Category: Art journal

A mostly-monochrome art journal spread over 2 pages. The background is textured, with areas of tactile and visual textures from different stencils. Splatters and drips are interspersed between three diamond-shaped monochrome motifs with patterns within them. A monochrome girl standing in the lower right area of the spread appears to be resting her elbow on one of the diamond motifs. Watch With Glittering Eyes
Mixed media · Art journal

Watch With Glittering Eyes

Anita20 Comments

Hello! It's the first Friday of this month, which means we have a new challenge at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. As always, the theme for the challenge is Anything Mixed Media Goes, with 3 or more mediums being used. For my inspiration project, I made an art journal spread - I started my creative session… Continue reading Watch With Glittering Eyes

A colorful yellow-orange double-page spread on a 10x10 art journal page, with whitish textured flowers and vertical squiggles in the background. A couple of black-outlined circles, colored in pink and a lighter black are spread out over the pages. Over the bottom circle on the left page is a black beetle with a yellow sheen. A strip of paper that reads "You define your own life" is along the lower right page. You Define Your Own Life
Art journal · Mixed media

You Define Your Own Life

Anita22 Comments

Hello! It's the first Friday of this month, and we have a new monthly challenge at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. As always, the theme for the challenge is Anything Mixed Media Goes, with 3 or more mediums being used. Here's my inspiration project, a spread that I made recently in my 10x10cm (4x4") art journal… Continue reading You Define Your Own Life

An art journal spread over 2 pages. The background is blue with areas of dark blue and white from stencil textures. Pink and yellow wildflowers form the focal elements. Wildflowers
Art journal · Mixed media

Wildflowers

Anita26 Comments

Hello! It's the first Friday of this month, and Creative Artiste is back after an end-of-year break with a brand new monthly challenge! As always, the theme for the challenge is Anything Mixed Media Goes. (Do visit the challenge blog to check out what is accepted by our challenge as mixed media.) I made this… Continue reading Wildflowers

An art journal spread over 2 square pages. The pink-and-gray background is made of partial, concentric, stone-like textures and black stamp markings. On the left page is a pale-blue and white flower. Every Small Thing…
Art journal · Mixed media

Every Small Thing…

Anita22 Comments

Here's a recent art journal spread of mine. I made this on my 10x10cm (4x4") handmade art journal, which I've been using since early last year. Working on this art journal is so different compared to my A6 one--for one, I can use small images as focals, which I find hard to incorporate into taller… Continue reading Every Small Thing…

An art journal page with a grungy, scrappy background in white, gray, and blue, with a lot of black and white marks on it. A patterned yellow moon is in the foreground over a stamped yellow, orange, and black disc. Magical Dreams
Art journal · Mixed media

Magical Dreams

Anita20 Comments

Here's a recent art journal page of mine - I made this page using some new supplies that I bought recently--a new stamp, and a much-awaited archival-quality black ink. The page started out with some spray smooshes from a previous session. On this, I used acrylic paints for some finger-painting. I then used more acrylics… Continue reading Magical Dreams

A whimsical portrait of a woman's face Faces – 4
Art journal · Mixed media

Faces – 4

Anita10 Comments

Hello! Hope the year has started well for you. I've been on some year-end / post-year routines since last week, and haven't had a chance to finish processing my latest art. So here's one of my earlier faces / portraits to get this year's artsy journey started - I liked my use of gesso last… Continue reading Faces – 4

A mixed media tag with a colorful bubbly background, and a focal white die-cut of eucalyptus leaves. The words 'missing you' are embossed at an angle in the lower half of the tag. Missing You
Art journal · Gel print · Mixed media

Missing You

Anita19 Comments

Monday is here, and so is another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, where I'm in the designer spotlight this month! This week, the theme is Tag It. For my project, I made this mixed media tag - I usually recycle coupons and packaging for tags, and used a coupon this time. I adhered an initial… Continue reading Missing You

An art journal spread across two square pages, with a bokeh-like background of black, white, and colorful circles, and splatters. The left page shows four orange leaves, large and small; the right page includes the words 'Thanks for being there' and a small orange leaf to the side. Thanks for Being There
Art journal · Mixed media

Thanks for Being There

Anita21 Comments

It's Monday, and that means it's time for another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, where I'm in the designer spotlight this month! This week, the theme is Thanks/Thanksgiving. For my project, I made an art journal page - I wanted this page to have lots of layers to reflect recent years, and multiple elements to… Continue reading Thanks for Being There

A grungy zine journal with insects as focal objects, and a grungy blue/pink background with traces of dark-gray polka dots, white wavy/leafy curves, and lots of tiny splatters. Grungy Zine Journal
Art journal · Gel print · Mixed media

Grungy Zine Journal

Anita21 Comments

I'm so excited to find myself in the designer spotlight on Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge again! And that means every Monday during this month, I get to share (virtual) creative space with the Monday Challenge design team. ❤ This week, the challenge is: Grunge It Up. Also, since this is the first week of… Continue reading Grungy Zine Journal

An art journal spread over two square pages. The background is mostly blue, with vertical white stripes and partially-stamped black squares. The left page contains a hand-drawn plant partially colored in orange and white, and the right page contains two strips of a typed poem. Into the Forest
Art journal · Mixed media

Into the Forest

Anita38 Comments

Hello! It's the first Friday of this month, which means we have a new challenge at Creative Artiste. The theme for the challenge, as always, is Anything Mixed Media Goes. For my project, I made an art journal spread. I mentioned in an earlier post that I'm trying to use more of my old blue… Continue reading Into the Forest