Inspired by spring

Hi everybody!
It's weekend again, so hope that all those who have been working hard all week will have time to rest, have fun, and be creative.
Yesterday evening we had heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning, and I enjoyed watching the flashes from the safety of my window. Today was warm and sunny enough to walk out without a jacket - that was good.

This afternoon I managed to finish a journal page, inspired by spring and the plants which are springing up everywhere. The background has been painted with blues and green metallic paints, and stamped with my script and scroll stamps to give some texture. I stamped into the wet paint without using any ink, just transferring colour from one place to another. I wanted it to look like a backdrop for the white images. I used little fragments of old letters again, this time from the 1930s. I placed them mostly along the bottom of the page, so they are growing like the plants around them. Words grow into stories! I used stamps from Lawrence and Morgan, LaBlanche and Artemio, stamping with embossing ink and embossing with white EP. The wings of the dragonfly and the bee, and some of the flowers have been 'stickled' with diamond Stickles. I think the quote is an encouragement for me to try to be more contented with things as they are.

I am linking to PPF, AJJ - moments of happiness,  FSC - flying things, and Manon's Paper Saturdays

Here are some impressions from my walk today -

I have been watching this snail for a week, it has not made much progress climbing up the wall

And this one was crossing the tow-path at the Rhine

I didn't find a four leafed clover

Another of my fave paths:

And trees holding hands....

Have a good day, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!