Week 14 and cooler weather

Well daylight saving has finished and we are back to light early mornings which makes it easier to get up in the morning - although the cooler weather makes you wish you could stay under the covers a bit longer! I love autumn with the crisp mornings and sunny days. I sleep better that's for sure.

Colour Me Positive Week 14 - HOPE

This week's prompt talked about hope being an optimistic frame of mind and how dreams/hopes can help us move forward. The quote is: "Once you choose hope, anything can happen", and we were encouraged to use some glitter on the page.

As on most weeks, I have chosen to use a different quote: "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" - Emily Dickinson, and I had a vision of a bird flying out of the soul - hope taking wing. My page started with pastel colours squirted on the page and moved around with a credit card. The pink was a bit pale so I used a hot pink over it to brighten up the page.

Next, I used a grey paint with two new stencils from Lulu Art and the lovely Lapis blue from Dina Wakley to add some accents to the page. The soul shape and the words were done using black watercolour pencil, and I added some glitter to the word "Hope". My bird was composed of various feather shapes from a TCW stencil.

Journal 52 Week 14 - Seed / Root

So this week Effy wanted us to include a quote about seeds or spring and to paint something with seeds in it. Sarah, of course, wanted a root related quote and for us to explore metaphorical or literal roots on our page.

I found my quote first, from Khalil Gibran: " And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair". So my picture is literal for seeds and roots, but my quote is more metaphorical.

The background is my wonderful Distress Spray Stains which I enhanced by rubbing over some gold paint and pearlizing medium to give a bit of sheen. I stenciled the tree using white paint so that I would have a suitable background to colour the tree trunk, leaves and fruit. I painted the roots freehand. The seeds are just little commas of red paint with a white pen over the top.

I also stamped a little around the background but I find the black ink too dark when used over the background colour, so I will need to get a lighter colour,  possibly a grey.

Collage - N

I think the word chosen is a no-brainer as there are plenty of examples to find in the various magazines that I have, and "Needlework" is something I used to do - in fact many women in the family have been needlewomen both professionally and as hobbyists,

Unlike last week, this week ended in celebration with my niece's 30th birthday. It was lovely to get together as a family, catch up with various people and enjoy delicious food.

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