Journal Sneak Peek ;)

I finally finished my journal page…but this isn't the completed page.
I am uploading a video on it, that should take most of the night, but I wanted to share something tonight.

I wanted to blend the paints, but guess what….I totally forgot to do that as I was adding my paints.
I was going to scrap the page and just add gesso to the whole thing.
But then I thought what the heck….what do I have to lose.
So I took a very wet baby wipe and rubbed the heck out of the page.
I actually like the worn look to it.

Here is the page before I rubbed the heck out of it…see why I wanted to cover it up.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the big reveal, lol.
Now I need to go and tidy off my desk….I sure know how to make a big, big mess, teehee.

I hope you all had a very Creative Saturday :)

Tracy :)

Art Journaling…Come Learn with Me…Journals

This is the second video in my series of art journaling.
To check out my 1st post, click the link "Art Journaling"
I mentioned I was going to start with Gesso, but I figured we should start with journals, as that is the most important art supple we will need :)

There are many types of journals.
Some are coil, spiral or ring bound and some are stitched or glued in their binding.
You may think it doesn't really matter, but the more you work with each type, you will figure out with type you prefer.
The bound journals lay nice and flat. They are great for working on each page individually.
The journals that are bound by stitching or glue are great for working on two page spreads…can you tell I"m a scrapbooker ;)

Also what to look for in a journal is the type of paper that they contain.
I personally like water colour paper because the paper is quite thick and takes mediums very well.
But then again you can use thin paper or any type of paper if you treat it with Gesso first….but lets not get ahead of ourselves ;)

I made a video where I explain my findings in more detail :)
If you would rather watch my video on my YouTube channel (as my blog doesn't show the full screen) just click on the link :)   "Tracy's Treasures24"
I hope to inspire you to try art journaling, where we can all learn together :)

I hope you all had a very Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Come Learn with Me….Art Journaling

Well it is about time.
I have finally made the decision to use my art journal products/mediums and create some art journal pages.

I have wanted to try my hand at art journaling, and I did….kind of.
I did a whole art journal.
Click on the link if you want to watch it on my YouTube channel "Tracy's Treasures24"

But in my opinion this art journal was from a scrapbookers view point.
I used a lot of pattern paper, stamps and markers…but none of the art journal supplies that most veteran art journalers use.
I have most of the supplies, but I over think things and never actually used the products that I have.

If you remember, I made a challenge with a blog friend Caroline from "Caroline's not so new hobby"
We both wanted to get into art journaling and figured what better way then to jump right in, and challenge each other ;)
Even though I am a spontaneous type of person, I wanted to learn as much as I could about these products before I took the plunge.

Then I thought, maybe we could learn together :)
So I am going to be doing some videos on what I know (even if it is limited), what I have learned and what I discovered about these different mediums.
Sounds fun doesn't it????
I hope so, and I hope you will follow along and share your knowledge on whichever mediums I am working on perfecting at the time :)

Here is a introduction video…bloopers and all ;)
If you would like to watch this video on my YouTube channel, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"

I hope you all had a very Creative Monday :)

Tracy :)