Hello my dears!
Okay. So I know you’re not supposed to say you love your own stuff, but I don’t care, cos… I freakin’ LOVE this art journal page!
There. Said it.
I just want to stroke it.
I started by painting the blank page blue and green (my fave colour combo) with Caran D’ache Neocolor II crayons
Next, I smeared patches of texture paste
I thought the bottom left hand corner needed a little something, so I sprayed some ink through a doily. Then I stencilled some wording randomly all over the page.
While I was doing all of that I had some plaster gauze
Lastly, I tore a scrap piece of parcel paper, crumpled it up a little and stuck it down on the page. Once down and dry, I edged it a little with bronze acrylics and blue oil pastel. I then stuck down the heart on top. But it still looked a bit bare, so I tucked the last of my gold mesh behind the heart, and went over a couple of the page edges with oil pastel.
And there you have it.: one deliciously tactile journal page.
lol, when i saw the page, my first thoughts were -i bet she loves this one! bullseye. 🙂
it IS so very enticing to rub hands all over it.
and trust, was writing thoughts on that today…
It looks fab! I love the blue and green tones:)
~Anne
Totally LOVE your gorgeous page too Carin… beautiful color combo… and delicious texture… I love the heart.. I have never used plaster gauze… but it is on my to try list… no wonder you adore this page… it is incredibly stunning!!!
Hugs
Jenny x
You’re definitely allowed to love your own art and no wonder…this is beautiful! Love the colors, love all the texture, and love the heart with the thread wrapped around it.
lol. you know me too well 😉
Thank you Jenny! It was the first time I worked with plaster gauze too, and I absolutely loved it. Such a versatile thing, and a little goes a long way. Definitely worth a try, Jenny! xo
Thank you Janet! I’ve recently come to realise I like a lot of physical texture as well as visual texture in my art journals (just like my home and clothing), and I’m making the most of it. Fun, fun, fun!
Carin, this blew me off my chair. What a fantastic page!!
Blue/green are my favs too and mixed with white and clear blue I’m sold. A masterpiece if you ask me. Keep on, you might find another one before you know it.
This is so pretty, I love the heart and all the layering.
I’ve so busy, but I’ve been trying to catching up on your blog from my phone…just hard to comment that way :/
Thank you so much Laila! xo
Thanks Lisa! I do the same kind of thing…look at blogs on my phone, think I’ll go back to comment, then it doesn’t happen lol. So yeah, I’ve read more of your posts than I have commented on too lol.
carin …so lovely to hear from you…ostensibly this your usual blog ?anynows….live youth page and love what you have been doing…wonderful stuff….and your kids are adorable…xxx
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Um. K. This has GOT to be my favorite journal page of yours yet!!! AND your pictures are gorgeous 😉 LOVING the texture and (naturally) blues and greens. Really beautiful! xoxo
Hi Carin, wonderful to see, I can very much understand why you are in love with your own page. And great that you wrote about your process. Thanks so much also for your kind comment on my blog!