Color Sampler Art Journal Tutorial

 Hi crafters! Today I have a fun color sampler project to share with you, made in an art journal.

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I recently got some new Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and they look so pretty that they inspired me to do a color sampler, but in the shape of an art journal page. I used Tim Holtz Stacked Squares to die cut the shapes and since they come in several sizes, I could pick a size that perfectly fitted the page in my Dina Wakley Blue Edition Media Journal.

Start by die cutting lots of squares from watercolor paper using Tim Holtz Stacked Squares.

I love the look of watercolor pans and these are no exception.

Watercolor one square at a time.

When I was working, I accidentaly dropped one of the squares on the paper I was leaving them to dry on. It gave a really cool texture. I started over and dropped or touched all the squares to the paper. I pressed some of them down and let some just touch the paper. 

Continue until you have as many color samples as you need. The set I used has 24 colours, but you could also use a larger 48-color set.

I placed the colors in the same order as they were in the watercolor set and adhered them to a cotton-rag watercolor page in my Blue Edition Journal.

White emboss one of the Simon Says Stamp Leaf Edges on the squares.

Die cut the title using Tim's Alphanumeric Emporium set. I die cut the letters from Simon Says Stamp Color Blend papers.

Stamp sentiments on the background and Tim Holtz alphabet stamp here and there.

Don't worry if the white embossing isn't perfect. Repeat stamp some of the sentiments.

The paper smooching effect isn't as visible on the lighter shades as it is on the darker.

I added pieces of Tim Holtz Trims Design Tape.

Use tape to underline the title. 

I stamped a mix of sentiments from different Simon Says Stamp sets.

The Leaf...stamps are so pretty.

The color sampler could have been done without the texture too, but I really like texture.

I cut a Simon Says Stamp sentiment strip apart and sanded the edges.

The purple square was the one that I originally by mistake dropped on the paper. My youngest thought it looked like a galaxy.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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