Hello Everyone! Spring is here, the sun is shining, it’s getting warmer and the weeds are growing! After pulling them from my flower gardens, I decided to make this art journal spread to remind me I am getting old! Not that I need any reminders, but sometimes we just need to get those thoughts down in our journals! I worked in an 8” x 8” journal for this project!
![Finished art journal spread in an 8" x 8" journal, using TCW stencils and colorsparx.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stiff-Joints-6.png?resize=626%2C697&ssl=1)
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Product Used
TCW2203 Missing You clear stamps 4” x 6”
To start with, I covered my page with TCW9001 White Gesso using an old credit card. I then used TCW9025 Plastic Palette Knife and TCW Modeling Paste to apply some modeling paste through TCW905 Leaf Emblem to a few areas on my spread as shown. This modeling paste is so thick and creamy and goes on like butter! It dries hard and takes a ton of paints and other mediums when it dries! I let this dry over night so it could set. You can use a heat gun if you are impatient… LOL! (which I usually am!).
![Use TCW9001 White Gesso to cover the the whole page, then apply TCW Modeling paste through TCW905 Leaf Emblem stencil in 3 corners of the page.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stiff-Joints-2-802x1024.png?resize=602%2C768&ssl=1)
I then used TCW9059 ColorSparx Grasslands and added a few squirts of the powder randomly over my page. I used TCW Spritz Bottle to spritz water over the pigment. I had my heat gun going during this time, to move the colors around until I was happy with the result.
![Spritz some color over the page using TCW9059 ColorSparx Grasslands colors. Spritz with water using TCW Spritz bottle until you are happy with the result.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stiff-Joints-3-776x1024.png?resize=582%2C768&ssl=1)
![Lots of yummy colors!](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stiff-Joints-4-911x1024.png?resize=683%2C768&ssl=1)
Once I was happy with the result, I used some green archival ink to stamp some leafy vines from TCW2203 Missing You 4×6 clear stamp set to the tops and bottoms of my spread. I colorized the leaves using a green olive PITT pen.
![Usine some green archival ink, I stamped some leaves at the top and bottom of the page using TCW2203 Missing You clear stamp set. I colorized the leaves using a green PITT pen.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stiff-Joints-5-1024x904.png?resize=768%2C678&ssl=1)
Time to add my snarky ladies, my snarky sentiments, a few green splatters and of course, some washi tape! I do hope you get a chance to play with some of these amazing products that The Crafter’s Workshop has!
![Add my snarky sentiment, my ladies and some washi tape and splatters to finish the spread.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stiff-Joints-6-1.png?resize=626%2C697&ssl=1)
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Lol, this really made me laugh xx
LOL! Thanks Sharon!