My pages for Kat's Traveling Journal

So once again, I've been absent from blogland- but not because I had nothing to share, more that I  have been crazy busy!  I just finished my spread for Kat of The Write Stuff's journal.  You may remember that the only requirements of this art exchange are that we use colors specified by each artist- Kat chose magenta, teal and silver.  When I was in Paris taking pictures at Monet's garden, I knew I had to use these images for Kat!  I was reading her blog a while back and she'd commented on how whatever colors we happen to be working in for the month- those colors seem to pop out at you everywhere you go.  This is SO TRUE!!!
Anyway, I used two images for references- the first is of my Mother's hand cradling the only peony we'd found in bloom- we love peonies, so believe me when I say we looked high and low for this one! 

And then of course I had to use monsieur Monet's famous bridge draped with wisteria

 (I took the creative license of making it magenta for Kat ;))

 I made prints of the hand and peony painting so I could use it for collage- here it is closed up with elements of each fold peeking through.....

here it is with the back fold opened....

  I felt it only right to use a quote from Monet...

So, that's that!  I'll be sending this on it's way for Gemma to work her magic in as I begin playing in Angie's journal next!

xx

Stephanie