Instagram Garden Party Challenge No. 1

Hi Everyone! 

I found a new challenge on Instagram, called The Garden Party Challenge, and run by Isa and Sylvie. It's a fortnightly challenge with 5 prompts to use.

For Challenge 1, the list was, a square card, insects, pink colour, script, and stitching.

I made this card for my best friend Karen's birthday, which just happens to be today.

Happy birthday dear Karen! We celebrated with a visit to National Trust property Ightham Mote in Kent. Karen took a few photos, but she hasn't shared them with me yet. I used a stamp set by Innovative Stamp Creations, and one of my previously created gel prints.

Happy Wednesday,

Alison xox

Dreaming of Spring

Welcome Everyone!

I'm really struggling to get motivated lately, what with changing my diet and remembering to take medication, but I managed to create this double page spread in my 6x4" art journal today. The teal paint was already there, which helped. And we have Jo's wonderful Hello Springtime theme over at Art Journal Journey, to which I'll be linking.

I created some texture on the teal paint, using a comb to apply white Fresco acrylic. Then I adhered some book page scraps, used an orange Scribble Stick to make marks, and black Fresco acrylic and a lid to print circles.

I stamped the butterflies (Innovative Stamp Creations) onto book page, cut them out, and added them, then finished with splatters, and wrote the words with my glass dip pen and black Bombay India ink.

Hope to be back again soon! Thanks for visiting.

Alison xox