Tuesday, January 14, 2014

SOS134: miss you

this week's challenge at shopping our stash is called "miss you"it's a great chance to make a card for someone you haven't seen for a while, which was what i originally planned to do; but at some point i took a crazy left turn and wound up with a funky hawaiian text-and-photo-based page in my art journal. i'm still not really sure *HOW* that happened, but i like the result:

(my own photoshopped hawaiian sunset picture, printed on kodak premium glossy paper; rub-on and sticker alphabets, from top to bottom: 7 gypsies, mambi, making memories (tiny glitter stickers), autumn leaves, and 3 differenet making memories fonts... hudson, providence and heidi; plus an american crafts minimarks rub-on heart)

i don't know about you, but i still have lots of rub-ons, especially rub-on alphabets, and i still really love them! as a matter of fact, i used a bunch of them at christmas, to label my gift wrapped packages, and it never fails to amuse me how much they astonish "civilians" who cannot figure out *HOW* you've attached them. "are these some kind of special stickers?" they ask doubtfully, fingering the not-quite-textural letters, "or did you WRITE this?" rub-ons are also very cool on photos, i think, again because of their seamlessness. yes, i could've gotten pretty much the same effect by putting the text on digitally, but sometimes it's just fun to play around with physical products, isn't it? i used seven sets of rub-ons and one set of very flat stickers, and i love that the text adds a fun element without covering up too much of the picture.

as far as the subject matter, yeah, i know, jeff and i were only in hawaii for three weeks, and it was two years ago; but i seriously don't think more than a month has gone by since then that one of us has not brought up a memory, a sight, a location, an activity, a food, or... well... SOMETHING from that trip that we loved and still think about. it's that kind of place, i guess. and obviously such longing is even more acute during a cold new jersey winter!  :)

something that i KNOW will warm you up, no matter how frosty your current weather, is the wonderful fast-moving high-pressure front* of inspiration emanating from my lovely SOS dt darlings, so off you go to check out the gorgeous eye candy they're created for your delight!

*we watch a lot of weather channel at our house. a lot. just sayin'...

13 comments:

  1. Oh this is wonderful, I want to be in Hawaii too! You guys were there for 3 weeks? That's a long time! Lucky you!

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  2. This is just too cute! I love rub ons, too, but rarely use any of the HUNDREDS that I own! Great photo! Hawaii is such a beautiful place.
    Hugz,
    Chana

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  3. Stunning!!!! So gorgeous and those stickers are just awesome. I'd love to go to Hawaii - so on your next trip, put me in your pocket and take me along!
    Lynn

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  4. First, I adore the direction your Miss You card too to becoming an art journal page. And SEVEN different rub-on packages?!?!?! I think all my rub-ons dried up and I got rid of most of them during the Moving Purge. I do love how YOU have used them, though. :D

    And yeah, that must have been a wonderful "only" three weeks in Hawaii for you guys to think about it so often. It's fun that you can still talk about it and art about it.

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  5. Love it!!! What a great idea for an art journal page in the cold of winter! And you spent three weeks in Hawaii?? That must have been awesome!!!

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  6. omg i have a lot of rubons i should be using (along with a million other things i had to have...)
    and i love that you are still reminiscing about Hawaii. (someday i shall get there :-)) In my family we used to joke about my parents saying "when we went to California"- they loved their trip so much. For mlh Joe and me it's "when we were in Paris" ahhhhh Paris.....

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  7. we were only there for 5 short cruise scheduled days, but were still looking at real estate because it is freakin gorgeous and warm...oh the warmth...could totally pack up today as we are in the heart of a Colorado low which is giving us another flippin blizzard...I swear this is one of our worst winters in a long time! Loving the warmth of your project!

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  8. Very cool card! You are making me want to visit Hawaii and go buy some rub-ons...not exactly in that order! I have never used rub-ons but I sure like how they look on your card! Try to keep warm!

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  9. 3 weeks in Hawaii? LUCKY!!!! Lauren, this is absolutely gorgeous! Your picture of the sunset had me sighing and longing for warm weather. And go you, using rub-ons! I have some, but don't really like them, so there they sit in my stash. Maybe it's time to use them. On something. Hmmm. (P.S. I'm addicted to the Weather Channel also!) LOL!

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  10. AND once again you've made me giggle. Lots of the weather channel, hmmm? lol! And of course you miss it there - everyone I know who's been swears it is the most gorgeous place. ANd I giggled at the reaction to rub-ons too....civilians are sometimes so easily amazed that it really makes me smile :)

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  11. What a great way to capture and hold onto a wonderful memory! This is beautiful! and I might be inclined to send you all my rub-ons since you enjoy them so much :) I'll even include some glitter :)

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  12. I love this card so much! Tropical Hawaii is a lie though.

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