Posts tagged mixed media painting
NEW Vintage Book Stencil Collection

NEW Vintage Book Stencil Collection Reveal!

Create the look of old books with these NEW Vintage Book stencils from StencilGirl® Products! Six videos including 5 tutorials to inspire you and show you how one stencil can be used for various sizes and mediums to create that incredible that Vintage look in your art journals and cards.

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NEW Stencil Video Tutorials Using Sewing & Pencil

NEW Video Tutorials and Stencils with Sewing, Pencil, Eraser

I am happy to introduce three new stencils designed for StencilGirl® Products! These versatile stencil of lines within circles can be used to sculpt the edge of a journal, a background pattern and a retro looking edge. Tutorial on embroidery sewing and another using a pencil and eraser.

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'A Beautiful Word' NEW Art Journal E-course!

A Beautiful Word NEW E-Course

Art journaling a Word or Theme

In this course I walk through the entire process of making an art journal: beginning with a sheet of watercolor paper and a word. Visit my website at : www.valeriesjodin.com or https://valeriesjodin-courses.teachable.com/p/a-beautiful-word to find out more!

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NEW Video Tutorials and Stencils Reveal

NEW Video Tutorials and 3 NEW Stencils!

I am happy to introduce three new stencils designed for StencilGirl® Products! Two of the stencils feature a variety of paint and drawing supplies that fit wonderfully in a journal or on artist trading cards. These techniques can be used with any stencils.

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Finishing Strong with my Word of the Year

This is the time of year a theme of Word of the year begins to wrap up and make room for a new word for the upcoming year.

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Favorite Stencils for Planner Journaling!

I’ve looked through the past few years of planner journals, which helped me determine which themes and stencils I will be using in 2022. You’ll see them in groups below the journal photos. The first five on the left, are ones I am and will be using throughout next year. They gave me a great place to start in my journal.

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A year of Gratitude
December Plan with me journal tutorial

Welcome to the final month of the year. It’s been quite a journey this year! My goal is to finish strong and start the new year with hope. It seems fitting to celebrate art journaling through the whole year with grand finale pages and a beloved song, sung during the Christmas season: Joy to the World. Video tutorials included.

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November Plan with me journal tutorial

In the USA we celebrate Thanksgiving the month of November, so it seems fitting to focus on gratefulness. The truth is, I need my joy to be restored. Like many, the last year and a half has brought many losses and our individual and collective worlds are not what they used to be. Sadness and even depression can weigh heavy on our hearts and daily lives. I sense the need to re-frame how I'm looking at life and focus on the positive. Being intentionally thankful and counting specific blessings is one way to restore joy, and here are more ways to help…

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October Plan with me journal tutorial and revision

Revive, revise and recover are the theme words of my October bullet journal tutorial. After being so sick I needed to revise my words and process for my journal. Included in this post is a video tutorial for a coffee watercolor painting, and a flip through, of pages.

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September FREE Tutorials! 2021 Plan with me set-up

Watch the how-to videos of setting up September 2021 journal including: cover art, monthly calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages.

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August FREE Tutorials! 2021 Plan with me set-up

Watch the how-to videos of setting up August’s 2021 journal including: cover art, monthly calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages.

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July FREE Tutorials! 2021 Plan-with-me set-up

Watch the how-to videos of setting up July’s 2021 journal including: cover art, monthly calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages.

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Mid-Year Planner Journal Set-Up

If you’re running out of space in your planner journal abut don’t want to spend a lot of time setting up a new journal try this…

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June FREE Tutorials! 2021 Plan-with-me set-up

Watch the how-to videos of setting up June’s 2021 journal including: cover art, monthly calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages.

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May FREE Tutorials! 2021 Plan-with-me set-up

Watch the how-to videos of setting up May’s 2021 journal including: cover art, monthly calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages.

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NEW Stars Stencils and Video Tutorials!

Add Sparkle and Shine to your artwork and journal pages

Get inspired with NEW stars stencil-masks and video tutorials to make journal pages that are out of this world and sparkling with starry borders.

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April FREE Tutorials! 2021 Plan-with-me set-up

Watch the how-to videos of setting up my April 2021 journal including: cover art, April’s calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages.

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March 2021 Plan-with-me set-up

Watch the how-to video of setting up my March 2021 journal including: cover art, March’s calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages.

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Intentions and Goals - Failed by February

I found January was very full and with all that is going on, it was hard to keep on keeping on. When I looked at my intentions and goals page for 2021 with only one thing on it, I felt the failure. But then I asked myself, what if I looked at it differently?

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