Back for a second post today, this time with the Craft Barn
Quotes and Lyrics challenge - where as you see, the theme for your quote or lyrics, is Travel and/or Flower... I chose the latter and a quote by Henri Matisse (which I also happen to have on a stamp!)
started by painting the paper with Chalk Fresco, then sponging distress ink through the Prima stencil (Donna Downey) using shaded lilac, so it would hide in the page - making you look for the flowers, like the quote will say...
Used a selection of Jo Firth-Young Paperarsty flowers
and my stamp which is from one of the new Lin Brown sets.
in with colours - Fresco paints apart from for the grass, which was a green water colour pencil, then used the edge of a wet, flat paintbrush to create the grass.
added shading by using two shades of paint, or two layers of the same colour for depth.
Since I saw the theme this morning, the link has disappeared at the blog site, and I also hope I'll be allowed to enter with my plural 'flowers' not flower, I wrote it down incorrectly... still, as one of the DT has used it in the plural, I hope that's ok! (I've been back to check the rules, and plurals are allowed!)
28 comments:
Visiting fromthe craft barn - Fabulous layout and colours used. I like your quote very much. :o)
I adore this. Somehow I knew you would go with flowers. And you did a perfect job of it, too. You color those flowers SO well, and the way you painted the grass is perfect.
I was at the CB site about two hours ago, and all I saw was the linky that goes to their (the inlinkz) homepage. I left a comment, but it didn't show up when I refreshed, so I'll have to wait till the link is up. In the meantime, I'll enjoy what you made.
You're getting as bad as me not reading stuff properly, or not at all - lol
Glad you are allowed plurals though as it would of been such a shame for your fabulous double spread to of been disallowed
Sam xxx
JOFY's popular! Not surprising tho - lovely pages!
Helen, it's beautiful. Gorgeous colours & I love the flowers in the background.
Love these pages - they already looked beautiful at the subtle smoky stage early on, and then those brilliant touches of colour really snap them into life - gorgeous! So glad plurals are allowed!!
Alison xx
Great Pages Helen. Really pretty colours loving those stamps xx
You must be on the starting blocks as soon as the words go up!!! Wonderfully coloured pages and a lovely quote too.
Lynn x
Oh Gads Helen! These pages are so pretty. I have those stamp to but don't do them the justice you have.
Great work! and the rules say you can use plurals (grin)
Hi Helen. Thank you for your lovely comment on mine. I love your Journal pages and it just goes to show how wonderful these stamps are when they can look so different depending on how they are used and also still look gorgeous. xx
Oh Helen that's fabulous!
What a lovely interpretation. The flowers are great. I've got a plan but haven't put it on paper yet
Love your interpretaion of Flowers Helen and your choice of JOFY stamps, I have them on my wish list:)
Val x
Wow Beautiful!! Need those stamps too!!
Great layout, colours and quote. JOFY stamps are perfect for this challenge (though I've yet to get some!).
Those flowers are gorgeous Helen, and beautifully coloured! x
Such a lovely garden. The shaded lilac background is great and the flowers really do stand out!
Such a lovely garden. The shaded lilac background is great and the flowers really do stand out!
Wonderful stamping and gorgeous colours on the pages. Love the quote as well
Chrissie x
I must get some of Paperartsy's stamps they are fab, just like your journal page.
Lovely page and great quote, we should always look for flowers.
love this page Helen
A beautiful spread. The Jofy's are fantastic.
Beautiful spread - love the Jofy stamps!
This is just lovely! The quote is a good one, and I like how you "hid" some of the flowers in the background.
Love your stamping and colouring in Helen, you are super cool at it. I'm barely functioning today, I'll be off the grid tomorrow too. Ho Hum. BJ
gorgeous pages love how everything pops from the background great colours.
MaggieH
JoFy would be proud! Excellent double spread.
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