Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Say It With Flowers

Hi everyone. Tuesday has rolled around again and we have a new challenge over at Try It On Tuesday:
Say It With Flowers
Since British Mothering Sunday (Mother's Day) is on March 31, I decided to make my page not only filled with flowers but  also as a tribute to mother's all over also.
I began with some blue checkered paper, and did a little Gelli print over it. Then I hand painted and the flowers with acrylic paints and used both  a Sharpie and a Stabilo pencil to outline the flower petals and leaves.  I added the white cloth trim and some colorful paper tape, as well as some gold rhinestones along the paper tape. Then I stamped the word cherish, but purposely made it a little lighter so not to make it compete with the flowers. I added the TH found relatives and a cloth 2 heart sticker.
And since this page has a spring like feel (even if Mom and son are in more wintery clothing), I will be linking it up to Jo's Hello Springtime challenge at Art Journal Journey also. 
And before I sign off, I want to thank Sabine for being a great hostess last challenge and welcome our new hostess Reoplane. 
So put some blooms into your life. I look forward to seeing your flower art in the next 2 weeks.





19 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Wonderful page Erika, we all have to be thankful for our mothers. Hugs, Valerie

Astrid Maclean said...

Super page, love those wonderful hand painted flowers! The look fantastic against that fab background. The lace and sweet paper doll are great finishing touches. Have to say though, she looks more like a grandma with that little one, but hey, grandmas are mothers too, so all good...

Cath Wilson said...

Love that strip of tape marrying it all together, Erika. Your painted flowers are beautiful and I love the subtle 'cherish' stamping in the background. It's a great page.
Cath x

Rosie said...

A wonderful page for the theme

Let's Art Journal said...

Beautiful page! I loved reading how you created it too, the white trim cloth and flowers look amazing 😁. Thanks so much for joining us at Art Journal Journey with your springtime page and wishing you a happy new week! J 😊 x

Meggymay said...

A gorgeous page with the beautiful flowers. Its a lovely tribute to mothers, with the sweet mother and son image you added, your trimmings are so pretty as well.
Tuesday wishes Erika, thinking of you today.
Yvonne xx

CJ Kennedy said...

A lovely Mother's Day sentiment. I love the blue gingham background, flowers, and eyelet. Reminds me of aprons moms used to wear. Enjoy the sunshine.

Divers and Sundry said...

what a sweet tribute to mothers :) I love the eyelet trim.

Caty said...

So so gorgeous your page Erika !! Love the so beautiful blue background, the white flowers, the lace, hearts, the lovely image and all the details. Absolutely wonderful !
Hope your fingers are better today, and with you a very nice afternoon,
Big hugs, Caty

Jeanie said...

Pretty indeed! I love the gelli over the gingham paper. And very nice vintage images, too!

Mrs.B said...

A lovely page Erika, love your hand painted flowers and pretty embellishments along with the mother and son image. A great idea to make it as a tribute page to Mothers.
Avril xx

Anne (cornucopia) said...

This is lovely.

pearshapedcrafting said...

It's a beautiful page Erika! Those flowers are so pretty! Hugs, Chrisx

froebelsternchen said...

An absolutely GORGEOUS page - so cheery! Thank you for joining AJJ again and happy TIOT Erika!
Big hugs, Susi

Marjut said...

Very beautiful page, Lovely colours, flowers and image.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I adore this page, Erika. It's beautiful. Feminine, too. Thanks for also sharing it with us at Art Journal Journey, too.

Eileen Bergen said...

Great page, Erika. I know I left a comment or T-day, but don't see it here. I'm glad I swung around again and noticed. Very frustrating. Eileen xx

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

A beautiful tribute to Mother's everywhere Erika which gives us a moment to cherish and remember from past to present. Beautiful.
Creative Hugs for the weekend Tracey x

Rike said...

Your page is wonderful and lovely!
Wish you a happy weekend! Hugs-Rike