Today I finished a fun and interactive art journal page using Art by Marlene stamps, stickers, die cut elements, water colours and large journal. I removed one page from the journal using an offcut piece of watercolour paper to stamp the flowers on for the front of the flap. I decided where on the page I wanted the flap to lift from and drew a line in pencil for reference as well as drawing on the flap where the holes of the folder were so I could avoid them. I created masks for each of the flowers which I have stored in the zip pocket of my journal for future use.

After stamping the front of the flap I also Stamped directly onto the large page ensuring the stamp was above and below the line I had drawn in order to have some of the flowers appear on both sides of the flap.

Once everything had been stamps I loosely sat the flap onto my page and drew the bottom part of the vase shape, then removing the flap completed the vase and added the zigzag pattern. Using Art by Marlene watercolours I painted all the flowers and the vase, I had stamped the seahorse and bunny stamps on a seperate piece of paper and used the watercolours on those before cutting them out to stick on the underside of the flowers. The Marlene die cut elements were great to enhance the bouquet and the underside of the flap. Lastly I added stickles for some bling and stickers from the Art by Marlene collection.