Set Your Goals High - Art Journal Page - Boingy Rabbit!

I'm sat here at my monthly blogging group (typed Tuesday 3 May), trying to think what to write, and somehow words are eluding me! I really do look forward to the first Tuesday of each month when I have a reason to dust myself off and get out of the house and into the real world beyond!  Always grateful to be back in my own company at the end though to rest and recharge my batteries!
   

       
I made this journal page Monday evening using a fantastic digi stamp from Bloobel Stamps on Etsy.

I used to really detest fussy cutting, but now actually like to sit on the sofa with my wife and dogs for company and slowly cut out all the bits for a project!... With my poor manual dexterity I have to pace how much I do in one sitting though, otherwise the cutting gets messier and messier!

               
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I used the following materials:

 

JOURNAL
Handmade journal using Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper

 DIGI STAMP
"Boingy Rabbit" by Bloobel Stamps on Etsy
(printed onto That Craft Place Super-Smooth paper 
& coloured with Copics & Promarkers)

MEDIUMS USED
White Gesso
Gelatos (Cotton Candy, Blueberry, Chocolate, Mango)
Archival Ink (Tree Branch, Jet Black)
Distress Ink (Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twig, Faded Jeans)
Posca Paint Markers (White, Black)
DoCrafts Papermania Solid Cardstock
Golden Soft Gel Medium (Matte)
    
OTHER PRODUCTS USED
Dovecraft Mini Alphabet Stamps
Mini Stencil by That Craft Place
Tim Holtz "Grid" stamp by Stampers Anonymous
                   
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Here are some more photos

   
Here's the main double page spread. I used Gelatos for the background, setting with heat tool so the the colours don't smudge. Before heat setting though, I used a stencil and baby wipe to wipe back the gelatos in areas.

   
   
I used both Copics and Promarkers to Colour the image and adhered it to the page with gel Medium.

     
   
The sentiment is stamped in Archival Ink onto a scrap piece of thick cartridge paper .

           
           
I added colour to the green cardstock with Distress Inks.
I decided to glue only the bottom of the grass to give the page some texture.

             
     
Because I sewed the last page of one signature on my journal to the first page of the next signature (to give the finished journal some strength), this created pockets throughout the journal into with these extra pages slot!

         
       
I used a Gelato in "Mango" to add detail to the carrots before distressing slightly with Archival Ink in Tree Branch.

           

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Thank you as always for popping by.
    

xxSAMxx