Playing Circle Journal Catch Up

Above is my contribution to Lisa's CJ: What I Miss While I'm Away. I guess I could really wrap it all up into one category, I miss the comforts of home. My family and pets, my bed, my get inky and creative studio and all my favourite spots on the world wide web.

I had a lot of fun inking, stamping, embossing and glimmer misting for this one...turning plain lilac cardstock into fun, textured patterned paper.

Below is my layout for Emma's CJ: My 3 Favourite Actors/Actresses. This was another fun one to create. I started out by running the edges of my paper in silver paint. While using my heat gun to speed up the drying process, I overheated a glob of paint and the bubbling reminded me of old movie film being burned (something I've seen in a movie or two), so I continued the effect. It's a very simple layout, with lots of paint, embossing and black and white photos of my choice of stars to compliment the monochromatic theme.

It took me some time to make my choices, and went with the three ladies that stayed constant in my mind.

Meryl Streep has forever been a favourite of mine, from lazy afternoons watching Out of Africa, Heartburn and Death Becomes Her with my mom.

Sandra Bullock, well, I like physical comedy and she does it soooooo well. Who can forget that sexy strut-turned-clumsy-topple from Miss Congeniality or that nude collision with Ryan Reynolds from the Proposal?

And finally, Charlize Theron. I liked her long before, but after seeing her performance in Monster, I was sold. This girl has substance to back up her beauty...and isn't afraid to forgo the beauty part, either!

So now, all that's left is Jean's 3 favourite verses. I've got them picked out, just need to get back into the studio and create. And then I'm done and ready to ship off to Lisa. What fun this has been!