Hello friends! I am really enjoying my art journal! Today I am going to show you how I made this two page spread and it only took 20 minutes!
Many of you have written and asked how to keep your journal pages flat especially when covering a page with paper and collage. The first part of the video is on that and I will show you my favorite paste for flat pages and I think all crafters should have a jar of it on hand. I’ll show you what it is and how to use it!
The second half of the video will be painting cherry blossoms with india ink. It is a free and easy approach. You can use watercolors if you do not have ink, even children’s watercolor paints will be fine.
Now, on to the video!
I decided to add a few marks to define the blossoms with a black Micron Pen after I looked at it a bit. typically I don’t use black in my paintings but it really enhances the feel of the quote I think. I want to thank Oriental Trading for giving me the Dr PH Martins India Ink, Canson XL Mixed Media Journal and Micron Pens I used today. Thanks so much for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
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lol, i watched it right after you posted it this morn about 4:30 ish! 🙂
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You are either a nigh owl or an early bird! I uploaded it Friday and scheduled it to post today so I did not overwhelm my subbies with too much Lindsay. LOL!
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lol, i am a night owl heart and soul! but i also stay up for days at a time and it messes up my days and nights 😀 you could post a hundred a day and i would watch them all, lol! i only have a couple hundred left to go and i would have watched all your vids! keep em coming 🙂 and happy Mother’s day to you. hope its a great day for you!
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hah fooled me! i thought maybe you had a rough night, so glad that was not the case. neat that it can be scheduled to go out at a certain time without you having to be awake! and yes, i am a serious night owl! 🙂
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Hi Lindsey! Nice tutorial (as always). How did
You like the results of the Yes paste on vellum?
Did I dry clear? Would you use this again
Or try a different product?
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it worked great! I’s use it again for sure, yes it dried clear:)
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Wishing you a wonderful Mother’s Day Lindsay! Thank you for the reminder to “be present”. 🙂
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Lindsey, You make painting look so easy, I love watching. Will you be going to Springfield convention this year? I would love to meet you and I am sure others that follow would like to also. I loved the videos you did last year, I took photos and notes to try and remember. Stephanie
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I am planning on it!
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Great video Lindsay….TFS!
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I really enjoyed your tutorial. I would like to be more “free” with my art. I tend to try to be perfect, but that’s a problem when I’m not much of an artist to begin with, lol. Happy Mother’s Day Lindsay!
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I forgot to mention in my comment that I remember Ames. I live in Fredonia, New York which is about 50 miles South of Buffalo.
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Happy Mothers Day! I went to order a set of inks and wanted the little spray bottles and couldn’t find them?
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they are out of stock, I did a google search and was able to locate it on the OTC site but searching within the site nothing came up. I bought them years ago but they had always had them. Iall ask my contact i the are restocking them:)
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Thanks!
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I love how you work. You are so talented and I wish I had the freeness that you do for your projects. Those cherry blossoms are so real. I love it.
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Perfect as usual 🙂
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Lindsay,
You talked about the inks you used for this project, but I didn’t catch all of what you said. Are they printer inks? I thought you mentioned inkjet ink. If so, have you ever tried using the ink from printer cartridges? I have at least 6 that were never used…the printer died. Any ideas?
Love your stuff!!
Lyn
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I used bombay india inks but you can try printer ink, No idea how you get it out of the cartridge though. Drill a hole maybe?
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You have some truly inspiring videos and you are fun to watch too! I love this quote and its very meaningful to me, I think I may have to journal it too! My blog is http://www.thecrippledcrafter.blogspot.co.uk
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A year late seeing this one, but I loved another one you did with the inks, so I watched this one too. I have ordered some of the these inks. Can’t wait to try them out. Just love watching your videos. Informative and entertaining!!!
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