After a long hiatus, I’m back with super fun and happy art journal tutorial for you! This page comes together really quickly and really plays with using lots of mediums to create texture. Now, this tutorial is for everyone and anyone. You can follow the steps and replicate this page completely, or you can take…
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Creative Bootcamp Review: Part 2
As promised, I’ve got the second half of my review of Creativebug’s Bootcamp class! You can read my review of the class HERE, and see some of the pages in my sketchbook from it. This class is taught by Lisa Congdon and there are 6 parts to it. The very last chapter is a fun…
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Creativebug Class: Creative Bootcamp Review – Part 1
The web is teeming with so many amazing resources for creative learning. There are a few sites that I’m totally in love with and one of them is Creativebug. I tried the free trial a while ago, and loved it so much that I am a committed subscriber. For $5 a month it is an…
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Carve Your Own Stamps
If you follow me over on Pinterest, you’ll see that I have a slight love affair with stamps. I love the idea and making your very own carved stamps. I used some store-bought ones, but my hand-carved stamps are quickly becoming my favourites to use. Especially in my art journal pages. I started with the…
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Ways to Use Foil Printing in Art Journaling
If you’re on Instagram or Pinterest and follow any hand lettering/calligraphy accounts, then you know that foiling is all the rage right now. It looks SO satisfying, doesn’t it? I’m not much of a calligraphy buff, but once I saw this stuff I immediately wanted to use figure out how to apply foil printing…
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Art Journal Supplies from the Hardware store
You can find some pretty cool art journal supplies in unexpected places, and I love exploring unconventional materials to use in my art journal and mixed media pieces. The hardware store isn’t the first place you think of when you think “art journal supplies”, but I’ve found some cool materials there that are unique on…
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12 Affordable Art Journal Supplies
As I’ve become more in love with art journaling, I see a lot of questions about art journal supplies. Mostly: “what do I need to start art journaling?” I equally love and hate this question because: 1) I love talking about art journal supplies with people, but 2) it’s a hard question to answer! Creating…
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Adventure // Week 5 & 6
It looks like the season of Adventure has come to an end for Get Messy! These last 6 weeks have been incredible for pushing me creatively and to try new things, new techniques, and to be more brave in sharing my art work. I was away on vacation last week so I wasn’t able…