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

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Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with yet another snarky card...boy I don't know what is in the air but I am full of snarky this month!  I am doing this for the Simon Says Stamp Blog - MAKE A BACKGROUND challenge and Pammie's inky Pinkies - anything goes blog challenge.(2609) Click on the links to follow, join in and get inspired!

Today I'm using lots of background stamps for the background.  I somehow amassed an entire box of background stamps and I am not mad at that!  I love using them to create backgrounds for cards, layouts and junk journals.

After I finished up the background I reached into my Brass and Bliss, JAVA GOOD TIME paper pad and used a  Deckle Fram die from them as well to die cut it and frame the A2 card.  This paper was super busy  but by me using it as essentially a border it really worked!

I then printed out the Digi stamp of Miss Dee I found on Etsy (shop here).  I couldn't believe I found a Miss Dee stamp in digi form!  Guys, I have ZERO space left for any more dies or stamps so I was super excited!  I pulled out all the markers...I use both Copic and Spectrum Noir.  I'm not fabulous at shading but I'm getting there.

After I colored and fussy cut everything out I figured out the placement and are you ready for this...I ran my background through my printer to get that sentiment because it was also part of the digi collection!  It came out perfectly!  I think I actually let out a little scream😆

I adhered everything together but something was still missing so I reached into my scraps and had this tiny piece of brown left from one of the JAVA GOOD TIME papers and it pulled it all together!  

Thanks so much for hanging out with me.  I hope I inspired you to make someone laugh by making them a snarky card today.

Stay crafty

Kimberly