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Thursday 6 August 2015

The sun IS gonna shine!!

Yep! The man from the BBC says we could be getting some sunshine..and then he went and spoiled it all by saying something stupid like…. it would rain most of Sunday!!
I'm looking forward with my Journal page today… we may see butterflies, we may even get a glorious sunset but best of all I can go out in my sandals again!!
This page was in my journal and it was VERY green! I added some stencilling using Ripe Persimmon distress ink as well as blending some over the green. I added the stencilling lightly through the clockwork stencil with Peacock Feathers and then with the same colour quite heavily through a Crafters Companion Balzer Design 'Cornflower'…I know they usually grow upwards but I liked the idea of them hanging downwards. I flicked off some of the ink by spritzing with water and blowing it with a straw…I also used some for stamping with a Kaisercraft background stamp.I drew around the cornflowers, splashes and added more dots using an SX Pitt pen
My butterfly was stamped using Stazon onto some chocolate paper from some special chocolates we had in Austria last year.
The Indigo-blu grasses stamp was over stamped in places to give a bit of depth. 
The words(Tim's chit chat)are for my golden butterfly…and also for me if the weather forecast is true… 

I would like to enter the following challenges

Stamps and Stencils - Yvonnes theme is 'Time Flies' totally agree with that!!

Our Creative Corner - Mexico Moods
  
I took another look here for some colour inspiration before starting my page

Frilly and Funkie - Things With Wings - butterflies, bird or bees for me usually!!

Country View Challenges - Summertime …Oh yes please!!!

I am also joining Art Journal Journey where the theme this month is TIME - I love this chance to see great journal pages!

Thanks for looking, Chris

23 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Wonderful page, thanks for joining us at Art Journal Journey. It's so hot here I can hardly move! Hugs, Valerie

froebelsternchen said...

Amazing pages ! WOW!
So happy about another fantastic entry to AJJ!
Thanks a lot Chris!
We have so much heat here in Austria...
oxo
Susi

Barb said...

It's a lovely page Chris. The flowers look perfect hanging down. I wouldn't have known. That lovely butterfly looks as if he smells of chocolate. I really like it a lot. Barbxx

Helen said...

I like the flowers growing down not up!! great page, LOVE the colours! hoping the sun keeps shining here too!

chrissie said...

Beautiful page with clever use of the stamps

Love Chrissie xx

SueC said...

Fabulous pages, love the thistle stencil ! Thanks for joining us at Stamps and Stencils. Sue C x

Meggymay said...

Fabulous page Chris, love the colours and stencil layers to your background and the butterfly looks beautiful. Thank you for joining us at Stamps and Stencils.
Yvonne xx

Lynne Moncrieff said...

A gorgeous vibrancy to your page, so beautiful.
Today we had no rain, I should note it in my diary as it must be the first day in I cannot think how long!!!
Wishes
Lynne

Julie Lee said...

Such a beautiful page, Chris. I love how the butterfly really stands out. Also the grasses and ferns in silhouette in the foreground look wonderful. I'm sorry I've got terribly behind with commenting. Life has been very hectic, as I've been doing an on line course, and my Mum has also come down with a chest infection, which is rather worrying, as she is 86. xxx

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Gosh this is gorgeous. Really lovely journal page. So much detail and lots of layers, too.

You may have ALL my sunshine. I would love a cloudy day or two.

Brenda Brown said...

Lovely summer colours Chris and the layering is fabulous. Great page.
Hugs Brenda xxx

Margik said...

What stunning page, Chris! I love the beautiful details, colours and specially the great background.
Mar xx

Karla B said...

This is amazing Chris!Love all the details here.

My name is Erika. said...

Beautiful page! I love how you colored the sky.

Anonymous said...

that is true, it is our time!
Herzlich Pippa

Sandy said...

Really nice - I am just starting to play around with sprays and stencils and Brushos for an art journal. I have a lot to learn. I guess some people just have a way with some products more than others. I do like your journal page - reminds me of the light filtering through a jungle.
sandy xx

Pamellia said...

Gorgeous tag Chris! Love the colourful background and the flower stencil and butterfly are just wonderful! Thank you so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie for our "Things with Wings" challenge! Hugs, Pamellia DT :)

johanna said...

i love how you let the stencil flowers let dangle on the top like lamps. wonderful page!!

Zue said...

Like the hanging cornflowers.....reminds me of spiders. Just spent a few days admiring wonderful dragonflies and birds on a local river....I love spiders too.
Very hot here today (Saturday). I would love some cooling rain.
Xx

Dianne said...

Love the color...and hanging flowers...and your title...think positive I always say! Maybe we CAN will the sun to shine! lol!

Words and Pictures said...

I seem to remember being promised that from mid-August it would settle into a prolonged period of warm sunny days - hah!!

In the meantime, I'm enjoying your glowing page - those upside-down cornflowers have really taken my fancy, and I love the combination of vivid colours. Thanks so much for joining us at Country View Challenges.
Alison xx

toni said...

A lovely journal page! Love the way you have layered the stencilled background with the deep stamping and collaged butterfly, thank you for joining us at Stamps and Stencils. Toni x

Julia S-W said...

Beautiful journal page Chris. The colours are wonderfully vibrant and I love the say you've done the cornflowers! Thanks for joining us at Stamps & Stencils. Juliax