What you will need:
- Y Repeat Stencil
- S1_JOU_03 Patterns Stencil
- S1_JOU_02 Icons Stencil
- Flourish Border 8Pack Stencil
- Washi Tape
- Baby Wipes
- Clear Gesso
- Sand, Caramel, and Dusty Teal Acrylic Paint
- Dictionary Pages
- Honeycomb Stamps in 2 sizes
- Permanent and Clear Ink Pads
- Caramel or Honey-colored Pastel
- Acrylic Glazes in Gold, Ice, and Teal
- Deli Paper or Acetate
- Embossing Powders
- Glue Stick, Glue, or Matte Medium
“Spring Sprang Sprung”. A journal Entry inspired by the adorable bee shape as part of the Icon Stencil. Start out by laying down a few washi tapes in a pattern and covering them in clear gesso. When dry, use a honeycomb stamp and Faded Jeans Permanent Ink and stamp in a few areas around edges and over the washi.
Select some acrylic paint, I used Sand, Caramel, and Dusty Teal and blended with a brush over both pages. Before it’s completely dry, place the Y Repeat Stencil on top of both pages, and with a baby wipe out the paint through the stencil (called reverse stenciling).
Next, find collage paper or dictionary page and using the Flourish Borders 8 Pack Stencil, sponge Dusty Teal Acrylic Paint through the stencil onto the page. Cut these borders out for collating onto the spread. Also, with permanent black ink, sponge through the bee Stencil from the Icon Stencil onto watercolor paper and fussy cut 8 of these.
I placed the Patterns Stencil on the left page and using Caramel Acrylic Matte Paint created a honeycomb pattern across the pages. I used a bit of pastel through the same stencil when dry to create a 3D effect.
Arrange collage elements. Cutout Flourish Borders and Bees onto both pages and glue. I decided to add wings to my bees and used 3 different pearl glazes in Gold, Ice, and Teal colors spread back through the bee stencil with a palette knife and cut out the wings, attaching with glue when dry just in the center of the body so the wings “lift”. I added a hole punch out on top for added interest.
The final details included two stamps: a drippy stamp and a small honeycomb stamp stamped with clear embossing powder and embossed with vintage beeswax to give the look of honey dripping off the pages. I used another edge stamp around the perimeter and some Ice glaze around the edges to border both pages and typed Spring, Sprang, Sprung and glued down to finish this entry out…
Happy Journaling! ~ Tracy @anonymous.palette
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