Thursday 13 February 2014

Valentine's Day Art Journal Page

With Valentine's Day being tomorrow (but we are celebrating it tonight as I have to work in the pub on Friday) I thought I would create a double page spread with it in mind. *Queue red and pink colour palette*

 Sure you'd have to add a little sparkle for Valentine's.... the day is so full of tacky anyway so I thought I'd add to it with a bit of glitter.




 I came across these cute "chalkboard inspired" stickers by American Crafts in TK Maxx months ago. I'd say it was even before Christmas when I found them, sitting like a diamond among the rough. I brought them straight to the till because I knew I would take great pleasure in using them in a project such as this one.



I also filmed the process so I will be uploading it to my Youtube channel asap. Hopefully that will be later today but if not it should be Friday. I will keep you posted anyway so watch out for it on social networks.

What do you think then guys? I'm quite pleased with it actually, I like the colours. It isn't a palette I would typically go for to be honest I would never normally have that much pink. That is what I love so much about setting yourself challenges; you just never know what will happen or what you will learn or discover about yourself. I think sometimes we convince ourselves that we really don't like something when actually if we take the time to explore it a little we discover it's not so bad after all.

Let me know if you agree with this. Are there any discoveries you have made about your art/craft and/or yourself lately?

Have a wonderful Thursday
Ciara
xoxo
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 February 2014 at 12:56

    Reminds me of that Cat Power song 'Sea of Love', but its more like a storm of love, of pink, but I like those black bits in their too. Looking forward to the video!

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    1. Unknown13 February 2014 at 15:01

      Hehe you are so corny! Thanks for the comment, I should have the video up soon :)

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  2. Anonymous13 February 2014 at 14:27

    I really like that you havent gone for typical valentines day-esque colours and kept it unique, with a splash of romanticism. I particularly like the chalkboard 'all yours' underneath the 'I am', looks cool :-)

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    1. Unknown13 February 2014 at 15:03

      Do you think? I thought I had gone for typical Valentine's colours and was feeling a little "this is old news" about it if you know what I mean?
      Yeah I think those chalkboard stickers are adorable. American Crafts knows their stuff!

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  3. C14 February 2014 at 14:55

    Love the idea of adding "reluctant glitter" (sic) in honour of the general tackiness of the day. The colours really do work - I love the red pink and black together . I am always a little wary with metallics - I need to play around with them more. Nice work!

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