Emzascrapper _arts: Overthinking - layout created for 2Crafty

Hi friends, Emma here with you all today.

Today's layout that I'm sharing is one that I tried to express the frustration I have with overthinking my creative time.

Comparing myself to other creatives and doubting my own style is the kind of overthinking that can stumble the creating process.

So I found this awesome artwork on Pinterest and it spoke perfectly with me, and I instantly knew what direction I wanted to take with the page.

Could I interpret what was In my head to page?

I feel I did get pretty close.....what do you think?

I have created a Video for you all to see this vision come to life, check it out at the end of this blog :)

But...….

let me show you my layout first and what chippy I used.

With this layout I also wanted to use up a few pieces of chippy that have been left over from cutting a panel up or the last piece to pop out of a sheet, or that had just been found after looking through my tub of chippy.

I also wanted pieces to compliment my image and the organized chaos and creative venture that my page depicts ;)

For the Square panel piece I inked with just a black archival ink, keeping it very simple, but to still stand out from the background colours.

For the Doily frame that I tucked up in my layers, I inked also but this was with one of the complimentary Distress oxides I used on the background, this way it brought the colour up through the layers.

For the leafy round and the branch I applied the same inks as the square panel and frame, except the branch is a different colour this time.

If you look closely at the Leafy round you can see its inked imperfectly and I really liked that I didn't get an even coverage as it kind of represents the imperfection of overthinking, that's it's OK to not always be perfect, things work out anyway.