Friday, August 2, 2013

Scrapping A Dark Photo

If you read yesterday's post, you saw this photo in the set of pictures that I wanted to scrap with my newest kit from Scraptastic. And these were the product picks I thought I'd use:


This picture was taken last year during Hurricane Isaac, after we lost our electricity. The constellation paper and shimmery stars made me think of those 123 hours without power, because after the storm went away, we were still in the dark for several days, with only flashlights, candles, the stars and the moon to give us light at night.

This is what ended up on my desk:


The mix of light and dark and the different hues of blue worked well, but I wanted a brighter pop of color. What better than a hurricane flag?!


 Altogether, this turned out better than I expected, and now a little bit more of the story is told. :)

9 comments:

Mary Pat Siehl said...

love how you matted the photo
great layout

Anonymous said...

wow, what a great layout, love how you made your own hurricane flag!

Dictionary said...

Beautiful, the B&W to match the photo is great with that little touch of color.

jessica - craftychicgirl said...

great use of b/w and light/dark!

Fleursbydesign said...

Awesome layout :)

Staci said...

Great photo! I wish I had thought to take pictures during Sandy.

Diana Waite said...

what a cool way to document a hurricane--seriously don't know how you all do it over there! BEAUTIFUL job!!

Kimberly Kett said...

This is FABULOUS!! I LOVE how it came out!

emily said...

This photo looks great scrapped!!!!