Monday, July 11, 2016

Textured Watercolour Journal Page




Hello friends! I hope you had a great weekend! We spent it with family, which was lovely. This  week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Flora & Fauna theme. I hope you will be able to join us.

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
I made an art journal page in my Small Creative Journal this week and had fun experimenting with some watercolour techniques to get interesting textures. After having done a salt technique on a scrapbooking layout a few weeks ago, I wanted to play more with this technique since it was several years ago since I last used it. I also used cling wrap and I will do a tutorial on this a little later, I was in a bit of a hurry this week. 

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
I worked on watercolour paper and started out by laying down a wash on the background, using two shades of blue, Burnt Umber and a bit of purple. The darker colour is a mix of Ultramarine and Burnt Umber. Salt was sprinkled into the wet paint, not right away, but before it dried completely. As you can see, the effect is more dramatic than on my Watercolour Words layout, where the paint dried too quickly on the smooth paper surface.

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
The ground was done by first painting a hill, dropping blue paint right into the brown. I had already prepared a piece of cling wrap, and pressed it into the paint. Leave until the paint is dry. I love this technique.

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
When the paint was dry, I stamped my favourite bird stamp, misting the stamp with water after inking. I also stamped the corners with the Specks stamp, using Jet Black ink.

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
I really like this Tim Holtz sentiment stamp and have used the larger version of it before, but I don't think I had inked up this smaller version.

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
The Wildflowers were die cut from old book paper and from white paper, and inked slightly. I painted a shadow along the one side of the flowers.

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
The title was die cut from a piece left-over from experimenting, and from white paper, which was used as a shadow. Underneath, there is a piece of dyed cheesecloth that I found on my desk.

Layers of ink - Textured Watercolour Journal Page by Anna-Karin
At the bottom of the page, I stamped more specks, and an alphabet border.

I hope you will join us in our Flora & Fauna challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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19 comments:

  1. Gorgeous journalling Anna-Karin, the background is stunning and I love the flowers, the whole design is so arty and fabulous, LOVE it :-)

    hope you have a great week!
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. A beautiful page. Flowers, shades of blue, great stamping, love it!

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  3. Beautiful page, Anna-Karin! I love how you define different areas of the scene with color/texture and love the flora in print. Cheesecloth is a wonderful touch!

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  4. Suceh a beautiful mixed media art journal. Love it!

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  5. This looks like a dreamy place to visit, Anna-Karin! Love the colors and the subtle birds in the sky. It's always so much fun to see what you create each week.

    Hugs,
    Cathie ♥

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  6. This is such a stunning journal page, Anna-Karin. You created such gorgeous colors and texture! :)

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  7. This is simply gorgeous, Anna-Karin - I absolutely love everything about it.
    Alison x

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  8. This is simply gorgeous, Anna-Karin - I absolutely love everything about it.
    Alison x

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  9. this i so nice ! i love it

    greets
    Alexa

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  10. Amazing page, Anna-Karin! Love the landscape you've created with so much depth in color and the offset with the letters is so fun! Hugs, Sandra

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  11. This work is a dream! Love everything about it! flowers and background are stunning!Barbara

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  12. this is amazing Anna-Karin...creating a beautiful landscape with watercolours...love the book paper flowers and the offset words...enjoy what's left of the weekend...hugs kath xxx

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  13. Beautiful journal pages, Anna-Karin and I adore the background which creates such depth for this glorious scene... :)

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  14. Ahhh... NaCl gives the effect that nothing else can... very cool! I really like the die cut pages as flora! Awesome.

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  15. What a great texture! I have never tried it but now I feel totally encouraged! I love the scene and the mix of colors. I'm going to see all the mentioned links to the posts with this fabulous tachnique. Thank you for sharing! Hugs, Marzena

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  16. This is gorgeous! And as always, I love the feeling you create with your work. I truly believe you have a wonderful way of appreciating the little things in life and I love that about your projects. I especially like the text that's on your flower dies!

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  17. So beautiful and stunning! I so enjoy popping over to your blog because there is always such fabulous inspiration! ;-)

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