A journal page

A couple of weeks ago, I had a tough day at work and came home in a rather grumpy mood! I decided to retire to my craft shed for a little therapeutic play time while my lovely OH cooked the evening meal. This was the result.

I was very inspired by this layout by Anneke because of the vibrant colours. She used acrylic artists ink, so I toddled off to the art shop and bought precisely one bottle to have a try with in this amazing sunny colour.

I must confess I started with the plan to use the words "what a day" (made from Tim Holtz Chit Chat stickers) as it could be positive or negative. Then I remembered a Paper Artsy stamp I like and added the word "marvellous" - at that point, I still felt there could be a touch of irony involved in my message!!!

I added the flowers which are clear stamps off a magazine and coloured them with Inktense pencils. I added the various words which are Hero Arts stamps - I love this sort of script - and joined them together with freehand lines.I think I also added some additional colour on the page with a brush. I also added some stencilled butterflies and dragonflies and my finishing touch was to stick on lots of Papermania butterflies die cuts.

Needless to say by the time I had finished this page, I felt so much better and it didn't feel like such a bad day after all. This is only the second journal page I have ever finished!!!

I am entering this into the Craft Barn's art journal challenge.

Elaine