Animals for Friday

Hi everyone.  Happy Earth Day. And happy "Bearthday" dear Elizabeth. I hope you have a wonderful day.

Another week has flown by. I've been busy trying to get a few chores done outside as it won't be long when (in a few weeks) the black flies hatch out and drive us back inside again. Luckily these little insects are usually only bad 2-3 weeks, but it is still annoying that when we finally get good weather, they have to drive you back inside.

To celebrate Earth Day and being green in all it's various forms, I have a page for Alison's  Play It Again Sam challenge at Art Journal Journey.

"It's not Easy Being Green" is a classic song from the Muppets.  Kermit the Frog sings it. The frogs on my page  are tired of being green, so they are now colorful frogs.

Or perhaps these frogs live in a tropical place where frogs have lots of color.

The one problem I have with using a bound bought journal (like the one this page is made on) is that it is hard to get a good flat photo of my page. My book is bulging.

I made my page by first watercolor painting the background. Then I used some sparkle glue over it to give it a bit of sparkle. Once that all dried, I stamped the grassy background with an ancient B-Line Design image.

The border is a stamped image that I fussy cut and  colored with markers. I stamped it several times in order to make the full top and bottoms borders. I also stamped the frogs, fussy cut them, and then gave them each a wash of watercolor paint. I then did a bit of doodling to give them a little more pizzazz. Finally I stamped the quotes, which except for the long one about eating what bugs them, came in the same stamp set as did both size frogs. 

The  spring peepers (tree frogs) around my house are really giving us a beautiful night chorus lately. It is a sign of spring when they start chirping. Some people might find them a just loud noise at night, but it is one of my favorite sounds, which also works for Alison's challenge at Art Journal Journey.

There is also a new challenge at Tag Tuesday . This time it is Animals, Tame or Wild, No Insects. It is hosted by Sandie.

I hope you can see the animal waving at you on my tag. 

Mr. Cat wanted to see a bit of the world and not add lots of carbon emissions to the atmosphere, so he chose to travel by balloon. As it is Earth Day, he sees lots of flowers and a pretty rainbow. He hopes the rainbow is a sign that people will learn and the earth won't be destroyed or drastically changed by plastics, climate warming and other environmental issues we are facing. 

I am also joining Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Wishing everyone a great start to the weekend ahead.