Create Your Own Happiness

Hi Everyone,

Stencils are such useful tools to create art journal pages.  In the project I am sharing today, I used an old favourite (Butterflies 3) and one of the new Quotes (Typo Quotes 2) Stencils.  

The Butterflies 3 stencil (STDS016) is a layering stencil with the the outline of the Butterfly at the top and the details at the bottom.  Use a pencil and lightly draw the outlines of the butterfly.  

Use any watercolour paint and start applying paint from the butterfly image to the outsides of the pages, making sure that the watercolour paint is darker around the butterfly and getting lighter towards the edges of the page.  Add more paint if you want it darker or remove paint with a clean brush if you want it lighter.  This is the beauty of watercolours - you can always add or remove paint!

Add the details to the Buttefly with Sakura Koi Coloring Brush Pens.  This water-based inks can be layered or blended with water.

Outline the wings of the Butterfly with a black Posca Paint pen and add some details with White.

Finish off the Butterfly with a white Posca Paint Pen and add a Border, again making use of the black and white Posca Paint Pens.  

Use a pencil and lightly draw the outlines of the quote and "colour in" with a black Posca Paint pen.  Add highlights on each letter with a white Posca paint pen.

Products used:

Stencils - Butterflies 3 A5 (STDS016) & Typo Quotes 2 A5 (STNL009)
Qor Water Colour Introductory Set 12 Colours - Quinacridone Magenta
Soft-Grip Golden Taklon Round Brush Size 6
Uni Posca Paint Markers PC-M White & Black

Dare to be YOU - Chameleon Alcohol Markers

Hi Everyone,

The Chameleon Alcohol Markers allow you to achieve multiple tones with one marker. You can create stunning highlights, dimension, shades, seamless blends and gradations - with just one pen. Each pen goes from as light as a hint of a tint to rich tones. Each marker is double-ended with a Japanese brush and a bullet nib.

I stamped the Stampendous Cling Stamp Whiskers LBCR001 three times with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Fabriano Bristol Smooth Paper.  Memento Dye Ink is compatible with Alcohol Ink Markers.

I love Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paint.  It is so pigmented that thinning it with water doesn't seem to affect the vibrancy.  I squeezed out a small bit of Ocean and Turquoise on my craft sheet.  I dipped my paint brush in water and used a very wet brush to add a mixture of this two colours to the background.

I used the Neutral, Warm and Cool Grey Chameleon Markers to colour the stamped images. Each of the Chameleon Markers has a blending chamber filled with Colourless blender which is absorbed in the coloured nib,  creating different values of the colour. Quick an easy!

I overlapped the images to create a seamless layer of cats in the the background and stuck it down with craft glue.

I stamped Stampendous Feline Friend LBCV003 with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Fabriano Bristol Smooth Paper and coloured the image with Chameleon Alcohol Markers.  I added a layer of Glossy Accents and fuzzy cut it when it was dry.

I wrote the quote and added some details with my trusty black and white Posca Paint pens.

Washi tape niceley finished off the edges of my journal page.

A fun, quick and easy art journal page!

Supplies used:

DIY Art Journal 150x150mm – Modigliani 200gsm

Stampendous Cling Stamp Whiskers LBCR001 &  Feline Friend LBCV003 

Memento Dye Ink Pad Tuxedo Black

Fabriano Bristol Smooth Paper Pad A4

Chameleon Colour Tone Set 52/pkg

Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paint Ocean & Turquoise

Uni Posca Paint Marker PC-1M Ultra-Fine Black & White