Hello, my name is Katrina and I am a member of Tangie’s creative crew. Each month I write a mixed media blog post showing you my mixed media projects.

This month I want to show you my art journal page inspired by the February "15 Minute Flash" inspiration page and one of February’s collage sheets included in the Art Journal Emporium.

To start I chose acrylic paints in the colours shown in the colour palette provided in the "15 Minute Flash" inspiration page: pale pink, dark cerise pink and a blueish grey, I didn’t have any grey paint. 

I chose pencils, markers and acrylic ink’s in similar colours.  That way I could then play around with all sorts of mediums.

I also printed off one of the background collage sheets from February’s collage sheet set, part of February's Art Journal Emporium content included as part of the monthly subscription.

To make the background I first protected my journal with wax paper and applied a lot of water to my page.

I then painted some of the pale pink acrylic paint into the water at the top and some cerise pink paint at the bottom.

I took my spray bottle and liberally sprayed the light pink paint with water so it ran down into the cerise paint.

If you are going to do this make sure you have some kitchen paper ready to catch the drips.

I did the same with the purple paint over the top.

Now for the focal points:

I cut several circles in different sizes out of the collage sheet and tried them out on the page to see what I liked. Once I was happy I glued them down.

Using some of the acrylic paint I had used for the background I painted around the circles, not looking for an accurate line.

I did the same with some markers and pencils.

I also stamped some of my hand carved stamps in grey ink on to the background and added more lines and drips with acrylic ink.

For the word Felicity I wrote it first in a blue acrylic ink with a dip pen then when dry, went over the top with the sliver blue acrylic ink, again using a dip pen.

So there we have it my finished page. 

The "15 Minute Flash" inspiration page can be used in so many ways, I chose to use the colour palette and one of the words. Even though I chose to spend longer than 15 minutes on my page it is still a great place to gain inspiration for your art journal pages.

What will you choose to use?

                Well, until next month, take care, Love Katrina x

[Posted by: Katrina Rollings]