The Next Step and Creative Therapy...

This week's challenge at The Next Step is to make embellishments with stamps and paint, etc. I've been having fun trying different methods of coloring the same stamp. Below from left to right I used 1) Oil pastels blended with my finger, 2) Watercolor crayons, and 3) Watercolor paint...
here's a closeup of each - this is the oil pastel (I like the way the middle of the flower turned out on this one)...

the watercolor crayon...

and the watercolor paint (this one got the most intense color)...
The differences are more obvious in real life. It was a fun experiment, and I will refer to it the next time I am trying to decide which medium to use on a project!

So, the next thing I did was cut all three flowers out, and I used them as embellishments on this art journal page I did for this week's "Creative Therapy" challenge, which was to create something around a personality trait that you admire. Here's the result...
The journaling reads: Being able to talk to each other is the key to understanding each other. Really talking. Being able to express your thoughts and feelings is a trait that I admire and one that I need in a relationship. To talk to someone about who you are and how you really feel is to allow yourself to be vulnerable and that takes courage, but it's really the only way tobecome close. Talking is sharing, and sharing is connecting, and connecting is loving.

Materials used include acrylic paint, magazine image of a cat, duct tape, gaffer tape, dictionary paper, white and black sharpies, Stampin Up alphabet stamps, and various bits of patterned paper.

I hope your weekend is going well! I will be back tomorrow with another update! Take care my scrappy friends!