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Art Journal Page – “6 7 8 9”

December 4, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

I didn’t like this page at first, but it’s grown on me! The background was painted white with acrylic paint applied with a baby wipe.  Next, I applied Distress inks […]

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Art Journal Page – “Observations”

December 3, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

This is a fun, layered page that includes several different kinds of elements combined into one project. The background was made using acrylic paint applied with a baby wipe.  I […]

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Art Journal Page – “Love, Give, Trust, Listen”

December 2, 2013by Janni Kretlow 2 Comments

This is one of those pages where an “accident” turned out to be a happy mistake! The background was made using several colours of Distress ink applied with blending tools […]

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Art Journal Page – “Happiness”

November 28, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn.  It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” (Denis Waitley) The background of this page was […]

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Art Journal Page – “If You Run Into a Wall”

November 26, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

“If you run into a wall, don’t give up.  Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”  (Michael Jordan) I created the “brick” part of […]

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Art Journal Page – “Negatives”

November 23, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

“Life is like photography; you need the negatives to develop”. The background for this page was created using acrylic paint with stencils.  In some cases, I sponged the paint through […]

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Art Journal Cover

November 20, 2013by Janni Kretlow 4 Comments

So far, all of the Art Journal Pages I’ve shown have been from my first art journal.  After completing all the pages, I decorated the cover (shown here).  I saved […]

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Art Journal Page – “Creativity Potential”

November 19, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

The words “Creativity Potential” and “Always Unlimited” (cut from magazines) were the inspiration for this page. The background was made using Distress inks applied through several stencils using a blending […]

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Art Journal Page – “On the Inside”

November 17, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

This page is a little creepy — but also very cool! The body image was cut from a magazine, but because the gray tones were so uninteresting, I knew I […]

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Art Journal Page – “Divine Indulgence”

November 16, 2013by Janni Kretlow Leave a comment

This was actually my first journal page ever!  I made this in one of Debbie’s class at Country Lane (a crafting store in Surrey, BC). The background is acrylic paint […]

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