Everyone Likes Flowers, Right?

    Hi everyone. Happy Thursday to you.  Slowly spring is coming. We're back into some chilly chilly temps at night way below freezing. Brrr.  But at least the ground is about 85-90% snow free. And today we have no inclement weather in the forecast either. 👍

   Today I have a spring journal page  for Chris's challenge at Art Journal Journey. I am also linking up to challenge #124 at Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge blog since I have used more than 3 types of media on my page.

   My page started with me using up some left over blue and green paints. It really was just a wipe off my brush page but it had potential. To pull it together I took a brick stencil and some white gesso.

   The actual flowers are from a punch out set of images from Art by Marlene. I arranged them, glued them down and then used 2 different green paint pens to make the stems and leaves. To enhance the flowers I took some yellow daisy cloth trim and clipped the daisies into separate pieces. I glued a daisy down in the center of each flower and then added a small confetti piece.

   I also had a die cut on my work table that I hadn't used. It's the shape of a card you'd wrap threads or yarn around. I didn't wrap anything around to but I outlined the edges with a white paint pen. Then I inked those edges with a blue ink pad  similar  in color to some of the blue on the background.

   I stamped the butterflies and quote. I also added a a bit of black and white color to the butterflies to make them stand out more. 

 If you stop by frequently you might have seen the photos of my jar of tulips. Sadly they never bloom very long, but even as the blooms start to go, I think they look pretty cool. They also make great photo fodder. Here's a few more recent photos I have taken of them.

And if I brighten up the photos a bit, here's what I get.

Have a wonderful Thursday and (if your an occasional visitor) have a great rest of the week.