Art Journal - Her Spirit Flows like Stardust

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with another art journaling page as part of the Design Team for KCS Designs by Kim.  Click on the link to her Etsy shop so you can take a look at all of her amazing printable images and backgrounds.  

Today I am playing with the HIPPIE DAZE clip art collection.  These hippie chics are so awesome and the colors she used for them, yes please!  I paired it with her Word Snippest: SHE IS collection. 

I started with the background using a brayer with lots of distressed oxides in: BROKEN CHINA, CANDIED APPLE, CRACKED PISTACHIO, GROUND ESPRESSO, PEACOCK FEATHERS, SALVAGED PATINA, SPICED MARMALADE.  I came in with my soft brushes and added the same colors on top...I loved how it turned out!

 

I then jumped into my stash and grabbed a stamp set from Whimsy Stamps called FANTABULOUS and stamped the background using each word in that set.  I used Versifine Clair NOCTURNE to stamp them...I mean how fun are these stamps!  

After stamping I reached into a tiny book I had of papers and PET tape, I got off of Amazon, with colors that matched this Hippie Chic perfectly!  I used the two PET pieces that had the brown curved branches with flowers and cut one in half and used one on each side for a bit of balance.  I then took the papers from that pack and cut these super cool flowers that I was gifted from a friend, I mean talk about hippie flowers, they remind me of the florals from the 60's.  I adhered a couple of different once together to create some dimension.  

I set them aside and went to work on my stenciling using STAMPERS ANONYMOUS - HOCS POCUS stencil. Since the quote says HER SPIRIT FLOWS LIKE STARDUST, I thought this stencil worked fabulously!  I used some white modeling paste with the stencil and with me doing it on top of the distressed oxides it reacted a bit with the modeling paste, ever so slightly and turned the stars the same color as the background ink which was super cool to watch!  

While letting that dry, I fussy cut the Hippie Chic and adhered her to some foam tape to give her some dimension.  I then placed the flowers, the butterflies, that I punched using a butterfly punch, and the same papers I cut for the flowers and placed everything where I wanted and adhered it down.

It was missing a bit of something so I added the thread to pull out that teal color in her and balance the page.  I am not mad at it!

I absolutely love these two collections from KCS Designs by Kim.  I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and get a bit messy today.  Thanks for hanging out with me!

Stay Crafty,

Kimberly 

Dream & Discover - Art Journal

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with another art journaling page featuring one of KCS Designs by Kim images.  I am in love with this collection and so lucky to be part of her DT!  Here is a link to her shop to check out all of her fantastic images and backgrounds.

The Wistful Petals Journal Papers is one of my favorite collections from her shop.  I started out with an insert from my journal page, it's 140lb A5 paper with pre-cut holes that fits perfectly into my art journal.  I purchased off Amazon (link here, no affiliate - if you are looking for journaling pages that take wet and dry medium fabulously, this is it)!

I started off with a stencil and used a very light hand with some CTMH ink in the color of JOURNEY.  I wanted to pull just a little bit of the blue in her eyes out onto the page.  I then inked the background with some distressed oxides in SCATTERED STRAW.  

I just got some new background stamps from Amazon and wanted to use them with a few of my older stamps I have in my stash.  One of them is a HERO ARTS stamp set...that sun and title was perfect for this page!

After stamping up the background I wanted to add the look of newspaper print or book print.  I have an old dictionary, that I've had laying around for YEARS...it was my dad's.  I was torn on whether to use it or not but it was just collecting dust and he was so talented in the every aspect of art so me using this feels like part of him is with me and he wouldn't mind, so I tore a page out of it starting with the word BEAUTY.  I tore it in 3 separate sections and layered it out on my page.  I was trying not to cover up all the background work I did but sometimes that just happens and that's ok.

I printed out the image I chose from Kim's collection onto rice paper and fussy cut it.  I then adhered it to a 65lb white card stock to give it a little bit more structure.  When I use wet glue on my images I use the glue on the back AND the front and when I do that with rice paper it makes the image more contrasting with the colors which is why I didn't just print it on the 65lb paper to begin with.

I reached into my smaller paper pads and found a coordinating color that seemed to match her flowers.  I added a white along with a FRENCH WINE color acrylic paint to come up with a color I felt wasn't too light or too dark in order to pull out some of the other colors in the image. I added some brush strokes of color to the paper let it dry and die cut some flowers.  I then reached into my collection of threads and pulled out my BLACK thread and added it to the middle of the flower.  I wanted to blend in some of the wispiness of her hair and the black sketch lines of the flowers in her hair and I think it worked.

Finally, I adhered all the flowers down and then popped the image up on some foam tape and called it done!  I am not mad at it!! 

Thanks for hanging out with me today and don't forget to head over to KCS Designs by Kim and check out her shop.  I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and be creative today!

Stay Crafty,

Kimberly

Art Journal Garden Fairy

 Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with 2 beautiful images from KCS Designs by Kim. The first collection is called WINGS AND WHIMSY and the other is called VINTAGE DOORWAYS.  Here is a link to her Etsy shop so you can look at all of her collections.

I love the colors in both of these collections and thought they would work magically together.  Today I used:

• IMAGES FROM KCS DESIGNS BY KIM (ETSY)
• 9" Wooden Circle (Dollar Tree)
• 3" Wooden Circle (Dollar Tree)
• Stamperia Media Stencil ( Alice in Christmas)
• Little Birdie Matt Chalk Acrylic Paint (MUTED TEAL AND TATTERED LACE)
• Brass and Bliss die (OPEN GREENERY)
• Paper Studio Adhesive gems
• Rub ons from 49 and Market (Moonlit Gardens)
• Spellbinders flower die (PLUMERIA)

It's all about layering starting with the acrylic paints and working my way to those plumeria flowers!  I really enjoyed putting this together.  I even printed out another image from the Vintage Doors collection on a 8 1/2 x 5 rice paper and used it for some of the flowers and the 3" circle.

Thanks for hanging out with me today...I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and be creative today.

Stay Crafty!

Kimberly

KCS Designs - Ethereal Fairies Dream

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger  as a Design Team member with KCS Designs by Kim.  You can find all of her amazing designs over on Etsy.  Her downloads are so easy to print and fussy cut and add as a focal point to any art journal, card, tag or whatever you are making.  Here is a direct link to her shop and one to the fairies.

Today I'm using one of her Fairies from her Ethereal Fairy collection and isn't she beautiful!  These colors just called out to me, they are so soft and gorgeous I just had to use something from this collection.

I started off with a page out of my art journal.  This paper is super thick at 140lb and can take any medium I've thrown at it.  I got it off of Amazon, here is a link (no affiliation) but it's awesome to work with!

I pulled some CTMH inks in Journey and Shortbread and softly inked up the background.  I didn't want to do a heavy cover for this because the image is so soft.

After inking the background I printed the image and cut it twice with my Joy2 Cricut...oh that thing cuts so precise!  I then cut the wings off the second image so I could give the image a bit of dimension with some foam tape on the second pair of wings.  

I decided that I wanted to use some fine gold embossing powder on parts of her wing and while I was at it I wanted to cover the holes with a circle of gold embossing powder just to pull that gold over and balance the page.  I set the image aside so I could finish up the background.

I went into my stencils and grabbed my Tim Holtz HOCUS POCUS stencil, that is my favorite star stencil I have and works beautifully!  I used some CTMH ink in ALMOND to stencil the background.  I then reached for my DECOART word stencil and used the words INSPIRE and DREAM and stenciled them with glitter paste in TOPAZ from DIAMOND PRESS.  

I let that dry and then reached into my 49 and Market rub ons from the SUMMER PORCH ESSENTIALS, I loved that saying from and the colors were spot on.   I used a couple of more rub ons from that collection and then pulled some bits and pieces from the MOONLIT GARDEN cluster kit.  I love when 2 collections work so well together!

I placed her at the top right corner and adhered her down and added those second pair of wings for that added dimension.  I added all the bits and pieces from the MOONLIT GARDEN kit making sure to balance the page and then added some word strips from a very old sticker book called SIMPLE VINTAGE COTTAGE FIELDS from Simple Stories.

I am not mad at it, I absolutely love the colors Kim chose to use for her and the other fairies...so soft and gorgeous!

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and do some art journaling or card making or what ever your crafty outlet is.  Don't forget to head over to her shop and take a peak at all the amazing images she has created!  

Stay crafty!

Kimberly

Art Journal - Do What You Love, Love What You Do

Hey guys, I'm up on the Blogger with something a bit new for me.  I dipped my toe into art journaling and I am loving it so far.  I'm still very new at it and learning different techniques and what works with what but I jumped feet first into this rabbit hole and so far am really enjoying it.

I did this one for the →Simon Says Stamp Blog← - MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND challenge and the →Classic Design Challenge #02-2026 Feb/Mar 2026 ←- Anything Goes with optional twist: Blooms or Butterflies. Come over and join in on the challenge.  There is lots of inspiration and a fun prize, make sure to click that link and head over.

I got my inspiration from my JN Doll Stamp (this one is called AUDRY).  I haven't played with them in a while so I pulled this one out and dressed her up with some tissue paper, pattern paper and lace and then used my Copic Markers on her. 

I just got my very first ephemera book by Nova Everhart called VINTAGE SOFT STEAMPUNK and took a background page out of it that was perfect for the colors I used in the the JN Doll Stamp.  I then adhered the background paper to the A5 watercolor paper and let that dry.  I added a few background stamps from Whimsy Stamps, some white acrylic paint streaks, and inked the edges. 

After letting it dry, I reached into my dies and pulled some flower and stem dies I had and placed them behind her.  I also reached into my dies and used a thick dotted circle die I got from The Scrapping Cottage.  I used a bright yellow card stock that pulled the yellows from her dress and cut the circles in half and placed them in 3 different spots to balance the page and pull those yellows in her dress out to make it pop.

I found some tulle in my stash and adhered one down with glue and a white heart brad.  I also found a couple of ticket pieces from 49 and Market that went well with my color scheme and adhered it on top of another piece of tulle with a tiny stapler...again to balance the page.

I added the HELLO sentiment, the DO WHAT YOU LOVE sentiment (from a Tim Holtz sticker book), fussy cut a butterfly from the same paper I began with and then added some bling and that completed this page.  I am not mad at it!

I appreciate you guys hanging out with me today through my fun journey of art journaling.  For more inspiration I suggest following Vicky P. on you tube.  She has been a HUGE inspiration for me and has some of the most beautiful art journaling pages you will ever find and she walks you through each step of the process each and every time.

I hope I inspired you to get into your craft room for some well deserved "me time" and just create.

Stay crafty,

Kimberly