Butterfly and House Art Journaling Page

Hello crafters! Today I have an art journaling tutorial to share with you, made with Infusions, stamps and die cuts. It is quick and easy to do and of course work for many other types of projects too. It could, for example, easily be turned into a card instead.

We had sunny weather today, which was really nice and I particularly like that the light lasts longer in the afternoons. It is no longer dark when I pick the kids up from school.

I made an art journal page in my 6x6 Dina Wakley white journal. I really enjoy switching between formats and sizes. This page was inspired by the lovely quote from Virginia Woolf, which I found on the Paper Artsy Happiness Edition set by Alison Bomber. I believe that everyone needs to now and then shut themselves up in a world on their own with everything beautiful.

Start by misting the page pretty heavily with water. These pages are very thick and can take a whole lot of water. Sprinkle Paper Artsy Infusions Colored Stains into the water. You only need very little. Mist more water to help them dissolve and blend.

I kept the background simple, and just added a bit of texture with an alphabet stamp.

 

I saw a little house under a tree in front of me, and used one of the houses from Tim Holtz's Snowglobe set. It was die cut from old book paper, to fit the theme of the page, inky yellow paper, brown cardstock and a little white glittery cardstock.

I also wanted to include a butterfly, since it implies both happiness and freedom. It was die cut from book paper and from white glittery paper. I die cut three, but used only one. They are from Tim Holtz Scribbly Butterflies set.

I used blackout kraft stock paper for the tree. Because the tree is such an intricate die, I sanded the paper before die cutting.

Die cut the Poppy stamps Soaring Tree Frame. I cut off the frame, except for the lower edge, which will serve as ground.

I also wanted glittery clouds and die cut a big cloud with the Whittle Cloud Border. You don't need to use these dies with a straight edge (as on the packaging), just use the second cloud border to die cut clouds from the other side of the paper too.

I like the combination of, and contrast between, the old inked book paper and the white glittery cardstock.

I found a small stamped sentiment on my desk, from the Darkroom Door Nature Walk set, which also fit well here. I love to find little details on my desk to add to project.

After gluing the house layers together, I realised that I only wanted one room to be light, so I used a Distress Marker to darken the others. The door opens too.

The sentiment was stamped on an inky paper that I also found on my desk and cut into strips. I inked the edges by applying the ink pad directly to the paper. This gives a darker and messier edge than inking with an ink blending tool, and I wanted that on this project.

The SSS Flower Swag forms a little hill for the house, and was also die cut from the white glittery paper. I just love this paper and that it adds instant glitter, without any mess at all.

The Infusions Colored Stains powders gives such a quick and interesting background to projects, and you never know exactly what you are going to get, as they blend and move around with the water.

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

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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