New Creative Outlet - Art Journals

It's hard to get past a blank page wither you're writing or creating.  Sometimes it helps to start the creative process with a little help. 

I recently became acquainted with a group of people doing art journaling and bible study together...literally adding art to their bibles based on what they were studying.  While doing art with my own bible study, I was reminded of how much I love art, drawing and painting.  I started watching some videos on mixed media art journals and had to make some for myself.

My daughter, Sally, was an awesome inspiration.  She's been creating altered books and art with books for several years, so she was happy to see her mother doing something she did.

Working for a bible publisher, I has access to blank bibles.  The sales reps use these during presentations to show new cover designs for the upcoming season.  Once they are done with the sales presentations, these mock ups get trashed.  They've been giving them to me and Sally has been selling them on her Etsy store as repurposed journals.  I decided to do a little more to the ones that I have and have redesigned the covers and done some inspirational art to encourage the buyer so they won't be stopped by the blank page. 

I added 2 journals to my Etsy shop yesterday.

Today, I wanted to make one for myself and like I hear so many people say...I got stuck on the blank page.

So I started with redesigning the cover by covering up the spin and the wording with an old doily.

I ended up using the Liquitex medium to glue the doily down, however I may do some touch up around the edges with Yes.  I'll have to see how it will hold up as I handle it on a regular basis.

Putting a piece of wax paper on my workspace, I painted the glue to one side of the doily.  I used a larger paint brush once I got started.  The little one didn't work as well giving an overall coverage.

 

I used my embossing heat gun to dry the glue quickly.  I also use this to dry any art I do in the journal.





 





I'm pleased with how the cover looks and now I'm ready to start some art journaling.  I think I will recreate some of the art I did for the journals for sale.