All Aboard the FriendSHIP Art Journal

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! I'm excited to share another page from my mixed media art journal, featuring the new Boat Buddies stamp set, along with some older sea-themed stamps from Time For Tea Designs. I’m really pleased with how it turned out!

I started by applying a base layer of white gesso to my page, followed by a pastel blue paint from Hero Arts for the sky. For the ocean, I used the Making Waves stencil along with Distress Paints in Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Prize Ribbon, topped with white acrylic paint. I layered on several coats of paint, and for the top layer, I used a baby wipe on the bubbles area of the stencil to reveal the lighter Salty Ocean color underneath.

In the sky area, I applied white acrylic paint over a cloud stencil using a sponge. I created the sandy area using brown acrylic paint and a textured sponge, then added white paint splatters over the background.

For the shape and texture of the island, I used the Takeout Coffee Cup Dies, the Snow Flurry Cover Die, and scissors. I added color with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Paint.

I stamped several images from the Boat Buddies stamp set, colored them with Copics, and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. Additionally, I incorporated images from the Seasons Tweetings (seaweed), Sealed With A Kiss (fish), and Beach Buds (crab, shells, turtle, palm tree), and Get Whale Soon (whale) stamp sets.

To adhere all the stamped elements, I used liquid glue. Lastly, I completed the card by adding white dots with a 0.7mm Posca Pen, which I had never used before, but I highly recommend it!

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