Journal 52: week 2 "a simple place"

I am blessed to have a daughter who lives in Costa Rica with her family.  My husband and go and visit as often as we can.  Whenever I go I take the time to imprint the sights, sounds and smells of the beach and the beautiful Pacific Ocean.

My journal page started with a photo that I took of my best friend, on a morning sunrise walk along the beach.  I printed it on copy paper, using a colour laser printer.  It was enlarged, and a bit pixelated ... To start with I adhered it to a piece of cardstock, using gel medium.

I next took a gelli print that I had made a few months ago .. I picked it because it reminded me of the sandy beach.  It was done with acrylics on watercolour paper.

I cut it to the same size as the photo and then stamped shells all around the edge of the page.  I cut out masks, so I could overlap them. 

I then cut out the centre of the page.

I put the layers together, again with gel medium.

I then took gelatos and water crayons, to add colour to the shells, and to paint out the photo a little.  Finally I highlighted the shells with ink tense pencil.

Finally I added a little journaling .. the hardest part for me ...