2018 #3 Watercolours: Journal with ELB {by Autumn Clark}

2018 Topic 3: Watercolour

I do love it when one of our bloggers shows another side to their creativity, and today, Autumn, who I generally associate with Vintage colours, has brightened things up with a vibrant journal made with Lin's stamps. I can also see my new favourite Seth Apter stamp has snuck its way into the mix too!! Fabulous! ~ Leandra

Hi everyone!  Autumn Clark with you today to share a bright and happy little journal made with the lovely images from PaperArtsy Eclectica³ {Lin Brown} Collection (ELB33).

These dreary winter days find me held up in the craft room.  Creating this cheery project seemed to put some spring in my step.  I hope you'll test out these easy to replicate ideas for a journal of your own.

I was curious to try the mesh/sponge stamp as a repeating pattern and inked it up in a striped fashion, adding three colors of ink per stamping.  I worked  the colors in a rainbow around my journal boards.  To achieve the watercolor effect, I spritzed the inked stamp a few times and let the colors bleed into the board as I stamped.

The fun part was layering other stamps and embossing over this base.  I used the gorgeous geometric design from the new PaperArtsy Eclectica³ {Seth Apter} Collection (ESA08) embossed in white.

I embossed the dots from Lin's plate in blue, but it stuck to my wet base.  I used this opportunity to brush off the unwanted powder and make a nice block of color, which I grounded by splashing watered down Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paint (Snowflake), (Jade) and (Glass Blue).

For my focal point, I made some watercolor backgrounds and stamped my sentiment and beautiful wheat, which I fussy cut.  I embossed a butterfly from PaperArtsy Hot Pick set 1506 (HP1506) and layered him over a bundle of string.

I made a couple of inserts for my journal with watercolor paper covers and plain pages inside.  I did a random watercolor on each page, then stamped images in coordinating colors over the blocks of color.  I added a bit more white embossing and script from PaperArtsy {Ink & The Dog} Mini Stamps (62) in black for a final bit of contrast.  These will be the bases for journaling and/stamping later, hence the simplicity.

Perhaps one of the most underrated stamping technique is variegated inking?  I hope you've been inspired to mix up some colors on your rubber stamps today.  I'm sure you will find making your own repetitive patterns quite stress-relieving and meditative.  Why not make some spring in your crafty space?  Happy stamping!

Cheers, Autumn

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