Background: Watercolour paper

Mediums: Glimmer Mist, Mayaroad mist, waterpaints, Crafty Notions Shake and Spray, Memories Dye Ink,

Mask: Peg basket

Journaling: black paint, Posca pens, white-out

Stamps: Sasaffrass, Studio Calico

Background: Watercolour paper with waterpaint wash, soaked up with absorbent towel and then drips by squeezing out foam brush used to apply the wash

Mediums: Water paint, Crafty Notions shake and spray, Memories Dye ink

Embellishment: discount store butterfly

Journaling: Posca pen, Signo gel pen

Stamp: Sassafrass Lass
Journaling adapted from one on FB about being a mother,

Background: Watercolur paper with waterpaint applied with sponge roller

Masks: Crafters Workshop, Punchinella sheet

Mediums: Water paints, Glimmer Mist, Memories Mist, Maya Road Mist, Memories Dye Ink

Embellishments: Dressmakers pattern, discarded cardstock bits, staples

Stamps: Sassafrass Lass, and I forgot the name of the other will put it in next post :)

Journaling: Posca Pen

Here are some more backgrounds I have completed :)

Reeeeally tempted to convert the one above into a layout I like it so much LOL :)

Hi Guys

Well as you can see Ive completedanother page and some more backgrounds, Ive included some closeups of these :)

Background: white gesso stamped onto watercolur paper with bubble wrap

Mediums: Shimmerz, Maya Road mist, Crafty Notions Shake and Spray

Embellishment: hand cut card heart with gesso and maya road mist

Journaling/doodling: Posca pen

Cheers and Happy Art Journaling :) :) :)

Lou xxx

First Baby Steps

Hi Guys

Well Im finallly sharen my first baby steps Aaaaargh!!! To be honest its not something Im overly comfortable with, but I Want 2 do IT! I can appreciate these may look a little like my scrap book pages, well that may well be on and off, Im creatively exploring :) :) :)

Yep Journaling still to go on this one, I've put it down the left hand side of the page

Background: kraft tissue on water colour paper

Template: plastic peg basket - as mask and stamp

Mediums: Glimmer Mist, Shimmerz, Crafty Notions Shake and spray, Studio Calico Mister Huey spray, White gesso [hearts] Memories Ink [title] Stamps Inkadoo,

Embellishments: had cut card hearts, butterfly cut from doilie

Journaling: Sakura felt pen black

Again Journaling has been added afterwards :)

Background; torn kraft note book paper and tissue paper on water colour paper

Mediums: Matisse paint - scrapped over and then impressed with absorbernt hand towel paper [spotted circle pattern], Lil Davis pearlescent paint - medium sized circle bubble wrap for over stamp, Shimmerz overspray, Clouds and road white gesso, Copper rub-over Jo Sonja metallic paint

Embellishment: Acetate butterfly - discount store

Pens: Posca black, Sakura black felt tip

Background: Water colour paper

Template: Cosmo Cricker Alpha sheet as a stamp [it has a glossy surface :)]

Mediums: Maya Road spray mists, Matisse Black gesso, Crafty Notions black shake and spray

Journaling: White gel pen, Posca pens

Ive created another 4 backgrounds, this is a sneek peek of one of them.

Well cheers guys and Happy Journaling!!!

Lou xxx