I usually think of myself as a Card Maker but, lately, I’m thoroughly enjoying all kinds of Paper Crafting and Mixed Media. Art Journals are a great way to try out new techniques and use stamps you love. These pages use lots of my favorites: Distress Inks and Stains, Stencils, Embossing Paste and some Embellishments. I’ve photographed the steps but they’re pretty much the same Distressed Background Techniques that I use on my cards. Enjoy! 😀
Squeeze Distress Inks onto a Craft Sheet. The colors used for these pages were: Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade and Barn Door.
Spritz the Distress Stains with Water and then smush the Art Journal Pages into the Distress Stains until they pages are fully inked. Heat Set.
Use the same color Distress Inks to go over the pages using a Blending Tool.
Tape the TH Chevron Stencil over the edge of the Art Journal Page and apply Embossing Paste through the Stencil. Carefully remove it and immediately wash the paste off of the Stencil and allow the paste to thoroughly dry on the page.
Repeat on the other page.
Do the “Spritz and Flick” Technique to get the water droplets onto the pages.
Use a Sponge Dauber and White Craft Ink through the TH Speckles Stencil to get tiny white speckles onto the pages.
Start to build your pages with Stamps and Embellishments. Note to Self is from TH Idea-ology Alpha Parts.
The “82” is from TH Plaquettes that I have been hoarding.
The Be Fearless Stamp was inked with Black Archival Ink and stamped onto the left side of the page.
The edges of TH Chit Chat Stickers were inked with Black Soot Distress Ink and attached to the page. Jute String was tied through a Philosophy Tag and attached to the page with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The TH “Encourage your hopes…” Stamp was stamped in Black Archival Ink.
The TH Typewriter was Die Cut and Silver Encore Ink was applied using a small foam tip.
I had a “left over” strip of TH Remnant Rubs so I applied them to the bottom of the page.
Here are the finished pages. Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial. Click here to subscribe to my mailing list. Now go Create Something! LOL 😉
Challenges:
Eclectic Paperie – Embossing
Inspiration Emporium – Everything Goes
Mixed Media Monthly – Stencils and Pastes
A Vintage Journey – Just Stain It
Craft Hoarders Anonymous – Up Cycle Your Junk – (Remnant Rubs)
Country View Crafts – Word Play
Oh I love this!! Thanks for joining us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!
Your journal pages are so beautiful! I love the colors and all the pretty elements! Thanks for joining us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!
Absolutely love the colors. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Craft Hoarders Anon 🙂
Wow – your backgrounds are amazing – love all the stamping too
Fabulous Art Journal pages. Thanks for joining us on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.
Awesome journal pages! I love the background with the texture. Thanks for playing with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.
awesome background!! Thanks for joining us at Craft Hoarders!!
Such an easy to follow tutorial with such a fabulous end result. Love it Cathy! Thank you so much for joining us at A Vintage Journey. Jenny x
Absolutely terrific colours and brilliant inky splatters – this is so cool! Thanks so much for joining us on A Vintage Journey.
Alison x
very pretty page! i love how your colors blended throughout the layout! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
-Rachel
rwkrafts.com
Great art journal pages! Love the colors and the techniques you used, especially the “flicked” water!!Love all things distress!! Thanks for joining us in this month’s Mixed Media Monthly Challenge “Stencils and Pastes” !!
LOVE your Beautiful colorful BG and the arrows you created with the chevron stencil and embossing paste! LOVE all the sentiment stamping and the water droplets, too!THX for playing with us in our ePlay embossing challenge at eclectic Paperie!
Oh, I love this rainbow of colors and the very inspirational thought! Thanks for joining us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!
Wonderful art journal spread. Love the colors and especially love the way you used the stencil along the edges. Love it. Thanks so much for playing along with us in our August ePlay Embossing Challenge.
LOVE the water splatters against the ink. FAV technique. Thank you so much for playing along at eP.
So glad to hear you’re enjoying expanding you crafting skills ! These journal pages are gorgeous! Thanks for joining in the ePlay challenge x
Love it! I love type of all varieties. This is just wonderful! Great colors, too! Thanks so much for joining us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!
Awesome use of colors! I love spraying my mat and smushing my papers into it, never know what you are going to get! Great job. Thanks for playing along with the ePlay challenge over at eclectic Paperie!