Getting down and messy with Gesso, glimmermist and glimmer glam ect and loving every minute :)

Home and Scrapped had a CC on the weekend and one of the challenges was to use collage background, glimmermist ect. Theme Home and title to have the word home it it.
Well when I started my layout I was thinking well I'm not actually home I'm at the Colosseum in Rome and there were so many more contradictions. I was thinking this isn't really making sense, However I continued on and it became a real journey, I was lost in the process and I was loving it. And when I was finished and I have to say I LOVE the end result! Thank you Nathalie Kalbach http://www.scrapbook-trends.com/ for teaching us your wonderful workshop and I have put some of the techniques you showed us to use in the layout.
So I used the quote from the Wizard of Oz "Close your eyes and tap your heels together three times,and think to yourself there's no place like home"
And I realized when I had finished that this layout is REALLY ME, very random,but unconsciously ME. I was thinking I am in Rome, but I have used old French Book Pages and French Tissue Paper .... But I LOVE France and also I LOVED Italy. The Book Page titled Rose Leaves and Old Slippers for some reasons reminds me of Venice and yep I loved Venice also. The Tivoli Theatre ticket..... We went to a town in Italy called Tivoli that had the most beautiful gardens and I love Musicals and Theatre productions. The Clock.... My husband is ALWAYS telling me I have NO Time Management (true), The angel ..... I believe in Angels. I nearly always have butterflies on my layouts , but never just one, as it would be lonely. Little bits of lace, I love vintage things. The Doilies .... I nearly always have a doily on my layouts... yep love them. Muslin, again nearly always have muslin , as I love how it softens a harsh edge  and adds softness to a layout. The stamp of the girl on my tag, actually has the word London underneath her and we had a wonderful 3 days in London with ours son when he was living there . The colours I have used are also my favourite colours... So yep this layout although contradictory in so many ways is also very much bits of me.

Hope I haven't bored you with my little discoveries on the journey I went on, but I enjoyed it and just wanted to share.
Please let me know you called by


Hugs
Mary x