My art journal, published by Stampington magazine!

I am so happy to say one of my art journals has been published by the beautiful Stampington line of magazines; one of their magazines called Art Journaling. I will only show the pages they did not publish. The top is the cover, made of plaster wrap over an old children's book which I had gutted.

Above: the inside front cover.

I made the pages out of heavy watercolor paper. I used a technique I found on Debbie-Anne Parent's YouTube channel (Ephemera's Vintage Garden) to make the vintage looking tape. Then I punched the holes and used twine to hold the pages in the book. I hid all the twine ends under one of the covers.

I thought Debbie-Anne's technique was so inventive and beautiful. It's easy to do too. Use Tim Holtz alcohol ink over regular Scotch tape. 

All the artwork in this journal is original. I cut it out of my older sketchbooks or made it especially for this journal. Above I scanned some old lace and made copies of it. The artwork is from an older sketchbook of mine.

In the article I wrote to accompnay this journal , I mentioned my grandma. Her handwriting is on the snippet of paper. It's a recipe of hers.

Above: for the faux photo negatives, I used Debbie-Anne's technique but I used packing tape.

Above: I made a fabric collage with antique scraps and glued one of my paintings on it.

Above: I made the cross using Sari ribbon.

Above: This is an actual picture of a bird in my hand. He hit a window and I held him for almost an hour. It happened a few years ago and I'm so happy I had my son take the photo. The bird was fine.

Above: This is a photo of Corneilius on my lap. She passed away later the year this was taken. It was one of Sam's sisters.

Above: the inside back cover, and below, a side view of how the pages were held together in the book.

 Above: the back cover.

I hope you can find the issue of Art Journaling magazine. It's July/August/September 2022

I have noticed my local Barnes and Noble does not have it yet-so you may have to ask them to get it.

This is an especially beautiful issue with lots of inspiring articles.

Thank you for visiting!