Hello, sweet blog friends. Welcome by today as I share a (rare) Art Journal page that I created for the wonderful challenge blog Creative Artiste Mixed Media Designs. I was blessed to have won a (fairly) recent challenge and was asked to be the August Guest Designer for Challenge #107 at Creative Artiste, and I was excited about that. While I don't normally share my Art Journal pages, it's nice to photograph them every now and then. If you keep an Art Journal or do any type of Mixed Media art, I do hope you'll come link it up in their amazing challenges.
On the (right) inside page, I did some stencilling, while adding paper and corrugated cardboard to the left side of this page. I tucked in a cut Tim Holtz ephemera vintage ticket and used some of my much-coveted vintage scotch tape. As this roll of the tape emptied.......I sighed deeply. The stamped imaged may be Tim Holtz, I'm not completely certain. The HELLO sentiment is from Stamp Simply.
On the left (inside) page, I did some messy Gessso stencilling. I also added the Eucalyptus Leaves, bundled brown string, a Prima butterfly paperclip, an antique milk cap, and a strip of cream burlap topped with cream crochet lace. I love the different textures that ribbons and materials bring to Art Journal pages. The old photos are those of my Maternal Grandmother and her identical twin sister.
My journalling is tucked underneath the stamped image. There are so many great layers of texture and richness in this project. It's fun to see how to minimal colors draw on one another. I do hope that you will stop by Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge to share your Mixed Media creations with us. It will be great to see what you come up with to share in this fun challenge. Happy crafting, friends.
Special thanks to Andree and her Design Team at Creative Ariste for having me join them as a Guest Designer this month.
I'm sharing my Art Journal Page here:
Double D Challenge - Basket Full of Posies - I'm not quite sure, but I think the flower I stamped is a posy. I was guessing that's why there's a big P in the upper right-hand corner of this pretty stamp.
The Paper Funday Challenge - July: Anything Goes (Optional Critter)
Blessings,
Karen
