Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Do you dip?
Dipping watercolor crayons in water and painting on stamps is one of my favorite techniques. New colors, new effects!
I used the Festive Elements stamps from @ardencreativestudio to create a magical Christmas Card!
Unchartered Mariner was the perfect contrast oxide for these painted flowers!
And mounted the card panel onto Splash Colored Card stock from @ardencreativestudio. Have you seen their new range of colored paper? It’s fabulous!!
Simple as that!
SHOP:
Festive Elements Stamp Set
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Arden Colored Card Stock
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Some of the links in this post are affiliate links for which I get a small commission if you choose to purchase [at no cost to you] thank you!
Do you dip?
Dipping watercolor crayons in water and painting on stamps is one of my favorite techniques. New colors, new effects!
I used the Festive Elements stamps from @ardencreativestudio to create a magical Christmas Card!
Unchartered Mariner was the perfect contrast oxide for these painted flowers!
And mounted the card panel onto Splash Colored Card stock from @ardencreativestudio. Have you seen their new range of colored paper? It’s fabulous!!
Simple as that!
SHOP:
Festive Elements Stamp Set
tidd.ly/3MDDTAg
Arden Colored Card Stock
tidd.ly/3JlboGA
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links for which I get a small commission if you choose to purchase [at no cost to you] thank you!
![Crafting with Katie: Episode 08
Welcome! In this video Im going to show you how to use the Bookmakers Pack from Arden Creative Studio to stitch together a junk journal!
Heres the products youll need to craft along with me!
Arden Bookmakers Pack
at scrapbook.com
https://tidd.ly/41hb9BL
or at acherryontop
https://tidd.ly/3PVinc8
Waxed Threads
https://amzn.to/4dOYEoi
Awl Repair Kit
https://amzn.to/4bRTgOO
Large Eye Needles
https://amzn.to/3O39xbE
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![Creative mixed media cardmaking with dies and laser cuts
Sending Hugs to you!
Loving how this card came together using the new Field Notes Collection with my new Sending Hugs craft die set designed for @ardencreativestudio
I started with oxide inks on a 4x6 card and layered from there! I even added in laser cuts from my Page Starters collection with @ardencreativestudio which shows just how effortlessly my collections cross over.
Simple as that!
SHOP the products use in this reel:
Sending Hugs Craft Die
https://tidd.ly/4sjBsmc
Field Notes 6x8 Paper Pad
https://tidd.ly/46zgjvZ
Field Notes Solids Paper Pad
https://tidd.ly/4bj6jcI
Field Notes Ephemera
https://tidd.ly/4sd2QCq
Page Starters laser Cuts
https://tidd.ly/4sgs43t
Bear Precision Glue
https://tidd.ly/4aKKjWI
Speckled Egg Oxide
https://tidd.ly/4bj7Sra
Bundled Sage Oxide
https://tidd.ly/49hpYYx
4x6 base cardstock
https://amzn.to/4050hGs
Arden 360° Glue Pen
https://tidd.ly/4aMjnYd
Tonic Baby Scallop Die Bundle
https://www.scrapbooknmemories.net/shop/c/p/Tonic-Baby-Scallop-Stitched-Metal-Die-Bundle-x85865864.htm
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![Mixed media art journaling process video #mixedmediajournal #artjournal #mixedmediaartjournal
Coloring stamps? Yes, please!
Love the artsy effects of coloring stamps with watercolors
I spent some time this weekend with my new little journal/folio I made with the @ardencreativestudio Bookmakers pack. Absolutely loving the direction these pages take me and the base that the Bookmakers gave me as a starting point.
Went back into my stash and stamped up a base of texture before adding some rubons from the @ardencreativestudio Hidden Creek Collection
Simple as that!
SHOP Products used in this journal page
Bookmakers Pack
https://tidd.ly/41hb9BL
Field Notes Stem Sketches Stamps
https://tidd.ly/4ugpNWV
Hidden Creek Rubons
https://tidd.ly/49vmrps
Field Notes Meadow Stamps
https://tidd.ly/3MRxmCG
Letter Box Postmarks Stamps
https://tidd.ly/4oLaGRO
Field Notes Rubons
https://tidd.ly/4ryQiVZ
Altenew Stylus
https://tidd.ly/4be11j9
With a number of the items selling out, another site run by a fantastic family has stock
https://scrapbookgeneration.com/brands/arden-creative-studio/
Caran d’ache Watercolor crayons
https://amzn.to/4u3P4Ti
Watch the video for assembling the journal with the bookmakers pack
https://youtu.be/SPwWHhHN2ew
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![#creativecarddesign #cardmakinginspiration #diychristmascards #christmascards
Sprinkle, Spritz and unlock the magic
Create a festive background with @lindysgang Cherrio and Lindy’s Lazing in the Laurels watercolor pigments
Stamp on some @ardencreativestudio Season of Joy stamps for texture
Layer on some PET Poinsettia Stickers from @ardencreativestudio
Finish it off with a sentiment die from @ardencreativestudio with their Cherry card stock and call it done!
Simple as that!
SHOP items used in this card:
https://tidd.ly/49c5JNy
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![Fountain pen inks with a bit of shimmer #artjournal #bujo #journaling #fountainpen
Magical Inks? Yes please!
Did you know that my Magical palettes with @lindysgang make for the most magical inks with fountain pens?
Shop my magicals pigments sets
https://tidd.ly/4xWGR5L
☺️
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![Mixed media art journal with travel vibes #artjournal #mixedmediajournal #traveljournal
Uncover your creative potential with the new Been There Collection from @ardencreativestudio
Heres how this textured art journal page came together 🎨
→ Oxide inks as the base layer
→ Charted Adventure Stamps for depth
→ A Rubon as the focal point
→ Fiber paste + Magicals pigments through the This Way Stencil (Been There Collection)
→ More Magicals painted on top
→ Finished with a Been There Laser Cuts sentiment
Thats it — no complicated techniques, just building layers and trusting the process.
Simple as that!
Save this if you want to try it yourself! Which step are you most curious about?
TICKETED
SHOP items used in this junk journal:
Been There Laser Cuts
https://tidd.ly/4tMg35G
Been There Rubons
https://tidd.ly/42mKgws
Charted Adventures Stamp Pack
https://tidd.ly/4tV1ywK
Been There This Way Stencil
https://tidd.ly/4cCfm82
Bear Precision Glue
https://tidd.ly/4aKKjWI
Speckled Egg Oxide
https://tidd.ly/4bj7Sra
Tea Dye Oxide
https://tidd.ly/41MGV9R
Been There Lindy’s Magicals
https://tidd.ly/4dVugZv
Fiber Paste [from Amazon]
https://amzn.to/4cWQBF3
☺️
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![Mixed media art journaling turning mistakes into magic #mixedmediajournal #artjournal #creativity
Mistakes or Magic?
Art journaling does involve layers and in this case lots of layers. So what started as passing a little bit of translucent color became way too strong for me so I pulled back on it and added more layers over that to arrive at a delightfully textured foundation for my page
Started with Garden Chronicles Decoupage Paper and ended with a cluster of elements from the Garden Chronicles Lasercuts textured up with texture paste and the Flourished Lattice Stencil
It’s all Garden Chronicles from @ardencreativestudio really. The colors. The vintage vibe. The imagery. This collection has it all and it has my heart!
Simple as that!
SHOP this art journal page products here:
Arden 4x6 heavyweight journal
https://tidd.ly/4p3irD2
Garden Chronicles Laser Cuts
https://tidd.ly/4eK8iJu
Garden Chronicles Decoupage Paper
https://tidd.ly/43cl3VX
Flourished Lattice Stencil
https://tidd.ly/4tuB8RF
Sentiments Garden Chronicles 12x12 Paper Pad
https://tidd.ly/4uhl5Io
Everyday Notes Stamp Set
https://tidd.ly/3NRodKK
White Acrylic Paint
https://tidd.ly/4ssyoUG
Matte Medium [for applying decoupage paper]
https://tidd.ly/4u96f6t
Luster wax
https://www.scrapbook.com/store/sz-666173.html
Black Texture Paste
https://www.scrapbook.com/store/ri-tshk84471.html
If things aren’t in stock yet or out of stock you can also
order Garden Chronicles from acherryontop.com too
https://tidd.ly/4dvdSgw
Paper Artsy Purple Majesty Paint
https://www.joggles.com/paint-dye-and-ink/paperartsy-fresco-finish-paint/paperartsy-fresco-finish-paint-purple-majesty-ff221-translucent.htm?
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