Layout #31 - ARTastic and Sketches in Thyme

Just thought I'd try and squeeze one more post in before I head to bed. Don't hate me because I love this page! (Remember those commercials? I don't know if they were for Cover Girl or a hair product or what, I just remember the model throwing her hair back and saying, "Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful!") Nolan took this pic of me a couple of weeks ago, and I thought it was pretty cute, plus I've wanted to do a "Mamarazzi" page for a while now, so it was the perfect shot. I looooooved this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:

so I followed it pretty closely and incorporated this month's ARTastic challenge: a picture of yourself, use shade of red/maroon, and include a hat. Well, a crown is worn on the head, so it is technically a hat, right? I used many crowns on this layout, even misted crowns that you can't really see that well, and a crown button. Those red buttons are truly vintage. Yep, I remember the jumpsuit my mom wore that came with those buttons. (You heard me, jumpsuit! Form your own opinion on that one!) I also used my new fave technique (see previous post) to blingify the edges of my cardstock. Anyway, I won't go into all the details of what I've done on this page (snore!) because there's a lot going on, but I think the monochromatic thing keeps it from being too far out there. (Am I even making any sense? My contacts are sticking to my eyeballs, must be time for bed.) Hope you like it!

Supplies: unknown cardstock, silk flowers, and buttons, CTMH cardstock, Picture Perfect stamp set, patterned paper (Sweet Home Level 2), gems, black and garnet ink, and clear detail embossing powder, Tim Holtz Grungeboard, Distress Ink, and Perfect Pearls, Hero Arts stamps set, Autumn Leaves stamp set, Colorbox, Versamark and Staz-on ink, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Screens, 7 Gypsies brads, Prima flowers, Creative Memories and Top Line Creations letter stickers, Sakura pen