Dreamin' About U

Hi creative people ! I'm sharing a page which I created today outside in my backyard. It was such a beautiful day that I took all my stuff outside and catched some sun. I came across this challenge at Mixed Media Place and the theme is: Dreaming . Well I am just a dreamy girl, lol. Well first I'm gonna show you my layout and after that I will share the beautiful dream I had a little while ago.

So here's the challenge:

And here's my page:

And some detail photo's:

Maybe you don't know me yet, but I am a huge and dedicated Prince fan. I'm still mourning about his death, so I started making layouts with my favorite songs, just as some kind of therapy. Well you might think I'm a little crazy because I'm still mourning about a popstar, but he was my hero since I was 14 years old (1984) , it's not only his music and his looks, but I loved his personality, although I didn't knew him. I create lot's of pages too with photo's of him and his first wife, which was so beautiful. They were the perfect couple, just so sad things didn't work out the way they had hoped. 

 The second thing that you might think I'm a little crazy is that I had a dream about him. Yes I know what you all thinking now. But please let me explain. I always have been a spiritual girl, but I have never dreamed (although I dream every night and remember every dream) about Prince or other famous people. There mostly appear people in my dreams who I don't know. Well I had a very special dream about five weeks after he passed. I had cried a lot of tears then and couldn't watch a concert or interview without crying. My dream was as follow:

I was standing all alone in a small theater and it was all dark.

Then suddenly a spotlight went on on stage, and Prince was standing there,

dressed in a black suit, looking the way he looked between 2007-2011.

He pointed at me to come on stage , which I did,

Then he hugged me and I suddenly woke up with one of his songs in my head

"Call my name"

At the moment I woke up I had this calm feeling coming over me, and it felt like he told me that everything was okay.

The usual dreams I have , I never have any physical contact with anybody and I never speak.with anyone

But this hug felt so real, I really could feel it, it was beautiful.

After that dream I didn't had to cry as much as I did before, I still cannot believe that he is gone, but I now know that I have to accept it, because he told me so.

I found somebody who explained my dream and this is what she told me;

It was a "healing dream" , a dream that will help you to go on with difficult things.

Prince is reaching out to us, but only the ones who are willing , receive a message. He was a spiritual person as well. The way I felt afterwards was exactly what it supposed to be, he told me that he was okay and everything was fine and I don't have to worry. About the song she said; Anytime you want to talk or need him, just call his name. And the last thing she said was; you had a real visitation.

Well that was the most beautiful thing I could ever dreamed of. I know some of you will still think I'm crazy, but I also do know that if there are spiritual girls who reading this, will exactly understand how I feel, and that this dream was very special. For me it was the first time to have a "healing dream" experience and I will cherish this forever.

A few lyric's from Dreamin' about U; 

Revolving around every word that is spoken

Like the planets around the sun

I want U

Your tongue is a great persuader

Yeah, U got me sold

And when I'm alone in my room just watching a rose

I dream about U, I dream about U

Thank you for taking a peek, and sweet dreams to you all.

Love & peace XOXO

More Purple Layouts

Hey there, updating my latest layouts about my purple hero. 

Sleep Around; 

"Do it like she like it

So your baby don't wanna sleep around" 

Great photo of Prince and Mayte. This song came into my head immediately, I started with some vintage photo ink, first I sprayed water in the middle of the page and then sprayed the vintage photo mist and turn the paper round and round, added a piece of brown cardstock add the photo with a piece of lace to it and some metal embellishments. Finished with some brown lace and flowers.

One of the earlier songs; Uptown

"Now where I come from

We don't let society

Tell us how it's supposed to be

Our clothes, our hair

We don't care

It's all about being there

Everybody's going Uptown

That's where I wanna be...." 

Because of the look of this photo I thought I had to create a more masculine page, so therefore I used the chipboard circles and added some silver paint to it, I stamped some stars and added some glitter to it. Finished with a piece of mesh, some black glitter swirls, glitter fabric piece and some metal pieces, the silver piece under the photo used to be a belt, lol, I hoard everything what is broken and cannot be used anymore, lol, still like the old school music , the funky ones too and I think he looked so cool back then. Well I think he always did, lol. 

When Doves Cry:

Dig if you will the picture

Of you and I engaged in a kiss

The sweat of your body covers me

Can you my darling

Can you picture this ? 

Probably a more famous song for most of you. This is from the movie Purple Rain, I love that movie, I have watched it several times lately, can't get enough of it. I still knew why I fell in love at the age of 14 , I still do, loved his curls then , his smile, eyes, the lacey clothing, boy I was complete in love back than, and still am !

I started with some purple paint and stamped with a toilet roll on the page. For the chipboard industrial lamp I first added a layer of gesso then I added purple mist and purple mica powder, when it dried I added a layer of glossy accents to it. On the fabric behind the photo I added some pearl brads, finished with some flowers and other purple embellies.

1999

I was dreamin' when I wrote this

Forgive me if it goes astray

But when I woke up this mornin'

Coulda sworn it was judgment day

The sky was all purple

There were people runnin' everywhere

Tryin'2 run from the destruction

U know I didn't even care

Another oldie to share, gosh didn't he look fabulous ?! Love that purple coat and the big bunch of curls,  they are just asking to be played with, lol.

I stamped the title with foam stamps and silver paint, Found some cheap glitter fabrics they were perfect for the photo, the bling supposed to be the same as on his coat. The chipboard piece was added with a cover of silver paint and some silver glitter. The quote I found in my stash and it perfectly replies how I feel about this man; 

"for it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart

it was not my lips you kissed, but my soul" 

And another Prince and Mayte page, they were just the perfect and most beautiful couple I think, real soulmates so sad all things turned out to be different. 

The Beautiful Ones;

Baby, baby, baby

Can't U stay with me tonight

Oh baby, baby, baby,

Don't my kisses please u right

U were so hard 2 find

The beautiful ones, they hurt u everytime

The only thing I did on this page was spraying some pink and brown mist with water, added a piece of wallpaper behind the photo, some pink lace, doily, metal embellies, straw, some flowers and pearls. 

A Million Days

I came across this moodboard challenge at Scrap Africa and saw the color purple !! Well I didn't have to think what to do with that moodboard. Since I started to make an album about Prince I knew I will find a photo which will be perfect for the moodboard. I'm not only scrapping his photo's but also the ones of him and first wife Mayte, I just loved them together, such a beautiful couple they were. Because I saw the butterflies on the moodboard I searched for a photo of the two of them what would fit the moodboard and I did find it. When I created pages about him I always be inspired by his songs, for this page I used the song A Million Days , I know many of you will not know it, but he has written a thousand songs and lot's of them weren't even realeased yet.  But this one was in 2004, the lyrics of this song hit me, many of his songs we're written autobiographic, think this one too, and probably it was because of the divorce of him and Mayte, but not sure. Anyway here's my page, if you are interested in seeing more of my Prince pages you can check the "Prince" section on my blog or my Prince album in my online gallery;  http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=32190&a=455283&size=0

I used purple and turqoise mist on my page and stamped different sizes of butterflies on it, finished it with flowers, bling, glitters and punched butterflies. 

"A Million Days"

It's only been a hour since U left me
But it feels like a million days
If Eye had a magic wand eye could turn back time
Eye'd never let U go away

Eye didn't have the heart 2 say eye'm sorry
Now eye haven't got a heart at all
Eye could tolerate the pain if eye could talk 2 my best friend
But U won't even call

Eye'm contemplating pulling out my suitcase
And packing everything eye own
Eye didn't back then but eye do know now
Wherever U r is home
Eye'll crawl on my belly and beg U
But Ur so far away
U've only been gone 4 an hour
But it seems like a million days

It's only been a hour since U left me
Eye wish eye had somebody 2 blame
But Ur the perfect picture of what love should look like
And eye wanna b Ur frame
It's only been a hour but it feels like a million days

A million days
One hundred thousand million days
Come home, come home baby
Eye can't take this no more
Well, come home baby oh yeah
Baby, eye know eye shouldn't put my faith in heroes
But eye can't c U any other way
It's only been a hour since U left me girl
Feels like a million, feels like a million days

Come home baby

Dance

Sharing my new page for Scrap it with a song Scrap it with a song today. I played with the song from Meghan Trainer; Better when I'm dancin

I found this photo which was taken at the circus some years ago, so I went with the dancing theme on a one wheel bike. 

Used some blue mists on it and mixed some mica powders with texture past on a stencil.

The chipboard industrial lamp was covered with inka gold turqoise

Finished with some "Dance" stamps

Come check the Scrap it with a song blog for more inspiration and play along with our songs for some wonderful prizes.