It’s a new month so it’s time to launch our June challenge today over at the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog which is Anything Mixed Media Goes.
My mixed media page was inspired by summer days with a sunny golden sky for the bright red flowers and butterflies to bask in – Happy June everyone!
I started by covering the background with Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue Liquitex acrylic paint and then I stamped five different stamps to pattern the background using Memento Inks and Archival Ink. This included three stamps from Kaisercraft using Love Letter and Toffee Crisp Memento Inks, a starburst stamp using Dandelion Memento Ink and a Woodware Craft Collection stamp using black Archival Ink. Then I applied some Pébéo white gesso over the top using a brayer and I splattered the whole page using the yellow and also black acrylic paint. The two flowers were washi tape stickers and the wording was from a Kaisercraft Sticker Sheet. To finish, I added the red ephemera butterflies.
For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Creative Artiste too. All you need to do is to use three different mediums on your projects to join our mixed media challenge; I hope you are inspired to join us, it would be lovely to see you there!
We’ve seen lots of red poppies recently and we discovered these on one of our walks (smile!).
Stay safe and well! x
Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.
Challenges
As well as Creative Artiste, I’m pleased to be joining the following challenges:
Paperbabe Stamps and their #169 – Anything Goes challenge with my summer page.
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and their It’s Up In The Air theme with my butterflies flying in the summer sky.
LTCCB#68 Anything Goes over at Love To Craft Challenge Blog with my mixed media journal page celebrating summer.
Let's Art Journal 
Your page does feel like summer. I love how it makes me happy just to look at it. I think it is the yellow sunshine on a very wet and dark Friday morning. And wow, that is so many poppies. What a great find Jo. That is a good photo of you. I hope June is treating you well so far. Hugs-Erika
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Love your page, and those poppies are just WOW! One of my favorite flowers and they are so gorgeous! Great pic of you, too!
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Ingo did say just this today when I said I need to tidy up 🙂
Oh, and I absolutely love poppies, I hope mine grow! Have a great weekend, hugs!
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A beautiful summery page Jo, and you look lovely amongst the poppies.
Have a great weekend!
Alison
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You’ve definitely brought a warm summery glow to us all with this page Jo, beautiful yellow glow around those vintage blooms and butterflies. Such a pretty co-ordination of colour and design and a poignant message to us all. I love it.. Hugs Tracey xx
Thanks so much for sharing @ PBS and joining in with the #169 challenge xx
P.S Gorgeous picture of you amongst the Poppies x
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A gorgeous page Jo. A great sense of depth, pretty details and lovely summer colours xx
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Such a gorgeous photo of you in the poppies! Great journal page, too, so much to see and enjoy. Have a great weekend, hugs, Valerie
Sorry I’m so late, I’m on a catch up mission today!
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Good morning, loved seeing you in the beautiful poppy field-awesome, Love your page too-hugs Kathy
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Again a joyful and peaceful page, Jo. I love your smile!
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An absolutely stunning journal page with the poppies and butterflies. A real gem. Love the sense of color. And your lovely smile made me happy this morning. You certainly shine amid those poppies.
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Oh my word the photo of you with the poppies is amazing!! I love those bright pops of red! You’ve done a beautiful job capturing those on your AJ page too! Love the addition of the background with the butterflies and what a perfect quote too!
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A very fabulous page, it really cheered me up and made me smile to see the beautiful field of poppies.
Sorry I am late calling in.
Yvonne xx
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Another lovely colourful creations Jo. Love the bright flowers and background. So summery and so nice as we begin our winter. Great sentiment and so true. Glad you had a lovely time celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee. We watched a lot of it on tv here. Oh the crowds though!
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Jo, beautiful and colourful art journal page. Love the details. Have a creative month. Judy
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