Old Enough to Know Better...A Journal Page

More and more layers on watercolor paper.

I found this saying and decided it needed to be added to my page.

I had the background for several days....just needed something in the middle to state something profound....ha!

 Here is a corner of the page.

  

Always ready to try something new. And usually my kids or grandkids guide me along the way.

That's my life in a NUTSHELL.

  

 The numerous layers of color were painted, stamped, sprayed, and colored with watercolor crayons.

Then I added the letters and outlined in white marker.

They didn't show up very well until I added the white outlining.

 The 5 in the bottom is a Bingo stencil, like the BING at the top from Balzer Designs and The Crafter's Workshop.  They are added with Distress Inks.

The Barn Door Distress Marker over several layers of watercolor are show up differently all around the page.

 This is the 2 page layout in the Journal.

If you look closely in the upper right hand corner in the background, you can see the upside-down 4 of the wood mounted stamp from Tim that started the whole collage.

 Here you can see just one stage of the layering of the page.

Numbers have always been one of my favorite things to doodle.

 The old foam stamp added on the left is outlined with white to make it pop. (This pic was taken under an Ott light at night, and made the Coffee Archival Ink look black...yes, I'm a nightowl!)

I LOVE how the Chickenwire Stencil came out with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink and a touch of Chipped Sapphire to shadow.

It's freezing here today. But the sun is shining.

Tax day with Anita is on my schedule for the afternoon.

Just glad I live in the USA.

Linda

Distress Markers/Watercolor Crayons Journal Page.

I'm addicted....just like Kaz said I would be.....

I had to go get a new Journal today. Just HAD to have one that would lay FLAT like Dyan's and Dina's.

They only had the very thin papered Moleskin Journals at Barnes and Noble, and Hobby Lobby only had good paper in the ringed binders.

So I got an Hard Cover ecosystem, 80lb. white paged Journal and it didn't take spritzing well....at least not for me on the first try.

But, I didn't give up, I just tried it again with watercolor crayons, Distress Ink, and very little water on a brush.

I'm happy with it....only after layers and layers do I ever think anything is what I like.

When will I ever learn and just keep going????

I use the Caran d'Ache Watercolor Crayons and Distress Ink pads for background color.

These are the Papillon Butterflies stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink and colored with the new Distress Markers from Tim.

As you can see, they didn't stand out too well, so in the finished project I had outlined them with the fine tip of the marker and liked them better.

This is the same stamp on a Manila Tag with the markers. The background on the book made them darker. So here they are on their own.

Then I used the Markers on the Kraft Resist to show you how cool that looks!

Lovin' the colors!!!! Practice, practice, practice....like I tell my dear friends in class!!!!!

That's it for tonight......Emma won her game today....Erin tomorrow!

Never a dull moment!

Linda