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Gorjuss 'Mini' Art Journal 2018 ~ June ~ A friend is the nicest thing

Hi Everyone, I am back with the June layout for my 'Mini' Art Journal 2018. I will be working in my DIY watercolor art journal. I have a tutorial for you if you want to make one yourself. Check it out  HERE   For this layout I went with Stamp No.39 'The Lost Heart' Gorjuss Mini stamp by Santoro.   I was inspired by her teddy bear! Also, the fact that she was all sad and dark made me think that she needed a burst of sunshine in her life so I reached for this Geo Quarters sunburst stencil by Kaisercraft. I also reached for the yellow from my Distress Crayons and some Americana Acrylic Paint in the color dolphin (aka grey). After the background was finished, I used my Stampaholic to stamp out the Gorjuss girl and a whole stack of teddy bears from Kaisercraft's 'Teddy Bear Picnic' stamp set. I used my Koi Sakura water color palette to do some relaxing colouring. I gave her a red over-coat so that sh...

Art Journal Swap ~ The Story Teller~ Collaboration with Suzanne Johnston

Hi everyone, Im back with another art journal layout for my collaboration with my fellow design team member  Suzanne Johnston . Earlier in the year, Suzanne and I swapped an envelope full of die-cuts and prompts and today I picked one of these prompts to make an art layout. The art journal that I am working in is one I made myself and if you are interesting in making one, please check out my DIY tutorial  HERE . From the prompts, I selected this dress which has a very meaningful sentiment. "Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered". I teamed it with a stamp from my collection called Lady Jude by Kaisercraft. For the background, I chose the color Antique Linen from Set 3 of the Distress Crayon Range by Ranger. I then added texture paste through 2 stencils: - Mosaic by Tim Holtz / Ranger - 03 Mixed Media text by Cadence Next I removed some of the texture paste text and stamped this rose and coloured i...