Nature is Beautiful art journal spread with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Not a Card". So anything that's not a card is perfect for this challenge.



This week no card, so that's a good excuse to make an art journal spread instead. This week also no Halloween for this spread, but my favorite theme lately when it comes to art journaling, landscapes. This time a nature landscape. First I started to stamp the wildflowers in black and added some interest with different texture stamps to give the background more depth. To add some real texture, I used the Tiles stencil with Texture Paste. When it was dry I've applied Opal Magic Violet Green paint over it with a Silicone brush What a beautiful shimmer this paint have.

  

The combination of Opal Magic paint and Infusions is really so beautiful that I keep using it. The way it dries and the gloss and glimmer of the paint makes it an amazing whole. I've applied several colors of Infusions first with Mod Podge that I've mixed with water. When it was dry I've used Infusions with a Sprayer. By keeping the paper moving while drying it with a heat tool will give it that pretty cool effect.

  

Given the Layered Dragonfly (thanks, Marzena)  3 different colors of Distress Ink and rubbed over it with the Ground Espresso ink pad to color the embossed parts. This time I've used the spray I made of Nuvo Mousse Pure Platinum. It's really pretty how the bright colors are muted by the mousse and gives it such a lovely shimmer.

 

To make the Layered Dragonfly stand out more of the background, I went around it with Black Soot Distress Reinker and a water brush. This gives it a pretty shadow. The same I did with the Handwritten Love word, that I also sprayed with the spray I made out of Nuvo Mousse Pure Platinum.

 

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SUPPLIES:

neenah smooth white 110lb paper	Tim Holtz Stamps WILDFLOWERS CMS253	Tim Holtz Tiles Layering Stencil	Grunge Cirque - Tim Holtz Stamps	Carabelle Studio Mixed Media Strips Cling Stamps	RANGER TEXTURE PASTE
Tonic PURE PLATINUM Nuvo Embellishment Mousse	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon BLACK SOOT	Prima Marketing MIXED MEDIA 1 INCH SILICONE BRUSH Art Basics	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble	Zig Watercolor brush	Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black Premium Ink
Tim Holtz Idea-ology LABEL LETTERS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger	Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink	Prima Marketing OPAL MAGIC VIOLET GREEN Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Mod Podge Matte
Paper Arrtsy Emerald Isle Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy A BIT JADED Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy SUNSET BEACH Infusions Colored Stain CS07	Paper Artsy LEMONCELLO Infusions Colored Stain CS04	Paper Artsy SLIME Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy OLIVE TREE Infusions Colored Stain CS16
Tim Holtz Sizzix LAYERED DRAGONFLY Bigz Die With Texture Fades	Tim Holtz Sizzix HANDWRITTEN LOVE Thinlits Die	Tim Holtz Refill Distress Ink BLACK SOOT Reinker Ranger

To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

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Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra