All That Glitters is Gold

Today I'd love to share with you, a project created for one of my 7 Dots Studio assignments.  In this monthly project the design team was asked to share creations inspired by Cultural Extras including art, music, books and movies, traditions and customs. Today we start with one of the most recognisable songs of the XX century: “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin

I had so much fun with our assignment - there were endless possibilities on how to interpret such a beautiful piece.

Firstly, I wanted to keep the overall feel to my project very light and airy - to represent the sky. I chose to focus on tones of blue and white primarily - especially towards the top of my layout.

I decided to tier the bottom level of my project to represent a stairway. The title has been taken from part of the lyrics in the song...

I just love all the coordinating stickers and elements that are part of this gorgeous Dreamer collection. Here I decided to frame one of the stickers with some inked grungeboard. I accented this embellishment (as well as several others throughout the project) with metal to represent the 'heavy metal' band Led Zepplin.

Lots of soft layers here - just love having the page look 'full'. The musical note paper was included to represent the 'song' and I added some wings to myself to represent 'angels in heaven'.

Many people have argued that when played backwards, this song has a hidden satanical meaning. I chose to include hidden journaling to represent this message.

I quoted the lyrics on my journaling "and a new day will dawn, for those who stand long, and the forest will echo with laughter". I love this particular part of the song. To me, it simply means, when you are going through a difficult time in your life, if you stay strong and don't give up, eventually, everything will work out and everything will be ok. Love this.

Some more close up shots of the metal pieces I've incorporated into this project as well as the soft scalloped layers which I've meant to represent the clouds.

Some more lovely stickers that I've hilighted by framing in a grungeboard frame.

Thank you so much for your visit today! 
Supplies:
7 Dots Studio: 6x12 Stickers - Dreamer
7 Dots Studio: 12x12 Stickers - Dreamer
7 Dots Studio: 12x12 Elements - Dreamer
7 Dots Studio: Patterned Paper: Drive All Night, Night's Fever, City Lights (both sides) - Dreamer
Making Memories: Edge Scraper
Colorbox: Mix'd Media Inx in Peridot
Clearsnap: Smooch Spritz in Gingerale, Gold Glow and Splash
Fiskars: Border Punch
Tim Holtz: Grungeboard
Misc: Acrylic Paint, lace, metal pieces