February Mixed Media Journal Page

 Hello Friends and Crafters!

Lately, I've started a Mixed Media Journal and I wanted to do a page for each month to keep track of special dates and goals. I know it's a bit late but here is a page for February. I used Altenew Gouache for the blue background and the 365 stamps for the calendar, Yana's Anemones by Spellbinders and Concord & 9th's alphabets to stamp out words, including February. All in all, I'm hoping I can keep this up on a monthly basis so stay tuned!

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I've been itching to use Yana's Anemone dies for a while now and I thought some pink anemones on a deep blue background would look stunning. So I used some painters tape and washi tape to mask off my Arteza Watercolor Journal and I added some Altenew Gouache in Prussian Blue. I think I've finally got the consistency of water to gouache down to get nice even coverage. In this case, I tried to keep the left edge a bit darker than the right. So I slowly added more water as I painted the patch moving towards the right. I also painted the masked areas on the other side and removed the tape.

To finish off my painting, I added some white gouache splatter.

While the paint dried completely, I used Yana's Anemone Dies by Spellbinders and cut two Anemone Bunches with white and gold mirror cardstock. I did some ink blending on the petals with Altenew Rose Quartz, Pinkalicious and Paper Bag Crisp Dye Inks. I used my small details brushes for this and then added more detail with my Prisma Colored Pencils.

I added the anemones to the journal pages and cut off over hanging edges. I made sure to use any cut off pieces on the other edges of the page. Then I used VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink and Concord & 9th's Bold & Brushy Uppercase and Lowercase stamps to stamp out February and the heart. 

I used Altenew's 365 Stamp set to stamp out the calendar and highlight important dates. And I also used a mix of both stamp sets by Altenew and C9 to stamp out the words on the left side of the page. Then I ruled some lines for my written entry using a ruler and my Black Pigma Micron Pen. Then to add a bit more gold, I used a gold marker pen to add extra dots ad hearts on the pages.

And that's my Journal Page for February!

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