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.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished art journal page.

Here is the finished Wanderlust Art Journal Page.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Grid Background

- Look for the Dream

- Wanderlust

- Butterflies Dragonflies

- Flourished Oval Frame

- Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder

Other Supplies Used:

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Circles

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Emboss It Ink

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Collage Medium - Matte, Distress Crayon - Twisted Citron, Distress Ink - Black Soot and Blending Tool with Foam

- Dina Wakley for Ranger Ink: Scribble Sticks 1 & 2 and White Gesso

- Stabilo: Woody Pencils - Lime Green, Yellow and Turquoise

- Wink of Stella: Clear Glitter

- Misc: White Gel Pen, Waterbrush, Book Page, White Cardstock and Watercolour Cardstock

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I have inspired you to recreate your own version of my Wanderlust Art Journal Page.

- Katelyn

Magic Art Journal Page

Hey Quietfire Fans! I was busy playing in my art journal this past weekend to create my Magic Art Journal Page. By combining a variety of stamps as well as stencils and dies from A Way With Words, they were the perfect addition for my page. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my art journal page at home.

To start, choose a piece of the Collage Paper - Backgrounds. Tear the paper into nine pieces. Apply matte medium to the top left side of the left page and adhere three of the strips. Apply matte medium to the bottom right side of the right page and adhere the rest of the strips.

Sprinkle Magenta Nuance powder in Raspberry, Hot Pink and Cerulean Blue where the paper strips were adhered. Use a paint brush with water to activate the powder. Allow the now ink to dry.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Grid Background stamp and stamp randomly around the collage paper on both the top left of the left page and the bottom right of the right page. Reapply Jet Black Archival Ink to the grid background stamp as desired. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Crackle Background stamp and stamp randomly around the collage paper on both the top left of the left page and the bottom right of the right page. Reapply Jet Black Archival Ink to the crackle background stamp as desired. 

Place the dotty stencil randomly on each collage paper area and using a blending tool with foam to blend Wilted Violet and Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink through the stencil as desired. Move the stencil around the collage paper as desired.

To finish off the collage paper areas, apply Wilted Violet Distress Ink to the Grid Background and randomly stamp in the areas as desired. Reapply the ink to the stamp as needed. Apply Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink to the Grid Background and randomly stamp in the areas as desired. Reapply the ink to the stamp as needed.

Die cut a 3 1/4" Stitched Circle out of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the Magic stamp from the A Rustle In The Wind stamp set and stamp in the middle of the circle. Sprinkle Midnight Black Embossing Powder over the circle. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Ink the edges of the circle using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the small butterfly stamp from the Butterflies/Dragonflies stamp set and stamp onto a piece of watercolour cardstock. Reapply the Jet Black Archival Ink to the small butterfly and stamp onto the same piece of watercolour cardstock. Using a waterbrush, colour one butterfly with Wilted Violet Distress Ink and colour the other butterfly with Blueprint Sketch. Allow the butterflies to dry. Once the butterflies are dry, fussy cut each butterfly out. Ink the edges of the butterflies using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. Shape butterflies as desired.

Apply Emboss It Ink to the dandelion stamp from the A Rustle in the Wind stamp set and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock. Repeat the previous step two more times. Sprinkle Molten Dimensions - White Wonder Embossing Powder over the dandelions. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Fussy cut the dandelions out.

Die cut two Flourish Oval Frames out of black cardstock. Cut most of the frame off, leaving the flourish portion of the frame remaining.

Adhere a flourish oval frame to the bottom side of the circle and the top side of the circle. Foam square the circle to the bottom right hand side of the right page. Foam square the three dandelions as desired around the circle.

Take black thread and randomly place it on top of the collage paper on the left hand page. Foam square the two butterflies, one on top of another over top of the black thread.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished art journal page.

Here is the finished Magic Art Journal page.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Crackle Background

- Grid Background

- A Rustle in the Wind

- Butterflies/Dragonflies

- Flourished Oval Frame

- Dotty Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch & Black Soot, Blending Tool with Foam and Distress Collage Medium - Matte

- Dina Wakley for Ranger Ink: 6x6 Journal and Collage Paper - Backgrounds

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Emboss It Dabber

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Eileen Hull Molten Dimensions - White Wonder Embossing Powder and Midnight Black Embossing Powder

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Circles

- Magenta Nuance: Raspberry, Hot Pink and Cerulean Blue

- Misc: White Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Watercolour Cardstock and Black Thread

- Katelyn

Follow Your Dreams Art Journal Page

Hey Quietfire Fans! I was busy this past weekend playing with the Butterflies/Dragonflies stamp set to create my Follow Your Dreams Art Journal Page. Combining the stamp set with a few other stamps and some A Way With Words dies, they were the perfect addition to my page. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my art journal page at home.

To start, choose two pages in your art journal. Once your pages have been chosen, spray both pages with water. With the water on the pages, spray Dylusions Ink Spray - Peony Blush, Vanilla Custard and Rose Quartz. Close the book. Open the book and roll paper towel overtop of the pages. Allow time to dry.

Choose four different stencils. Start with one stencil and use Dylusions Paint - Rose Quartz and a blending tool with foam to stencil overtop of the Rose Quartz sprayed colour. Next, you'll need the next stencil and use Dylusions Paint - Vanilla Custard and a blending tool with foam to stencil overtop of the Vanilla Custard sprayed colour. Next, you'll need the third stencil and use Dylusions Paint - Peony Blush and a blending tool with foam to stencil overtop of the Peony Blush sprayed colour. To finish the stencilling, you'll need the fourth stencil and use Dylusions Paint - White Linen and a blending tool with foam to stencil overtop of each page as desired.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Grid Background stamp and stamp around the edges of the page. Reapply ink as desired. To finish off the edges of the pages, rub Black Soot Distress Crayon around the edges of the pages.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the small dragonfly, small butterfly and large butterfly and then stamp onto a piece of watercolour cardstock. Reapply the Jet Black Archival Ink to the small butterfly and stamp onto the same piece of watercolour cardstock. Use a waterbrush and the coordinating Dylusions Ink Spray to colour the butterflies and dragonfly. Fussy cut the butterflies and dragonfly out. Ink the edges of the butterflies and dragonfly using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Next, you'll need two doiles, leave one doily white. Spray the other doily with Dylusions Ink Spray - Vanilla Custard. Set the doily aside to dry.

Die cut the Flourished Oval Frame out of black cardstock.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Follow Your Dreams stamp set and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock. Reapply Jet Black Archival Ink to the stamp and stamp onto the same piece of white cardstock. Cut the sentiment out in strips. You will need to use both stamped sentiments. Ink the edges of each strip using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

On a piece of watercolour cardstock, spritz Dylusions Ink Spray - Peony Blush, Rose Quartz and Vanilla Custard. Die cut the Butterflies Sprays out of the coloured cardstock. Repeat the previous step. Ink the edges of all of the butterflies using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

First, we will assemble the right page. Adhere the white doily in the bottom portion of the page. Foam square the three butterflies one on top of each other on the doily. Adhere three die cut butterflies on the doily as desired.

Adhere the orange doily to the top portion of the left page. Adhere the oval frame overtop of the doily.

Foam square the sentiment as desired in the oval frame. Foam square the dragonfly to the right of the sentiment. 

To finish off the page, adhere the die cut butterflies as desired around the doily.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished Follow Your Dreams Art Journal Page.

Here is the finished Follow Your Dreams Art Journal Page.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Follow Your Dreams

- Butterflies/Dragonflies

- Grid Background

 - Butterflies & Stars Sprays

- Flourished Oval Frame

Other Supplies Used:

- Dylusions for Ranger Ink: Dylusions Ink Spray - Peony Blush, Rose Quartz & Vanilla Custard, Dylusions Paint - Rose Quartz, Peony Blush, Vanilla Custard & White Linen and Dylusions Stencil - Holes Small & Honeycomb Small

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Black Soot and Blending Tool with Foam 

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Mister

- Tim Holts for Stampers Anonymous: Typo & Plus Layering Stencil

- Misc: Waterbrush, Black Cardstock, Watercolour Cardstock and Doilies

- Katelyn