Pastel Play

Hi everyone. 

Maybe you remember the box of pastels I found a few weeks back on the mark down rack at a big box craft store.

Susi told me that these pastels are made near where she lives and she gave me some excellent advice on how to use this media.

That was good because I hadn't a clue. But she told me they are great with water and that the colors stay bold and vibrant when they get wet.

And you can see here that they do stay bright.
And no brushing off either. I love the permanent brightness. Thanks Susi!
For my background
I colored and made some random patterns on some watercolor paper. Then I used a wet paintbrush and washed each color to make them more permanent.
 I took a stencil and some Martha Stewart black metallic paint and covered the entire page.
I cut the heart out of some red paper and stamped the design on it. Then I added the TH found relative couple, and stenciled the white arrow/adventure word. Once it was dry I added some old postage stamps, the stars and the stickers to finish off my quote.

This is my link today to this month's New Year: New Adventure theme Art Journal Journey. You still have another week to link up with your art adventure.
There's been so many fabulous journal pages so far!

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog and I hope your day is going well.