{"id":4285,"date":"2023-09-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:34:19","slug":"journaling-cards-with-collage-background-and-sketchy-birds-0923","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/mixed-media-projects\/journaling-cards-with-collage-background-and-sketchy-birds-0923\/","title":{"rendered":"Journaling Cards with Collage Background and Sketchy Birds"},"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 with two mixed media journaling cards using birds from our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/sketchy-birds-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sketchy Birds 2<\/a> stamp set. For the cards I made a background from colorful paperscraps and design paper. It&#8217;s one of my favourite ways to start a mixed media piece, no matter if it&#8217;s an art journal page, an artist trading card or any other project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After I&#8217;d adhered all my papers to the cardbase (Canson Mix Media Paper) I sealed it with a layer of clear gesso and added a border with stamps from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/mixed-media-borders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mixed Media Borders<\/a>. The birds are stamped to watercolor paper, I colored them in with watercolor markers. Here you can watch the full process video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\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=\"I&#039;m using up my collage paper scraps \ud83d\ude80Mixed Media Journal Cards with Fodder and Stamps\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1mJ9BMqnSg?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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230704_163756-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230704_163756-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230704_163756-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230704_163756-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230704_163756-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230704_163756.jpg 1920w\" 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 class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I hope I could inspire you a little bit, 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 is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/sketchy-birds-2.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\/Sketchy-Birds-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2062\" style=\"width:274px;height:274px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sketchy-Birds-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sketchy-Birds-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sketchy-Birds-2-150x150.jpg 150w, 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https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/single-vintage-script-Kopie.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/mixed-sentiments-1.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\/Mixed-Sentiments-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Sentiments-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Sentiments-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Sentiments-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Sentiments-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Sentiments.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/criss-cross.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Criss-Cross-Stencil-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Criss-Cross-Stencil-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Criss-Cross-Stencil-300x300.jpg 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Media-Borders-Clear-1005x1024.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Media-Borders-Clear-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Media-Borders-Clear-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mixed-Media-Borders-Clear.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/mix-it-up-3.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\/Mix-It-Up-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mix-It-Up-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mix-It-Up-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mix-It-Up-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mix-It-Up-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mix-It-Up-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\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\/2023\/09\/5-2-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-2-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-2-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-2.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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, Susanne here with two mixed media journaling cards using birds from our Sketchy Birds 2 stamp set. For the cards I made a background from colorful paperscraps and design paper. It&#8217;s one of my favourite ways to start a mixed media piece, no matter if it&#8217;s an art journal page, an artist trading card or any other project. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,19],"tags":[27,393,134,180,121,178,123,95],"class_list":["post-4285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mixed-media-projects","category-tutorial","tag-collage","tag-criss-cross-stencil","tag-mix-it-up-3","tag-mixed-media-borders","tag-mixed-sentiments-1","tag-sketchy-birds-2","tag-tutorial","tag-vintage-script"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230704_163714.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285","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=4285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10250,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions\/10250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}