 Hi, it's Vicky here and welcome back. Just because there are a lot of sales around due to Black Friday as well as Cyber Monday, I just wanted to put together this video where I am going to show you 10 different tools that I use all the time when I'm doing art journaling. They are all things that I have for ages and I use again and again. You have seen me using them on my videos all the time and that's why they are a great value for money. When my favorite online shops have great sales I don't tend to shop the trends. I stay away from them and I mainly try to buy things and stock up on things that I use throughout the year. So today I'm going to show you 10 things that I can't work without. I keep them all the time on my desk and if I don't have them closely when I'm doing my art journaling I just can't go on. So let's start first with Matt Medium. This is a product that I've been using for years. My favorite one is the one by Ranger but the brand really doesn't matter. I use it as a glue to stick things down on my page but also as a sealer. There is also a glossy multi medium available however my personal favorite is the Matt one because it doesn't leave any residue when it dries. And when I find great sales I always stock up on a few of those pots which I know I'm going to use throughout the year. And of course when it comes to art journaling you need to have gesso. Now there are so many different types of gesso you can find them on a tube or on a pot. There are thick and liquid ones no matter which one you are using. It does the job. It is a great primer and at the same time it helps your pages to be sturdier as well as the paint to not bleed through on the other page on the back of the page. There are so many different techniques that you can use gesso with. Apply it on your pages just with a spatula all over the place to get a lovely texture. Go over a stencil with it, use it as a wash or even to add splashes. Moving on to the next one another medium that I absolutely love and I use pretty much on every page is a good embossing paste. All modeling paste they are pretty much the same thing. And I can tell if an embossing paste is good depending on the thickness. I like to hold it shape when I apply it over my stencil so I make sure that when I pick up an amount with my spatula it doesn't fall from the spatula. This way I know that I have a good product. There are a huge amount of paste like this one in the market however a good white jar is a must have to have on hand and you can always mix it up with some acrylic paint to color it. Now when it comes to glue here is my absolute favorite my Nouveau Deluxe glue. It's leaving all my craft table and I like to use it all the time. Of course sometimes depending on what I want to stick down on my page I go with my mat medium but I keep my Nouveau Deluxe glue handy as well. I like to do a lot of paper piecing so sticking down things that are going to stay put is really important for my art journaling. I like this glue because it has a fine tip it holds the paper and grabs it really quickly and it doesn't clog on me so I always grab a few of them when they are on sale. Now a good scissors is a must have. Teamhold scissors are my favorite I did invent on them a few years ago and I have never changed them since. I keep using them again and again the blades never dull they are always nice and sharp and they are not sticky. I do have all three sizes and I even use the smaller one for my fuzzy cutting and I do have the older versions the orange ones which my husband is using at the moment but really investing on good tools is never a waste of money you will be using them all the time. Another one of my favorite tools that lives on my craft desk is my heat gun. This works as an embossing tool for melting your embossing powder however this specific one by WoW works as a dryer as well so if you notice it has two settings and since I'm really impatient and I cannot wait for things to dry this is my little handy helper and if you are wondering how I keep it so clean and white from time to time I wipe it off with alcohol. Now if you follow my art journal journey you already know that I cannot live with white my white highlights. There are many different types of pens that you can use for that you can go with a paint pens which have acrylic paint inside or you can go with gel pens which I use many times as well and they come in different nibs all the way from chisel tips to very fine ones. I always like to stock up on these type of pens especially if you are working with fine ones it is really easy to mess them up since you may touch glue or other wet mediums and you ruin the pen super quickly so I always get a white collection when they are on sale. And of course another favorite are my fine liners there are so many different brands out there lately I am using these spale binders ones just because they come in a set and they have a really white collection of nibs all the way from chisel tip to brass nibs as well as to super fine ones but there are many of them in the market I always make sure that these are permanent so I cannot smudge or smear them and that's really important for my go-to techniques. Another important tool when it comes to a general in case of course a spatula bigger or smaller a spatula is a must for me there are plenty of techniques that you can do with a spatula apply paint dub paint to add texture you can apply pastes over stencils and there are even different types of spatulas like the metallic one you can get a silicone one or even a plastic one all of them do the job great and it is a handy tool to have on your arsenal or in another tool that you may want to include is a brayer however I don't use it as often this is why I didn't include it on my 10 favorite things and of course you need to work on something my absolute favorite is the glass mat by team holds you see me working on top of that all the time I bought it a few years ago and never looked back there are many advantages on working on a glass mat but the number one is that it is super easy to clean so these were all the products that I tend to grab all the time when I'm working on my art journals I hope I gave you some ideas on what you may want to look for when you are shopping the big sales I hope this video is helpful especially for beginners in our journal link I tried to keep it short and if you are shopping our journal link make sure to check out juggles they do have 20% off site-wide just like always there is a list of supplies down below in the description area thank you all so much for stopping by and I'll see you all next time