Since just before Christmas, I’ve had between ten and thirteen people staying at my house. To say it’s been hectic would be an understatement. This afternoon there are only three of us (but that is changing again over the next few days).
Finally I got to sit down in my craft room for more than just a few minutes, so I decided to work in my journal. I have not done anything in my journal for some months, so it was a nice change.
I have a group of very special friends, who also happen to be crafters, and being the end of 2016, we’ve been discussing how important we are to each other, so it seemed to follow that I came up with this same theme for my journal pages.
For this page I used sponges to create a background with pink and gold acrylic paints, dabbing the sponges to get a splotchy effect. I then used the same gold to make a border around the edges (using my fingers).
The stencil used is STAMPlorations Happy Flower stencil. (I’ve used it on each page.) I used crackle texture paste mixed with black acrylic paint for the flowers. (You can also use mica powder to colour texture paste and crackle texture paste.)
The words were printed off the computer.
I am entering this in the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Challenge, as well as their Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge.
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Love the splotchy background with all the shimmering gold. Thanks so much for playing along at STAMPlorations in our Mixed Media and Anything Goes challenges. Good Luck and Happy New Year! 🙂
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Beautiful journal page. Love the design.
Thanks so much, Monika. It was nice to get inky again.
Thanks so much Verna. I haven’t touched my journal for months, and it was nice to play again.
Interesting shimmery in the background and those flowery stenciling speaks harmony. Beautiful journal! Glad you joined STAMPlorations December Mixed Media Challenge and see you next time.
Hugs and smiles,
Asmah
STAMPlorations Mixed Media Design Team
Qinaahana Arts & Crafts {My Personal Blog}
Love the gold in the background and that sentiment is perfect with the flowers! Love!Thank you for joining us at STAMPlorations Mixed Media Challenge this month and good luck. We sure hope you join us again.
Amy- DT
{Lil Cutie Creations}
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