I love the idea of art journaling and often spend hours looking at others creations online – but when I sit down to create my own layout, sometimes I just don’t know where to start. I do love including quotes into my layouts. I started collecting quotes in high school, even before I started making my own Christmas cards. And I suddenly realised that I could use my collection of quotes as a jumping off point for my art journal layouts.

So this months Mixed Media Ephemera sheet was born ~ Inspiring Quotes you can use as a jumping off point for your own mixed media art journals and to make your art journaling process easier!

Here I have used the inspiring quotes in three ways:

1. Used the words to create my own layout

2. Used now quote as the central theme

3. Used lots of printed quotes

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“If Not Now”

1, Print out the Inspiring Quotes ephemera sheet; here I printed it out in colour and in black and white

2. Using an art journal with a background already added, I outlined the quote that inspired me in black Sharpie marker

3. I used my Derwent Inktense blocks to shade in the top of the letters and added water on a paintbrush to activate the colour.

4. Then I used a darker colour to fill in the letters, using the paintbrush to blend the two shades in the middle of each letter

5. I repeated this on the second word, using contrasting colours

6. The layout was completed by added words and a border with a gold gel pen and Staedtler triplus fineliner markers

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“Create”

1. Another pre-painted art journal page and this quote about creating that struck a chord.

2. I made a large “Create” on the computer and printed out to make a stencil.

3. Traced the letter outlines onto a piece of acetate with a Sharpie marker

4. Cut out letters to make the stencil.

5. Trace the letters onto the art journal using the Sharpie marker.

6. Using a blue Derwent Inktense blocks to shade in the top of the letters and added water on a paintbrush to activate the colour.

7. Then added a medium blue

8. Then a darker blue

9. Finished off the layout by adding the quote and stamping with Brilliance Cosmic Copper ink and a copper gel pen

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All the Quotes

1. Tear out the quotes from the Inspiring quotes Ephemera sheet

2. Play with layout onto a pre-painted art journal page. Edge with ink and stick into place.

3. Finish off page with various doodles using all of the blues in the Staedtler  fineliner markers set

I hope you can find inspiration for your art journaling with our Inspiring Quotes ephemera sheet.

Happy creating!

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