Inspiration Avenue: Pink!

This week's challenge at Inspiration Avenue was PINK and picked by Shelinwa. Also, the PINK was for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So yesterday I set out to make something PINK.

This is one of those pieces that looked better on the drawing board than in reality. But, it was all I created yesterday, so I have to use it. Again, since my artistic dry spell, I haven't been satisfied with any of my art. However, the concept read so good in my head, I couldn't ignore it.

I began by making one of my Staz-on and 91% alcohol backgrounds. However, I could just as easily have used pink paper for all the subtle color changes this technique hid. Next I created the overlay using Lynn's technique at Her Creative Spirit. A link to the tutorial for making this is on Lynn's sidebar under bookmark. Sadly, it looks better when you use flowers than when you use Halloween decorations!

I got the idea of making the statement "Don't be a boob, get tested!" from skeleton bones and pumpkins I found in my stash while creating another piece. But the words are hard to read, and by the time I got the "Don't be a boob" in place, I ran out of room for anything else. This piece is about 5.5 X 8.5 inches, or 1/2 an A4 sheet of card stock. I added "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" to the page, along with some dry rose petals. I actually came up with the Halloween concept from Sharon at Plumrose Lane, whose "Pink for October" Halloween themed blog button (she has more, too) now sits proudly on my right sidebar through the end of the month.

Today's blog belongs to Shelinwa of Pics by Shel, who chose this week's PINK IA theme. Shel lives in Washington state in the US, so it took me a few minutes to figure out where she got her avatar name. But it doesn't matter what she calls her avatar, because Shel is one of the most impressive photographers I have seen. Her photos are stunning, and I mean stunning with a capital S. And many of her posts include five things she is thankful for that day. One of her passions (and recurring themes) is barns. Big barns, old barns, you name it barns. So please check out Pics by Shel today to see barns and other stunning photos you won't easily forget.