Art Journal Inspiration-Sing From Your Heart

Animals, Art Journaling, Mixed Media, Other Than a Card, Shopping My Stash, Tim Holtz/Ranger

Hello friends!  When it’s winter time, something I miss hearing are those birds happily chirping throughout the day.  We get the occasional bird chirp, but nothing like it is when the weather is warm.

So in honor of those singing birds, I have more inspiration to share for the “MUSIC” prompt I’m hosting this month at Art Journal Journey:

I had fun putting this one together with a quirky bird who’s singing with all his heart!

For the background:  I started with a 5.5″x8.5″ Bristol Smooth cardstock piece so that I could do some ink blending.  With a stencil, I inked over it with Salt Water Taffy oxide and then painted over it with a layer of white gesso.  (I was trying to keep the colors soft and light.)  I then took a different stencil and sprayed over it with Speckled Egg Oxide Spray and then used the left over from that in other places.  I then took Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn and Salvaged Patina oxide inks to go over the rest of the stenciled layers until I got the look I wanted.  I used a water spray over top and then splattered white paint over the page for more texture.

For the bird: I cut out the body, wing and beak shape in different pattern papers, used a distress crayon rubbed along the edges and pieced it together with the wing being popped up with foam tape.  I used a pen to doodle around the bird and create the legs.  The eye and heart on the bird were punched out pieces. (the heart paper is from a music sheet scrap)

The words were printed on my computer over some pattern paper.  While the ink was still wet from the printer, I clear heat embossed over it.  I cut out each word and attached over page.  I took a pen to doodle around each section.  I also doodled around the edges of the entire page with the same pen.

Lastly, I took some white paint and brushed a “heart bubble” coming from the bird’s beak.  I stamped a few music notes inside the bubble with brown ink.  I also stamped a few solid hearts around the words in pink ink to finish it off.

  • I hope you like my page today and have been inspired to play along with us this month!  I have enjoyed seeing all of the wonderful inspiration so far in the gallery!  Thanks so much for stopping in and I’ll be seeing you soon!

Challenges:

  1. Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone – No Cards
  2. Art Journal Journey – Music 
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19 thoughts on “Art Journal Inspiration-Sing From Your Heart”

  3. Oh Vicki! I absolutely love your beautiful art journal page. The background is amazing and your bird is just so adorable. I love the way she’s singing on your page. And your sentiment is perfect. Thank you so much for sharing this fun and happy page with all of us! Hugs, Sharon

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  4. The little singing bird is so sweet, beautifully designed with the saying! I really like the colors too. Have a good day, hugs Elke

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  9. I love your cute and quirky bird Vicki with his beautiful background of soft colours and the quotes cut into individual pieces is a great look, I love that and the added squiggly lines, fabulous page..

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  13. I miss the bird songs too. Although the other day I had some, but you’re right, it’s not like it is in the nice weather. Your bird is adorable. I like how you went with spring colors too. Your bird seems so happy just singing with all his heart. Funny, I just made a birdsong page too, which I’ll post sometime next week. 🙂 I think you were in the ice zone with the big storm that is moving across the country- hopefully you’re not. hugs-Erika

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  16. Your art journal page is so inspiring! The soft background and the quirky bird with its heartwarming singing are beautifully designed. The layering of different oxide inks and the creative use of stencils add such a wonderful depth and texture to the page. Great job!

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  17. Such a beautiful page! Loving the soft background and pretty little bird 😊. The sentiment is perfect too. I’m looking forward to joining your music challenge next week – yay! Happy and creative wishes ❤️. Hugs, Jo x

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  18. What a darling card! Love this bird! We have a lady in her 80’s that still sings solo at our little church, and bless her heart, she can’t carry a tune, but she does sing with all of her heart! This would be fun for her! Take care, and keep posting these cute cards!

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