Saturday 27 January 2018

Creativity is good for the soul


A page for

and Erika's theme of New Year, New Adventures.
For me every page is an adventure, I maybe know what I will be using  as my main focus,  the rest just happens, as I get hands busy  and go with the flow.

My starting point was  a page from one of my [Stampington] colouring books.

  I did spend quite a while colouring this page and tried to get a reasonable photo over a few days, each one turned out quite pale, this was the best version.
However I am happy to say it was a good bright day when I took the the next stage  photos, she looked  a better colour.


There was a lot of fussy cutting done to get round this piece and you may notice that some of her hair  details  have gone missing in the cutting.



The journal page background is a Stencil still lurking on my desk from creating next weeks diary page which I shared in my previous post.
The colours I used at this stage are oxide inks,a stamp for the  Creativity quote. The other words were computer generated





Thank you for calling in today, your visited is always  appreciated.

22 comments:

  1. such a lovely page-I am so bad at coloring this is beautiful
    Happy Saturday

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  2. I agree. Creativity is good for the soul and the brain and the energy levels and so many things. That is a very creative lady too. You colored her beautifully! And sh is cheery and bright and makes me happy! :) Thanks for joining us at AJJ too. Hope Saturday is going well. Hugs-Erika

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  3. Your colouring is brilliant and you are so good in bringing things together to a perfect page! Just super!
    I am really happy that AJJ has you as a supporter and inspiration - your ideas and how your artsy brain works is teriffic!
    Thanks a lot for another wonderful inspiration linked to Erika's theme!
    Happy weekend !
    oxo Susi

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  4. Gorgeous page, love the beautiful colours, and the face is so pretty. Have a great weekend! Hugs, Valerie

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  5. Yes, be creative and stay healthy..love it

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  6. Beautiful colouring of this lovely lady, and I love the flower stencil that you have used again today.
    Jean x

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  7. OH WOW, Yvonne. The colors you chose and the way you stayed within the lines (something I can't seem to do) made this a fabulous beginning to an excellent page for Erika's theme at AJJ. The quote is wonderful, and the way you brought everything together with seemingly such ease, makes this a genuine beauty. Thanks for sharing it and supporting Art Journal Journey.

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  8. Wow what a lovevely lady. Wonderful made.
    Greetings Carola

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  9. Wow, that must be an amazing colouring book, stunning page!

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    1. They are/ were super books, good quality paper etc . They started off quarterly and then went out of production.

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  10. very nice, that is fantastic journal!!!!
    Happy weekend
    Elke

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  11. Fabulous page Yvonne, beautiful colours too

    Joan

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  12. This looks amazing! I love how you are using your colouring pages! Enjoy the remainder of the weekend!Chrisx

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  13. Your journal page is lovely and Oh so feminine! Fussing cutting makes a difference and is worth the extra time, isn't it? Just Beautiful Yvonne!

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  14. Sure is good for the soul and mind and this has proven you are correct. ....beautiful. [aNNie]

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  15. Well this is quite a lot of fun! I love that you used a coloring book page. May I ask what you used to color it with? What type of marker? Or it watercolor?? Whatever it is - it's so nicely done. Great page.

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    1. I tend to use a mixture of pens and pencils to colour in, this one was mainly Spectrum Noir Aqua Blend Pencils and Illustrator pens.
      My choice of pens etc depends on the type of paper in the colouring books, I test in a corner where I know I won't be using.

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  16. wow !!! it's beautiful i really like your good idea so much ,thank for sharing.

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  17. Wow! A beautiful, summery spread Yvonne! xx

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  18. Such fabulous uplifting colours - she must have been great fun to colour. I love the layered stencilling in her flowery bower - she looks very at home.
    Alison x

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  19. Amazing page - I love it! The happy colours you chose and the flower stencil look so beautiful 😁. All that fussy cutting must have been fun, just my thing ...lol 😉. Hope you had a lovely weekend and wishing you a happy new week! J 😊

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  20. I very much like your pattern it's beautiful,thank for sharing good i dea!

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