Quietfire Creations: Wanderlust Art Journal Page

Hey Quietfire Fans! For today's project, I'm sharing with you my Wanderlust Art Journal Page. By combining a variety of stamps, dies and the Modern Gilding Powders, they were all perfect for creating my page. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my cart journal page at home.

To start, apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Wanderlust stamp. Stamp the word onto a piece of white cardstock. Fussy cut the word out. Ink the edges of the word using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Large Dragonfly stamp from the Butterflies, Dragonflies stamp set. Stamp the large dragonfly onto a piece of watercolour cardstock. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp onto the same piece of cardstock. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Small Dragonfly stamp from the Butterflies, Dragonflies stamp set. Stamp the small dragonfly onto the same piece of watercolour cardstock. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp onto the same piece of cardstock. Colour the dragonflies in using Scribble Sticks 1 & 2 as well as a waterbrush. Dry the dragonflies. Fussy cut all the dragonflies out. Ink the edges of the dragonflies using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. Colour the wings of the dragonflies using the Wink of Stella - Clear Glitter pen.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Large Butterfly stamp from the Butterflies, Dragonflies stamp set. Stamp the large butterfly onto the same piece of watercolour. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp onto the same piece of cardstock. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Small Butterfly stamp from the Butterflies, Dragonflies stamp set. Stamp the small butterfly onto the same piece of watercolour cardstock. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp onto the same piece of cardstock. Colour the butterflies in using Scribble Sticks 1 & 2 as well as a waterbrush. Dry the butterflies. Fussy cut all the butterflies out. Ink the edges of the butterflies using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. Add highlights to the wings of the butterflies using a white gel pen.

Die cut the Flourished Oval Frame out of white cardstock.

Die cut a 3" Stitched Circle out of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the Look for the Dream stamp and stamp in the middle of the circle. Sprinkle Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder overtop of the quote. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Using the Stabilo Woody pencils in Lime Green, Yellow and Turquoise as well as paint brush with water to colour the background of the circle. Let the circle dry and then rub Twisted Citron Distress Crayon along the edges of the circle.

Choose a couple of pages in your art journal and then choose a book and rip some pages out of it. Adhere the book pages to the left hand side of the page and then the right hand side of the page using Distress Collage Medium - Matte and a paint brush. Apply a coat of Distress Collage Medium - Matte overtop of the book pages on the pages. Allow to dry.

Apply two coats of White Gesso to both pages. While the gesso is still wet, use a baby wipe to wipe areas clean of the gesso on the pages as desired. Allow to dry.

On the right hand page, use Stabilo Woody pencils in Lime Green, Yellow and Turquoise to create a circle. To create the watercolour effect, take a paint brush and water and move the colour to give it a watercolour effect. Add more colour to the circle as desired and repeat the previous step. Continue adding colour around the pages and using a paint brush and water to give the colour patches a watercolour effect.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Grid Background and randomly stamp on the right hand page eighteen times. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Grid Background and randomly stamp on the left hand page thirteen times. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed.

Rub a Twisted Citron Distress Crayon along the edges of the pages.

On the right hand page, foam square the quote circle 3/4" from the bottom right inside side of the watercolour circle. Foam square a large and small dragonfly to the bottom right side of the watercolour circle. Foam square the large dragonfly to the top left side of the watercolour circle.

On the left hand page, adhere the Flourished Oval Frame 3/4" from the bottom and 1" from the left of the left page. Foam square one of the large butterflies 1/2" from the bottom of the inside of the Flourished Oval Frame. Foam square one of the small butterfly to the top left corner of the frame. Foam square the other large butterfly 1/2" from the right of the small butterfly. Foam square the other small butterfly 1" from the top left corner of the large butterfly. Adhere the wanderlust word to the right of the large butterfly that's inside of the frame.