Joy - a Smile in the Heart

This is a page in my JOY journal (joy being my one word for 2014 and I've posted about why I've chosen this word and shared a canvas I did on joy here. 

I read this somewhere - with joy the smile doesn't just stay on the lips but is in the heart - and thought that is so true.  Joy isn't just feeling happy and smiling but springs up from deep within - definitely a smile in the heart!

I made the heart to open, so I could include some more journaling plus my prayer to the Lord on this:

For this page I scraped acrylic all over the page then used a lighter tone through a Prima flowery mask:

Then I stamped and doodled.  I like that flower heart, its by Hero Arts.

And lastly I scraped texture paste through a stencil:

 

Of course when you do a page on joy, joy can't help but well up inside :)

I hope you have a joy-filled day.

I'm linking up at Creative Every Day where the theme for March is Heart, 

and at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge