Encourage Hope Art Journal Pages

Crazy Cats going after those little trials of life! Let's Encourage Hope in our art journal pages! 

Add washi tape randomly on pages. 

Stamp cats on circles and bugs on scrap paper. 

Fussy cut bugs out. 

 Adhere to cats and bugs to page with matte gel. Dry. 

Stamp sentiments and elements on pages with black ink.  

Lay stencil on pages; apply crackle paste to top. Dry. 

Apply whitewash of gesso over pages. Dry. 

Mist pages and apply small sprays of distress over pages. 

Dry between colors 

Add graphitint black work around images on page. 

Add line work with pen. 

Stamp background randomly with red ink. 

Spatter with black soot distress spray ink and white gesso

Supplies:

Ranger Distress Sprays: Wild Honey, Saltwater Taffy, Evergreen Bough, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Rusty Hinge

Ranger Speckle Stencil

Stampers Anonymous: Going Somewhere Stamps, Specimen Stamps, Crazy Cats, Mixed Media Stamps

Arteza Watercolor Sketchbook

Liquitex White Gesso, Matte Gel

DecoArt Crackle Paste

Derwent Graphitint Black Pencil

Archival Red and Black Ink

 .005 Black Pen

Washi Tape

Palette Knife

2 1/2" Circle Punch