Double art journal page - Under the golden sun

Hi and welcome :0) Today I have two smaller pages 7" x 5" (cca 17,5 x 13 cm). They are my entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Anything goes.

Because I love how my last denim tags turned out, I decided to use another fabric as the base. I glued a Tim Holtz´s linen textile surfaces on the cardstock and and frayed the edges. I stenciled on it with a very old brown Memento marker, so the color is quite muted. Than I drew a circle and applied the gilding glue  from Stamperia and golden flakes on it. For my focal collage I used elements from Kate Curry´s collage books and from sticker book I found in my stash (I glued the stickers and other images on the cardstock before I fussy cut them, so they are much sturdier). I´m so happy with the outcome - I love the look of the final pieces and feel of the real linen fabric :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice day :0)

5. 5. 2025 Under the golden sun

Tags - Love and Lucky

Hi and welcome :0) Today I have two  tags 6.5" x 4" (cca 17 x 10 cm). This tags are my entry for Stencil Fun April challenge.

I glued a Tim Holtz´s denim textil surfaces on the cardstock and stenciled on it with Chipped Saphire and Black Soot Distress inks. Than I stamped parts of a big background stamp on it with VersaFine Claire black permanent ink. I cuted out two tags wit a nice dotted border from this it and used elements from Kate Curry´s collage books as my focal points. I love the feel of the real denim fabric and how nicely these both tags came out :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice day :0)

22. 4. 2025 Love and Lucky

Art journal page - Ellegance diary journal

Hi and welcome :0) Today´s page is ca 6.5" x 8.5" (cca 16 x 21,5 cm). 

I started with a coloured paper tag. I did some stenciling on it with an Iced spruce and Vintage photo Distress inks and than I added a bit of stamping on it. The same stamp I used on my "old book" background papers together with a layer and splatters of a diluted gesso. Finally I created a small collage with these photos of elegant ladies from 20´s and bits and pieces I found in my stash :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice weekend :0)

18. 4. 2025 Ellegance diary journal

Art journal page - My happy place

 Hi and welcome :0) Today´s page is ca 6.5" x 9" (cca 16 x 23 cm). 

I started with a backround colored with Distress inks in brown colors, embossed with an older embossing folder. For the collage I used images from Maremi´s Small Art ephemera books. I fussy cut them, inked the edges and combined them to the final image. Very easy page :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice day :0)

6. 4. 2025 My happy place

Round art journal page - Dream Boho Soul

Hi and welcome again. This page is also from 7" (ca. 18 cm) Arteza round art journal.

I still played with layered background. I stamped a big background stamp on the page, covered the page with Distress brown and orange inks, layered a stencil pattern over it with Versafine Clair permanent ink and applied a white gesso with a sponge through the checkerboard and star stencils. I coloured the gessoed patterns with Distress inks to muted the white colour down and added the final collage and a quote. And I like this page a lot :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice weekend :0)

20.1.2025 Dream Boho Soul

Round art journal page - Lost and found on the chessboard

Hi and welcome. This page is in my 7" (ca. 17,8 cm) Arteza round art journal.

I played with layered background. I used Distress inks - Vintage photo, Rusty hinge and some others. I stamped an Aall and Create chess border stamp on the bottom of the page and chess figures all around the page (although they ended up covered with other layers). I used white gesso an applied it with a brayer and with a sponge through the Tim Holtz´s stencil. I covered the gessoed parts with Ranger´s Perfect pearls. Finally I added my focal point girl with a chess pawn and the quote :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice week :0)

15.1.2025 Lost and found on the chessboard