Lavender Art Journal Page

Hello friends! Today I have a quick and simple art journal tutorial to share with you, combining Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Inks. 

I used the Darkroom Door Lavender Large stencil for the flowers and worked in my Large Dylusions Journal. If you want to make a smaller project, use the Lavender Small stencil instead, which is perfect for a smaller page or for a card. You can see a project I made with that stencil here. The page was embellished with Field Notes ephemera by Tim Holtz.

Start by smearing three shades of Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet. Mist with water and press the paper into the ink.

When dry, place the stencil over the background and start applying Distress Oxide Inks. I used a combination of mini round ink-blending tools (for the purple of the flowers and for some of the green), a blending brush to add some blue texture to the flowers, and finally also a Detail Blending Tool for the fine details, especially with the green ink.

Mist lightly with water to activate the Oxide Ink. I misted heavier on the stems, since I wanted them to be more diffuse.

When dry, add texture with the Darkroom Door French Script and Splatter Texture stamps.

Stamp labels on cream paper with the Darkroom Door Lots of Labels set and sentiments with the Make Art set and grey ink.

Combine the labels with ephemera from Tim's Field Notes and Field Notes Snippets packs.

Here you can see the cool effect of the combination of purple and blue. Those blue textured dots are my favorite part of this page.

I also used butterflies from Field Notes and Field Notes Snippets, as well as two Clippings Stickers.

At the bottom of the page there are two strips of Rose Design Tape and more labels and ephemera.

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

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Other supplies:

Darkroom Door: Lavender Stencil Large, French Script Texture Stamp, Splatter Texture Stamp.