Art Journal a go-go!

Swatch it up

Mix and match mini stencils

by me!

For Carabelle Studio 

Do you know, I haven't done any 'real' art journaling for ages. By real, I mean when you just lose yourself in the process and forget about making a pretty and perfect page, but just go with the flow without worrying about the outcome. So why haven't I been journaling? I honestly think it's just called January and Februaryitis.

But yesterday a couple of things happened. I popped into town and called into a charity shop where a lovely friend works, and spotted a slightly tatty hard back book which just said JUNK JOURNAL to me. And also the sun was shining and it was feeling very spring like (short lived - it's raining today!) Anyway, I went home and took the inside pages out, which will be used along the way, and just started to play with anything and everything that was lying around my desk.

Do you know what it reminds me of? It reminds me of when I used to scribble and doodle all over my school books haha! What was it Picasso said about painting like a child?! haha

On this first page which is the inside back cover, there are bits of text, scrapbook paper, washi tape, a bit of inky Dura Lar (Grafix Arts), I sponged paint through the *new* mix and match mini stencils, and then painted some flowers and words with ink.

I also stamped the new Swatch it up stamp set on a scrap of card and added colour by scribbling with my Scribble Sticks:

And here's the inside front cover:

The time I stamped the Swatch it Up circles directly on the page ....

Added some water colour, and then painted around them with Acrylics:

I added a couple of mixed signatures using card, kraft, ledger pages, and just tied them in with sari ribbon. This is a trick I picked up from Kasia Avery, the wonderful host of Wanderlust. No stitching or binding, just loose leaf pages that you can pull out to work on. Easy and accessible. Love it!