Uploaded May 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 minute ago
I spent about 30 minutes making the background. Then later that evening while listening to an audio book I spent another 20 minutes drawing on the page. Then today I took another 30 minutes to paint it. This is how I typically work in my art journal. Paint and such in the studio, pencil and pen work largely while watching a movie or listening to a book [or music] and then more studio work the next day.
Thanks everyone for the great comments and I am thrilled to know that many of us feel like art [art journaling] is and can be whatever we define it as for ourselves. I love all forms of art and art journaling. But then I love all of the colors too :)
The stencil I used in the background was a DCWV #19. It isn't available on JoAnn.com right now [I'm thinking it is out of stock]. Here is a link to some of their other stencils [they are the only stencil brand I am currently using]. They call them templates... so if you can find them you might look under scrapbook templates.
joann.com/search?q=dcwv%20templates#prefn1=isProject&q=dcwv%20templates&sz=27&prefv1=false
Also the nail polish I am wearing is: OPI NLB29 "Do You Lilac It?"
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Please watch: "Tagology - Make An Art Journal Page With Tags + Collage"
➨ youtube.com/watch?v=hAgnWVsoSC0
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I spent about 30 minutes making the background. Then later that evening while listening to an audio book I spent another 20 minutes drawing on the page. Then today I took another 30 minutes to paint it. This is how I typically work in my art journal. Paint and such in the studio, pencil and pen work largely while watching a movie or listening to a book [or music] and then more studio work the next day.
Thanks everyone for the great comments and I am thrilled to know that many of us feel like art [art journaling] is and can be whatever we define it as for ourselves. I love all forms of art and art journaling. But then I love all of the colors too :)
The stencil I used in the background was a DCWV #19. It isn't available on JoAnn.com right now [I'm thinking it is out of stock]. Here is a link to some of their other stencils [they are the only stencil brand I am currently using]. They call them templates... so if you can find them you might look under scrapbook templates.
joann.com/search?q=dcwv%20templates#prefn1=isProject&q=dcwv%20templates&sz=27&prefv1=false
Also the nail polish I am wearing is: OPI NLB29 "Do You Lilac It?"
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Please watch: "Tagology - Make An Art Journal Page With Tags + Collage"
➨ youtube.com/watch?v=hAgnWVsoSC0
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