Trust the magic of new beginnings - Double page layout

Hi,

Today I have a fun double page layout to share with you. Using Sir Vagabond in fantasy world from Stamperia as my focal point. I’ve been playing in my stone paper journal trying out a few new distress oxide sprays and stain sprays that I just bough and just having a lot of fun enjoying my “me - time “. 

The colors I used for my background are Tim Holtz Distress oxide spray old paper and speckled eggs in oxide and vintage photo in distress stain spray. I also went around the edges with vintage photo ink pad with a blending tool and again with black sooth but this time only at the very edge.

I felt so lucky finding the stamp I used to stamp randomly on my background in the outlet section called Not kollage-K from Inkido. I love the script and that the post stamp circle has Oslo-Norway written on it. I grew up there and my family lives there so it’s just one of these little details that makes me happy. Next I mixed Finnabair Art basic 3D gloss gel and a thicker black acrylic paint together using it over a stencil from Stamperias Create happiness line. I love the effect of the 3D clear gloss on the more muted oxide sprays background. The bigger contrast really gives an interesting look.  

All the pieces used in this layout are from the fantasy world 8*8 papers. I fuzzy cut and went around all the edges with black soot and a finger dabbed to only have black edges on my pieces. I used Ranger Multimedia mat to glue everything down and carefully went just over the images. The glue will react with the oxide sprays if you get it on your  background.

I used the saying “Just Trust the magic of new beginnings” as my sentiment this time because l believe that sometimes you just have to trust the process.  For my finishing touches I traced around every image and some parts of the images where I wanted to add more detail with a black pen. I also added some highlights with my Sakura white gel pen. Make sure your glue is completely dry before you do this step or the glue will ruin your pens and/or markers.

I hope you liked this art journal layout and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. I sure love my creative moments. 

I’m entering this to:

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog: Welcome to Creative Artiste Challenge #103

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #669 - Anything Goes + Any Cute Critter (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #03-2024 Mar/Apr - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: 4-Legged Friends

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

-Christine💮