Art Journal #2...

Hi! I am back today with another art journal page. This one is also inspired by Vicky Papaioannou of Clips-n-cuts. 

I started with a panel of red sunboard that was leftover from a stage prop that my husband created for the TedX event in Panjim. I covered it with the one-step crackle medium by Little Birdie. I used a mix of chalk and pouring paints by Little Birdie for the top layer.

While the paint was drying, I stamped the outline image of the Japanese Mum stamp set by Altenew on different papers with Versamark. I heat embossed the images with copper and gold metallic embossing powders by Ranger. I also cut each one using the coordinating die and inked each flower with pink, purple and red dye inks. I also die-cut the leaves from a bunch of green papers. All the papers I have used on this page came from packs of textured paper that are sold at the Itsy Bitsy stores. I find these assorted paper packs very, very handy for card making.

I cut some corrugated paper and adhered it to the bottom of the panel. I also cut some pink and gold paper and created a vase and added it over the corrugated paper. Both were distressed with brown dye ink. Then I arranged the flowers and leaves over the vase, using foam tape to pop some. 

For the sentiment, I die-cut the word BLOOM several times from green cardstock and layered the letters. The companion sentiment is from the Carnation stamp set by Mudra Craft Stamps. After stamping in black, I lightly inked the edges with green dye ink.

Here is another look at the completed project.

I had fun making this page. I might just frame it and turn it into a home decor piece instead of putting it in my journal.

Entering this in the following challenges:

Love To Craft Challenge Blog - LTCCB #45 - Anything Goes:

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #132 - For The Girls:

Color Throwdown #587:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Spring Mood Board:

The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge:

Love,

Nandini