There has been a lot of research going on on the computer!!!
The good thing is that it does seem to have warmed up a bit(for now!!)and there are buds on the trees outside our windows!
While I have been taking part in the gelli print challenge I have had to clean off my brayer occasionally! Lots of the paint has been on a clean journal page in one of my journals and this is how this page started!
Next came my favourite part, lots of spattering with different coloured paints.
The JoFY stamps from Paper Artsy set 54 were stamped onto card and then coloured with Prima watercolours and Inktense pencils. I cut them out with a border to add some white to the page and then added more by outlining some of the stencil circles with a white pen.
I used a green Crayola twistable crayon to draw around the image and then framed the page with the same crayon.
Finally some Tim Holtz words were added.
I would like to enter at
Mixed Media Monthly use a stencil and 3 mediums - I have used my stencil plus acrylic paint,watercolours,Inktense pencils, ink, crayon...and a white pen!
More Mixed Media Monthly - Anything Goes - optional green
and ...of course
Rosie's Spring Theme at Art Journal Journey!
We will go and look at some of the cars we have seen via the internet but today we are staying home and catching up so I hope to visit later!
I do so appreciate your visits here, and your lovely comments always lift me, so Thank You all!
Chris
20 comments:
This page is simply WONDERFUL - you gave so much depth with all your clever techniques, the splattering, outlining, stencilling! You have always the perfect touches to add to your designs! And I can tell you that those stamped images not just are beautiful, but that you colored them so beautiful!!! And to let the white border was genius!
I cross all my fingers for you that the choice of a new car brings a good new travelling partner for the both of you! Choose well! I am sure you will.
We would have decided the same as you I guess. But our relatively new car always costs also much money.. just now we get some new things and a service and I am sure it will not be less than your reparature would have been. Just yesterday I said to hubby : A car is just a cash box!
Thanks a lot for this A*M*A*Z*I*N*G page linked to Art Journal Joureny dear Chris! Happy weekend!
Susi
Wow, your page is amazing! I love how you created the background with the mop up Gelli print, stencils and paint splatters and your flowers look so beautiful too 😁. The spring colours look so joyous! Sorry to hear about your car and I hope you find a new one soon 😁. Wishing you a Happy Friday and a wonderful weekend too! J 😊 x
Wonderful page, love all the patterns in the background .Sorry about the car, that's a lot of money for repairs, perhaps a new one is the best solution. Have a great weekend, hugs, Valerie
A great page Chris, lots of interest and I love the quirky images.
Sorry to read about the car, but yes, you're right, time for a new one, hope you get one soon.
Avril xx
what a fab looking page Chris-love that background!! Sorry to hear about the vehicle woes and a new car is expensive but you want something reliable and it would be a shame to put so much money into a troubled old one and then lose it anyway. Good luck!
Loving your page ! hope you find a new car without too much hassle (and cost!)
Its a gorgeous page Chris and I loved reading how you made it, especially the bit about adding paint with the fingers.
It was going to be quite a cost to repair the car, I think we would have been looking for another as you are, if it happened to us.
Have a good weekend.
Yvonne xx
You are the queen of flowers. I believe you would breathe flowers if you could. This is truly lovely and I love how much depth you managed to create, too. So glad you joined us today at Art Journal Journey.
A wonderful page with terrific colour choices.
Hope all goes well with choosing a new car or not
Love Chrissie xx
So sorry to hear about your car, Chris - always a big expense and a headache trying to choose the best replacement. Hope you find one soon!
Great spread - love the composition and yes, it's great to be feeling a little warmer up here, isn't it? Spring light has such an amazing quality!
Cath x
I love this whimsical spring page. It is a lot of fun to look at Chris. :) Sorry to hear about your car. I know what you mean that it starts to cost so much money just to keep it going. I had to do that a year ago, but I am happy with my new car so I am sure you will be too. Good luck with your car hunting. Hugs-Erika
Beautiful page, Chris! I'm marveling at how you used the very same palette in the foreground and background and they're still clearly separate. I hope that makes sense. There's probably a more technical term for it. I guess the a background is more muted and the foreground is crisp and clear. Beautiful.
Good luck with the car search. Like computers, cars are more trouble than they're worth when they've become unreliable.
A beautiful page Chris, the background looks wonderful!
Good luck with the car hunting, we ordered a Skoda Fabia Estate today, as Graham's company car is going at the end of the month with his redundancy.
Alison xxx
Gorgeous page Chris, perfect for Spring. Did you enter it over at That’s Crafty too?
Good luck with the car, nothing worse than car trouble
Thank you so much for joining us at the Rubber Dance blog too ;)
Hugs
Donna xx
Nice page, great choice of colors! Thanks for joining us on the Mix Media Monthly team.
Buds on the trees! I love those first signs of spring :) and your page is a wonderful preview. Blooms!
My 1991 car is still driveable, but I've already picked its replacement: a Honda Fit. Perfect for me. I hope your search goes as well as mine did :)
Your page is amazing, dear Chris
Thank you for joining us at ART JOURNAL JOURNEY
Gorgeous page! I love how your background turned out. I must remember to clean my brayers like that :-) Thank you for joining our March challenge at Rubber Dance! ♥ Happy Easter!
your page is so beautiful1
Ingunn
Adorable work! Love the flowers against the background. Thank you for joining the Rubber Dance challenge. xx Susanne
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