Art Journal Reveal - Every Great Dream Begins With A Dreamer

'Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember you have within you the strength the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world'.  What an awesome sentiment!!

Hello - yes it is that time again.  I get to share my fourth art journal entry!  This time Tracy and I decided it was going to be a girly theme, and I really wanted to add a spring feel to mine.  My newest haul from Unity Stamp Company included several girly stamps, this stamp in particular is called Dream Girl by Angie Blom.  I love the image and the sentiment.  I felt there was enough said so I didn't add any other sentiments.  I wanted it to be feminine, airy, springy...... and I think I achieved that.

I had started by stamping the Dream Girl image and then masking a border around my pages.  Then I used distress inks to watercolour the background.  These pages are not watercolour paper so it was a bit challenging to watercolour and I had to really layer the colour.  I seemed to need a lot of water to spread the ink.  I applied the three colours, dried them, then applied more colour, let it drip a bit and dried again.  The other challenge for me was to stamp the birds since it's a large stamp and I wanted them to go across both pages, but it turned out pretty good.  The right side of the journal is pretty bulky and uneven.

The flowers stamp was inked with distress markers.  After stamping them in first and second generation, I decided this is where I was going to leave it - nothing else required.

Except a little Wink of Stella on her face and the heart :)

Click here to see Tracy's journal page :)

I am entering this in:

Unity Stamp Company's Friends With Flair

Inspiration Emporium's April Challenge - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Stamps:  Unity Stamp Co Dream Girl, January 2015 Smak Kit Ourselves and Vintage Era Background Kit
Ink:  Stormy Sky, Milled Lavender, Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo Distress Inks; Tattered Rose, Shabby Shutters and Shaded Lilac Distress Markers
Accessories:  Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen, Claudine Hellmuth Studio brush

Learn to Pause......

Yeah!!!  Today I get to join the Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge #24!!!  I'm always watching what they come up with next, the design team's creations are always stunning.  This challenge is using the Remnant Rub Resist Technique which can be found on page 51 of A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3.

I might have mentioned in my last Tim's tag post that I LOVE using the Remnant rub-ons.  Seriously - they add such interest and the black is so bold - they really pop.  I love how crisp and sharp they look on my card and the contrast between them and the faded look of the stamped images in Watering Can Archival Ink.  The Remnant Rub Technique was a lot of fun and a little edgy for me to use them as Tim suggested!!  I enjoyed playing with my distress stains again too.  I added few water drops to add a little interest to the stained background and then I inked the edge of the card in Black Soot Distress Ink so that it would stand out on the paper (from Tim's Collage Paper Stash).

As I was deciding on how I wanted to put things together, I decided my image needed one more layer :)  This was a new technique for me as well.  I used some Distress Embossing Ink with Ranger Sticky Powder to add the silver foil to the image.  A new love for me now!!

The CC3C #24 is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie.

I'm also entering my card in the following:

Shopping Our Stash Challenge - Counting on You.  the challenge is to use numbers on your project
Simon Monday Challenge - B is for.... - for me B is for BOLD!  I mentioned the bold black of the rub-ons and also I think the colours of the stains are very bold as well!!!
Inspiration Imporium Monthly Challenge - Spring Blooms - since one of my background stamps has a pretty swirly flower cluster.


Stamps:  TH French Memories and Flights of Fancy
Ink:  Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass and Mustard Seed Distress Stains, Black Soot Distress Ink, Ranger Watering Can Archival Ink, Distress Embossing Ink
Paper:  Manila cardstock, TH 8x8 Collage Paper Stash, SU Black cs
Accessories:  TH Speckles Stencil, TH Numbers Remnant Rubs, TH Linen Ribbon, Ranger Vintage Foil Sheets, Ranger Sticky Powder