Covered in Roses

Or not!

This page today is in response to being disillusioned with something in my life.  I won't say what... as it is a personal thing.  But for a couple of weeks I have been quarreling in my head with the pros and cons of all kinds of actions.  I have finally decided to just accept the weak and unprofessional ways of some people I am interacting with, and go on with life.  The page says "Not everything in life is going to be covered with roses."  I think that says it all.  Can you see the girl covered in yellow roses?
I did a bit of journaling around the edges about the specific situation that has been bothering me.  I think I am almost to the point now, to stop the mental wrestling match, and enjoy my happy, trusting, creative life!

This is a spread that I did last winter.  I had pages of naked girl bodies (some of you might remember those) I made using a stencil.  I collaged one of those on the right.  And, a couple of years ago, milliande did a quick tute on making rose stamps using a styrofoam tray.  The yellow roses are stamped using the stamp and yellow and orange acrylics.  Yellow roses are a special to HRH...being raised in TX and all, ya'll.

I think the blue background part was tinted blue gesso with scrapings which left the lighter colored lines, where I journaled about life sending the stinky and the sweet things to us...sometimes it's a skunk and sometimes it's roses!

The blue writing is oil pastels, 

I am pretty sure that before the gesso and the roses and the collage, there was a basic colored background but it has been too long to remember. 

What I am finding is that I really do enjoy having pages ready to journal on.  This spread just happened to fit with what I wanted to say today.  

I need to get busy and do some more backgrounds!

Heh, I was going to give up creating but I haven't.  I will be posting some more cats, and ornament boxes soon.