Here is my second LO from our meeting with the WWE Intercontinental Champion, or in his case, Campione, Santino Marella. I did continue my Italy-theme, or at least I tried! After I was finished with it, I photographed it and left it on the table. Walking over to the other side of the table and seeing the LO upside down I discovered my blunder, I had put the red to the left and the green to the right. Completely wrong if you are trying to do the Italian flag! So another LO ruined by a stupid mistake. Apparently though I have grown as a person since I did not do what I usually do when I fail, curse, tear everything apart and throw a temper tantrum that would make any three year old so envious they would never scream again. I do confess that I did curse a little (in my world it was a little) and mope a bit but this time I solved the problem, or at least saved the LO a bit by adding four small Italian flags so it looks kind of color coordinated. Anyways, enough of the story and here is the important part, how I did:
First I chose my papers, red, "white" (not really white, more of a pale sand colour, but still) and green (in that order!) from the Crate collections Brunch and Crush. This was for the flag colours and I used Crate-paper to get some more life into the LO since CS is kind of stale. Then I also took another Crate-paper for the text. A light blue one to match the photo of Santino and me which has a blue tone. I then proceeded to draw Italy and cut it out by hand and that took some time. Many where the times that I wished Santino was from Colorado or any other square state in the US! But Italy it was and in the end it came out nicely. I used an overlay from Hambley as a photo mat under (makes total sence if you are me) the photos and Italy. The letters are Quickkutz Washington and I thought they matched the Italy-theme very well. I also glaced them (first time if you dont count baking) with Glossy accents from Tim Holtz Inkssentials. And you already know why I added the small Italian flags. All in all I think it was a good idea and it would have been real good if I could have remembered how the Italian flag looked before I put everything together.
Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 GMT Views: 422
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Paper: Crate, Hambley overlay
Accessories: Title QK Washington, homemade embellishments, glossy accents
Registered: November 16, 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 26620
Sat, Nov 22, 2008 @ 10:08 PM
Oh, you are too funny (and SUCH a perfectionist!!) I love your l/o--as usual, you've put some much time in trying to make every detail perfect. The flags look good--and I never would have guessed why they were added.
The title looks really cool, as does the overlay. It is a very original and noteworthy page. Keep 'em coming, Trent!
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Registered: August 14, 2005 Location: a little chick at heart! Posts: 30785
Mon, Dec 15, 2008 @ 8:51 PM
This looks amazing! I love how you used the overlay to kind of split the 2 photos! And the brick looking backdrop is gorgeous! I too, would not have realized the colors were swapped for the big flag! It still looks incredible! I have to chuckle as I look at the picture of the 2 of you! Your expression almost looks to be mocking his character? LOL! Love it!
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Registered: October 29, 2007 Location: Lacombe, Alberta Posts: 3173
Mon, Jan 05, 2009 @ 4:28 PM
This is great. Italy is a wonderful touch!! tfs
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