Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Pink and pink and orange

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day is going well!

The new theme at Kristin's SOC Challenge is pink+pink+orange.
I made a journal page, also meant for Art Journal Journey, masculine-feminine. I used my lady with hat who has appeared on my blog before in various guises. But I do think she looks best in pink and orange. I painted the background (A3) with gesso, and then gave it a coat of diluted orange. When it was dry I spritzed it with the darker shade of pink. I fussy cut my lady and collaged her before painting her with 2 shades of pink. The quote from Marcus Aurelius was written with a stencil.
I am also linking to Moo Mania and More, anything goes - our new challenge starts tomorrow, so come over to find what it's about!






At Tag Tuesday the theme this week is 'out of your comfort zone'. I decided to use one of my photos for the tag, something I am not really comfortable with. Perhaps I should do it more often. I mounted it onto pale pink, orange and peony cardstock.




An just for fun, I looked for flowers in pink and orange in my photo stash:










Have a great day you all, take care,
and thanks for coming by!


46 comments:

  1. Lovely celebration of the SOC theme here and a nice tag too!

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  2. I love your photographs! And the journal page is spectacular! Wonderful pink lady and great quote.

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  3. wunderschöne seite und tolle blumenbilder,so schöön.
    schöne neue woche für dich.

    glg jeannette

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  4. The colours make your journal page and photo really special today, love everything! Hugs Sarah

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  5. Was für klasse Blumenbilder und das Tag und auch die Seite sind beides absolut klasse- diese frischen knalligen Sommerfarben sind ein Traum !
    Einen wunderschönen Tag Dir!
    oxo
    Susi

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  6. A wonderful themed post with your artwork and photographs in the pink. Love the thoughtful face with the beautiful hat and the super flowers on the tag. Best of all the wonderful bee on my favourite flower. Wild roses smell amazing. We are trying to grow some from a [pod I collected but I expect it will take years for them to flower.

    Have a great day

    Love Chrissie xx

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  7. These are certainly colours to give you a lift, I'm not very confident with colour but I just love these happy colours. Your lady in the hat is fab. Xx

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  8. Super cool, Valerie! ... und so wunderbare Blumenbilder in pink! Gerade die Ranunkeln gehören auch zu meinen besonderen Lieblingen! Ulrike

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  9. Hmmm, wonder what she is thinking? She almost looks like a classic spy, in that fedora. Great page idea. And gorgeous flowers today. Love all this color in nature! Have a great day!

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    1. I think she's thinking about what she could make for dinner....

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  10. Valerie, your photos are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing them with us! And I love your beautiful work of art! You used this week's cSOC olors to perfection!!

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  11. Vibrancy +++, love the photos and your work of art it's a fabulous creation, love the design and colours
    {aNNie My Personal Blog}

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  12. Your flower tag is truly gorgeous! I am so impressed with this perfect post of pinks and oranges!
    Of course, all the flowers are my favorite.

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  13. Love your piece. That quote goes well with it. She seems to be lost in thought, colorful thought. My favorite flowers are the hollyhocks. I have a lot of them growing out back. Great job on all.

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    1. They are beautiful flowers, just too big for my balcony!

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  14. Your lady does look good in her pink hat and I love how you have done the lettering.
    Nice idea to bring out your flower photos in pink and orange to celebrate the theme colours.

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  15. Valerie, I would never had thought that pink and orange would go so well together and your page today is gorgeous! I also love the flowers in pink; the hollyhock is outstanding and reminds me of our gardens at home when I was a young girl. Using your photo for your tag is wonderful too. It is fun to incorporate photos into our art and you have so many outstanding ones.

    Hugs,
    C

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  16. Eine klasse Seite. Dein Tag gefällt mir sehr gut, Frühlingsfarben in ihrer ganzen Pracht.
    Deine Blumenbilder sind fantastisch.
    LG Dagmar

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  17. Wowzer, what a gloriously Pink and Orange post. I love it all Valerie! :D {{Hugs}}

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  18. a great post....
    pink and orange - who wants it really everyday in life. but in art - wonderful!
    Herzlich Pippa

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  19. Love the happy summer colours you used today. The lady with the fetching pink hat looks awesome, a super page and quote.
    Yvonne xx

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  20. I love the pink and orange flowers. Your tag is gorgeous. Yes, you should definitely incorporate your photos more often into your art. You are a gifted photographer.
    Your page is fabulous. I love your pink lady with her dashing hat and the pink splatters on the orange background are perfect accents.
    hugs,
    Teresa

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  21. Funny, you would never think pink and orange would go together, but your art is gorgeous, Valerie! Love the flowers too.

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  22. great quote. the orange and pink are just great together. for some reason, I really like her eyes.

    visiting from SOC, have a lovely day.

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  23. Such a pretty page Val! And oh my, your floral photos are gorgeous!! Love them!! xoxo

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  24. Love this great quote, and your pink and orange flower photos are glorious!

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  25. Wow Valerie! This post had me oohing and aahing! From that amazing artwork to those gorgeous flower photos, what a great way to start my day! hugs :)

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  26. Love that quote! Great post with all those lovely colours :)

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  27. Super page, the photos are fab. x

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  28. Oh I love your hat girl! I only wish I looked half as fabulous in a chapeau. And that's a wonderful quote. How very true. Love all your photos as well. What a lovely excursion into this week's SOC.

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  29. Hi Valerie, love your journal page and the hat lady does look nice in pinks and orange. Great quote too.
    Beautiful flowers from your walk. Have a creative day.
    xo

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  30. Love your fabulous lady art along with the pretty flowers for this week's SOC challenge!

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  31. Glorious riot of flowers
    and
    LOVE your lady!!!

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  32. Quite a wonderful collection of pink and orange flowers you collected. Each of them could be a masterpiece.

    Speaking of masterpiece, I fell in love with your stunning SOC painting. It is quite lovely, and I enjoyed the quote, too.

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  33. Such a bold image. A great page for SOC.

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  34. GReat collection of floral photographs. Love the painting and quote. Anita #29 Itsamistry Design Studio

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  35. such lovely photos for the color theme
    tis the season, flowers flowers!
    your piece turned out wonderful

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  36. Intriguing painting! Love it :-)

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  37. A celebration of summer color! Beautifully done!

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  38. Your journal work is awesome- expressive and so well designed- beautiful florals too!

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  39. Oh how I love these colours and your wonderful post, those flowers are truly blooming!

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  40. I knew I would love what I saw when I came here...and I do!

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  41. How wonderful. Love your creation and your photos have me nostalgic for my garden.

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