Beauty ...

"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness." - Maria Mitchell

Beauty

This background is a paper scrap that included that pretty doily and lilac to start. I just trimmed the 12x12 down to fit my Memories Journal page and it was one of those "put something on a page" prompts from early on with our group journaling process at art aMUSEment.  So there that page sat - needing finishing. 

I was looking through my images to Prismacolour and found the "lady with the mirror" (a freebee from Papercraft Inspirations) and thought she might do well with this page. I took her colour scheme from the scrap paper. 

The butterfly was a free B&W image that I used the Prismacolours on as well. The flowers at top left and bottom right are diecuts. The quote was boxed in by a scalloped template, done in pink marker and white-out pen. All of the drop shadows in pink were done with watercolour pencil and blended with water.  A Stazon light pink ink was used on a floral scroll stamp to add a bit more interest to the background. That bit of lace was needed on the edge because of over-spill colours from previously painted pages and I needed camouflage. :-)