caylee grey | art journal / project life mashup

caylee grey | art journal / project life mashup

There is no reason that different art forms should be separate. Two of my favourite are pocket documenting, and art journaling, and I’m finding that the two are blending into each other more and more as I create. When Joie de Vivre came out, with that gorgeous colour blocked paper, I knew that for this double page of memories, I was going to be making an active effort to look more “art journaly”.

caylee grey | art journal / project life mashupcaylee grey | art journal / project life mashup

It might not look like a typical art journal, and that wasn’t the point. The point was to try something different, and put more of myself into it. I achieved that goal.

caylee grey | art journal / project life mashup

To get the washi tape looking more real, I gave it a bit of transparency.

caylee grey | art journal / project life mashup

For this pocket, I used a photograph of the wildflowers I collected from the forest walk, laid it over one of the papers in the kit as an overlay, and finally I added the watercolour stain (and recoloured that yellow). I wanted to use the real flowers, but they were a lot larger than the pocket. Plus, after some pressing, they would look a different kind of pretty. And so scanning them in was the next best.

caylee grey | art journal / project life mashup

And then vellum. Glorious vellum. It softened up the spread, and it softened up the word art.

caylee grey | art journal / project life mashup

Other ideas for incorporating art journaling in your pocket pages:

  • choose non-scrap looking items (Joie de Vivre is a great kit to start with)
  • use non-scrapbooking items in your spread
  • use a permanent pen to journal directly onto the paper
  • journal thoughts and feelings instead of what happened
  • make your own colour blocked background
  • smear some paint over the actual plastic pocket to give a bit of pop
  • use an art journal page that you love as inspiration when making your spread
  • flick paint off a paintbrush to make droplets over a card (just be careful if you’re using glossy paper as it doesn’t sit as well)
  • art journal in order to learn new things to try
  • make a list of things to try, and try them
  • don’t confine yourself to one type of “art”
  • don’t follow rules, just go with it, and play around

Products: Joie de Vivre

♥ Caylee

You can see previous Paislee Press projects, or find more bits of me on Instagram, my shop, and my blog.

Blog Comments

The washi tape’s not real?! Sure looks like it is just holding that picture up!

Haha, the power of digital!

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