Suede color - woe is the limitations of taking pictures in artificial light in the middle of the night!

And the layout itself is another UH-MAY-ZING Sketchy Thursday sketch by my girl Diana over on Design By Diana. There's still time to get in on this sketch challenge (ends Wednesday).

I decided my journaling block would be a mantra to shoes with my wish, "Someday...". I repeated my text block over the entire pic, varying font size and opacity using my Photoshop Elements.

I thought I'd lace up on the layout like so many byooooteeful shoes. I've been rediscovering the fun looks of eyelets recently.

And I'm always a fan of heat embossing a colored powder onto dark paper.

Finally - don't have the right color rhinestones? No problem! Color them suckas with some alcohol inks! These began life as plain, boring clear "diamond" rhinestones.

Details: Paper - DCWV Sweet stack, The Paper Co.; Prima flowers and adhesive crystal flourish; Jewelry Essentials rhinestones; Technique Tuesday alpha stamps; VersaMark ink; Joann embossing powder and ribbon; Stampin' Up! eyelets.

Thanks for stopping by!

Heidi

p.s. - Don't forget to jump on over to Memories Always-Forever to check out the new digs. There are some super fun initial challenges going on and lots of fun discussions. And don't forget to join us in August for our grand opening blog hop and new challenges! More info to come...