i knew i wanted to do some kind of collage for the journal page. i used my 8x8 journal book and gathered lots of pink and orange papers of a variety of textures and patterns. i began laying out to my heart's content. i had already stamped a wonderful stampsmith image -- a face with flowers which i'd already colored in with pinks and oranges so i wanted to include that.
i embellished with a lot of additional goodies. the butterflies are from a moonlight journeys collage sheet. most of the rest are from either k & company or are random stash items.
since the pink and orange theme was an homage to summer i found a short poem online that seemed fitting. in photoshop i created a background in the color orange and i used the gradient tool on it. i typed the poem on to that and then with some cutting and tearing i had my centerpiece. i am so glad that Dawn is doing this journal challenge and i look forward to joining again in August. meanwhile i guess i'm getting to be a full-fledged pink saturday devotee as well!
by the way special thanks to Linda at scrappinbears studio. a lot of the lovely papers came from her. she was giving away from her excess and i was a lucky recipient. she sent me a huge box of gorgeous papers and many of them are a part of this journal page. thank you Linda!
peace and love to all.
