Ink Stains: Art Journal #4 - A Few of My Favorite Things!

I hope you all enjoy this set of pages as I am.... Since this is a Discovery art journal I'm going to make you put on your thinkin' cap a time or two and really dig deep. We're going to start out easy and think about our favorite things. It can be something tangible, imagined, dreams, hopes, etc... I was originally going to make it 101 of my Favorite things but since there is no set page size I thought it might be difficult for people who are working with smaller page sizes to incorporate 101 different things. So, while there is no set number, I urge you to really work at this and fit as many of your favorites on the page set as possible.

Now, I not only want you to write down your favorite things, I want you to really get into this by incorporating bits of ephemera (maybe a receipt for your fav. coffee, movie or concert tickets, key to your house, etc), stamped images (birds, butterflies, flowers, etc); stickers which could represent your favorite things (remember to use up that stash!!); or anything else you'd like to include!

As for the technique, you will recall the supply list was pretty wide open...that's because I want you to make an interesting backdrop for your Favorites. I want you to use your favorite, most beloved product(s) and/or technique to create the background for this set of pages.

For me that product is Distress Inks and here is the background I made.... I inked my non-stick craft mat, placed my paper over the ink ~ rubbed it back and forth, added more ink and positioned the paper opposite of how I originally inked it.... rubbed it back and forth again and ta-daaa...

Now you can stamp your favorites, use embellishments, stickers, ephemera to represent your favorites (be sure to include a notation as to what the favorite is) or you can simply write it out with printed letters, cursive handwriting, spiffy lettering techniques, etc.

Make it as interesting as you are!!