Just a quick peek into my art journal today because I’m looking after a sickly little boy who wants his mama round the clock…
“cos journaling rocks” journal cover
“baby days”
“strong women”
“tickled pink”
“tickled pink” detail
All the backgrounds in my art journal were made using Caran D’ache Neocolor II, with a touch of ink and acrylics here and there.
The button flower stamp in the background of the first three is the “floribunda” by the Artistic Stamper (a freebie with the Craft Stamper mag, March 2011). The “new mum” stamp in “baby days” is by Paper Nation. The Chinese flower stamp from “Tickled Pink” is part of a set of clear stamps from Design Objectives. The border stamp used in most of the pages is a kids multi purpose one from Tiger stores. And the alphabet stamps are from Melissa & Doug.
Got to run.
Carin, these pages are so cool. The backgrounds have a lot of texture and interest and the subject matter on each one is just perfect. Love them!!
Gorgeous! I can see the textures. Love the black and white photos.
Thank you for your sweet, sweet words Janet!
Thank you Marie! They are my mum (bottom), my grandmother (middle) and great grandmother (top).
this is so awesome – I JUST today was looking at a journaling mag- and it was too expensive so I wondered where I could get more info on painting and creating my own journal pages- then there you were on my blog with kind words for my grandfathers passing & here you are writing about journaling! yay- thanks for the terrific tips and info!!! and thank you for your kind words of sympathy.