hi there everyone,
with the big wedding over, this past weekend found me playing around for couple hours messing around in the studio, and well… making a {bigger} mess!
i was in the mood to make some journals, as i received a couple new stencils, from stencil girl products, and i was anxious to try them out. {great sale, thanks mary beth}. just a few new ones, and i’m always a sucker for word stencils, etc. i do have a wonderful collection of styles, textures, and images. and it was a great time to pull them out and start messin’ around with paint.
i also pulled out some gelli plate prints from my paper stash {always good to have them ready!}, some thermofax screens, hand-carved stamps, and more for lots of layering. it a bit of a feverish sprint, just like jungle fever, but without the mosquitos!
with the big wedding over, this past weekend found me playing around for couple hours messing around in the studio, and well… making a {bigger} mess!
i was in the mood to make some journals, as i received a couple new stencils, from stencil girl products, and i was anxious to try them out. {great sale, thanks mary beth}. just a few new ones, and i’m always a sucker for word stencils, etc. i do have a wonderful collection of styles, textures, and images. and it was a great time to pull them out and start messin’ around with paint.
i also pulled out some gelli plate prints from my paper stash {always good to have them ready!}, some thermofax screens, hand-carved stamps, and more for lots of layering. it a bit of a feverish sprint, just like jungle fever, but without the mosquitos!
and the substrate was just a simple composition notebook. i think they sell these for around $1-$2 each
at office supply stores.
i have tried printing to the cover of these journals, straight from the gelli plate… but it’s not turned out to be something i like the look of. even if i paint them first. so i’m covering these with my handmade paper prints:
i traced around the front cover of the notebook, and then used collage page {a type of decopauge glue} i’ve purchased from joann’s fabric stores to adhere them to the front. i love this one:
this one came from my hand-carved rubber stamp:
and i cut out several stamped images, too. this flower happens to be designed/from roben-marie.
as you can see… it creates quite a bit of messy chaos! {time to reorganize, as soon as i retire!
and this will be a fun blend with this back journal cover:
i hope you’ll be sure to come by in a couple days, and see the finished journals, embellished, doodled, and ready to send out to a couple friends, or maybe i’ll have some to list in the shop, too. {christmas is coming!!}
have a happy day ~
les
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What a great idea; this is perhaps what I need to do for my sketch book to make it more exciting to actually pick up and USE!
I've found these books even in my little town and your covers are great. LUV 'em!