Art Journal/ CAS Design

 

I had the chance to experiment some more in my art journal. 

Watercolors have been my medium of choice.

This time I wanted to incorporate a pen and ink style with my watercolor.

I created the page at the bottom of this post.

Then I wanted to translate that design into something CAS for some cards. 

 

To create the butterflies on my card I started with a full sheet of white cardstock.  I stamped the flowers and leaves using Versafine ink.  Then I went back in with a black pen to loosely trace the stamped image as well as add more lines.  This gave the image a more hand drawn look.

On my work surface I rub various ink pads and then sprayed them all with water.

Using one color at a time and drying in between, I flicked, dropped, and dripped the watercolor onto the images.

I was tempted to use the whole sheet, but really wanted something more simple.

I chose to die cut the paper with butterflies.

 

For my art journal page I used the same butterfly die.

I turned it cut side down on my watercolor paper and traced it with my pen.

I then went back in and added extra squiggles.

Thanks for coming by today.

Have you been experimenting with anything new lately?

Cards
Cardstock: PTI White
Stamps: PTI Friends Til' The End
Ink: PTI Too Many To Name:) and Versafine Onyx
Dies: PTI Beautiful Butterfly
Other: Black Permanent Pen

Art Journal Page
Paper: Watercolor Paper
Stamps: PTI Happy Trails
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Versafine Onyx
Dies: PTI Beautiful Butterflies
Other: Black Permanent Pen