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Today I've got some more art journal pages from December 2016 to share with you. It's funny how I can look at the pages and remember what I was doing when I created them. I think art making creates that kind of visceral memory for me.
This first page is one I worked on while on an airplane. I remember thinking that all that detailed coloring would be a perfect airplane activity — and it was!
I used my beloved Moonlight Pens to color all those little bits and pieces.
I used two Balzer Designs Stencils on this page: Flower Tile (seen above) and Julie's Words (seen below):
This beautiful butterfly print was a gift from a student in a stamp carving class many years ago.
It was a stamp she carved in class and I think it's glorious!
I had originally planned to color in this next page:
But then it was so fabulous in black and white that I decided to leave it as it is.
This next page is a total "Frankenstein" — i.e. made up of little bits and pieces. But you can't even tell that because of all the pattern.
I love the way pattern fools the eye.
This page also features the Julie's Words stencil.
Finally, check out that super cool uneven edge.
I love to bind together messy little bits and scraps when I create my junque journals. I love how every page is therefore automatically unique. There are no standard rectangles in this journal!
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All of this, I could look at it for HOURS … the black/white … amazeballs! I wish I could get my Moonlights to look like that. Mine do not
flow well on paint or marker or anything except plain ole paper, wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Also, I’m going to use the cut
edge in my journal, I love it … love the vlog on Weds and peeks into your journal on Fri!! TFS …. always get so many fun ideas from your
journals!!
All of this, I could look at it for HOURS … the black/white … amazeballs! I wish I could get my Moonlights to look like that. Mine do not
flow well on paint or marker or anything except plain ole paper, wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Also, I’m going to use the cut
edge in my journal, I love it … love the vlog on Weds and peeks into your journal on Fri!! TFS …. always get so many fun ideas from your
journals!!
All of this, I could look at it for HOURS … the black/white … amazeballs! I wish I could get my Moonlights to look like that. Mine do not
flow well on paint or marker or anything except plain ole paper, wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Also, I’m going to use the cut
edge in my journal, I love it … love the vlog on Weds and peeks into your journal on Fri!! TFS …. always get so many fun ideas from your
journals!!
All of this, I could look at it for HOURS … the black/white … amazeballs! I wish I could get my Moonlights to look like that. Mine do not
flow well on paint or marker or anything except plain ole paper, wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Also, I’m going to use the cut
edge in my journal, I love it … love the vlog on Weds and peeks into your journal on Fri!! TFS …. always get so many fun ideas from your
journals!!
All of this, I could look at it for HOURS … the black/white … amazeballs! I wish I could get my Moonlights to look like that. Mine do not
flow well on paint or marker or anything except plain ole paper, wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Also, I’m going to use the cut
edge in my journal, I love it … love the vlog on Weds and peeks into your journal on Fri!! TFS …. always get so many fun ideas from your
journals!!
All of this, I could look at it for HOURS … the black/white … amazeballs! I wish I could get my Moonlights to look like that. Mine do not
flow well on paint or marker or anything except plain ole paper, wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Also, I’m going to use the cut
edge in my journal, I love it … love the vlog on Weds and peeks into your journal on Fri!! TFS …. always get so many fun ideas from your
journals!!