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Whenever i create in my art journal, I always question myself why I don’t do this more often. I just love it!!

I’m going along with this months kit theme today. Cupcakes!!

I used my regular art journal, got out the paints and the stencils and just had fun, which is what this is all about.

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Here’s my art journal. I’ve painted the page in gesso and just added a rough pink border as you can see and left to dry.

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I applied some gesso rather thickly using an old credit card. I wanted the thick layers to be seen, so I didn’t smooth them out.

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Whilst the gesso was still wet I applied some aqua paint over the dry pink.

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I dried it off and was left with this distressed look.

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I made my own washi today by sticking down some sticky tape on an old book page and letting it pull up the paper with it as I removed it from the page.

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I now decide that I’m going to concentrate on the border leaving the middle for my cupcake art.

I take an ink pad and stencil and stamp around the edge.

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Then I do the same going over the top but with a different stencil and with yellow paint and a brush this time.

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I don’t bother drying off in between each of these stages.

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I then take another stencil and use gesso this time.

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Whilst the gesso is still went I sprinkle over some embossing powder and some gold sprinkles.

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I now dry off all the paintwork and let the embossing powder do it’s magic.

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I take one of the wooden words from the May kit and stick it on with pva glue.

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And now it’s time to draw the cupcake.

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A basic cupcake case and the start of the frosting.

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Finishing the frosting cloud and adding a couple of stripes to the case.

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I go over with a black pen and finish it by adding a cherry heart.

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I go back to making a couple of washi strips using the same technique as before, but this time using a sprinkles napkin. This is so much fun.

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I decide that this needs to go under my wooden word which thankfully hasn’t dried yet.

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I stick my word on top of my newly made washi and go over with a good amount of gesso.

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I decide to go with pale pink frosting and dab a tiny amount of pink paint on to my brush and dip it in water and dab over the frosting. I love the effect of the watered down paint over the dry gesso,

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I take a red marker pen and go over the lines of the cake case and colour the cherry in too. Then I dip a watercolour pencil in water and go over a few places, just adding extra detail.

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I ran an ink pad over my word ‘happy’ and also inked the edges of my page too.

I add my first piece of washi made tape to the top of the page and add a little journaling too.

My page is now finished. page 1

I highly recommend doing this. It’s so relaxing just to play and experiment. I am now left with a very happy page in my journal and I walk away feeling very happy with myself for allowing me this play time.

Have fun xx