Journal - Bunting

Another of my choices.  This time the theme was "Bunting" and we were to use Distress Inks in  Worn Lipstick and Broken China plus one other which I chose to be Fossilized Amber which is how we arrived at a green on the page.  I really did not know why I had put this as a theme, must have had some idea in my head when I chose it, but I wondered if Wendy would struggle with it also.

Yes, "Bunting" was easy (now where have I a stamp for bunting, or where did I put those printed Union Jack flags someone sent me many moons ago?) but what to do with it?

Eventually I thought of using two cats, tails intertwined for a love story type thing. 

The inks I used were Distress Oxides, blending and using some water on the background, three or four layers, some done DTP, some with the applicator.  The bunting was stamped direct to the page but the colours did not come up vibrant enough so I stamped some on white card, cut them out, coloured them and stuck them over the top but then when I painted the cat and the bunting I realised the end one was almost the same shade of green and spotted to boot!.  That is when the words were born - all I could think of - and in a wavy way of writing.

Hope you enjoyed my page and the Oxides.