Hot Air Balloon Art Journal Page

Hello crafters! It is the last day of the month, and maybe also of summer. I have an art journal page to share inspired by a yellow hot air balloon that my youngest and I saw a couple of days ago.

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Bright hot air balloons against a blue sky are such a joyful sight and I wanted to preserve it in my art journal. I used distress Paint and texture paste for the background. The balloons were die cut and embossed with Simon Says Stamp Adrift Air Balloons set. I worked in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal. You can of course also make a card instead.

Coat the page with gesso and let dry. Paint with Distress Paints and mist heavily with water to blend. 

When the blue paint was dry I used Simon Says Stamp Clouds For Days together with texture paste to make the clouds. 

Apply Ranger Moon Dust Stickles glitter gel to the clouds, once the paste is dry.

Stamp with Simon Says Stamp Swiss Dots and Cobalt ink.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Adrift Air Balloons from watercolor paper.

Mist the balloons with water and place them one at a time in the coordinating embossing folder. 

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water, pick up with a paint brush and watercolor the balloons. 

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Fancy Just Because from Simon Says Stamp white glossy cardstock and ink with Mustard Seed Distress Ink.

The words are shiny, because of the glossy cardstock, which is a nice touch. 

Glue the balloons to the background. If you make a card, use foam tape. I like to keep my art journal pages fairly flat and avoid foam tape there.

This sentiment was stamped with Tim Holtz Tiny Text and Cobalt ink.

I made a couple of very colorful balloons, but liked the ones with one or two colors better. 

This word stamp comes from Simon Says Stamp Beautiful and Curious.

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Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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