 Ευχαριστώ και καλώς ήρθατε back, είναι Vicky Papaiuano here with the new Art Journal Layout. Σήμερα θα εξηγήσουμε πρόταξα by PicketFence. They have lovely and unique designs and you will see some of them featured today. They celebrate the first anniversary. I have an exclusive discount code 20% off, down below, check out the description. And also a $100 giveaway on my blog, make sure to check that out as well. So you can see some of the designs as I'm browsing them through. And there are bigger and smaller and you can see that some of them are perfect for cards. I absolutely love those bears. There are stencils and dies in their collection. But today I tried to find a couple of stamps that are perfect for art journaling. And I absolutely love this big peony. It could make a great focal point for a card, but for an art journal, I think it is perfect. And I'm going to combine it with this girl. So I'm going to use my stamping platform there and I'm going to do some stamping. I'm using a permanent ink just to make sure that it's not going to smudge or smear later on. Since the medium that I will be working with is Ardisa watercolor markers. I am stamping everything on watercolor paper. This is heavy watercolor paper and you will find it linked down below. Of course, I stamped my images a couple of times to get a good impression since my paper has some texture. I stamped the flower one more time just a part of it since I'm planning to cut out some of those petals and pop them up on my final project. For doing all the coloring today, I will be using my Ardisa Real Brass Pants. The colors I'm using for this flower are Light Magenta and Bubble Gum Pink. And I will be blending them directly on my paper. So I'm starting with a darker color at the base of the petal. I'm going to move on to the lighter and you can see that they blend nicely together. And I will finish it off by dragging the color with a water brush towards the tip of the petal. I will be doing the same technique on all the petals in my flower. Always making sure that I add the darkest of the shades at the base of my petal. Remember that you need to work on good quality watercolor paper, otherwise the markers are not going to move or blend as good as you want them to. Also notice that sometimes I do smudges or go outside of the flower. This doesn't really matter because I'm planning to fuzzy cut around the flower and stick it on top of my project. So going outside of the lines is completely acceptable. Now I'm going to use my scissors and cut all around it. It is really easy to cut out this flower. It has nice big and bold lines around it and I'm not leaving any white border. I'll just follow the black lines. When it comes to art journaling, I don't like to have that white border since it gives that sticker look. But when it is all about card making, I really don't mind. I'm also using a black marker and go all around the edge just to get rid of that white border. This is going to cover up any mistakes that I did while I was cutting out the flower and it's going to give a perfect look. I'm coloring my girl again using my Arteza Real Brass pens. And when I finish coloring here, I will be using my scissors again and fuzzy cut her. Cutting out the butterfly is obviously really difficult to do, so I'm going to separate it and stick everything back together on my project. Now I'm going to combine those two images and I'm using my craft knife and I'm using my craft knife to create a slit following one of the petals so that I can tuck her inside. And you can see that I use my craft knife over my glass mat. I never had any issues with scratches. I'm trying to see if my girl fits inside and I adjust the slit accordingly. And now I can work on my background. I love working with Distress Oxide sprays for the backgrounds of my art journals. The colors that I'm using today are Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio. And I'm working on heavy watercolor paper from my 6x6 Discbound Journal. I didn't cover the whole paper with the sprays, but now I'm going back with water and spraying it out of it. This is going to activate the Distress Oxide ink and give that chalky finish. And at the same time I can do some blending by lifting the color and moving it around. Now that my background is ready and I have all the cutout pieces, I can start doing my collage. So I'm trying to decide where everything is going to go. I decided that I don't want to have that green stem and I'm going to stick everything down with my Nouveau Deluxe white glue. As I'm sticking those pieces down, I'm making sure that I don't cover up the little punched out edges so that I can easily put it back on my page. Now remember that I have stamped and cut out a part of the flower one more time. So I have colored some of the petals which I am now fuzzy cutting and I'm going to tuck them in underneath the main flower just to cover up some areas and make that flower look fluffier. Now, for example, I have this empty space at the bottom and I didn't like that. And I'm going to fill in a gap on the right side of my flower as well. Again, before I stick them down, I'll always get rid of the white edge with my black marker and I'm good to go. And I didn't forget to put back the butterfly to complete my image. So again, I just used a dot of Nouveau Deluxe glue to stick it down. For my quote, I went with one that says leaf colorful. This comes from another picket fence stamp set and it is called Wild Heart Gypsy Soul. As you can see on the right on your screen, it is a great one again for our general link with all those flowers and the leaves coming out from them. I have stamped and embossed the sentiment on a thin strip of black cardstock and now it's time for some finishing touches. I'm using my white Nouveau Drops to add some dots here and there just for some extra white touches. And I cannot finish a project without adding some white splashes. So I have covered up my curl and this is Gesso thinned down with water. And with my brush, I'm just adding some splashes here and there. I covered up the face because I didn't want to have any splashes over there but I don't mind if I have some over the flower. And that was the project for today. I hope you had fun and that you got inspired. Make sure to check out Picket Fence Studio website and use the 20% discount code that is STOREWIDE and also visit my blog and enter the giveaway. Thank you all so much for watching and I'll see you all next time.