I did this journal layout a few weeks ago, so I don't have process pictures, I will do my best to explain the way I did this. For starters, the journal I use is the Dylusions one by Ranger. I use the smaller one. It's great! I like that it includes the pocket on the left inside cover. The green came from some spray that got on it on one of my layouts. :P
To start off my layout, I stamped out my images. This images came from the Lawn Fawn stamp sets Gleeful Gardens and Let's Play. (Again, these will be linked at the bottom of the post.) I really like those two sets, and it had been a while since I had used them, so I figured I'd take them out again and give them some love. I stamped multiple images from each set because I thought they just worked together so well. To color them in, I used some alcohol markers. I just use some from the craft store. They are alcohol markers, but they aren't Copics, so it's hard to link to them in that way. I used the same principle with Copics, so it is easy to color them in. I didn't consider a light source when I was coloring the images just because I think it's a fun kinda project, so I didn't see the need to color them with shading being affected by a light source. Just seemed too technical for this project. Then, I proceeded to add the background. I could have masked off all these images, but I didn't feel like masking them all off, so i just carefully went around all of them when I inked over the background. For the sky, I used a mixture of Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks. (By Tim Holtz) To apply them, I just used the Ranger ink applicator tool. Like I said, I used the edges of the round ink blending tool creatively to make sure that I didn't get too much ink on the stamped images. To make the grassy ground/hills, I made used the Mowed Lawn Distress Ink. I just used the same application to apply it. I then debated on which set to use to stamp out my sentiment(s) from. i decided to stamp the ones from the Let's Play set. They were cute and they were in a playful font which I figured would work well! After I had them all applied, I used the Cracked Pistachio Distress Spray Stain. It was kind of a decision where I just wanted to see what it would do. I used the spray and it worked out well if I do say myself. Made the grass more deep in color and the sky, oddly enough, didn't affect it to much! To finish it out, I just got my brush wet and just shook it onto the paper so I got some water droplet splotches! That was pretty much my whole process. I like to keep my art journal simple and playful so it gets my creativity flowing but it's not too intimidating. I want to fill this journal up by next summer, that's my goal!
Soon, I want to decorate the cover with some acrylic paints. When I do, I will take process photos to share with you all.
I hope this inspires you all to do some art journaling! It's certainly something that I am liking now. It gets my creativity flowing but it's not too intimidating and not as complicated as cards. Below I have included some pictures. Thanks for viewing my blog post! Hope you all are having an amazing day wherever you're at!! :)
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