Sunday, 13 July 2014

Craft Barn Q&L 14 - Imagination and/or Logic

As soon as I saw the challenge posted this morning I knew I'd use one of my Tim Holtz stamps for imagination - so whilst it's possibly not a bone fide quote, I hope it'll be allowed.

 I used two of Tim's other stamps too, stamped in Potting Soil archival at the bottom and Fern Green at the top.  I wanted to knock them back into the page though, and so used a watered down wash of Honey Dew fresco paint
 The 'imagination' stamp onto heavyweight Smoothy card from Paperartsy, edged with Tumbled Glass distress ink.
I die cut the Memory Box butterflies from the same card  and before I eased them out of the card (they remain attached when you die cut them) I brayered them with Beach Hut Fresco.
Glued the butterflies around the quote round the page, kept it really simple this time!

Entering the Craft Barn Q&L challenge 

25 comments:

massofhair said...

ALL Tim Holtz's stamps are taken from quotes he has collected, so it will be allowed.

Beautiful journal pages, can see why you went for this quote it is very thought provoking :-) xxx

snazzyoriginal said...

Very pretty, those Memory Box butterflies sound really useful xx

Deborah Wainwright said...

Great page Helen love all the butterflies xx

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

YOU may think this is a simple page, but I find it very uplifting. I can only imagine how much work went into this to get this beauty.

Dianne said...

Hello Helen, what a gorgeous page, it's a winner..

Lin said...

Great page Helen and I love that quote!!

sam21ski said...

Oooh so pretty xxx

TwinkleToes2day said...

You too, are very quick off the mark :) I think your page is reeaally pretty. :o))

craftimamma said...

That's one of my fave's of Tim's quote stamps and you've created such a pretty page Helen. Butterflies always get my vote!

Hugs
Lesley xx

Lori said...

So pretty Helen! I love it!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

A gorgeous page, love all the tiny butterflies.

Anonymous said...

What a lovely page and a great quote Those butterflies are just gorgeous.Just love the colour, beach Hut, another to add to my list

Carmen said...

beautiful page Helen. i love the quote but especially love that bright blue of the butterflies against the earthy tones of your background. Gorgeous.

craftytrog said...

Love this Helen, those little blue butterflies look great on the brown background! xx

kaybee said...

A very dreamy page to cool me down on a hot summer's day!

Elaine said...

Love the foliage stamping on this and a great choice of quote too!

Elaine said...

Love the foliage stamping on this and a great choice of quote too!

Julie Lee said...

I love butterflies! These look amazing fluttering over your page. The background is gorgeous too and I love that quote! Julie Ann xxx

Anonymous said...

Such a lovely page, the butterflies look wonderful.

Anonymous said...

What a truly gorgeous layout, love it all but then I love nature inspired images anyway. Love the quote you used too.
Lynn x

Unknown said...

Lovely. I really like the way the butterflies draw you in.

Craftyfield said...

You've just found the perfect stamp for the quote! Love the other stamps you used and the flurry of butterflies looks great.

Craftymoose Crafts said...

This is a gorgeous page!The blue butterflies are such a nice contrast to the background!

buterfliecrafter said...

I love your "simple" page, beautiful scenery.

maggie said...

A lovely summery feel to your page. Evokes sitting in a deck chair on a warm summer's day and letting your mind just drift.