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Italy Travel Journal – After

I have finally gotten time to post my Italy travel journal! I took it with me on the trip and wrote every few days, putting in postcards and anything else I collected that could possibly be put in a journal. I have waited so long to post this because I was thinking that I would “finish” it, i.e. put in some pictures, do a bit more journaling in the end etc. But I don’t know when I am ever going to do that, so I thought I should go ahead and post the current version.

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Italy Travel Journal – Before

8 Aug

I’ve finally got my travel journal ready to take to Italy with me. And here is the post, as promised.

I’ve used random patterned papers in sort of an Italy-ish color scheme, with some envelopes, pockets, and ephemera printouts. I’ve used tons of distress ink and water on pretty much all the pages, and my sister told me it looked like the whole book had been in a flood. But that feel seemed like Italy to me so I am happy with it, and can’t wait to start filling it up.

Here are some details, and a video at the end.

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Art Journal Backgrounds

27 Jul

I’ve been playing with the new supplies my sister brought from the states, especially the distress ink and copic markers. I’m still learning how to keep an art journal and the actual journaling part is still difficult for me, so for now I’ve been experimenting with backgrounds.

Gesso, distress ink, water and a blow dryer.

Distress ink, masking tape, water, and a blow dryer. I’m not sure about this one.

Copic markers over gesso. These pages were very fun to do but I guess it doesn’t come out as polished looking from the markers, so it depends on what look you are gong for.

Leftover strips of patterned paper, acrylic paint, and copic markers.

This one is my favorite. Again I used strips of leftover patterned paper (and my ticket stub from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2!), distress ink, and copic markers for accents and shadowing.

I guess time will tell how the pages end up when I am finished with them! Meanwhile I’ve also been working on my Italy travel journal. More on that soon to come!