Time for a New Challenge

    Hi everyone. It's time for a new challenge once again over at Try It on Tuesday. 

   But first, Thank you Leslie for joining us as a guest designer for our Make It Colorful challenge. And thank you everyone who joined us. It's always fun to  see how people interpret a theme, especially one that's as open as color.

  For our new challenge, we're asking you to be Inspired by a Song. 

   I always have a hard time picking songs because I want to pick one that most people know or recognize. My inspirational song (which might be obvious) on my page is Lemon Tree.  I know the Peter, Paul and Mary version, but I'm not sure if they were the other version but I think there's been a few.  Here's the chorus, which is the part most people might recognize.

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

  

   To make my journal page,  I started with some printed background paper. I then fussy cut the lemons from a sheet of very large paper that I've had for a long time. In fact, I bought this sheet (along with a couple of others) back in 2005 in a paper shop I happened to come across while walking around Rome, Italy. I definitely needed to make my page feel warm and sunny because I clearly remember it was a warm and sunny day when I bought this paper. 

   The lemon tree part comes from a clear stamps set, which I think is from an old Hero Arts set. I stamped, colored and fussy cut it.  The window comes from a  Ciao Bella ephemera and junk journal book, and it is a clear sticker that I fussy cut. To finish my page, I used some blue ink and stamped the quote.

   Don't forget to check out the other song examples from my design teammates. As always, this challenge at Try It On Tuesday runs for the next 2 weeks and we accept any type of art.

   It hope to see your  song  choice inspired art over at TIOT. 

  I'm also linking up my journal page up to my In The Good Old Summertime challenge at Art Journal Journey.  This challenge runs until the end of the month, and please remember we only accept art journaling (of any kind).