Steampunking Love

I told you I was into hearts lately, and here's a journal page where I played with this love theme some more.  I left the journal page white and added this scrap of gelli print image. I had die cut the middle out of the gelli print for another project but couldn't waste the edges. Too bright and colorful for the trash!  And what better place for a frugal crafter to use the left overs but in an art journal?

That sounds like the name of a book, doesn't it?

Hmmm.

Then I used this pink heart I die cut and scribbled the design along the edge in black and red. The saying I cut from a book, the postal mark stamp is from Tin Can Mail-a favorite I have had forever.

Cool steampunk butterfly and tulips are from Chocolate Baroque- a cool British stamp company.

I colored this butterfly image with silver,gold and white pens, along with inking it with a rust and brown ink pad. Then I added a bit of Sharpie marker color too.

Here's the rose close up.I really like how it came out.

Here's the saying in the middle of the heart. I cut it out of a book I have. It was one of those, things to do now that you are 50 book, and for me, it was kind of silly. I think at 50 you most likely know a lot of things you still want to try, but it was still fun to read through (just once) and it was a gift from a friend. So now it is being recycled as some good journal advice quotes. I thought the boomerang seemed to fit here.

It is fun to try different styles and try new things- especially if you stay true to your own vision. Yes this page is grungy-but I am

not very good at this many layered and frilly fancy pieces that are so beautiful to look at.

Mine are more like too busy, over loaded , look like I didn't know when to stop.

But journal pages are OK no matter how they came out.

And I am happy with this experiment.

Thanks for visiting.