Finger Pointing – February 29th

How exciting that we have an “extra” day this year for finger pointing.  And, apparently, for creating masterpieces.  The galleries are full of gorgeous pages, humorous pages, story-telling pages – you get the idea.  It was a blast spending time checking them out.  Here are the six that I finally chose for today.

I ran into A Day At The Beach by EllenT several times and was always enthralled by its beauty.  If you’ve ever checked out templates and couldn’t imagine what to do with them – this is what you do!  The photo is gorgeous and the paper she chose creates the perfect backdrop for the embellishments and journaling.  Her color palette screams (in a soft and peaceful way) – BEACH.  I love the text path, starfish cluster, banner and the stitched sun! OK, I love it all!

As I’ve mentioned before, I am in awe of scrappers who can complete Project Life style pages.  You’re My Happy by Willemijne DSI is a gorgeous example of the PL style.  I love the balance between photos, journaling cards, and embellishments.  The use of only B&W gives an elegant look and feel to the page.  Love it!

I am a big fan of pages that utilize white space and the white space on  Tree Top Walk by mum2gnt is perfect!  I mean, how clever that you use only the top third of your page on a page about a tree top walk!  I love how she’s used the textures in the background paper to add depth.  The choices for the cluster are perfect and I love the placement of the title/date.  Awesome page!

Wonder by tylertooo is a gorgeous piece of art!  The soft colors and the glitter on the letters in the title set the tone for the page.  Her extraction is awesome and the frames are a perfect addition to add depth and to ground the extraction.   The LoopDaLoop swirl leading to the star is the icing on the cake!  This would look fabulous framed and hanging on the wall!

I admit I am a big fan of journals, paper and pens/pencils but when I try to add them to a page, I never feel that they look quite right.  On Diary Keeping by dawn inskip the art journaling touches on the background make the diary look and feel like it belongs there and is not just floating on the page.  Love, love, love her photo cluster and the use of a list for journaling.  The gray/black/white color scheme with the touches of gold is perfect.  Awesome page!

When I saw Tunnel by Julie-Scrapaholic in the gallery, all I could think was WOW!  I feel like I could walk into the page and just keep walking forever.  I love the look of the posters on the walls – the curves and the colors created!  Beautiful blending and I love the placement of the word art.  Stunning page!

So that’s our “extra” pages for this year.  Hope you enjoyed them.  The images and the titles are linked to make it easy for you to jump over and leave the artists a comment.  While you’re there, you might want to check out the other outstanding pages.  See you in a few weeks.