A journal page with Oddball Art

It is time for a new challenge over at Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog and this month our sponsor is  Oddball Art. The challenge winner will receive $10 coupon to spend at the store.

The design team was provided 3 images to work with and I got Christmas Holiday Alex. I was not really sure how to use her, being that she looked so sad in her Christmas outfit. But then an important point came to mind and so I set about working in my art journal. 

I printed the digi out onto Canson Mi Tientes paper and colored her with my Prismacolor pencils. I then fussy cut her. I created a page for my art journal using Reflections heavyweight cardstock and masked off the edges. I inked the background with Distress Oxide inks. I really am amazed at how easily these inks blend. I sprayed the background with water, allowed it work "oxidize" and then dabbed it off with a paper towel.

I created the pile of coal by inking a piece of cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then drawing the coal onto it with a marker. I cut that out and then adhered both the coal pile and Alex onto my page. I cut the letters with two different alphabet dies from my stash and inked the letters with Memento Potter's Clay ink.

I adhered the letters and the stars that I had punched out of washi tape onto the page. Lastly I added the page to my journal with the disc binding.

General supplies:

Canson Mi Tientes paper

Reflections 110lb heavyweight cardstock

Oddball Art's Christmas Holiday Alex digi

Prismacolor pencils

Distress Oxide inks

Metallic silver washi tape

Memento Tuxedo Black and Potter's Clay inks

Alphabet dies from stash

Star punch

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