Yet more mixed media!

Hey everyone - I'm back with another accordion art journal page & card using mixed media inspired by the Hero Arts Mixed Media Stamp Along from July. Just a reminder, you can now purchase the replay and have some mixed media fun along with me! 

First up, my latest journal page (only 4 blank ones left to fill...):

Supplies: see list at end

Additional Supplies:

Rub ons - Hero Arts Wildflowers and Bugs Hero Transfers

Stamps - Hero Arts Art Journal Messages

My page used another part of a work surface page (Bristol smooth) that I didn't photograph. I started with a 3" square gelli plate and stamped it with two mini ink cubes into a grid of 9. Misted it and applied to the paper. Some cube impressions showed up very regular looking and others bled out. I also brayered some ink on the same plate and you can see a few obvious edges of that too. I sprayed the panel with water and let dry, then sprayed through a stencil, did some texture stamping and applied some rub-ons (bird & flowers). Also used my glass bottle bottom to stamp some dots trailing behind the bird.

Hero Arts included a freebie stamp set with a purchase during the Stamp Along. I used it to stamp the "dare to" part of the sentiment. The stamp set includes the word dream but, in keeping with many of the other journal pages, I die cut the word from the lower case luggage alphabet set. Love how this turned out!

Next, I made a card using the final piece of the watercolor paper work surface I used during the Stamp Along. I had some extra Happy Birthday diecuts from when I made a previous card using another part of the watercolor work surface panel. The design for today's card is similar but the background was finished differently & I added a white shadow layer (fussy cut) to the sentiment. It's another guy card so I didn't embellish much. I'm curious, if you care to comment, whether you like the design better with or without the shadow layer. I tried vellum too but didn't like it. This particular section of the work surface had a lot of dark areas so I wanted the sentiment to stand out more.

That's it for today, friends - thanks for visiting!

Main Hero Arts Stamp-Along Supplies 

(not all used on today's projects): 

Stamps with Dies - Beautiful Day Bundle

Stamps - Encouragement Sentiment Strips,

Positive Script, & Rough Dot Bold Prints 

Mixed Textures

Stencil - Stacked Circles

Dies - Circle Set

Sentiment Strips Fancy Die

Luggage Lowercase Alphabet

Rub-ons Flowers and Swirls Hero Transfers

Other - many liquid watercolors, inks & sprays

Hero Paste, Hero Wax & Hero Pearls