{"id":4020,"date":"2023-08-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/?p=4020"},"modified":"2024-09-07T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T13:32:03","slug":"art-journaling-tutorial-with-collage-background-0823","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/art-journal-inspiration\/art-journaling-tutorial-with-collage-background-0823\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Journaling Tutorial with Collage Background"},"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! I&#8217;m sharing an art journaling video today using some paper scraps to create a collage background. I add additional texture to the page with our Criss-Cross stencil and the numbers stamp from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/mix-it-up-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mix It Up 1<\/a>. For even more interest I added mark making with Neocolors and some black ink splatters. Scroll down for a full process video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For a the page title I used words from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/mixed-sentiments-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mixed Sentiments 1<\/a> stamp set. They are embossed in white on black cardstock. The main image is a flower from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/pencil-marks-6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pencil Marks 6.<\/a> It&#8217;s colored in with watercolors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AA-532-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AA-532-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AA-532-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AA-532-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AA-532-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AA-532.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a quick process video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My favourite Way to start an Art Journal Page \ud83d\udc49Collage Background &amp; Mark Making \ud83c\udfa8\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yucGYI88-zU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Thanks for stopping by today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>xx Susanne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stamps 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\/pencil-marks-6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Pencil-Marks-6-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Pencil-Marks-6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Pencil-Marks-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Pencil-Marks-6-150x150.jpg 150w, 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I&#8217;m sharing an art journaling video today using some paper scraps to create a collage background. I add additional texture to the page with our Criss-Cross stenicl and the numbers stamp from Mix It Up 2. For even more interest I added mark making with Neocolors and some black ink splatters. Click continue for a video tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,199,19],"tags":[27,393,21,121,34,123],"class_list":["post-4020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-journal-inspiration","category-stencil-inspiration","category-tutorial","tag-collage","tag-criss-cross-stencil","tag-mix-it-up-1","tag-mixed-sentiments-1","tag-pencil-marks-6","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230513_144616.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020","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=4020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9971,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020\/revisions\/9971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}