To herald in the new year I have given my blog a lovely new background and to start my new craft projects what better way than to try something a bit different. ukstampers challenge this year is to make an art journal doing a page per week. Each page should measure 15 x 10cm (mine is slightly wider as I am leaving a 2cm edge for whatever binding I choose) and each week we will be given a prompt and a list of things to include.
Week 1 The prompt is Goals and has to include:
- handmade background paper
- 3 things you want to achieve this year
- a photograph
My background paper is hand made cotton rag paper (from eden project) painted with a mixture of acrylic paint and emulsion then stamped. The photograph is actually of the journal page itself but reduced in size (and also a tiny tucked into it).
Inks: Stampin up Soft suede, Memento Tuxedo black, Stazon black
Card: hand made cotton rag paper, acetate, photo paper, gold vellum
Stamps: Stampin up Sense of time, Elusive images Diamond art, Technique Tuesday Bijou borders, Oxford Impressions Steampunk, Invoke Art tickets,
Other: glossy accents, brad and washer, gold pen, sepia pen, watercolour pencils (to colour the tickets), acrylic paint Prussian blue, white and mauve, emulsion Almost sage
Love your new look blog and your first journal page is fab. I wish I could commit myself to this challenge but I know I wouldn’t be able to keep it up. I’ll just watch everyone elses
Good luck with the journal. If the first page is anything to go by it should be great.
I’m not sure about your third goal though. Have you ever known a crafter to finish all of their projects? 🙂