Greatest Challenges
Hi readers! Happy Saturday to you! I hope your weekend is going great so far and you’re getting out there to enjoy it! We’re pleased to welcome back guest designer Nathalie Kalbach to our blog for some more fantastic art journaling inspiration.
Enjoy!
Thank you so much for having me back again for a guest post. So much fun! I thought I would show a art journal page with a little bit of texture and some fun paint media.I used Derwent Inktense Blocks for the background and rubbed them over the paper of my art journal. Then I used a wet brush and blended all colors together.
I layered my Arabesque Stencil that I designed for StencilGirl Products over one corner of the art journal and started rubbing the Derwent Inktense Blocks through them. I dipped my finger into water and started blending the colors through the stencil
Then I stamped with black Archival Ink and one of my Stamps from my Wired Set with Stampendous several imperfect imprints onto the background.This really makes the colors pop but also ties everything together.
Using my Arabesque Stencil again, I layered it over some areas and spread some Liquitex Modeling Paste over it. I used a palette knife and scratched the paste thinly over the stencil -but you can also use an old hotel key card.
Once the Modeling Paste was dried, I want back over the paste with the Derwent Inktense Blocks and rubbed gently over. Using my wetted finger again I blended the colors on top of the Modeling Paste revealing the texture and design.
And last but not least I used a wooden alphabet stamp set with black archival ink to stamp the quote that I had found on Pinterest that day and that spoke to me.
I hope you like the project and you will try some of the techniques out.
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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Nathalie for this colorful & beautiful inspiration!
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This is stunning – from the colors, to the textures and sentiment! WOW! Love all aspects of this! Thanks so much for sharing!
BEAUTIFUL! Love all the colors, layers and textures! makes me want to go get inky fingers!
Awesome journal page.
Beautiful, bold colors on a great art journal page!
This is so beautiful.
beautiful journal pages… love all the texture!
Wow, this is gorgeous! Love the colours, the technique, and how the letters were stamped for the sentiment!
Absolutely gorgeous work, and i just LOVE the quote :-)
great project, the quote is so true
Oh what a beautiful bright journal page! Love the delicious colors and texture and fantastic quote. Thank you, Nathalie.
Fabulous page! Love those bright, intense colors.
Journaling is hard, art journalling is doubly hard for me. Great inspiration.
I like the stamped lettering and how it looks imperfect.
i absolutely love these color and techniques
Fantastic colors and I love the modeling paste texture, thanks for sharing!
Great inspiration.
Beautiful colors and so many wonderful details.
Gorgeous pages and love the quote!
Love the colors on these art journal pages, and that quote is perfect amid all the textured spaces.
Love all the texture. Thanks for sharing!
Great display of color and texture in your journal pages. Thanks for sharing.
Great colors and texture!! I love the sentiment also! TFS!
Wow! This is so fun to look at with all of the textures and blending of colors. Love your journal pages!
Love the texture!
Love the colors in these cards!
Love those beautiful, rich colors!!!!!!!
so pretty
Thanks for the pictures showing your process – makes mixed media look easier! I follow the blog by email.
Love the colors and the quote. Very nice work.
Wonderful page Nat! Love the bright colors.
WOW, gorgeous bright colors and textures! tfs
so bright, so pretty, i love embossing paste
Stunning! I love the colors and the use of the embossing paste.
Your colors are so vibrant. I love this card. Thank you.
Love all the elements and colors in this terrific creation! Its awesome!
the colours are so vibrant and beautiful. Thanks for sharing
I would love to start journaling. This is awesome!! So many medias, and just so inspiring!
I love the sentiment on your page! And the colors and textures are stunning!
LOVE the vibrant background and the great texture! The quote is so true and profound! Thank you for the inspiration!
Love the bright colors and the words! Thanks for sharing your tips!! Thank you for sharing.
Katie B.
What an amazing selection of colours. Gorgeous creation!¨Hugs! xx
Love all the colours and textures and the sentiment!
Great job!
Love your journal entry!!…love the awesome colors and the quote is great as well!!…thanks for sharing!!
Love all the mixed media inspiration today. I am so breaking out the paste!
Brilliant colors, so vibrant and happy
This is beautiful! I love the use of bold color along with the dimension! It looks great!
Beautiful!
This is simply stunning. I love this page a lot
Fantastic art journal page. Very colorful