Hi crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a fun art journal project that I created a few months ago, based on a previous Inspiration Wednesday class. This was one of the first projects I created after joining The Crafters Workshop design team so…this one is a special page for me. And it was a quick and easy project to create, here are the steps…

My project started with vintage text and the Jax (TCW599) stencil. I used Dina Wakley acrylic paint (Black) to add the stencil design to the pages. Notice that I did not start with gesso…

Next came the watered down gesso, creating a nice wash that only slightly covered up the text paper and stenciling. I also didn’t wait for the black paint to completely dry (mostly because I’m impatient!) and some of the paint smudged, but I ended up really liking how the page developed more of a gray tone vs. pure white.

Next, I used the Coaster (TCW621) stencil with the Light and Fluffy Modeling Paste and added this fun design in random places over both journal pages. I placed the stencil off the edge of the paper each time I added paste so that I wasn’t getting a complete circle.

The last steps included simply painting circles and adding paint in the great color combo of teal, orange, and gold. Love, love, love the colors on this piece! I also used a Stabilo pencil for the shading around all of the circles.

The numbers inside the circles are from a Donna Downey stamp, and the stickers were once white…I painted them with Dina Wakley paint (Gilt) before applying them to the spread. The faith word is actually a chipboard piece, from my local craft store, that I painted and attached with matte medium.