iNSD-Blind Scrap-Zinzilah-Reflections

I Had Never Done Anything Like This Before...A Blind Scrap With A Group?...With Unseen Layouts Along The Way???...A Brilliant & Creative Idea & Challenge No Doubt!...Congrats! Dalis!..You Put All This Together!...WOW!!!...You Are A True ROCKSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........


*I Was On Team:Journaling Because I Care:I Was #5 On A Team Of 7 Scrappers...

*For My Blind Scraplift...I Had This Wonderful Layout By Zinzilah...No Gallery Links As Of Yet...She Has Not Uploaded Her Layout To Her Gallery Yet...But When Available I Will Update This Info...But For Now...Here Is Her Wonderful Layout:





* I Was Really Inspired By Her Sketch & How There Were Technically Two Photos...Or Two Girls...So I Started Off With This As My Initial Inspiration...So I Turned My 2 Girl Photo Into A Sketch...After Many Attempts That Is To Get It How I Wanted It To Look...So Happy With That I Looked Some More...I Loved All The Colors Used Here...So I Took The Teals & Turned Them Into A Brighter Version...More Like A Bright Seafoam...That Kind Of Complimented The Soft Blue Of Her Dress...So That Became My Main Focus...But There Were Other Bright Colors Here...Specifically Greens/Pinks/Blues & Just A Touch Of Yellow...So I Had To Incorporate A Host Of These 3 Colors As Well...And Lastly Her Choice Of Soft Lovely Flowers...I Decided To Incorporate The Flowers In A Different Way...More Deliberate But Still With An Air Of Softness & Femininity As An Ode To The Photos & The Lovely Girl Here & In My Photo Too...So I Took A Flower & Used Many Applied Styles To Get The Effect That I Achieved In Tone & Worked With Different Opacities To Get A Look I Really Liked...[I Particularly Like The Flower On Her Eye...& How It Makes Her Look Like She Is Lost In Her Dreams...With A Certain Look Of Curiosity...Of New Places & Adventure...]...So Hence...I Had My Theme...Next I Moved On To Finding The Appropriate Title...I Wanted A Large One Too & I Found The Perfect Title In NBK's Art & Nature Collection...[The Only Collection I Used To Create This Layout]...So I Placed It Where I Liked It & Looked At It For A Few Minutes...With The Addition Of The Word Strips...Take Time/Keep Going/Smile Above & Below [Originally I Had Only Placed Them Below]...But Something Was Missing...So I Placed Them Above Too...A Slightly Different Configuration...& I Was Happy With This...Emphasizing The Duality Of Life In General...2 Different Sides But One Person/A Reflection Perhaps...I Loved The Duality Analogy Of The Scraplifted Layout Too...And How That Preceded The Idea That Life Is This Gigantic Puzzle...& We Must Live It To Put All The Pieces In Their Proper Place To Complete/Fulfill Our Own Lives...With Each Day We Add More Pieces Or Take Some Away & Add More...It Is All Fluid...It All Comes Together As Time Goes By...As We Move Through Life...Whatever That May Mean To Each Of Us...This Layout Can Be Open To Many More Interpretations Too...The Idea Of New Adventures To Come/Go Out & Explore/Let's Get Lost In Dreams/New Adventures/Stay Positive/Things Will Get Better/Learn To Smile Through Adversity/Don't Just Choose Life...But Choose To Live It With Strength/Emotion & Passion/Let's Get Lost In The Beauty Of Life Again...And Everything That Comes With It [Good & Bad]...Mother Nature's Beauty...Everyday Beauty That Is All Around Us...& Gratitude...Take Some Time & Reflect/Grieve If You Have To About What You Have Lost...But Dream Of The New Possibilities Ahead & How We Have All Persevered Through These Trying Times...With Strength/Grit/Vim & Vigor/Power/Grace/Gratitude/Kindness/Love/Joy/Hope...& Foresight...That There Will Always Be Challenges In Life...But We Have To Choose How We Will Be/How We Will Think/How We Will Survive...& Most Importantly...How We Will Live Again!...

*P.S...If Anyone Is Wondering How They Can Achieve This Puzzle Effect...I Did This In PSE...It Is In The PSE Styles That Come With The Program...I Applied It Like This:STYLES-IMAGE EFFECTS-PUZZLE...[In Case Anyone Was Wondering...]

* To Create My Reflections Layout-I Used:Art & Nature-Collection-NBK Design