First of all, congratulations to "A Vintage Journey" in celebrating 5 years of this wonderful challenge blog. Have really enjoyed dipping into the mix of fabulous creations from the team and seeing the myriad of entries that you have sparked.
I began to think about my own journey and wrote down my thoughts for the future onto this page before I added anything. I wrote about wishes for the future for members of my family and for myself.
The image of the sun emerging from the clouds jumped out at me from a magazine and I had to add this to my piece.
As I assembled my papers, stencils, stamps and words, I became reflective of my family from the past and decided to find a family photo that would fit around how I was feeling.
So, I squished and stamped and rubbed and flicked and aged and blended and scribbled down more thoughts and I came up with this!
The tree is stamped onto acetate . I have used fresco paints, lots of fragile papers, stabilo pencil, uniball pens , excerpts from books and alcohol inks.
This piece has left me feeling calm and satisfied. Can't beat a bit of reflective journalling to soothe the soul.
So, I am entering this into the the A Vintage Journey challenge for March 2019.
Stunning page Hazel. So beautiful and soft. Truly amazing! And I love how it made you think of your future. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful, Hazel, how clever to put all these elements together!
ReplyDeleteLucy x
Such a stunning page Hazel and what a meaningful way to journal! All the layers and elements you have added look so beautiful together!! Thanks loads for adding this to our birthday challenge at AVJ!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pages Hazel as your journal pages always are. Having been privileged to see your journaling first-hand I know it will be even better irl. I love the tree and all the wonderful layers. Xx
ReplyDeleteOh my Hazel this is a beautiful spread that has such meaning for you. I love all the elements and design and I’m not surprised it left you feeling so good, it is a masterpiece of reflective journaling created with love and passion. Thank you so much for being such a stalwart supporter of AVJ and sharing your magnificent talent with us. Huge hugs xxx
ReplyDeleteI just to say this journal is excellent, great design details and meaning. xx
ReplyDeleteThis one is absolutely stunning, probably my favourite of the three. See, there are advantages to catching up late and backwards... saving the best til last (unless there's another!). The golden glow is magical, that silhouetted tree standing so dramatically at the heart of things, and the words hovering in and out of consciousness in the background (daydreams of the mind - wow - is that a stamp or something torn out of a magazine? It should be a stamp!)... it all adds up to something truly special.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Oh, and thank you so much for sharing all of these glorious page spreads with us at A Vintage Journey this month, and for your kind words about the challenge xx
ReplyDeleteLove this spread Hazel!
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