Inspiration From Donna

Lately, I have been

spending more and more time in my art journal leaving my card making to times of necessity. What is it about smearing gesso and paint across a page... getting soft gel under your fingernails... sponging ink over a stencil??? I LOVE IT!!! Can't explain why! I absolutely LOVE IT!

This is a page I

just completed after watching Donna's video here.

I had none of the

supplies she used except for gesso and my Cobalt Teal is heavy body not fluid acrylic paint. Can't let that stop us... right?

The bird is chipboard

by Melody Ross for GCD Studio. He's stamped with the dots stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Bitty Grunge set with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. The poppy is from an old stamp set by Sweet 'n Sassy and is colored with Distress Inks in Festive Berries, Peeled Paint and Wild Honey. I highlighted the lines with my Faber-Castell black Pitt pen. My bird is shaded first with Vintage Photo DI, then some shadowing with soft charcoal.

The rays are from that

same SA set and stamped with Mustard acrylic craft paint. They, too, are shadowed with charcoal (told you last week I adore charcoal).

The text is by Authentique

called Diction... so handy! It's shaded with Vintage Photo as are the edges of the page. 

Now, we have several

birthdays coming up in our family, so I have to make some cards this week... but that's not going to keep me from having some messy fun time in my journal.

I'm linking to Julie's - Art Journal Every Day

Have a wonderful evening, girls! Love you all!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda