30+ Floral Art Journal Page Ideas
Welcome to my Floral Art Journal pages — a soft, blooming space where nature meets intuition, and every page becomes a small garden of expression.
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Gathered Fragments To Beautiful Mastersheets
Do you have a growing pile of torn book pages, lace edges, vintage papers, and tissue bits that you can’t throw away—but you’re not sure what to do with them either?
You’re not alone. These fragments—often dismissed as “leftovers”—carry history, texture, and story. And when layered thoughtfully, they become the soulful base for rich, expressive art.
In this guide, I’ll walk you through how I create MasterSheets from those very fragments—whether for art journaling, clusters, postcards, or collage work. I’ll share the exact methods I use, plus some beautiful combinations you can try yourself.
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Spray Painting with Acrylics
Tilt & Drip Dynamics
After spraying multiple hues, lift and tilt your paper so the wet paint runs. The flowing pigments blend organically, and varying pigment densities will naturally form speckles and cellular textures as they drip.
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Scribble. Spray. Stack.
There are days when art flows like breath.
And then there are days when it’s stuck—heavy, bottled up, or simply uninspired.
That’s when I turn to scribbling. Not the tidy kind. Not the Pinterest-perfect kind. I mean raw, childlike, furious scribbles that release energy from my body, onto paper.
And today, I want to show you how I used that energy to create a stack of grungy, neutral, double-sided collage papers—perfect for tearing up, journaling on, or layering into your next mixed media piece.
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🎨 Painting Credit Card Papers: 2 Techniques for Creating Textured, Color-Rich Backgrounds
What if you could turn an old credit card into your most versatile painting tool? No brushes, no rules—just swipe, blend, and scratch your way to stunning handmade papers.
In this blog, I’ll show you a favorite mixed media technique I keep coming back to—painting credit card papers. It’s fast, freeing, and full of beautiful surprises.
Acrylic Dyeing on Paper: My Easy, Playful Alternative to Ink
Have you ever been captivated by the spontaneous flow of watercolor—the way colors melt into each other, unpredictable yet soothing? I have. I love the softness and meditation that watercolors bring.
But as someone who has painted with acrylics for over a decade, I’ve developed a special fondness for them. There’s something about acrylics—their versatility, texture, and vibrancy—that keeps drawing me back.
So I asked myself: What if I could play with acrylics in a way that feels like watercolor? That’s how this method was born—a playful, intuitive way to dye papers using diluted acrylic paint.
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When Rest Feels Like Guilt
1. That strange guilt of doing nothing
Have you ever felt guilty for resting?
Especially when you’re not feeling well — physically tired, mentally foggy — and your body needs rest… but your mind won’t stop whispering:
“You should be doing something.”
“So much to do — and here you are lying down.”
“You’re wasting time.”
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🌿 When Nothing Is Ever Enough
Healing the Shame Beneath the Need to Prove Yourself A Truth I Can No Longer Ignore I’ve lived a life that looks impressive from the outside. I worked in the IT industry for ten years.I travelled to over 25 countries.I quit my corporate job to follow my passion and build an art business from scratch.And yet — no
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Flip Through Of My Handmade Writing Journal – Link & Long Stitch Binding + Free Printables
I’ve been writing in plain A5 notebooks for years — the kind you pick up on Amazon with blank white pages. But recently, I had a thought.
What if the journal I write in felt more me? More soulful. More beautiful. Something I actually created with my hands?
So I finally sat down to make one.
This handmade book is stitched using a binding style called Link and Long Stitch. I learned it from the lovely Jeanne Oliver inside her course Poets and Misfits, and I’ve been wanting to try it ever since.
Embellishing Mixed Media Tags with Fabric and Stitching
If you love making tags for your art journal, happy mail, or collage projects, you’re going to love this! In today’s blog, I’m sharing a simple and creative way to make embellished mixed media tags using scraps of fabric, easy hand stitching, and a master sheet of mini abstract paintings.
These tags were cut out from the same master sheet I created in this blog post, where I shared how I painted a large intuitive background and then cut it down into smaller mini abstracts. If you haven’t seen that yet, go check it out first – it’s all part of the free tester workshop, and you can even join the class to learn how to create your own expressive master sheet for free.
Once I had my mini paintings, I realized there was more goodness left on the page – so I used the leftover sections to cut out tags!
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