create - The Crafter's Workshop DT May

Hi there!  I had my second post for The Crafter's Workshop yesterday and shared this LO.
After sifting thru all the new stencils, I knew I HAD to use this one called 'Flow Chart'
to document my journey into Art Journaling!

I just love the graphics, the scale and obviously the word 'CREATE!'

I started with a photo of some text play from my journal and the 12x12 'Flow Chart' stencil.

I am a little obsessed with ombre colors and this allowed me to use lots of mists while keeping
the color palette to just a few tones.  I started with the darkest color at the top and worked
my way down, holding the mist farther away towards the bottom of the page.

After the misting dried, I used black distress ink to stencil some of the numbers and postmark
from the 'Mini Ravenscape' stencil over a few of the misted blocks of color.

I used this delicious gold embossing paste over a couple words from the
'Mini Word Association' stencil to add some texture.

I punched a few pieces of patterned paper to lay over a couple of the color blocked areas as well.
Finally, I layered some more patterned paper, tracing paper and gold thread under my photo
and tucked in a couple other embellishments.

Some doodling, washi and black India ink splatters finished my page!  I know this is a
stencil that will be getting lots of use!!
Thanks for stopping by the Blog today!  Hope you are inspired to create and have an amazing day!

The Crafter's Workshop Stencils used:

 Flow Chart - TCW508

Mini Word Association - TCW527S

Mini Ravenscape - TCW529S