Friday, June 4, 2021

Art Journal Page

One of the faux postage stamps I made and shared in my previous post has made it onto an art journal page.



It was just what was needed to finish off the page.

The theme this month at Art Journal Journey is BUTTERFLIES.

I didn’t think this page would turn out to be a keeper, so I did not take process photos.



The background is Distress Spray Stains in Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky and Antique Linen.  Splattered with Distress Oxide Spray in Speckled Egg and some white correction fluid.  The Xs are white acrylic paint pounced through a stencil with a make-up sponge.

The numbers are rubber stamps in various sizes along with portions of a couple of text stamps all stamped with archival ink.



I love how the spray stains moved over into the binding.

Then I very carefully glued some pressed flowers and leaves onto the page.  They are so delicate and fragile to handle.



The pressed flowers were totally not in my original thought process for this page.  But when all else failed and I spotted them on the shelf, I thought, well, let’s see.  I still didn’t want to use them.  As you can see, they won out as what was to be on this page.

Many times the art knows best.



Overall, I’m pretty happy with this art page.  I’m protecting this page from the page facing it with a sheet of  clear acetate attached with a glue dot on the inside corners.  The facing page has the potential to be unkind to these delicate pressed flowers.

17 comments:

My name is Erika. said...

I love your faux postage Annie. And the dried pressed flowers too. They both add a sense delicacy to your page. The whole page is so beautiful. And perfect for Mia's butterfly challenge also. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Art Journal Journey. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Hugs-Erika

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Once again, I am in total AWE of your incredible art. I love the delicate pressed flowers and leaves and the numbers. The faux postage stamp is the crowning glory. Thanks for sharing it with us at Art Journal Journey using Mia's theme.

To preserve my pressed flowers when I'm using them on a mixed media page, I coat them both back and front using gel medium. I try to reserve my gel medium for special occasions and that is one of them. Once they dry, they don't tend to tear or flake off.

Valerie-Jael said...

Fabulous page, Annie, your creations are always a delight to me! Thanks for joining us at AJJ, hugs, Valerie

Elkes Lebensglück said...

I love this journal page with the dried flowers and the homemade stamps. The background is wonderful!
Have a good day,hug,Elke

sirkkis said...

Lovely page. You create fantastic textures and I like the elegant, natur feel color combo.

jenclair said...

You've fallen in love with journaling! Another lovely page--I love the way this one is full of text, numbers, and your faux postage. :)

Tera Callihan said...

This page is absolutely beautiful 😍😍😍😍😋

The Joyful Quilter said...

LOVE it when you add words and numbers to your pages!!

West Michigan Quilter said...

Love seeing your journal pages. You do beautiful work!

Caryl @ cinnamon holiday workshop said...

I love to see all your creations.....so amazing and fabulous!!!

Mia said...

This is a fantastic page, Annie. I love your faux stamp and the whole design. Great idea to use the flowers and interesting background. Thank you for joining my challenge at AJJ. Kisses!

sheila 77 said...

First of all this background is sublime. I would have left it as "too good to use" and admired it occasionally. Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky and Antique Linen - what fascinating names and great subtle colours. The text and numbers and stencilled Xs all add to the mysteriousness of the background. How interesting that the dried flowers wanted to take part; they obviously knew what they were doing.

nwilliams6 said...

Love the background, the postage stamp and your pretty flowers/leaves. Very smart to protect them as well. Funny how our saved bits seem to find their own way into our pages. Mine seem to hide and then appear. Love the colors on this too, Annie. I am going to go order some more distress sprays right now. Hugz

Meggymay said...

A stunning art page, a super background and beautiful butterfly faux stamp. Thank you for linking to Mia's theme at Art Journal Journey.
Yvonne

pearshapedcrafting said...

This is definitely a new favourite! I love these colours and the elements you have added are wonderful! So happy to see them at AJJ, Hugs, Chrisx

Michele said...

gorgeous page! so many awesome parts to see! xo

quiltingbydawn said...

Annie, this is a beautiful journal page! Love that you included some pressed flowers! Definitely needs to be protected!