Valentine Event Day 5 - Art Journal

Welcome back to Day 5, our FINAL day of our brand new blog event! We have the first ever "5 for 5" holiday event... 5 designers will bring you inspiration for 5 days in a row, for 5 big holidays throughout 2015! Each day we have a different theme, and today the theme is COLLAGE.
I have a PRIZE PACK to be won so check for that at the bottom of this post~!

It was time for a good ol' fashioned art journal page! I don't have a video for this one because my journal pages tend to take me a very long time. I do a little bit at a time and leave it alone for a bit. I do have a photo tutorial, though! yippee :)

First steps are basics... I created a COLLAGE (our theme!) using torn papers from an old Dear Lizzy pad. I adhered all the pieces with gel medium and let it dry. Then I coated the whole page with a thin layer of gesso and let that dry.

I wanted to do a teal/pink page so I painted large brush strokes up and down the page in a variety of blue shades and pink shades.

Now it's time for some stamps! I used some hearts from a couple Unity Stamp SMAK kits. I stamped them with my Twinkling H2O's in a teal and a pink. Then I applied gesso to the inside of the larger hearts.

Now to finish off the background I added rub-ons throughout the page...

Now I have to add my cupid! I wanted to incorporate a mini collage on the cupid...

I tore a lot of mini pieces of paper from the Studio Calico "Classic Calico" pad and adhered them all around the cupid with gel medium. Once it was completely dry, I intricately cut around the entire thing with my craft knife. Finally, I shaded the cupid with black and silver Gelatos.

I glued on my cupid, added an arrow rub on, and stamped the sentiment...

The sentiment reads "The best is yet to be" and is from the Unity January SMAK kit.

Now time for the close ups!

I hope you enjoyed my photo tutorial! I haven't left you completely video-less though... today I'm up on the Faber Castell Design Memory Craft blog with another Valentine project... and a video! So stop there and check it out!

PRIZE TIME!

I have one prize pack to give away to a lucky commenter! Leave a comment on all of my "5 for 5" posts and you'll be entered for a chance to win! One comment = one entry! 5 comments = 5 entries! Good luck!

previous posts:

DAY 1 - HEARTS

DAY 2 - PINK AND ORANGE

DAY 3 - ARROWS

DAY 4 - GLITTER

Make sure to visit the rest of the designers in this hop!

DONNA - http://www.donnascraftyplace.com/

RACHEL - www.rwkrafts.com (that's me!)

LYNN - http://lynnkopas.blogspot.com/

JEN - http://jencuthbertson.blogspot.com/

ALANNA - http://damoses.blogspot.com/

Other Supplies:

Ranger Craft Mat http://goo.gl/qQSwxt

Crate Paper Kiss Kiss Rub Ons - http://goo.gl/fhv9gL

Twinkling H2O’s http://goo.gl/qpCxxs

Unity Stamp Co Heart Cluster http://goo.gl/buf8iT
Unity Stamp Co Large Heart http://goo.gl/vMX1rk

Unity Stamp Co Sentiment http://goo.gl/LaEXK0

Dear Lizzy – Lucky Charm http://goo.gl/1qujMN

Gelatos, Set of 2, Black and White

Faber-Castell Gesso

Ranger Inkssentials Mister, 2 oz.

Ranger Dylusions Creative Journal, Small

Ranger Dina Wakley Media Stiff Bristle Brush, 4 pk.

Ranger Dina Wakley Media Paint, Sky

Ranger Dina Wakley Media Paint, Magenta

Ranger Dina Wakley Media Paint, Turquoise

Tim Holtz, Grungeboard, Plain 5x8 Sheets, 10 pk

Studio Calico Classic Calico Vol. 2, Collection Pack

Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black

Faber-Castell Gel Medium

Fiskars Craft Knife, Fingertip

Gelatos Double Scoop, Silver Ice