Release

I love orange and I love the combination of orange, white and black, so I really enjoyed doing this page.  I had a whole lot to journal which was very personal so I wrote it all on the next journal page where I had scraped the leftover orange acrylic.  Then I ripped it out, folded it up and stuck it on my journal page.  Then when I want to read it again, I can just unfold it:

The backround is orange and a little white acyrlic.  Then I stencilled the Mini Abstract Leaves by The Crafters Workshop in white and Delicate Backround by That Special Touch in orange. 

 On the folded journaled page I scraped my home made texture paste through the Delicate mask.  I just love that texture.  I also brushed a little more orange here and there:

Then I stamped in black.  The birdcage seemed very appropriate for my page.  This was another freebie that came with my magazine this month:

And of course the birds.  I can't stop using birds at the moment :)  This one came with the freebie stamp set.  I stamped them all over and cut one out for the top of the A: 

I'm pleased with the finished result.  But the main thing is that it really mirrored my journaling. 

I'd been very burdened by a family problem for a very long time indeed.  There seemed no solution and although I had prayed a lot for this I didn't seem to get an answer.  However, God tells us to cast our burdens on Him:

 Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.

1 Pet 5:7

I realised I was asking God for a particular answer but I finally got to the place where I said, 'You know best, God, I trust you.  Please work it out whichever way seems best to you'.  And I finally got peace about it.

The title of the page is 'Release' because that is what I felt when I had finished.

Have you finished a journal page and found you've got peace?