Kel's   Painted   Paradise

                            Gratitude

 

Week 34 Prompt for Journal 52 - Gratitude. 

I wanted to include a invoice that I was recently sent, as part of this art journal page. The invoice was for some art supplies that I had ordered online and my fiance David had kindly paid for. I was very thankful for this and seeing as the prompt was gratitude, I thought using the invioce would be fitting.

I began by painting the invioce with some Ultramarine coloured acrylic paint. Once dry, I tore the edges of the invioce and then I  used a white sekura gelli roll pen to begin decorating the painted invioce. I doodled some flower shapes and some foliage, I also stamped some flowers and butterflies on to it, using a white ink pad.

I then took a used envelope and cut along the edges of it, which revealed a lovely blue & white checked pattern on the inside of the envelope. I attached the patterned side of the envelope to the back of the painted invioce and then trimmed off any overhang. However I did not glue it down completely. On the left hand side of the page, I left a approximately 2 inch strip which was not glued to the envelope.  I wanted to create a flap, somewhere for me to add some  journaling, which could be hidden.  

Next I added eyelets, I then took some white embroidery thread and created a crisscross, laced up effect by weaving the tread through the eyelets. I then tied the tread and then attached some beads to the ends. I then added a length of baby blue lace along the left hand side of my page, and then journaled beneath the newly created flap.