Art Journal Fun With Color Bloom Spray Mist

I haven't had a chance to work in my art journal lately so last night I put it on my list of things to do today.  Ta da!   That almost always ensures I will get it done.  Sometimes I just have to make art a priority and put it on my to-do list.

As I opened my art journal today I knew that I wanted to give my new Color Bloom Spray Mist a try. The color is called Glistening Waves and it has a beautiful sultry shimmer to it!  It is a gorgeous aqua green!  I sprayed it into my art journal through two new Stencil Girl stencils.  I then outlined the stenciled areas with my Peeled Paint distress pen.  I also used some gelli printed deli paper, some tissue paper that I had previously painted, and some wide washi tape outside the stenciled areas.  One of the last things I did was to use some painters pens to add little dots in the stenciled areas.  I really like this added detail.

Color Bloom Spray Mist, wide washi tape, and Stencil Girl Stencils

Here is a close up of one of the stenciled areas.  I added an enamel dot to the middle.

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A Birdcage in a Secret Garden

Here is an art journal spread in my large art journal that I completed almost a year ago.  In the back ground I used some self-adhesive drywall tape in the bottom corners.  I also used a piece of wide elastic lace across the top.  I painted it with gesso and then adhered it across the top before I laid down the background color.  I used a combination of die cut branches with leaves, stamps and a stencil to form the leaves/greenery hanging down from the top of the page.  I had fun adding the birdcage with the bird to this Secret Garden of sorts.

A close-up of the birdcage and bird.  The drywall tape and lace are also more visible in the background here.

I think it would be fun to create a Secret Garden themed journal page every couple of weeks.  It would also be fun to create a Pinterest board showcasing Secret Garden related art.  What would you include in your Secret Garden creation?

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Flowers, a Feather and Some White Space!

I tend to want to cover the entire background of an art journal page with paint or color of some sort.  But more and more I am realizing that I really like the look of seeing some white space.  Okay, in this case, some antique white space.  The colors stand out better and everything appears brighter.  As far as I'm concerned, the brighter, the better.

With this art journal spread in my large Dylusions art journal, I started out by sticking down a page from an old ledger.  Then I used some stencils and spray ink to apply some color.  Along the right and left edges I adhered some brown paper bag pieces that I had stamped with an alphabet stamp and cut into large scallops.  The centers of the larger flowers are circles I punched out of some vintage wall paper that I ordered from Roben-Marie Smith when I first decided that I had to give art journaling a try. Then I went to work with some acrylic markers adding petals to the flowers and doodling along the scalloped right and left edges.  The feather on the left-hand page was created using a Crafter's Workshop stencil designed by Julie Balzer.  Her creativity and her blog are beautifully inspiring.  Some of the finishing touches included adding little white dots with my white uniball pen.  It is amazing how adding lines and dots with a black and/or white pen can really make some of the colorful details pop!  Thanks for looking!