In the Garden

Hi everyone. We're already at the middle of the week, and hopefully the very hot and humid weather that's been in my area will break today as predicted. It has been just a bit too oppressive for me. 

Today I am going to share a vintage style collaged journal spread that is an ode to gardening.

I used several types of materials to make my pages. The square with the pinking sheared edges on the bottom right is some cloth. There is a vintage photo above it, as well as some various forms of paper. On the left side of my page, besides using some various printed images, I used the back of an old playing card with the peas on it and also a rather vintage looking green watch face. It went with the rest of the spread I thought.

On both sides I added some green plastic gemstones. These are the kind that come in already sticky strips. I finished my page with both a stamped quote from Alison Bomber at Paper Artsy as well as some crochet style cloth items. On the left are 3 small crochet style flowers and on the right is a butterfly. They were very white but I darken them with some paint. I also added some gold plastic gemstones. These are the kind with no stickies on the back so I glued them down.

For some reason I could get the page to lay flatter before I stamped the quote. I also digitally lightened it up a bit more.

And here's some close ups.

I am linking up to 2 different challenges. 

First of all I am linking up to this month's Creative Artiste Mix Media Challenge blog, challenge #72.

I am also linking up to Mia's butterfly challenge at Art Journal Journey.

Wishing everyone a wonderful middle of your week!

Thanks for visiting.