Oh boy, oh boy! This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is art journaling! I love fiddley-dinking around with a notebook and paint and scraps and glue. Here's the page I ended up with:
While that dried, I got out some watercolors and a pencil and doodled and painted on another sheet of paper, like so:
When everything was dry, I tore my watercolor sheet into scraps and glued some of the scraps onto my painted journal page.
I blended things together a bit with more paint and sprinkled on some Infusions, then spritzed it with water. I brought some shades of green and olive to the party and I stenciled on top of everything with stars and dots using white paint.
I got out my Dina Wakley Everyone is Welcome stamp set and stamped an arched window shape onto my page. I only inked it lightly because I didn't want the whole image present. I sketched it into sort of a bird cage instead of a window.
I stamped out the word "Stay" on a separate piece of paper using Dina's Block Letters stamp set. I also stamped some text and tore off a few pieces of washi tape from Tim Holtz. I chose the word "Stay" because I think it's an important word. I feel like people think too many things are disposable these days, including values and relationships. Things that root us can be mistaken for a cage or a prison sometimes, but I admire people that stay the course and remain true to things that matter.
I glued my "Stay" to the page, along with the text scraps and it was done!
Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:
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Be sure to upload your art journaling geniusness to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.
