Hi everyone and Happy New Year, and let's hope it brings bit more cheer than last year did!
There's a new host at Art Journal Journey and that means a new topic!
Erika has chosen 'Favourite Things' as the theme this month and I'm looking forward to getting going.
I think a lot of you know that I love visiting gardens.
One of the things I love most about gardens is listening to the birds and indeed watching them
I started my page by picking up blue, turquoise and green paint on a brayer. I brayered the top half of the page then flipped my journal and brayered the bottom half using a little less paint and pressure.
I used some tubes on my desk to stamp on some painty circles, picking up pink from the heart cut from some Dina Wakley media collage paper. I stamped some text randomly and added some white pen marks, pink paint marks, some hearts just cut freehand from some gelli printed paper. I also used some deli printed paper to stamp the Dina birds and stuck them onto stamped versions of the birds. I used the leftover bits of paper to cut circles and more hearts and added some of Tracy Evans's Aall and Create washi tape.
Finally I added some paper ground for the birds and the quote from the Scribbly Bird stamp set.
I hope that with the days getting longer and hopefully some bright frosty days that I will feel more like crafting than I did in December!
Looking forward to seeing your Favourite Things.
Thanks for looking, Chris
8 comments:
Gardens and birds. I can tell they are some of your favorite things. This is a stunning first entry for Erika's theme. I really like how you created the background and the birds are so lovely, too. Like you, I'm hopeful 2021 is a better year.
Lovely page Chris! Some of my favourite things too.
Alison xx
Chris,
Lovely page with gardens, birds, and happy colors. Visiting gardens and bird watching/listening is so peaceful and your pictures are always a delight. Thanks for sharing all this. Happy New Year - hoping it can meet some of our dreams for it. Hugz
I'm with you about gardens and birds Chris. This is such a warm and optimistic page to start the new year! I love the hearts and the brayered colors. Happy New Year to you. I hope yours starts off in a good way! Hugs-Erika
I love the birds, too! And squirrels, chipmunks, ground squirrels...any critters at all--hehe!
Happy new year, Chris!! :)
What a beautiful page! The colours and birds make me so happy, it's a gorgeous design with all the layers and hearts 😀. All the very best for 2021, let's hope it's a better year for everyone - Happy New Year! Hugs, Jo x
Lovely Page, Chris!
Hugs from Spain
Beautiful page. I love gardens, but with them dormant here, I am enjoying the birds. I don’t know if it because there is less traffic, but I definitely see more birds about. Let’s hope for a gentle winter. Happy little Christmas.
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