 Hi, it's Vicky here with my latest art journal layout. Today I'm working on my Moleskine sketchbook and first of all I'm going to use this stencil that has nice random images which will make a great background. I am using my spatula to apply my paste and this is grunge paste, it's just like a modeling paste and what I love about this paste, it's a product by Paper Archie, is that it dries nice and hard and it's going to create a nice texture for my background. And you can see here the final result once the paste is dry. So now I'm going to apply three different colors of my Paper Archie chalk paints. Now I decided to go with oranges and yellows and as you can see I'm applying the paint directly on my page, I haven't pre-gessured anything. This chalk paint has enough tooth so you don't really need to prepare your pages. I am applying everything with my paintbrush and I'm not making an effort to apply it smoothly or to cover up the whole area. After all I'm going to blend colors directly on my page, one after the other. Notice how I started with the lighter one, I'm moving to the middle and then at the end I'm going to introduce the darker color. This time with the middle color I am trying to cover up the areas that I haven't touched before and you will see that at one point I am going to use my fingers to make it blend even better. Also all three colors that I have picked to use on this page are transparent which means that they are not going to cover up completely what's underneath so it makes blending even easier. Now I am going to move on to the darker color, I am going to apply just a little bit of this color on my pages, I don't want to make it too dark and I really love the variation of color that I can see as it is now because this turns my page looking more interesting and it's not that flat. Now I also notice how I am going over the embossed areas which is making that design more visible. To make the embossed areas even more visible I have used this paper archie chalk paint which is copper and it's metallic and I am going over the embossed areas with my finger with just a touch of that paint. I'm not overloading my finger I'm just dabbing off all the excess so now my background is looking more dimensional and all those raised areas have a nice shine on them. This is a new script stamp by Paint Black and I am going to use that to add even more interest on the background. I am going to stamp areas of that text stamp by using archival ink. Notice how I'm not trying to cover up the whole page and also I don't like to have square blocks of that text so I prefer to stamp everything without stamping block but rather making curves with my fingers so that I get a nice and organic look totally random. Now I think that if you are into mixed media and art journaling having such a stamp with text is really great because it's so versatile and you can pretty much use it on any layout that you are making. And now that I am happy with my background I'm going to use this stamp this is again by Paint Black and I am going to stamp it with black archival ink on a piece of craft cardstock. I'm going to stamp it twice because I am planning to color the dress in a different way than the rest of the girl so I'm going to paper piece it later on. To add some texture on the dress I am going to use again my grunge paste and I am using this stencil to add a few dots at the bottom of her dress. This is going to add some dimension when this is dry and I will go ahead and add the color. Now I'm going to combine two different paper archy colors for her dress and I'm going to do the blending directly on the paper. You can see the names of the colors that I have used on your screen right now. What I love about this stamp is that you have endless possibilities to work with that dress so you can really paper piece it or color it with your favorite mediums or even draw and doodle your own designs for her dress. Once the paint is dry I'm going to use my scissors to cut out just the dress so it's not very important if you go outside the lines. Now I decided to stamp my girl again but this time I'm using memento tuxedo black ink and that's because I decided to color the face and hair with my alcohol markers. Now this is just some basic coloring. I'm just applying the color on her flesh and I'm not going to do any type of shading as I will do the whole shading once the girl is stuck on my layout. I am however going to add some blush on her cheeks and as always just to remind you that you can find the full list of all the supplies that I'm using today just below the video in the description area as well as on my blog. I have also used three different colors of brown markers to color her hair and now I'm using my scissors to cut her out. I am going to paper piece the dress on top of the colored girl. To do so I'm using my brush with gel medium that's matte gel medium. I am applying it to both the dress and the girl. I always find that wet on wet is better when you are handling such a thick cardstock and this is when I decided to give her wings. I am going to use this butterfly from a new stamp set by penny black again and as you can see I'm using some old packaging. I'm going to cut out a piece of acetate and I'm going to stamp this butterfly by using my stash on ink. Remember you need to use stash on ink otherwise it's going to smear and smudge if you stamp anything on an acetate. So I'm going to stamp and then I'm going to use my scissors to cut out the wings. Also remember to clean up your stamps if you are using stash on ink and for that you would need your stash on cleaner which is going to make your stamp nice and clean. With a very thin black marker I am redrawing the shape of her mouth. I just want to give a slight smile on her because I don't like to use sad faces on my art journal and I think that she had kind of a sad face. So I am also adding eyelashes on her and now I'm ready to stick the wings. I'm going to use my scissors I'm going to cut them apart. I'm going to place one of the wings and secure it temporarily at the back with a piece of scotch tape and for the other wing I want it to be between the body and the hair. So I'm using a craft knife to create a slit where I'm going to place the wing and I'm going to again secure it temporarily with scotch tape at the back. So I'm happy with how my girl is looking at the moment and now I'm going to decide where I'm going to place her on my background. Now just because this is an acetate wing and I want to close the book without folding it I decided to place her or towards the one side although one of the wings is going outside of the book. Now if that bothers you you can use smaller wings or you can use your scissors to cut them out. I don't mind if I have things sticking out of my book so I'm just going to leave that wing as it is. I'm using my gel medium to stick everything down and I haven't used gel medium behind the wings. As I'm sticking her down I'm making sure that I cover up her body and the face the whole gear with gel medium and that's because I am planning to do my shading with big brass markers and again I'm going to do the same technique that I did for the embossed background with gesso. I am just touching a little bit with my finger and I'm going over the textured area. This is going to grab the gesso and it's going to highlight it and make it look even more dimensional. And since I had all that gesso on the side I have diluted with water and now with a thin brush I am creating some splashes. I am making sure that I protect the face of the girl but I am going to add splashes on her dress as well. I am going to use this floral stamp that's by Penny Black with my black archival ink and I am going to stamp some of those branches coming from the top of the page. Just to add some more interest on my layout. For those branches I did some basic coloring so all the leaves are green and the flowers are white. I am not trying to be very precise although I'm using a thin brush I really don't mind if I go over the lines because at the end I'm going to use a thin brush marker and draw the lines again. And just because I didn't want to have a totally white flowers I'm adding just a touch of blue with my blue big brush marker and I'm smudging it towards the edge of the flower. I'm also going to add my own animal dots. I'm using new crystal drops and that's the color of apple green and this is going to add a whimsical touch on my page. And for the center of the flowers I'm again going to use my new crystal drops but this time I am going to use the silver moon dust which does actually have some glitter on it. And now it's time for my white gel pen. I'm just going to add a highlight on the leaves and you already know that I can go on and all with finishing touches so I'm using some glaze or some glossy accents on her eyes and now it's time to add the quote for my page. Now I decided to combine two different methods to add the quote so I have printed out a part of it from my computer so here are the cutouts which I'm going to stick down by using my matte medium and for the last word I'm going to use my clear alphabet stamps which I'm going to stamp with my black archival ink and here is the final touch just with my white gel pen I'm adding a touch of highlight on all the black letters and that was the page for today I hope you had fun and got inspired and if you did don't forget to leave me a comment as well as give me thumbs up on my youtube channel here are some close-up photos of today's project and if you need more inspiration here are two more art journal videos that I created a while back you can also find a link to my art journal playlist in the middle of the screen thank you all for watching