Friday, September 11, 2009

future HERO

Here's my most recent layout, completed for the latest Whimsical Scraps and Bugs challenge. We were supposed to use the front of a magazine cover as inspiration for our projects. I focused on having one main picture and a simple clear title.

The picture is of my 3 1/2 year old DS at an American Heroes helicopter air show. He was trying on a firefighter's helmet. If you're familiar with the Station Fire in Southern California that has been burning for about 2 weeks now, it came about 5 miles away from us at its closest point. It was around this time that my son informed me that he wants to join a hand crew when he grows up. So this picture may just be a glimpse of his future...

The journaling is a letter to him regarding his future and, since it is of a more personal nature and would have distracted from the 'magazine cover' theme, I decided to put it on a hidden journaling tag behind the picture.
The next picture shows a bit of the dimension on some of the stars, which I then inked with white to further define the patterns.
materials used:
Plantin Schoolbook: 'HERO' and journaling tag
Sesame Street Font: 'future' and its shadow, and stars
A Child's Year: firefighter silhouette
Cuttlebug: Divine Swirls and Swiss Dots

Thanks for looking!

3 comments:

Sandy said...

This layout is amazing...I love the pic of your little guy...all the stars are fab..wonderful work!

Kaye's Crafty Place said...

First time visitor and loving all your layouts, I have now become a follower. Love this layout with your little man, the stars look fab. Can't wait to come back again.

hugs
Kaye x

Crystal said...

i love how bright and cheery this layout is! all the stars are so great and the pic is awesome! you did a great job! hugs!