Rachel Jefferies Mixed Media Challenge | April 2023

The background with the strict lines made me wanted to play with circles and rounded elements.

 

I used a paper from Rachel's Enduring Collage papers, then used the focus point of the paper to place my photo cluster.

 

Such An Interesting Challenge!...Definitely a different way of looking at things for me when designing my pages...This is what I went with...I chose...The Path I'm On BG Paper :



And Then Rachel's M3 July 2020 Template [Retired] On Top :



I positioned the template...just above the large word "Path" on the BG page...I repositioned all the black messy pieces in the template...to coincide with the symmetry of the frame...I then clipped in my photo...I soon realized that I wanted to copy the BG page & horizontally flip it to the other side of the layout to provide much more symmetry to the eye...I proceeded with creating my cluster around the frame...& continued to add pieces...and soon realized it was going to be a full page layout...I haven't done one of these in a long time...It took me considerable time to complete...I fiddled,added,shadowed,removed pieces...until I was finally happy...

The layout is certainly all about my current life...The chaos that is my after accident life...I have recently experienced many setbacks in my recovery & that was why I wasn't here as much as I wanted to be...But either way...Things seem to be on their way again to a more positive outlook...I can only "HOPE"...that it will stay this way...We sure could use some good luck right now...Thanks for this wonderful! challenge!..I really enjoyed scrapping a bit about my personal accident recovery chaos...with an outlook of positivity & hope...And also creating a full page layout once again!!!...Thanks Rhonda...

*Credits Include : All items are Rachel Jefferies products :

Eucalyptus : Mixed Media Kit
Epic,Cosmic Stuff : Collage Bits & Bobs
The Path I'm On : Money Saving Bundle
All In My Head : Collage Bits And Bobs
Be Here Now : Collage Bits And Bobs
A Second Chance Bundle
Pocket Art : Collage Bits & Mixed Media Artistry 13
Carefully Curated : This Is Me : The Complete Mixed Media Collection
Messy Marks : Date Stamps 2023 Plus Bonus

Photo : Courtesy Of : Jose Leon : Unsplash [reworked by me]
Font I used for the word PATH : The Harison Regular
Some WA Pieces have been recolored & hue tones changed

My completed : Tough Times : Layout :

 

i had fun putting this together. I started of with my chosen paper

and then blended them together to get this

and got this

 

Move the template up to fit to the mmp page.

 

Here's mine.

this is the paper I used.

 

Thank you!!

 

Thank you for the new challenge
I used the intersection of collage to define the location of my cluster

 

oddly enough I scrap this way often, but for some reason struggled to find just the right starting paper for this one . . . go figure.

I ended up with the hope shines bright 2 paper and I nestled the cluster from the midnight template into the corner made by the red paint. Added in my photo and, recolored the paint a little and found my elements.