I was going to call this "Owl be Seeing You" but decided it was to corny even for me. Still waiting for Wendy to get herself sorted, poor Wendy is up to her eyeballs in things at the moment, especially in her craft room I imagine (I have been in her craftroom in the past so know how much work there will be). Saying that I think I should make a start on tidying mine out and maybe getting rid of the stuff I no longer use. Heaven help us if we decide to move! So here we are with a page for Aimslee's challenge at Art Journal Journey.
Anyway, today is another page in my Lavinia Journal. As you can no doubt tell I have done the main picture on card and stuck it in my journal page - this was after realising the rag paper did not work quite the same as card, and also a bit of nerves in case I did something wrong and made a mess of a page. The kind of mess that could not be salvaged! I did actually chop down the piece of card as it was too tall for the book so it got a chopping everywhere.
All stamps are from Lavinia and inks are Elements (for the background) and Versafine Claire for the stamping. I tried to carry on the stamping on the page and was quite chuffed with the dandelions on the left and right which I matched up pretty close. I also did some stencilling on the actual page. Because I had a few comments last week from people missing a story I tried to make one for this, not as easy in coming to me as the Dylusion ones but I did try.
"Gus had met a lady owl on a dating app. It wasn't always easy for owls to meet up and Gus had decided it was about time he had a girl friend. He hoped it would lead to them being together for ever and ever and he was secretly hoping for lots of little owlets in time.
The lady owl he had met was called Blondie and she was the most beautiful owl he had ever seen. They had seemed to get on great that evening high in the old oak. They talked about where they had been, about their families and about the other creatures and the fairies that lived in the wood. Gus thought she had seemed as interested in him as he was in her and so he had asked her out on a second date.
That morning he preened himself to perfection and even gave his best green waistcoat a brush and decided to wear that, after all it complimented his eyes, or so he had been told. Then he took himself off to the entrance to the Secret Garden where he had asked her to meet him.
It was a beautiful garden with the prettiest of flowers providing a lush undergrowth and there were lots of pretty bushes and trees where they could sit and continue with their second date. It was something new for Gus and he was so excited. To make sure she saw him he decided to sit and wait on the notice board for the garden and so he sat there puffing his feather up and looking quite the part.
And that is where we have to leave the story, but I can tell. you it had a happy ending and lots of little owlets now frequent the Secret Garden where mum and dad finally exchanged their vows."
