Vintage tulip journal page

 

Hi there! I had the urge to do a bit of a vintage collage the other day, so teamed it up with some old papers, fabric and lace to make a journal page. Here is how I did it. 

I began by tearing some papers and sticking them as a patchwork onto a journal page using matte medium. 

once this was dry I brushed over a coat of gesso and set aside to dry again.

on a piece of tea-stained calico I stamped the tulip using versafine clair grey ink.

I painted the tulip with derwent inktense blocks.

using the tag inkable I added some walnut stain distress ink to the gessoed page. 

next I stamped some mandala circles in vintage photo distress ink on the fabric....

and onto the page. 

I also added some of the ink around the frayed edge of the calico

I drew a rough rectangle slightly larger than the fabric panel in pumice stone distress crayon onto the page where I wanted the tulip to go, smudging it with my finger.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto a strip of collage paper.

finally I added the tulip panel, a strip of braid and the sentiment to the page using matte medium

And here is the finished page. I rubbed a little gold distress crayon on the tip of my finger over the braid to tone it down a bit. 

I used:

A selection of papers

Matte medium

White Gesso

Calico or smooth cotton

Doodle Art Mandala stamps #1

Life, Journey, Art, Create stamp

Beautanicals Tulip stamp

Tag inkables set 3

Versafine Clair grey ink

Distress inks in Walnut Stain and Vintage photo

Distress crayon in grey or brown and gold 

Inktense blocks (you could use watercolour pencils or inktense pencils for this)

Versamark or embossing ink

Gold Embossing powder

lace/ braid

This is a great way to use up some scraps of papers and fabric. Thanks for looking!