Live the Life You've Imagined

This journal page was inspired by "Summer Days." On vacation, I loved watching the sea turtle hatching on the beach. 

I painted the turtle and background with watercolor.  I added markers for the shading and a crackle stamp to give the turtle shell texture.  I'm not sure if this photo shows the vibrancy of the colors.

Challenges I participated in: The Mixed Media - Summer Challenge, Simon Says - Letter of the week "I",

Received recognition for my turtle.

Who Am I

Hello crafty friends.  I have another mixed media journal page to share with you today.  The prompt was "Who am I".  I used a lot of wonderful elements to create this page. Several of them were; old laundry stub, a page of an ice cream order book, quote from a magazine along with other elements found in magazines.  The background was created with acrylic paint.  The cloths pin hold a photo of myself and my English Bulldog, Rosie.  To view the characteristics of what make me.me. By lifting up the photo to revile the list. 

Challenges I participated in: Simon Says - Anything Goes, Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes,

Winner - Mixed Media Monthly Challenge

I'm excited to learn I was chosen as the June Year of Choices winner over at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge blog for my peacock page.
                             

Beautiful Peacock

This mixed media page was fun to make. Let's start with the background. I mixed gesso and grey acrylic paint together and stamped the image on the page. I then used water down acrylic paint in blue and bright green and painted over the stamped image. I drew the peacock on some white card stock and then added it to the page. I used blue, green, yellow, pink and purple acrylic paints for the peacocks feathers. Finishing touches were doodling feathers, using a checkered pattern stamp and a white Sharpie marker. 

I created this page for the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #13 "A Year of Choices."

I selected the theme, "Birds of a Feather." Do Peacocks have wings? Yes they do. They are excellent fliers with beautiful wings. Their beautiful tail is held straight back when they fly.

  

Some would say peacocks only have 1 feather, they would be wrong! A peacock can hold up to 30 small feathers or 4 HUGE ones but 20 medium or average size feathers. The way peacocks spread they're tail/feathers it can look like just a single feather.

Other challenges: Craft my life - Anything but a card (June/July), Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes (Monday). 

Bingo

Today's post is a journal page I created for Create Something Catchy Mixed Media Challenge.  I had to think awhile before something hit me?  I decided to create a BINGO card and then add inspirational words to the page.  There are several 3-d items included on this page: crochet flower, star eyelet, ribbons, silver heart and another fabric flower in the lower right corner. 

From the inspirational photo (below) I choose the red, brown and black colors and playfulness of the image.  I add the large red heart to reflect the love they have for each other and the color of the umbrella.

What do you think?

Bird Weather

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Flower and a Butterfly

Today's journaling page was created for the the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge. Their May challenge was flowers. I also wanted to include  something I need to work on. Let's see if you can figure it out. The background was created with a white crayon and watercolors. I wanted the look of a chevron pattern. Do you see it?  The flower was created with Copic markers. I stamped the butterfly on a separate piece of paper and colored the image with Copics. I then wanted the butterfly to be 3-d.

                 

I love this quote, "You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder.

                                         
Challenge Moo-mania - Flowers

All of Me

I have a journal page to share for the prompt: "What song are you currently groovin' too?" For me it's a song by John Legend, All of Me. I created the background by using a stencil and teal green acrylic paint. I drew the women on a separate  piece of card stock and used Copic markers. The sheet music edges where sponged with dark chocolate and black ink to give the appearance  of brunt paper. Finishing touches were a metal key and heart.

What are you groovin' too?

Wednesday's Challenges: Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes, Penny's Challenges - Anything Goes, Little Red Wagon - Distress It