My attempts at catching up with posting pages from this art journal aren't happening quite frequently enough for me to actually BE caught up... lol, but I'm trying! Here are the July pages from my ARTifacts journal :)
For the first spread, I just used a few colors of paint in the background, then stenciled lightly with ink and my Art Deco Sunburst Background stencil. I added some washi tape along the spine and to attach the tag, then used a bunch of old Basic Grey rubons to embellish.
The tag on the left flips up to show photos and journaling for my July StencilGirl projects...
The tag on the right side pulls out to show the Christmas stencils that were released earlier this month - I had gotten the test stencils and was checking them to make sure they didn't need edits before going into production.
Here's the second spread for the month...
On the left side, I used an old enveloped and stenciled my Art Deco Flower Medallion Repeating Corner on the inside of the flap, then added some stamping, old rubons, and a Dresden crown.
The card pulls out of the envelope to detail my insane bead buying spree (which is now, finally, resulting in some handmade jewelry being made! That was the intent, so at least I'm following through, even if it's slow in coming!)
The envelope flips up to show the design from my Art Deco Bookplates stencil that I'd stenciled and then heat embossed with the Emerald Creek Mirror Gold embossing powder.
The right side shows the collage image for the HUGE shop update that I did that month... I also used a few kinds of washi tape, and the marbled paper is from my Going Global Collage & Embellishment Pack.
That lifts up too for some journaling about the shop update...
Whew... that's it for July! Now I need to get back in the studio and get busy catching up on new pages, and then try and do better about getting them blogged!
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Incredible pages as always. Love all the little details and the strong, jewel-tone colors.
Posted by: Seth | October 30, 2017 at 01:09 PM
Thanks so much Seth! I'm still having lots of fun working on this every month!
Posted by: Gwen Lafleur | November 09, 2017 at 12:13 PM
OMGosh!! Gwen!! I sit here trying to take in each and every bit of your journal pages- They absolutely,positively truly engross and enchant me!! I am in awe at the beautiful combinations of elements and color you pull together!! I so want to play art in real life with you so I can watch you and learn!!
from #1 biggest fan!!
ps...are you going to offer bead packs?? hint hint
Posted by: Jackie P Neal | November 19, 2017 at 05:13 AM