Art Journal Page Tutorial with Sketchy Birds

Hello, Samantha here today and I’m sharing a page from a new, small art journal. I used three stamp sets, Sketchy Birds 2, Collage Leaves and Pencil Marks 1. My journal page measures just 4 inches by 4 inches. I’ve found that using smaller pages makes you look at the stamps in quite a different way, I ordinarily would have used whole images of the birds but couldn’t for this size page and I quite like the effect.

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Mixed Media ATCs with a Masterboard & Collage Leaves

Hi there, Susanne here! I’m sharing a set of two mixed media artist trading cards using stamps from our Collage Leaves set. The card base is cut from a masterboard that I created in mixed media. I started the masterboard with a random collage, added acrylic paints and did some stamping and mark making. Usually this turns out quite messy and doesn’t look like a piece of art, but once you cut it down to smaller pieces it makes a gorgeous background.

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