Art Journal: Clouds
For this spread, I preserved the image on the left side of the page by framing it with washi tape. I used a stencil with blending tool and Distress Ink to […]
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Art Journal: “Good” (A Pocket Page)
Pockets are fun! I like the way they allow for including extra items (in this case, an image), and how they engage the viewer to interact with my art journals. The […]
Art Journal: Give Me a Hand
Shaped pages can be fun to include in art journals! Here, I traced the shape of my own hand and cut the page to that shape. Here’s a video […]
Art Journal: Home Portraiture
I love vintage photos. Thus, it was appropriate to use a vintage book on the subject of photography for making this art journal! Throughout this art journal, I found three […]
Art Journal: Flap Page
Every now and then, it’s fun to insert a “flap page” into my art journals. Here’s a video that shows this in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Tr4-TMU18 To make a flap page, […]
Art Journal: Discover – Journey – Explore
On this page, I wanted to preserve the three images that were already on the page: two vintage camera images on the left, and a vintage woman on the right. […]
Art Journal Page – “Promise”
This background was made from ink splashes (left over from another project) layered with Distress Ink rubbed through a stencil with a blending tool. I applied several stickers to the foreground, and […]
Art Journal Page – “Cat in the House”
For most of my childhood and adult life, I’ve owned a cat. This page tells that story. This journal page began its life as TWO journal pages: one featuring green […]
Janni Kretlow 