Bubbles and Circles

it's been a while since I played properly in my journal ... but this is the "story" of the page you may have seen on Wednesday in the WOYWW post...

I started with a Clarity alphabet stencil that has never been used.. I added circles - the little ones are a Stickles lid, the big stencilled (crafters workshop)

Can't remember what colours I used .. Frescos.. possibly Marlin for the circles

 Gesso'd over to knock it back..

added a touch of pale pink (no idea why, wanted a bit of contrast)  washed over that again to knock it further back, then re-stencilled the bigger circles

 more stencils, the Prima circles (12x12 stencil
 Think I definitely used Marlin for the first layer, then a Reeves Titanium White acrylic paint over the top for the 'bump'.. this is the part you saw on Wednesday, that lots of you liked so much (so do I!)  - the titanium white is so bright, over the blue it almost looks iridescent, which is what makes it appear so dimensional I think (along with the bump)

 added some stamped circles (Emma Godfrey for Paperartsy) - they're gorgeous scribbly circles... randomly over the page.

but I  joined them up with the short lines (same stamp set) also  in black archival, making sure the starting and ending points are the edges of the journal.

Using a long handled paintbrush I doodled green round the circles (It's a new Fresco, can't tell you what it's called yet!) and added some Beach Hut too, to tone into the overall blue shades of the page.

added some white sharpie dots in the circles,
then the words which are a new Lin Brown set for Paperartsy (can you tell I've been splurging again?)  cut into individual pieces.
got a bit of shadow, sorry!

Finally I added some drippage with some turquoise Bombay Ink spritzing with water to drip it down the page.

Thanks for looking - I had great fun with this page... now, to ink up some more new rubber!!