Everyday Moments Art Journal Tutorial

Hi friends! It is the last day of August and I have an art journal page to share about everyday moments, made with stamps, paint, stencils and pens.

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Here, I started by stamping a background layer with various stamps and then painted, stenciled and stamped some more on top of that layer. It is a fun way of using your stamps and creates an interesting surface to work on. Experiment with different types of stamps to see what effects you can get.

Working in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal, I first added a layer of gesso. Let dry.

Stamp the background with Simon Says Stamp Ledger Background stamp. It doesn't need to be perfect.

Continue stamping. I used a mix of quote stamps from Simon Says Stamp Document It and Thoughtful Flowers and script from Old Letter.

Add a few pieces of old book paper with matte medium and coat the whole page with the medium.

When dry, paint with Cracked Pistachio and Tea Dye.

Sponge Turquoise paint through the Mix and Match Squares stencil.

When dry, do the same with white paint and a dot stencil.

Stamp flowers from Simon Says Stamp Laugh in Flowers, Anna's Flowers and Thoughtful Flowers. Extend the stems with a black marker.

Stamp a star circle from Mix and Match Circles with brown ink and add lines with a black pen and a white gel pen. Stamp sentiments here and there. 

Die cut the Stitching Butterflies from inky paper and old book paper.

The combination of partly visible ledger lines and text in the background, with the stark black stamping makes for an interesting look.

Layer the butterflies together and shape the wings slightly.

The second butterfly.

Die cut a title from Tim Holtz Friendship Words Script, from the same paper used for the butterflies.

The flowers were lightly colored with pencils.

The grass stamps come from Simon Says Stamp Thoughtful Flowers.

Important words in the background were circled with the white gel pen. You can also wipe the paint off from some of the words before it dries completely.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today! STAMPtember® starts tomorrow at Simon Says Stamp. Don't miss this wonderful month of stamping inspiration and surprises!

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

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