Ocean Art Journal Page Tutorial

Hello stampers! Summer is at its prettiest, with so many flowers and shades of green. Last week we had a pretty end of the year ceremony at school and the kids are now enjoying their summer holiday.

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Transport It challenge. Lots of options for this one, as you will also see in the design team inspiration. And, as always, don't miss to check out the project by our June guest designer Jess, with her blog Two Mad Dahlias. 

I was in the mood for a calm art journal page, and made an ocean-themed one, with a little ship being on its way to someplace new. Since, I wanted to create the feeling of a lot of open space, and many possibilities, I worked on a double spread, in my Dina Wakley Media Journal, and left quite a lot of white (calm) space. The stamps all come from the Simon Says Stamp Your Light stamp set, from the new Rest and Refresh collection. 

Working on one of the cotton-rag pages, I first drew a line for the horizon. To create interesting texture, I splattered and drew on Distress Resist Spray with a palette knife, instead of misting it directly from the bottle. It makes it possible to create other patterns and effects than just by misting.

I colored the page with Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks 1 and Scribble Sticks 2 sets, starting with the areas where the sun would reflect in the water. Apply color to the page and dissolve with clean water and a paint brush.

The I stamped the little ship with permanent ink.

Continue in the same way, coloring with the Scribble Sticks. For the light sky, I picked up the pigment directly from the crayons, and then dipped the paint brush in water again.

Color the ship with a fine paint brush. When dry, erase the horizon line.

You can add more details to the ship, and shadows to the sails, but I wanted to keep things simple, and just added a little bit of a shadow underneath the ship.

The Your Light stamp set is fantastic, and has many images and details, and also lovely sentiments.

I always enjoy bird stamps. They were stamped with Faded Jeans Distress Ink, and lightly misted with water before stamping.

Here's another of the sentiments from the Your Light set.

I also stamped a few fish in the water, for a small detail. Here you can see the cool effect of the Distress Resist Spray.

And another close-up of the resist effect. I just love how random it it. 

I hope you will join us this week in our Transport It challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until next Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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