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Monday, February 22, 2021

Brave Wings Art Journal Page

Hello friends! I hope you are well and that you had a good weekend! Today I have an art journal page to share with you.


This week we have an 'Anything but a card' theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. Don't miss the last project by our February guest designer Estelle Palumbo.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I made an art journal page this week and it is a double page in my 8 x 8 in Dylusions journal. I wanted large lettering on this page to match the large night butterflies. Lots of texture in the background too.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Coat the paper with gesso first and then paint with Distress Paint. This was a page where I had used up left-over paint. Stamp with bubble wrap and black paint.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.


Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Paint the dots with white paint. You can also skip this step or mix a little white paint into the paste before doing the previous step.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Stamp here and there with the Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background stamp and High Dive ink.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

For a little bit of orange, I added splatters with an orange Scribble Stick. Dip in water and flick a paint brush against it to create splatters.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Finally, I added some Teal Raspberry Opal Blaze Polish to the paste dots.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Draw the letters.

I didn't have dies large enough for the letters so I decided to draw them. Draw the letters with a pencil on watercolor paper.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Paint the letters with ink.

Watercolor them with Distress Ink. Smear the inks on a craft sheet, mist with water and pick up with a paint brush. I worked from light at the top to darker orange at the bottom, for an ombre effect.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Cut out and add highlights and some lines with a white gel pen.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Stamp the letters with sentiments from Tim Holtz Tiny Text set.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

White emboss the night butterflies from Tim's Specimens set on vellum.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Color them at the back with colored pencils. I used Faber-Castel Polychromos.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

When you turn the butterflies around, you'll get a soft coloring showing through the vellum.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

On the ones with more detail and less open space, not much of the color will show, but it still adds interest.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Stamping on the letters was fun and the stamps fit well, even though I had not planned to stamp on the letters initially.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I really like the sayings in the Tiny Text set.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The Crackle Background stamp looks great with colored ink too and that gives the crackles a softer appearance than if they would be stamped with black ink.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I also added a few strips of design tape.

Layers of ink - Brave Wings Art Journal Page Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I hope you can see the effect of the polish a little better here. It adds a great subtle shine to the dots.

I hope you will join us this week in our Anything But a Card challenge. You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at 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 taking the time to stop by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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1 comment:

  1. Such gorgeous art journal pages, Anna-Karin. Love the beautiful colors on the background. The sentiments on the letters are fantastic! :D

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