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I Am Enough Art Journal Page

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I played a bit around in my art journal and I love especially how the left page turned out . Sometimes it is good to just play because accidentally you might find a fun new way for a background – like I did :)

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I also got a new color combo crush…you better get used to it- hehehe- I might use it again ;)

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Have a creative day today :)

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  • Marsha.

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    OK, this is funny. I’ve just created something (totally different, but) with a colour combo similar to this… And I used one of your stencil on it :-D. I can’t wait to show you now!

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  • cyndi b

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    Totally my favorite colors! Love all your new stencils!

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  • Gunvor

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    Awesome! I just love the colours! and how you made the typewriter “pop”!

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  • Kathy P

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    Orange/green/yellow????? Love it. That typewriter really pops out. Love when you find a new love and share it with us….always brings me inspiration!

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  • Donna

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    I am loving the color combination and your typewriter stencil! Thanks for sharing.
    Peace,
    Donna

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Closed Doors …or Word Emesis

My art journal is not only my technique-play book, it is also my way to express feelings and often an outlet for emotions. I think art is an amazing therapist- LOL- so much cheaper actually when a real one ;) This page was done after I was REALLY upset a couple of weeks ago – LOL- doesn’t happen to often- but hey…can happen ;)

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Lot’s of Liquitex Spray Paint over Stencils on here and then I played with the Liquitex Paint Markers-I love how you can paint with them over magazine pages, use them for writing or sketching and to blend areas in.

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I wanted a grungy look here ….I guess I archived it. Actually I want this page as a wall of my studio- that would be cool- LOL.

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If you art journal would you agree that it helps you deal with emotional stress better?

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have a beautiful day

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Comments (7)

  • Pam in Florida

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    Thank God for art…Great escape. Cheaper than airfare.

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  • Pam in New Jersey

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    Yes, I would be in the nut house without my journals and art work!!!!

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  • Elina Stromberg

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    Oh my! Truly an influential art journal page that really makes a statement. Creative and grungy. Bold and powerful. Love it.

    And I fully agree with you: Getting creative is really the easiest, cheapest and most fun type of therapy!

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  • Sherri Sinclair

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    You can say things to your journal that are best left unsaid to someone.

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  • Kathy P

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    Lots of feelings in this, Nat….very creative. I agree that art can definitely be an emotional release!

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  • Peg

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    This is fabulous Nat!
    Emotion-driven creativity suits you :-)

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  • Sue Clarke

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    YES! As you pointed out, cheaper than therapy although my insurance won’t reimburse me for art supplies.

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Heimathafen or…Hamburg*End(si)e Exhibition Canvas

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Another canvas for my exhibition in August here in Hamburg. This one is actually 16″ by 24″ big (40cm x 60cm) . I figured out that for canvases in that big size I need an easel but I guess for the time being here in Hamburg I might not invest in one or maybe I should…mmmh…mhhh – LOL…never shy of an excuse to go to the art supply store ;) .

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It is a collage with acrylic paints, acrylic inks and acrylic markers . It was a slow process on this canvas …It moved several times in the apartment so I could just look at it because I wasn’t too happy in the beginning and needed to figure out what it was. It was the ship on the right that made me crazy…something was badly off, but now it is done. I really like the colors- and I know they are not very usual for me .

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I am sure you got it figured out, this is the Hamburg harbor – a bit part of our city, and the title is home port. Now working on the next canvas which is even bigger…let’s see how this goes- LOL

Have a wonderful day

Hugs

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Comments (11)

  • Lily van der Velde

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    Love the canvas, and the statement!
    No one is illegal indeed!

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  • Micki

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    I love it. The colors, the theme…… it’s awesome! :-)

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  • Ursula

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    Auch wieder schööööön :) Ich freu mich schon auf deine Ausstellung und ich hoffe, ich bin dann auch wirklich in der Stadt ………
    LG Ursula

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Wish that I could be at the exhibit but I know that you’ll post pics after it happens. Right?:)

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  • mjmarmo

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    Such gorgeous colors! I love the buildings!

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  • Jean A Marmo

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    Such gorgeous colors and I love the buildings!

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  • Kathy Gledsdale

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    How wonderful, a very cheery picture to hang on the wall.

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  • Marsha.

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    I think it’s awesome!!! Great job Nat, I bet it’s going to be an awesome exhibition!

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Whatevers #12 or Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Are you ready for the 12th Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about…check it out here.

Click here to see what Cat made out of this photo and which story she tells

Click here to see what Vicki made out of this photo and which story she tells

This is supposed to be our last Whatever photo…but mmhh – well….maybe we have news for you in the next days ;)

I love this photo – I will definitely use it again- it totally cracks me up! I had only a couple of art media with me when I was traveling- which was kind of fun to create with limited supplies and limited time too.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

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Finally a day without husbands- all these household chores were just so boring all three of them had been looking for a fun day together. If they’d only knew how to get the boat going…gosh – why couldn’t they make it work without men?

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Their names: Margariete, Mary and Myrtle

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I used Ranger Distress Paints, Distress Inks, a white Sharpie Poster Marker and a Liquitex Professional Paint Marker as well as a new bought item I have to play more with: Liquid Pencil by Pam Carriker. The Fabric Tape is actually by a German Brand – I am not really sure which one it was though -I need to find out – LOL- I love it and need more ;) You can also see some negative prints of my new What’s The Point Stencil.

And here is the photo of this month’s Whatever for you:

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Here is how it works if you want to play along:

  • Vicki, Cat and I have made a one-year commitment to each other and picked twelve photos with Whatevers whom we will give a story.
  • Every month – if possible always on the 15th –  each of us will do a post with an individual story that goes along for us with the same photo.
  • If you want you can play along and we will have the photo for you – just right-click on it to safe it to download and show us your version of The Whatevers.
  • There is no rules to the story itself- it can be funny, sad, uplifting, breathtaking WHATEVER
  • There is no rules on the length or the form of the story– it can be a short sentence, an essay, a poem or a soap opera – WHATEVER
  • There is no rules on the artwork you choose – it can be a scrapbook layout, an altered art project, an art journal page – WHATEVER
  • Here is a rule though: if you take the photo you have to link back to us andshow us your story.
  • These pictures are from our personal stash and are for personal use for you only! If you want to use them for a publication whether a book or magazine in print or digital form please ask for permission!
  • If you want to participate post in the comment section .
  • You can also join our The Whatevers -Facebook Page

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Comments (5)

  • Milagros

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    joyful and beautiful colors page, it’s a shame that it is over, thanks to this wonderful project three ye have given to us was a pleasure for me to accompany you in this month proyecto.Abrazos

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  • Vicki Dunn Chrisman

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    Wow! The colors and all the contrast on this page is just stunning! Very cool!

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  • Cat

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    This is awesome Nat! I love love all the bright colors mixed with the black, very stunning. Myrtle, lol!!

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  • louison

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    J’aime tout!!! Superbe!!!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Love it and your use of PINK…I don’t see that color much in your work.
    I must play along with this one!

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Standup Bass or…New Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

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New Stencil in the house and it is a 6×6 Standup Bass Stencil :)

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One of my favorite things in our household is my husband’s standup bass- I just love that thing  – and I thought it would be a great stencil using it for everything related to music, or lyrics you quote , or layouts with bands, theater, concerts…etc :)

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I used the stencil positive and negative at the same spot – meaning I sprayed over the stencil , then flipped it over at another spot to get the access paint onto the page and then took another color and sprayed over it again .

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Love the dimension and the layers you build up with this method. Other than that I used Derwent Arbars, Dylusions and Liquitex Spraypaints with the background. The stamps you see are stamps I found at a store around the corner I am so in Love with them.

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I hope you like my new stencil. It comes in two different sizes 6×6 and 4×4 inches.

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Here is what I used for this art journal page

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Have a beautiful and creative day !

huge hugs

Nat

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Comments (4)

  • Sue Clarke

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    This bass so makes me think of some of the music that you’ve had playing in the back ground of some of your tutorials. And nice that it also comes I the smaller 4X4 size. I must find a local store to get these stencils at.

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  • Kathy Gledsdale

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    Oh lovely!

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  • muriel

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    aah, I so love the sound of stand up bass! I could use your stencil for layouts with photos of when I was expecting my son and listened to pieces of music with this instrument all day long. And I looove your typewriter too, I have some in stamps but not in stencils……….for the moment…..

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  • Gypsy Chaos

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    LOVE the double triple use technique. I’ve been ‘printing’ the excess paint on paper for awhile – never thought of doing it on the same project.

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Typewriter or…New Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

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Time to show you my new 6×6 Typewriter Stencil :)
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Typewriter …just love them..especially vintage ones. When I was in highschool I owned a huge office typewriter from the 40s. I wanted to be a writer or study journalism when I was a teenager and so my uncle and aunt gave me this typewriter and I hacked on it (you won’t believe how loud this thing was!) and started several books…they usually contained about 5 pages until I thought I would move on and write a different story- LOL. Anyway I knew I wanted to design a typewriter stencil since especially with art journals, vintage photos etc. I saw how it would be so much fun to use it.

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I used Wendi Vecchi’s Black Embossing Paste over the stencil which is 6×6 inches – love the fluffy consistency the paste has and once it was dried I dabbed some Liquitex Markers over. The black of the paste makes the colors really pop off ad add even more dimension to the typewriter. Love it.

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I used the heavy body acrylic paints for the background because I do love the texture I can create with it.

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Hope you like it :)

Have a beautiful day
Nat

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Comments (8)

  • marjiekemper

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    Very cool pages! And a great new design… congrats!

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    • Nathalie Kalbach

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      it is in the envie that went out yesterday to you :) Hopefully will arrive in latest 10 days. hugs nat

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  • Donna

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    I really like your message AND the typewriter stencil, absolutely fabulous!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Vintage fun! Love the typewriter Nat.

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  • fran

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    hi Nat, Just love that ,”it’s never too late………. So true, and reminds us that it is so Thks

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What’s The Point or…New Stencil with Stencil Girl Products

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Ohhh I am so excited about this new What’s The Point stencil too because it has so many possibilities.

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For this Scrapbooking layout I used my new What’s The Point Stencil with PanPastels. Beforehand I had also treated the paper with PanPastels, then laid the stencil on top and dabbed the paint through. I love how vibrant the dots become.

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The photo btw shows my grand-aunt with I think some friends…I found this photo when I was moving her apartment and it made me laugh hard. I hope I can trigger her memory on the story behind this :)

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It is a fun stencil to tie elements together :) and I hope you like it

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have an amazing day

huge hugs

Nat

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Comments (9)

  • Judy Shea

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    Oh now this is a cool stencil.. Can’t wait to try it out. Some of the simplest designs are the best one.

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  • Mary C. Nasser

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    LOVE your new stencil and what you created with it!!!

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  • SusanJane

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    I love wonky dots! This pattern is perfect! Random scatter and decidedly not round. On my list!!!

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  • Nurse Ratchet

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    Nat..this stencil is absolutely a must, no doubt about it , no questions asked ,have stencil…it is brilliant and sooooooooo versatile!! Gotta find a source for these beauties!!

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  • Kathy P

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    Great stencil, Nat! I like that the holes are bigger than dots and more irregular. I can see myself using this a Loy, Love what you did with it in your page
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  • Sue Clarke

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    What a fun LO and yes, the story is needed (or it might have to become a Whatevers) LOL…just kidding.
    That stencil is a simple design with so many possibilities.

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  • muriel

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    Oh, yes I too see possibilities in this stencil:patterns for clothes, blurred snowy backgrounds or foregrounds ! I love your colour combo too!

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Remember or…Excited for the roads to be traveled

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Played a bit around in my art journal using my new Oldtimer Stencil and Liquitex Acrylic Inks. I  collaged a bit on the background and tried some new stamps I found in a junk yard kinda store in the neighbor hood and then sprayed with Liquitex Spray inks over the oldtimer stencil and then rubbed over the Acrylic Inks-

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Love how intense the colors got and how the spray painted areas got so much dimension.

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Hope you have some time for creating today!

Huge hugs

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Comments (3)

  • Sue Clarke

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    I love the colors you used for this Nat. My day goes so much nicer if I make time to create (even for just 15 minutes).

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  • Marjie Kemper

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    Gorgeous colors! Loving how you’ve used the car stencil…. just spied the second one!

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  • selena

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    j’adore toutes ces belles couleurs

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Relaxed or…Art Journal Page with Photos

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Thank you all for your amazing and wonderful words about my move to the U.S. As some of you stated, it is a scary yet pretty exciting thing ahead. I have been a bit tense the last couple weeks as there is just so much to organize and do for the move, and one of the things that totally relaxed me for a couple of days was my workshop event at the Baltic Sea. Walking at the beach in the morning for a couple of hours was one fo the best things I have done for just calming down and actually also getting my mantra back into my head “Everything will work out perfectly” .

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The crazy background is a result of several things that I was showing in classes or where I tried things out in my art journal page. Lot’s of layers and different paint media and materials, tied together with my new Circuit Stencil and Crackle Stencil :)

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I usually do not use photos in my art journal- but somehow this was telling me I should because the photos in this case would speak more to me then the background or the journaling and remind me on how relaxing this all was :)

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Are you using photos in your art journals?

Have a gorgeous day

Nat


 

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Comments (7)

  • Cat Graves

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    I have done quite a few mixed media pieces with photos of our dogs. I usually start by painting out the background on the photo but have been known to cut my subject out of the photo. These pieces make a wonderful remembrance of dearly departed pets.

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  • andrenesmith

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    I havent used photos yet….or scrapbooked any in a long time either….need to get it together huh?! BTW – I am in love with your stencils and want them in my stash NOW!!

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  • elderscrapper

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    All of the time. I finish and then boom I see a photo that just belongs on the page.

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Funny you should ask. I just did last night. I do from time to time if I don’t feel like doing a 12X12 LO and want to have some fun with the techniques. I really must post my Whatevers LO from two times ago. It was tons of fun to play with the stories (before deciding on just one).

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  • Barb USA

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    You are going to be so happy living in New York. You are a seasoned professional who will now be going to teach in many countries but, your home will be in New York.
    I am excited for you. Enjoy the ride!!!!!!

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  • Stephanie Coulombe

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    Sometime I do use pictures in my mini journal. Often I modify the original and maybe do a weird collage with them. I love to play with my pictures but most often it is on scrapbook pages, not as much in my art journal. Good luck with your move!!

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