Today is the last day of the Nathalie Kalbach & Friends Stampendous Summer Hop – so much fun :)
What better way to celebrate summer than with some summer colors, I thought and created this Art Journal spread with all kinds of bold summer colors and different sets of the stamps I designed for Stampendous.
I layered some acrylic paint onto my art journal pages and set it aside for later. A list of all supplies can be found at the end of this post.
For the Bird, Elephant and Urban Scribble image I wanted to create my own patterned paper and I love to use deli paper for this because it is cheap and thin enough that you can use it to wrap up small presents, and can be used easily as collage material in your mixed media art work. I used the same colors over and over again, first adding big patches of colors to the deli paper, then stamping with acrylic paint and all kinds different Rubber and Foam Stamps. Later I layered some of the stencils which are included in my stamp sets on top to tie some areas together. Last but not least I used the Urban Scribble rubber Stamp and black archival ink and stamped randomly here and there.
I traced the Foam Stamps onto the back of my new patterned paper and cut out an elephant, bird and the urban skyline. I glued all the cutouts down onto my earlier painted art journal spread using Matte Medium and a cosmetic sponge. Then I added a couple more marks and colors to the page and outlined the shapes in a sketchy manner. Added some Journaling- and voila :) It was a lot of fun to just play with all the different stamps. I cannot wait to make more patterned paper to use this way for wrapping paper – a good way to use up some of your left over paints and stamp off your inked stamps. Here are the details of the elements on the finished page
I hope you enjoyed this fun and colorful post :)
Do not forget that you can win all three of my Stamp Sets by commenting today on the blogs with projects of my stamp sets in this list from the whole week. Check out all those amazing projects my friends posted – I am blown away:
my blog – Creative Squad – Cheiron Brandon on Tuesday
Stampendous Blog Post Wednesday
my Creative Ice Breaker Wednesday
Stampendous Blog Post Thursday
my blog- you are here :)
Have a wondeful day and good luck!!! Stampendous and I will post about the winner on our blogs next week!
Here are all supplies including the stamps I used (some are affiliate links).
Comments (35)
Linsey
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Oh goodness! Your art journal pages are SO gorgeous and completely inspiring!!! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome creativity and talent and for coming together to bring your fans this super cool mixed media hop!! I’m thoroughly enjoying seeing your marvelous designs come to life!!!
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D.Ann C
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Oh, I have a serious crush on your user of neon colors!!! I have also developed a serious crush on your stamp/stencil sets this week. Can’t wait till my budget let’s me indulge in getting some!!! -FL
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Leadonna Fritts
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I absolutely love your style of creating, Nat. Like me, you love color and it shows beautifully in your work. Your art journal pages just speak to my heart. Thank you for sharing!
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Janet Staples
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I LOVE this! So bright while being subtle and bold! Brilliant. I’m glad I ran across this…can’t wait to see the other artists’ interpretations! Thank you so much for all of your inspiration Nat!
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Amanda Rhodes
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Love, love, love!
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nicole n
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Love all of the bright colors and the elephant!
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Jackie Schachter
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When I reached this page I just said to myself “wow’. Love the
brilliant colors of the backgrounds and stamps. You and your
designers are so talented. Have enjoyed this week’s blog
hop – it was fun. TFS.
Jackie, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Sarah P.
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The journaling pages are so colorful and make a statement. I love them, they catch your eye for sure.
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jacqvz
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So inspiring! Love the hold colors!
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jacqvz
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hold=bold ?
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