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Layer, layers and more layers for this journal page. I had an idea in mind when I started. What was in my head didn’t match in the least bit what was coming out on the page.
I walked away for a couple days…literally.
I really liked pieces of the pages so I took my circle stamp to those parts. I filled in around with blue and white with my fingers. I’ve really got to remember to get a picture of my hands one of these days all covered with paint. But I digress…
Anyone remember the 1984 movie Footloose? Well, I certainly do. It’s still a favorite of mine.
This set of Bible verses was used in a scene by Ren McCormack, played by Kevin Bacon, as he was trying to convince the very conservative city council to allow the high school kids to have a dance. This scene amazed me to hear that the Bible said dancing was ok because I grew up in a very conservative church that dancing was not allowed either. Its a beautiful and powerful set of verses.
I decided that the verse needed to be added after I looked at the pages. I thought that might be a view from heaven…the universe in front of you…all the stars and planets.
I’m back at the drips, splatters and squiggles. I couldn’t help myself.
The partially obscured quote is:
We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa
Another page in my cursed journal. Photographing this page proved to be a challenge. This was the best shot I could get and it still doesn’t have the look that it does in real life. I’m bummed because I think this is one of my very favorite pages EVER.
After I stamped and embossed the pocket watch image, it looked just too perfect. I took some sandpaper to it to mess it up a bit. This made me much happier. :)
I also had to show off my yarn haul from the thrift store. Woo-hoo…lots of knitting and crochet material for the less than the price of 2 average skeins.
We’ve had such gorgeous weather lately. It inspired me to create this journal page day.
Blue sky and puffy white clouds.
A field of flowers…
I think I was also inspired by a recent trip to the MN Landscape Arboretum. So many beautiful flowers. I took well over 100 photos in the 1.5 we were there.
I’ll share more of that day in a later post.
This was the last photo I took that day as we were walking back out to our vehicle. That’s it straight from the camera…no edits…no fussing with color balance etc….with the exception of my watermark, of course.
Here’s the same photo after playing around in Photoshop. It has a completely different mood.
I could play in the digital world all day but there are things in the real world that need my attention today.
I wish I had a time lapse of this journal page. It went through many different stages and colors before arriving at the finished product. This definitely made the background rich and with great depth.
The words were an afterthought…but they fit just perfectly to me. When I rip pages out of my journals to reduce bulk, I often look for phrases that speak to me. I cut them out and save them for a future project. I never pick the words beforehand….always after I have set the paintbrush down.
Whenever I go outside to photograph my art for the blog I have an assistant who likes to tag along.
She really isn’t much help. In fact, she is usually a distraction as I must keep one eye on her so she doesn’t get into trouble.
It usually works out best when she finds a nice sunny spot to get her daily dose of vitamin D.
Oh, the life of a spoiled cat.
I’m not excited about the colors I used on this page but I’m having a lot of fun with the doodles. I think it’s something I’m going to play with more.
Speaking of flowers…
I’m in need to some identification of a “flower” or maybe a weed that has planted itself amongst my spirea bush.
It’s quite large. The leaves are about 6 inches long and the bud it about 1.5 inches in diameter. It seemingly grew up overnight. I’m sure it didn’t and that it was working its way up while I was sick for a week.
The goofy thing is tall as well. I’ve been leaving it now just to see what comes of it but would love to know if anyone could tell me ahead of time. Patience is not one of my virtues.