Art Journal Page – Make a Beautiful Mess Today

 

Hi Artsy Friends,

I haven’t done any art journal page for a long time. Inspired by Tania Ahmed’s Demystifying Mixed Media Art Journals Online Class offered at Altenew Academy, I dug out my art journal and made this page. It is the very first time for me to try Watercolor Brush Marker droplets over a gesso-primed page, then used a brayer to spread out the colors. It’s so much fun to MAKE A BEAUTIFUL MESS today! 

Hope the page is eye-pleasing to you. Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day.

Art Journal Page Details
Watercolor Brush Markers, sentiment stamps and butterfly dies are by Altenew. Background stamp and alphabet stencil are by Tim Holtz. Mixed Media elements stencil is by TCW.

I’d like to enter this page to the following challenges.

Challenges to Enter

• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Purple

• Art-Journal-Journey June Challenge - Butterflies

• Simon Says Monday Challenge – Mixed Media

• Creative Artiste's #72nd Challenge- Anything Mixed Media Goes
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• Aud Sentiments Challenge #276 - Anything Goes + A Sentiment
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• Crafter’s Castle June 2021 Challenge #42 – Anything Goes

• Happy Little Stampers HLS June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge     

• A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #6-2021

• Love to Create Challenge 6 - Anything Goes at WL2C Mixed Media craft challenge
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• Love to Craft LTCCB #59 - June Anything Goes

• Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge June 8th 2021 

Art Journal Page – Just a Note

 

Hi Artsy Friends,

It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) Mixed Media Challenge again. The March Challenge Theme is MUSIC.

For more details and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog. Anything mixed media could be linked up to our challenge as long as it follows our theme.

Starting from 2019, I decided to challenge myself to create art journal pages as my DT artwork for HLS MM Challenge. This is my third try. I love music, yet with this theme I found that I have very rare music-related stamps. I finally dug out this set of stamps (by My Favorite Things, retired) which is perfect for this challenge. Yay! The following are how I made my page.

Art Journal Details
1. Apply various Distress Oxide Inks on page.

2. Splash some water droplets on page for fade effect.

3. Glue tissue paper scrap on page and apply various Distress Oxide Inks over stencil on page.

4. Apply Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink over another stencil on page.

5. Stamp focal image, color the image by Copic, cut out and adhere to page. Stamp several texts on page.

6. Apply more Distress Oxide Inks over stencils and also sponge edges to create more visual effects.

7. Apply Embossing Paste over stencils on edges to create textures.

8. Stamp treble score and music notes to finish.

I personally like the quotes very much.
“A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn’t like the tune.
Life is like a piano…what you get out of it depends on how you play it.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.”

I hope my page is inspirational to you. Please drop me a note if you like it. Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day.

Challenges to Enter

• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Green
• STAMPlorations Mixed Media March Challenge – Anything Mixed Media Goes + Must Use a Stencil

  

• We Love 2 Create Challenge #3 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
• Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB #32 - March Anything Goes
• Mixed it Up Challenge #23 - Anything Goes + Inked Background
• A Inky Mess CHALLENGE 28 Theme - Anything Mixed media Goes
• Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge #47 - - Anything Mixed Media Goes
• Craft Stamper, Take It, Make It March Challenge – Anything Goes Stamping Challenge
• Classic DT Open Challenge for March # 3
• A Perfect Time To Craft Challege for March #3

Art Journal Page- Have An Open Heart

Edited on 4/4/2019
I am happy that this page was chosen as Top Pick by Love To Craft Challenge #31.

Hi Stamping Friends,

It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) Mixed Media Challenge again. The February Challenge Theme is VINTAGE.

For more details and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog. Anything mixed media could be linked up to our challenge as long as it follows our theme.

Starting from 2019, I decided to challenge myself to create art journal pages as my DT artworks for HLS MM Challenge. This is my second try. For me, VINTAGE is something with lots of dark colors like black and brown, some classic patterns like flourish, latticework and mosaic, some shining looks like gold metal, and some symbols like Fleur-de-lis and key. This is what and how I came up with.

Art Journal Details

1. Stamp text backgrounds (Tim Holtz) in black and apply several Distress Inks on page.

2. Apply Distress Oxide Ink Black Soot over Stencil on border of page.

3. Apply Distress Oxide Ripe Persimmon over Mosaic stencil (sorry I forgot to include these on photo), Gathered Twig over Silhouette Woman mask, Candied Apple over Sunburst stencil on page.

4. Apply Pearlescent Embossing Paste over Flourish stencil on two opposite corners on page and let dry.

5. Die cut hearts on red cardstock and cover with clear Wink of Stella. Adhere several Small Talk (
Tim Holtz) stickers on page.

6. Stamp key and Fleur-de-lis (by Tim Holtz) with VersaMark and heat emboss in Gold. Voila!

 

The following are some closeups.

I hope my page is eye-pleasing and inspirational to you. Please drop me a note if you like it. Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day.

Challenges to Enter

• Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Add Some Red
• A Vintage Journey February Challenge - Your Hearts Desire Challenge
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Red
• STAMPlorations Mixed Media February Challenge – Anything Mixed Media Goes

  

• We Love 2 Create Challenge #2 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
• Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB #31 - February Anything Goes
• Craft Stamper, Take It, Make It February Challenge – Anything Goes Stamping Challenge
• A Inky Mess CHALLENGE 27 Theme - Anything Mixed media Goes
• Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge #46
• Through the Craft Room Door Challenge TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge for the week of February 5, 2019

Art Journal Page – Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often

Edited on 4/4/2019

I am so thrilled that this project won the following awards.

• Top Five by More Mixed Media Challenge January
• Top Three by We Love to Create Challenge #2

This is no doubt double excitements.

Hi Stamping Friends,
It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) Mixed Media Challenge again. The January Challenge Theme is LAYERS which I think most Mixed Media players are familiar with.

For more details and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog. Anything mixed media could be linked up to our challenge as long as it follows our theme.

Starting from 2019, I decided to challenge myself to create art journal pages as my DT artwork for HLS MM Challenge. This is my very first art journal page. Yay, I made it and I like it. I hope I and all my stamping friends will live well, love often and laugh much in 2019.

Hope this art journal page is eye-pleasing and inspirational to you. Please drop me a note if you like it. Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day.

Art Journal Details
1. Apply a thin layer of white gesso to prime the art journal page. After dry, apply various acrylic paints (by Dina Wakley) randomly on page.

2. Adhere some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Wrap by Gel Medium on page.

3. Stamp Lonely Girl (Dina Wakley) on white tissue paper, tear it and glue to the page with Gel Medium.

4. Tape various washi tapes on four sides of the page.

5. Stamp texts (Simon Says Stamp) with Archival Ink directly on page.

6. Apply white embossing paste over stencils randomly on page to create extra texture. Voila!

 

Challenges to Enter
1. A Vintage Journey January Challenge - Put Your Stamp On It Challenge
2. Craft Stamper, Take It, Make It January Challenge – Anything Goes Stamping Challenge
3. More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Blue
4. STAMPlorations Mixed Media January Challenge – Anything Mixed Media Goes

5. Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Use Something New
6. We Love 2 Create Challenge #1 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

7. Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge #10 – Anything Goes

8. Classic DT Open Challenge January # 1
9. Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB #30 - January Anything Goes

10. Make My Monday Challenge #87 Use Words or a Sentiment