Small Journal by Gemma

Hi All

So the summer holiday is here and I like to have a little art journal, that I can just toss in my bag when I am out and about.

 I have some 12x12 grunge board that sits around waiting for projects like this as it can take a little rough treatment and that's what happens to anything sitting in the bottom of my bag.

I covered the board with Gesso and left it to completely dry, Then using a brayer I added Phthola Turquoise Acrylic and Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise, I love the fact that because its on the grunge board you get a bitty texture with lots of the Gesso showing through. Using the same colours I stamped over the top with the Grid and Dots background stamps.

On card I stamped the clock,key and dancer. The clock and key were stamped on card painted black and covered with gilding flakes. The dancer was just stamped in black ink. I used the words mask to add the word Art to the corner with texture paste.

Once they were dry I added the swirls using Phthola Turquoise. After deciding I did not like the word white, I painted it black and added a little gilding flake. I finished off by adding some circles using a white pen and a little doodling with a black pen. I then stitched in the pages and added a ribbon to close.

And of course I couldn't waste the left over paper so I made this note pad.

Here I have just added more words from the same mask with black paint, and stamped the Decay swirl,

Thank you for reading
Gemma (inkykitty)

Products used from The Artistic Stamper

Dylusions Paints

Grid Background

Dots Background

Decay Journaling Stamps

Dance

Time and Keys

Words Mask

Swirls Mask