Hello Friends
I hope you all are rocking and also enjoying all the amazing projects done by all my DT friends.
Today on Itsy Bitsy blog I am here with a beautiful art journal page .
For me Art journaling is something where I can put my heart, mind and soul into the creation without thinking about the outcome or the choice of materials .
Art journaling is so amazing that you can do your trial n errors , get to know some beautiful color combos and the use of some mediums and get an amazing outcome... even if you don't its still a trial and you get to learn a lot from this. Also art journal is an awesome way to express the creative feelings and create something which you can go back to whenever you need any kind of inspiration or carry it around whenever the creative mojo strikes you or even flip through .... The artwork on the pages can be super simple like doodling or something very complex depending on the mood and the materials which you can get your hands on at that point of time.
Today I have done a beautiful mixed media journal page where I have combined the mixed media techniques with decoupage. I totally enjoyed the page and it was kind of a trial for me to see if this will work or no as I was trying something like this for the first time. my main product in this art work is the crackle medium which is newly launched by Little Birdie and I couldn't wait to try my hand on it.
I used a beautiful art journal from the store which is 440 gsm handmade heavy weight and its made with 100% cold pressed and cotton papers. For me this art journal was perfect as I was attempting a mixed media technique and it can take all the textures, layers and mediums without warping the paper.
I started with choosing a beautiful decoupage tissue with huge roses , fussy cut them and adhered the paper on the left side bottom corner of the left page and the right side top corner of the right page with deco magic glue. This glue is perfect for any kind of decoupage on any surface.
After that I randomly applied the crackle paste with the stencil as I wanted the pattern as a part of my composition. I left it to air dry till small cracks were formed and the paste was totally dry.
I lightly brushed white gesso to the plain areas of my paper to prime it n prepare it for the splashes I was gonna use. I splashed the page with the colors at some places and some places applied with the brush as I needed to be in control where the color flows .. I didn't want it all over the flowers.
Once I was happy with the way my page looked after the colors I dried it completely and again fussy cut some butterfly n dragonfly from the left over tissue and filled in some blank spaces by adhering these to the page. to add little more interest to my page I used a script stamp to add some texture to the page especially left n right side edges . For this I used archival black ink.
Once everything was done then I added a coat of soft matt gel to seal the page and bingo !!! My page was done.... I hope you all like the way I have merged Decoupage and mixed media techniques to make this art journal page and I also hope you all give it a shot as I m super happy the way its turned out.
Don't forget to leave some comments on how you liked the page as I absolutely love to read them. Till the next creative post you all take care and have fun!!!!
Love & Hugs
Bela
