Mixed Media Journal

It is finally completed for our road trip.

I'm not sure I'm diggin' the cover - but this is going to be in an RV

for a couple of months - therefore its bound to get mussed up so

while its growing on me - if I don't like it when I return I'll do

something different - white paint covers alot of sins.

This was the original - and I just didn't like the way some of the flowers

turned out with the watercolors. Unlike the pages I didn't gesso it

and the colors soaked in - which was cool because it

looks rustic - except for the yellow that I tried to cover with a brown.

Inside there is a nice size envelope that I'll fill with

goodies - scissors, adhesives and maybe an alpha stamp set.

 I plan to fill the journal with ephemera from the trip

so I really don't need alot of embellishments.

Also, I think I filled the pages with enough embellies.

As  you will see.

 This is the page inside the journal cover.

I'll be on twitter - hashtag let's go (I'm thinking I need to add Murphy 

or you + me or something to specifically ID us in there)

Still pondering. 

What do you think?

This is the only page I used enamel paints on.

I decided I really was crazy about the texture and the it took

way too long to dry. 

So all the remaining pages have mists.

Lots of mist.

 And stamping.

I used alot of stamps that I had never ever used.

And die cuts.

 ooo oo another trick Dyan R. shared was to sop up the excess mist

with a tag - and don't they just add a little something-something.

 I used up alot of leftover embellishments.

I have a lot more to go.

 I also used some stuff that really is frivolous and fun.

 And this is the last page in the journal.

As the pages turned and got bulkier it was a bit harder to stamp

and some weren't sooooo great, but an art journal - 

I'm thinking perfection is overrated.

And the back of the journal.

My desk before.

My desk after.

With my new Studio Calico kit waiting in the wings.

 It was a lot of fun - and that journal had 100 pages in it.

All waiting.

It's enough room too if I can't put one day on one page.

I also have my favorite pens on order - Uni Jetstream 101's

in blue and black a multitude of them in boxes.

Blue is my favorite and I don't care what anyone says

it writes better than black - but black

is everyone's go to for journaling.

I'm thinking of going rogue and using blue.