Just playing - on an art journal page

I played, yes .. and I had fun..!!

This post is also on the Art Anthology blog today! 

I decided to just go with the flow... and see where that would take me. I grabbed all sorts of colors that I thought would be nice together, greens, blues, oranges and a red, velvets, sorbets and a gemstones.

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 Leaf sorbet, Honolulu Blue sorbet and Limeaid velvet: scraping a tiny bit randomly over the page to make transparant layers.  Don't try to cover the whole of it with each color, just here and there, and sometimes overlapping. After this step I've used lots more colors. For that, go see the Snapguide at the bottom of the post.

A close-up of the page during the process.

A close-up of some detail of the finished page.

Those eyes really are an eye-catcher on the page - LOVE it!

Would you like to know how I did this, check out the Snapguide:
Check out How to Just Play on an Art Journal Page by Art Anthology on Snapguide. 

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 Hope you've enjoyed this, and got inspired to get messy fingers too!

SEE you! 

I ought to use this more!

I have 'tons' of beautiful pictures... from animals to weeds, to birds etc. I also fuzzy cut most of them, to be able to use them in combination with stamping, or with art journalling, mixed media etc. 

Here I used a picture of this rabbit, which is a picture from an old diary. (I think it was one from Marjolein Bastin). 

I LOVE old diaries...also children's books, some of them have such lovely pictures in them! 

I just bought an old book for 1 euro about the history of music on a flea market. There's some beautiful 'scrapbookpaper' in it !!

So, I need to use these more in future! 

The background has been sponged into this frame with post it note paper, and distress inks. 

The script has been stamped before I adhered the rabbit to the card. 

Nice card for  a child as far as I am concerned. 

At this moment I am not sure what brand script I used in the background, have to look that up.. 

I am entering this in the challenge on 

1. Simon Says Stamp - I ought to use this more!

Three Art Journal pages for Journal 52

THEME - Rain or shine

I wrote the following text on the edges: 

"Rain or shine - I prefer shine .. BUT when looking at all the shiny colors after a little rain, I prefer both, one at a time"

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 THEME - Party animals

I wrote the following text on the edges:

"I am always so enjoying the beautiful drawn pictures in children's books! I adore how the animals are used in the stories as if they are just as us, people!"

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 THEME - Recycle

 I recycled pattern paper, and the front page of the Burda pattern to create this page. 

I am back on track now!

Huisjes op een rij / Houses in a row

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