{"id":14846,"date":"2025-07-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/?p=14846"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:54:21","slug":"art-journal-310725","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/art-journal-inspiration\/art-journal-310725\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Art Journal Collage with Distress Background &amp; Weed Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hi there, Susanne here sharing a mixed media art journal page in my mini journal using Distress Inks for the background combined with collage papers and stamps from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/weed-love-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weed Love 2025<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/butterflies-and-moths.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Butterflies and Moths<\/a> stamp set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I started the page by plopping down a bit of Distress Ink. I am not sure which colors I used but it might be Seedless Preserves (Oxide Version) and Rusty Hinge. Once dry, I added a piece of old book paper and stamped images from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/weed-love-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weed Love 2025<\/a> set. I also stamped two butterflies from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/butterflies-and-moths.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Butterflies and Moths<\/a> set onto a piece of old tea bag paper and adhered that on top. <br>I finished up the spread with a vintage ticket that I&#8217;ve made with a stamp from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/mix-it-up-5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mix It Up 5<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Release0525-211-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Release0525-211-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Release0525-211-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Release0525-211-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Release0525-211.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A video on how I made this spread is exclusively available for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLkwDnKHRP1_2ErpeHZwP3w\/join\">YouTube members<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Thanks for stopping by today! xx Susanne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Products from Rubber Dance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/weed-love-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Weed-Love-2025-no0051-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Weed-Love-2025-no0051-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Weed-Love-2025-no0051-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Weed-Love-2025-no0051-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Weed-Love-2025-no0051-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Weed-Love-2025-no0051.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/mix-it-up-5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mix-It-Up-5-no0038-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mix-It-Up-5-no0038-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mix-It-Up-5-no0038-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mix-It-Up-5-no0038-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mix-It-Up-5-no0038-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mix-It-Up-5-no0038.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/butterflies-and-moths.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Butterflies-and-Moths-0046-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Butterflies-and-Moths-0046-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Butterflies-and-Moths-0046-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Butterflies-and-Moths-0046-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Butterflies-and-Moths-0046-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Butterflies-and-Moths-0046.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Share this project:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-3-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-3-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-3-333x500.png 333w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-3-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-3.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script>\nfunction loadjQuery(e,t){var n=document.createElement(\"script\");n.setAttribute(\"src\",e);n.onload=t;n.onreadystatechange=function(){if(this.readyState==\"complete\"||this.readyState==\"loaded\")t()};document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0].appendChild(n)}function main(){\nvar $cr=jQuery.noConflict();var old_src;$cr(document).ready(function(){$cr(\".cr_form\").submit(function(){$cr(this).find('.clever_form_error').removeClass('clever_form_error');$cr(this).find('.clever_form_note').remove();$cr(this).find(\".musthave\").find('input, textarea').each(function(){if(jQuery.trim($cr(this).val())==\"\"||($cr(this).is(':checkbox'))||($cr(this).is(':radio'))){if($cr(this).is(':checkbox')||($cr(this).is(':radio'))){if(!$cr(this).parents(\".cr_ipe_item\").find(\":checked\").is(\":checked\")){$cr(this).parents(\".cr_ipe_item\").addClass('clever_form_error')}}else{$cr(this).addClass('clever_form_error')}}});if($cr(this).attr(\"action\").search(document.domain)>0&&$cr(\".cr_form\").attr(\"action\").search(\"wcs\")>0){var cr_email=$cr(this).find('input[name=email]');var unsub=false;if($cr(\"input['name=cr_subunsubscribe'][value='false']\").length){if($cr(\"input['name=cr_subunsubscribe'][value='false']\").is(\":checked\")){unsub=true}}if(cr_email.val()&&!unsub){$cr.ajax({type:\"GET\",url:$cr(\".cr_form\").attr(\"action\").replace(\"wcs\",\"check_email\")+window.btoa($cr(this).find('input[name=email]').val()),success:function(data){if(data){cr_email.addClass('clever_form_error').before(\"<div class='clever_form_note cr_font'>\"+data+\"<\/div>\");return false}},async:false})}var cr_captcha=$cr(this).find('input[name=captcha]');if(cr_captcha.val()){$cr.ajax({type:\"GET\",url:$cr(\".cr_form\").attr(\"action\").replace(\"wcs\",\"check_captcha\")+$cr(this).find('input[name=captcha]').val(),success:function(data){if(data){cr_captcha.addClass('clever_form_error').after(\"<div style='display:block' class='clever_form_note cr_font'>\"+data+\"<\/div>\");return false}},async:false})}}if($cr(this).find('.clever_form_error').length){return false}return true});$cr('input[class*=\"cr_number\"]').change(function(){if(isNaN($cr(this).val())){$cr(this).val(1)}if($cr(this).attr(\"min\")){if(($cr(this).val()*1)<($cr(this).attr(\"min\")*1)){$cr(this).val($cr(this).attr(\"min\"))}}if($cr(this).attr(\"max\")){if(($cr(this).val()*1)>($cr(this).attr(\"max\")*1)){$cr(this).val($cr(this).attr(\"max\"))}}});old_src=$cr(\"div[rel='captcha'] img:not(.captcha2_reload)\").attr(\"src\");if($cr(\"div[rel='captcha'] img:not(.captcha2_reload)\").length!=0){captcha_reload()}});function captcha_reload(){var timestamp=new Date().getTime();$cr(\"div[rel='captcha'] img:not(.captcha2_reload)\").attr(\"src\",\"\");$cr(\"div[rel='captcha'] img:not(.captcha2_reload)\").attr(\"src\",old_src+\"?t=\"+timestamp);return false}\n\n}\nif(typeof jQuery===\"undefined\"){loadjQuery(\"\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.4.4\/jquery.min.js\",main)}else{main()}\n\n<\/script>\n\n\n<style>\n* {box-sizing: border-box;}\n.cr-mail-responsive, .cr-mail-responsive * {box-sizing: unset;}\n.cr_site{margin:0;padding:75px 0 0 0;text-align:center;background-color:#eeeeee;}\n.cr_font{font-size: 14px;font-family: Arial;}\n.cr_page{width: 100% !important;max-width:640px}\n.cr_body{box-shadow: 0px 0px 14px 0px rgba(51,51,51,0.4);border-radius:8px;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;color:#333333;}\n.cr_body h2, .cr_header h2{font-size:22px;line-height:28px;margin:0 0 10px 0;}\n.cr_body h1, .cr_header h2{font-size:28px;margin-bottom:15px;padding:0;margin-top:0;}\n.wrapper, .cr_page{margin:0 auto 10px auto;text-align:left;}\n.cr_header{text-align:center;background: transparent !Important;}\n.cr_header img {max-width: 100%;}\n.cr_body label, .cr_body .label{float:none;clear:both;display:inline-block;width:auto;margin-top:8px;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;position:relative;}\n.cr_body .no-label{font-weight: normal;}\n.cr_body #editable_content{padding:20px;}\n.editable-content {padding:20px}\n.cr_button{display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica', Arial, sans-serif;width:auto;white-space:nowrap;height:32px;margin:5px 0;padding:0 22px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:32px;cursor:pointer;border:0;-moz-border-radius:4px;border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;vertical-align:top;}\n.cr_button{background-color:#333;color:#ffffff;}\n.cr_button:hover,.cr_button-small:hover{opacity:0.7;filter:alpha(opacity=70);}\n.powered{padding:20px 0;width:560px;margin:0 auto;}\n.cr_ipe_item label{line-height:150%;font-size:14px;}\n.cr_ipe_item textarea{background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #ffffff;border-radius:3px;border: 1px solid #ccc;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;}\n.cr_ipe_item input{background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #ffffff;border-radius:3px;border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 12px;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;}\n.cr_ipe_item select{background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #ffffff;border-radius:3px;border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 12px !Important;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 5px;width: 100%;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;}\n.cr_ipe_item input.cr_ipe_radio, input.cr_ipe_checkbox{-moz-binding: none;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;background-color: -moz-field !important;border: 2px inset ThreeDFace !important;color: -moz-fieldtext !important;cursor: default;height: 13px;padding: 0 !important;width: 13px;}\n.cr_ipe_item input.cr_ipe_radio{-moz-appearance: radio;border-radius: 100% 100% 100% 100% !important;margin: 3px 3px 0 5px;}\n.cr_ipe_item{margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;}\n.submit_container{text-align:center}\n.cr_ipe_item.inactive{display:none;}\n.imprint{font-size:0.8em;}\n.cr_captcha{padding-left:130px;}\n.cr_error{font-size:1.1em;padding:10px;}\n.clever_form_error{background-color:#f99; color:#000; border:1px solid #f22 !important}\n.clever_form_note {margin:26px 0 0 3px;position:absolute;display:inline; padding: 2px 4px; font-weight:bold;background-color:#f2ecb5; color:#000; font-size:12px !important;  }\n.cr_form-flex{display: flex;}\n.cr_form-flex>.cr_form-inputgroup{flex-grow:1;margin-right: 5px;}\n.cr_form-flex>.cr_form-inputgroup:last-child{margin-right: 0px;}\n.cr_form-flex input{width:100%;}\n\n.cr_site {background-color:#eee;}\n.cr_header {color:#000000;}\n.cr_body {background-color:#ffffff;font-size:12px;color:#000000;}\n.cr_hr {background-color:#ccc;}\n.cr_site a {color:#0084ff;}\n.imprint{color:#000;}\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n<style id=\"style\">\n.cr_site {background-color:#ffffff;}\n.cr_body {color:#000000;background-color:#c2f0ff;}\n.cr_header {color:#000000;}\n.cr_hr {background-color:#ccc;}\n.cr_site a {color:#e8006a;}\n.imprint {color:#000000;}\n.cr_page {width:auto;max-width:640px;}\n.cr_button {background-color:#70d3fa;color:#000000;}\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<form class=\"layout_form cr_form cr_font\" action=\"https:\/\/seu.cleverreach.com\/f\/336176-173240\/wcs\/\" method=\"post\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t<div class=\"cr_body cr_page cr_font formbox\">\n\t\t<div class=\"non_sortable\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"editable_content\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n\t\t<div id=\"4018709\" rel=\"email\" class=\"cr_form-component cr_form-component--email cr_ipe_item ui-sortable musthave\" style=\"margin-bottom:px;\">\n    <div class=\"cr_form-inputgroup cr_form-inputgroup--typeemail\">\n        <label for=\"text4018709\">Email*<\/label>\n        <input class=\"cr_form-input\" type=\"email\" id=\"text4018709\" name=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"name@example.com\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"4018711\" rel=\"button\" class=\"cr_form-component cr_form-component--submit cr_ipe_item ui-sortable  submit_container\">\n    <button type=\"submit\" class=\"cr_form-block cr_button\">Subscribe<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n        \n\t<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleverreach.de\">www.CleverReach.de<\/a><\/noscript>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/form>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, Susanne here sharing a mixed media art journal page in my mini journal using Distress Inks for the background combined with collage papers and stamps from our Weed Love 2025 and Butterflies and Moths stamp set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[551,27,97,496,648],"class_list":["post-14846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-journal-inspiration","tag-butterflies-and-moths","tag-collage","tag-distress-ink","tag-mix-it-up-5","tag-weed-love-2025"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250703_141936.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14846"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14851,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14846\/revisions\/14851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}