Overwhelmed (SHCG "One Word" Challenge)

shcg: i know how you feel! what a way to express it. and your explinations themselves are an artwork. i am going to shcedule a time at work- on midnights, to brainstorm like this. (we have a lot of downtime on midnights!) the strips with the eyelets in them remind me of belts or fasteners,holding things together. whenever i look at this i find something different. love it.

March 26, 2009

SHCG: Overwhelmed but still in a pretty, organized, carefully thought out manner. I had to laugh when the thought came to mind "spill a big cup of starbucks coffee & a cream cheese bagel over the whole thing, Now that would be overwhelmed!" It's like scheduling a nervous breakdown in your day planner. "Oh next Tuesday looks good." But anyway GREAT PAGE and response to the challenge.

March 21, 2009

SHCG: Before I read your description, I thought the words pieces were store-bought pp. Genius! I've always been a fan of those pages of yours with cut-outs of small images I can relate to. This is no exception. Once again, I love how you manage to harmonize pps I normally wouldn't associate with each other. I agree that the wonky eyelets actually add more to the page as does the imperfect rub on. I also didn't recognize the building sticker at first; I like what you've done with it here, and I'm happy to see the screws make another appearance. I have a few suggestions. I'd like to see the title anchored, rather than floating. I can totally see a comic book vibe drawn all the way around it--one of those multipointed ovals that are usually used for words like POW!--outllined in red and filled in with yellow. I like your dictionary definition pieces, but would like to see them as if they were torn from a page, rather than with straight edges, to add a different textural element to the page. Finally, I found that bright blue diamond shape above the title a little distracting, not just because of its color, but because of its placement. I like how you have the guitar neck extending into the green diamond at the bottom of the page, so I think that the blue could stand to have something overlapping it, to downplay it a bit. I'm with you on printing web images and not counting them as photos. When brainstorming what I'd do for this challenge, I considered doing the same. Interestingly enough, my word is similar to yours, but it's no surprise that I'm definitely feeling this way this month. In short, I enjoyed this page.

March 08, 2009

SHCG: Great arrangement... it looks overwhelming without being too much, KWIM? I love the idea of the text PP... very creative.

March 05, 2009

SHCG: Love how this turned out - I really like your tapered text blocks/pp blocks and all the mini-pics. Great job on carrying out the whole "overwhelmed" theme!!

March 04, 2009

March 03, 2009

I love every detail about this

March 01, 2009

Very, very cool!

February 26, 2009

This is really cool! I love all the different pics, the colours are great and the design is fab!

February 26, 2009

SHCG: I am "overwhelmed" by how much I love this layout! I love seeing all of the facets of your world. Although they make you feel overwhelmed, they make you undeniably you and, well, I happen to really like you so that works for me! Your inking really adds depth and edginess to this layout and, as always, is fantastilicious! Might I suggest you inking/outling the black letters in the title with white? For some reason, I want that. I don't know why. Oh wait, yes I do! I am an outlining/inking addict. *whew* glad that I remembered that! This is as beautiful as its creator and I love every bit of it!

February 25, 2009

SHCG: This is pretty cool. I like all the little pieces on here. They say so much about you. I've been staring at this lo trying to figure out what I might change about it or suggest. I think it is pretty nice the way it is. Great job capturing a word.

February 25, 2009

SHCG: Agree with Marlene that this is a wow LO. It's fabulous in how you journaled in a nonconventional way here. At first I'm on extreme overload...but then I realized you're talking about being overwhelmed, and so it is what it is. An overwhelming LO that conveys that exact feeling. Awesomeness.

February 25, 2009

SHCG: Wow Sharon ~ I love your response to the challenge! You're correct I did mean no photos LOL) The text paper is awesome and such a cool idea to convey how your feeling! I also love all the little pictures you added, they add so much to what's going on in your life. The design is really great and the eyelets are a great touch ~ great job :D

February 25, 2009

this turned out so great! what a fun challenge and I love the design! It's fantastic!

February 25, 2009

cool lo xx

February 25, 2009

this is so awesome!! I love the journaling wedges, and how ou put clip art for the diffrent things in your life. Don't worry about the eyelets, it just adds some texture, and actually goes really well with the theme of the LO.