Simon Says: Let's Art Journal

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Beautiful Blooms Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

 

This week the challenge is: LET'S ART JOURANL

Art journaling is always interesting. You start with an idea and have a plan, then in the midst of creating, you take a whole new direction. That's what happened to me this week. I was all set to create a very colorful background over the black and white. Instead, once I added in the grid stencil, it pulled it together so well, I decided to stay with black and white and add colorful stamped images instead. 

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? 

 I began by collaging printed tissue onto the journal pages. Next, I went in with the grid stencil and black ink. The stenciling really pulled the pages together with some unity.

While those pages dried, I stamped flowers and ferns on book paper I had painted in bright colors from my stash. Then, I cut out the images to layer onto my pages. 

 I layered my bright flowers and ferns onto both pages.

Here you can see the text coming through.

 I added more detail with white, and added a few dimensional butterflies. It's always a beautiful sight to see butterflies in the garden! 

Details...

My final step was to hand letter "How does your garden grow?", then add it across the pages. I have art journals of all shapes and sizes, and it was fun to work in a long landscape format here. 

 How does your garden grow?

Personally, mine is having a hard time emerging from all the winter snow.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store 

Supplies:

Tracy Evans Beauty Surrounds Us stamps

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Woodlands stamps 

Paper Artsu Printed Tissue PT01

Simon Says Stamp Grid Stencil

Prima Cherry Sweet Ephemera

Dina Wakley Scribble Sticke

Dylusions Flip Journal

Stash paper - painted book paper

watercolor paper

Tim Holtz Collage Medium

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brush

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Fine Detailer with white paint

Black Pen

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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