This is no weed!

Today we welcome a new and first time host for the month of May at Art Journal Journey.  Please welcome Mia, who you may know as Craftartista, my dear friend who lives in Greece.  Mia's theme for May is Flowers. 

To start off this month, I created this simple, yet time intensive and consuming spread in my Challenges altered book.

I found a quote I thought was appropriate:

If roses were not special
weeds would not envy them.

~Matshona Dhliwayo

I can see why weeds would envy this beautiful flower

I found in my stash.

I really love how the words from the page

barely, but clearly, show through the saved envelope.

I must still be in recycling mode, because I began by laying down part of a lovely large envelope that originally held something large and flat.   While the page was drying, which took nearly a day because I used PVA glue, I computer generated and printed the quote I found on the internet.  I colored the words using two water soluble crayons.  When everything was dry, I added the words using a glue stick, and the lovely flower using E6000.  The one drawback is, every time I close the book and reopen it, I have to fluff the flower back to life!

Thanks beyond belief for visiting today.   Bleubeard and I are happy you stopped by.  We hope you will join Mia, Yvonne, Erika, Bleubeard, and me this month at Art Journal Journey with your own art inspired by Flowers.  Please be aware, we want to see your altered book pages, journal pages, loose journal art, canvases, fabric pages, and digital art.  However, we cannot accept cards, ATCs, ATCoins, tags, or 3-D art not attached to your journal page, and will be forced to delete your entry.