Art Journal Celebration

This prompt from UKS was linked to the wedding festivities and I seemed to deviate from the prompts which asked us to celebrate one event, use the letters RSVP and some sparkle. This time of year is tough for me as I lost my dad six years ago and my brother three years ago. This year I have been working on a positive approach and thinking about this prompt made me realise that I now try to celebrate life and live each day as it comes as we never know what might happen. It all began with a promo postcard I picked up in Fat face.

I just had to alter it a little.

I used Dylusions acyrlic paints in red and blue to extend the flag and then layered a coat of sparkly blue and white thinly over the top with some glass beads. I did stamp and emboss the hearts but they got lost under the paint layers.

The heart stamp on the postcard section was a freebie from Cards and stamping weekend. I wrote the word Life with glue and then added Martha Stewart vintage glitter over the top before adding my journalling.

Playing with paper and glittery bits

Once I had completed the circle journal I still wanted to play a little and the glitter and beads were just there. Here are a couple of my experiments - I'm still waiting for more to dry. I think I have been watching too many Donna Downey Inspiration Wednesday videos but they are good. I am planning to scrap a journal/album on the new garden so thought I would create some letters and flowers that I can cut out and stick on.

 

I made some more dresses which I thought I could use as toppers for cards or scrapping. Then I dug out the thicker glitter... and stuck it on butterflies and acetate. Hanging on the rail you can see the start of pages for T in the Park using a 12 x 12 album holder that takes six photos etc. I like using these as you can keep tickets and layouts and other bits and bobs and stick onto the plastic etc. This was an idea I got from Shimelle's last class - Something for almost nothing.