Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Be a Cactus in a Delicate World of Flowers

Good morning everyone!

Today I'm sharing another art journal page and this one is inspired by the Southwest. It features several images from Vera Lane Studio's Succulents bundle... what an awesome digital stamp set- you get several potted cactus plants and three sentiments! Perfect for a cactus lover like me! :)
The images were colored with Copics, cut out and I used one of the sentiments included in the set. The background was created with Lucky Clover, Cracked Pistachio and Broken China Distress Oxide inks. I used Delta's Southwest Stencil for all of the different designs/patterns and a tiny sun stamp from Recollections. I also added detailing with white and black Posca pens.
Well, that's it for now... thanks so much for stopping by!
Take care, Tammy

Challenges I would like to enter:
Art-Journal-Journey- 'Inspired By' theme... in honor of Eileen
(my page is inspired by my love of succulents, the southwest and green & blue colors)
Crafts Galore Encore- Anything Goes
Creative ArtisteAnything Mixed Media Goes
Happy Little Stampers- Anything Goes with Stencils
Shopping Our Stash- Plant Life

23 comments:

Kuni said...

This is fantastic Tammy.
HUgs
Kuni

pearshapedcrafting said...

A wonderful celebration of the South West - Eileen would have loved this. The stencil you used looks great and I really love this colours. So pleased you linked to AJJ, Chrisx

Annie said...

This page is so fun with the variety of green tones and the blues. Digital stamps? Like you print them out and color them? I’m quite clueless when it comes to digital art and stuff. I love that great background you created. Cactus have some of the most gorgeous flowers. But I like the message because we always think of cactus just being prickly.

meg said...

Beautiful colour tones and fabulous images,a brilliant card Tammy

Donna said...

Fabulous southwest journal page, like the cactus and all the greens!

Elkes Lebensglück said...

That is wonderful page, the look is great!
Have a happy Day, hug Elke

aussie aNNie said...

wow so beautiful love these colours too. x

Valerie-Jael said...

Fabulous page, love the green colours, so refreshing and spring like! I often feel more like a cactus than a flower! Have a great day, hugs, Valerie
And thanks for joining us at AJJ again!

My name is Erika. said...

I like this Tammy. First of all I love the green, and those cacti also. What a fun page. Thanks for sharing with us at Art Journal JOurney. Hugs-Erika

Witchcrafted Life said...

Fantastic design! While not to the same degree as certain other parts of the world, one can find plenty of (mostly small, short) cactuses around our region of BC, as it's the closest environment to an arid desert in all of Canada. As a result, we have a lot of wild succulents as well and I can never get enough of photographing those that cross my path during the sunny season.

Autumn Zenith 🧡 Witchcrafted Life

Vicki Dutcher said...

Your stencil pattern goes perfectly with the cactus! Thanks for joining in at HLS Stencil Challenge

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I'm a bit late visiting, Tammy. I also love cacti. The ones you colored are stunning. I even like the sentiment. It's really true. I also love the way you positioned the cacti on a "table" of gorgeous color. Thank you so very much for sharing this incredible entry with us at Art Journal Journey honoring Eileen's theme.

Let's Art Journal said...

Beautiful card! I love cactus too, we have quite a few on our kitchen window sill. Your design is fabulous, love the green on green and the cactus and patterns remind my of my visits to New Mexico 😁. I hope you've had a lovely week and wishing you a very happy Friday and weekend! Hugs, Jo x

Rachelle Oltean said...

WOW - I can't tell you how much I LOVE this! We have spent a lot of time in New Mexico and generally in the Four Corners area and I love all things SW geometric! That sentiment is awesome and this is one of my favorite "Tammy" color palettes - the blues/jade/emeralds - all mesh perfectly together in a theme that usually sports sand/terra cotta/golds! Fantastic! Have a great weekend and take care!
Hugs - Rachelle : )

Ina G said...

Oh Tammy this is just fabulous with so many shades of green. Love the layout and great stenciling.

Dawn Phillips said...

Just lovely. I love those fresh green colours. Love Dawn x

Sue - said...

Love it! Thank you for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge.

Andree said...

A fabulous monochrome card. Great use of the super stencils and stamps and a lovely blended background.
Thank you for joining in with our April challenge "Anything Mixed Media Goes" at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. Good luck x

Twórcze pasje Danki said...

Very lovely card. Thank you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge.
Hugs
Danka
Twórcze pasje Danki {My Blog}

mamawcindy said...

What a great journal page. Love the stamps and all the green color.
cindys-greencricut

Barbara Godden said...

Fabulous card, awesome background and super cute cacti, thanks for joining us for Plant Life at Shopping our Stash.

Lynn McAuley said...

Green is my color and this is gorgeous, Tammy!! Love, love, love it!!

R's Rue said...

Love the colors. So calming.